Meatballshop in Belgium, Balls & glory
6-9-2012
Tv-Chef Wim Ballieu wants to start a chain of meatballshop. He started a pop-up store in Gent at the Sint-Jacobsnieuwstraat in April. The balls – made from the meat from the butcher shop of his father – are filled with creative fillings such as chervil and pancetta, foie gras and even crab. You can eat in the shop and take-out the balls, they are served with ‘stoemp’ (mashed potatoes) or a salad. The balls are very popular; the pop-up setting is changed to a permanent settlement. Furthermore, a branch in Bruges will be opened and a pop-up version will open in Antwerp. We already wrote about The Meatball Shop (NY) and Monday, meatball day at restaurant ‘De Open Keuken’ in Hilversum.
A fully vegetarian McDonald’s
6-9-2012
Next to the Golden Temple in Amritsar in India, a fully vegetarian McDonald’s restaurant will be opened. In the vicinity of this temple, people are not allowed to eat meat.
Noorderparkbar made of second-hand materials
5-9-2012
The Noorderparkbar in Amsterdam, opened in April 2012, is financed by crowd-funding. Designers Bureau SLA and Overtreders W decided to save expenses by using 100% second-hand materials. An ancient Japanese technique, shou sugi ban, was used to produce a cost-effective, low-maintenance exterior cladding of charred wood. More pictures on The Pop-Up City.
Humor sells
3-9-2012
This article is only available in Dutch.
Yellow watermelon
3-9-2012
The yellow-fleshed watermelon is the almost identical twin of the red-fleshed watermelon and is described by some, as having a more sweeter, almost honey-like taste, than regular watermelons. We tasted it this summer at various breakfast buffets in the far East and loved it, but found the taste almost equal to the red-fleshed watermelon. But it’s great to make a watermelonsalad with both colors!
The first Urban Food Week in London
3-9-2012
This September (10-16), London will feast on the fabulous local produce being grown, produced and cooked on its doorstep, with the capital city’s first Urban Food Week . The week of activities is being organised to highlight the importance of buying and eating local food, urban growing and planting forage for bees. During the week, restaurants, cafés, bars and pubs across the city will be showcasing dishes and drinks made with ultra-local fruit, veg and herbs from urban farms, and from London honey cultivated in community beehives.
Starbucks makes laundry detergent out of coffee grounds
31-8-2012
Starbucks works together with biorefinery scientists to transform food waste into key ingredients for laundry detergent, plastics and other everyday products. The coffee makers announced this at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society’. As mentioned before Starbucks was already involved in local projects before like the use of coffee grounds for growing mushrooms.
The deepest website in the world
31-8-2012
To enhance the unique source of Borjomi mineral water the company has introduced the worlds deepest website. Scroll down to the source of the water at a depth of 8 kilometers. Good luck!
Alcohol sandwiches in New York
30-8-2012
At the Salumé panini shop in New York it’s possible to order alcohol sandwiches. Chef Steven Hubbell flavors the meat of the breads with whiskey, Gin of grappa. Although most of the alcohol vaporizes during the baking, the panini’s got a lot of attention.
Black ice cream cones
30-8-2012
The Eisdieler in Linz, Austria, serves ice cream in black cones. Black is also the color of the brand design and plays an important role in the ice cream shop. The shop is owned by the former citizen of Rotterdam, Jurgen Bleij.
