BBQ Donut boat
26-3-2012
With the BBQ Donut you can barbeque while bobbing around on the Zwolse city canals (in the Netherlands). The Donut is filled with a delicious barbecue package and a variety of drinks. The round boat is powered by a quiet electric motor and is easy to drive.
Cirque Cuisine on wheels
26-3-2012
Two former circus clowns recently launched Cirque Cuisine, a big tent-themed food truck that has been serving up organic global cuisine since late February. There are always gluten free and vegetarian and vegan dishes. Healthy reinterpretations of classic carnival fare, like funnel cakes, popcorn and cotton candy are also available.
Order through touchscreens
20-3-2012
De guests of Velo (Vietnamese restaurant in London) can order their menu through a row of touchscreens. You order on screen, you pay on screen and then you watch the status of your order as it progresses through the kitchen. Velo serves traditional Vietnamese street food – light, tasty and healthy.
Milk cube
19-3-2012
Students of the Rijn IJssel College in Arnhem (the Netherlands) won the first prize with a milk cube for in the coffee. The milk cube looks the same as a lump of sugar, but is made of milk powder and stays edible for 3 years. The company won the prize as Best Overall Company during the International Student Company Festival in Riga.
Nutelleria
19-3-2012
For the Nutella lovers: in Germany and Italy, Nutella fast food restaurants are opened. They offer a wide choice of delights such as pancakes, biscuits, muffins, milkshakes, pasta and pizza made from Nutella.
Update: In Chicago an Eataly opened with a Nutella-restaurant as well.
Vacuum shapeable chair
16-3-2012
Lapo Germasi, a 24-year-old Industrial Design student from Italy, designed the Inspiration Chair. The chair is made of an electro-welded PVC cube, low-density polyurethane balls and a suction valve. The Inspiration Chair can be suctioned into any preferred shape by a vacuum cleaner.
Become a fan and choose your favorite burger
15-3-2012
To create a social media fanclub, Café Causette of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel (Hong Kong) launches the mini-hamburger-campaign. Guests can vote for their favorite burger, and the winning burger deserves to be on the menu. Before guests can vote, they do have to become a member of their Facebook-page.
Inspiration for a spring egg this weekend!
14-3-2012
Looking for Easter inspiration we saw these sunny side up flower eggs. As we are anticipating the first springweekend, an egg served this way might be a nice suggestion for breakfast in the sun!
Foie Gras Hot Dog
13-3-2012
A nice example of twitter for restaurants. Ryan Sutton, the NYC food critic for Bloomberg news, posted a photo from a small part of the menu of restaurant The Dutch in NY. As far as we could find The Dutch aren’t present on twitter so perhaps they find out that their dish, foie gras hot dog, is used as inspiration via Horecatrends ;-).
A special Easter egg
13-3-2012
Boil an egg – peel the egg and put it in the mold. Special for Easter.