Pierogies | Eastern Europe dumplings
10-7-2017
Pierogies, named after the Polish delicacy, is the first concept in The Netherlands serving this bite made of dough. Where to find Pierogies? The concept is situated in the first foodhal in The Hague, MingleMush.
Mario’s Freaky Ice Bar | Haute ice cream parlour
7-7-2017
We have seen the evolution of traditional snack bar into haute friture by Michelin star chefs. Ron Blaauw takes it to another level, from today on we have a new trend, described by us as the Haute ice cream parlour. Or bluntly said culinary ice cream for everyone!
Sweet Mirrie’s | First ice cream teppanyaki in The Hague
7-7-2017
Two weeks ago, a new unique concept opened in The Hague. Sweet Mirrie’s makes ice cream as we already have spotted a lot in the Far East. The teppanyaki ice cream is not brand new, we spotted it before and wrote about it before. But we haven’t spotted a concept like this before in the Netherlands.
Meat Your Veggies | A new approach to meat reduction
6-7-2017
During a meeting of MVO Nederland (organisation Corporate Social Responsibility in the Netherlands) and Wageningen Academy, meat company Bolscher introduced a new product category, between meat and vega. The meeting ‘from food waste to food business’ was organised to prevent waste and make use of residual flows. The residual flow of ‘mushroom stems’ is used in one of Meat Your Veggies’s products.
Trends we spotted | Week 26
30-6-2017
At Horecatrends we spot a lot of national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write articles about, the smaller trends we use in our column ‘Trends we spotted this week’. This week amongst others an IKEA cooking book and a Twix spread got introduced in the Netherlands.
If you like to read the whole article, click the title. Enjoy reading!
Fastaway | Take away food and drinks at train stations
27-6-2017
Fastaway is a new app where you can order and pick up food and drinks at train stations. The app targets busy train travelers, and is developed to avoid long queues. Furthermore the app allows people to pick up their orders at participating stores directly. By this way they will never miss a train connection anymore. The app is not live yet and is planning to launch in September.
Minions inspired menu at McDonald’s
26-6-2017
To promote the launch of the new Despicable movie that will take place on the 30th of June, McDonald’s introduced a Minions inspired menu in Singapore. So if you like junk food and love the Despicable movies, you know where you have to go. Unfortunately the minion menu is only available at select McDonald’s establishments. We are quite certain that lots of other Minion fans would love to have a Minions inspired Happy Meal.
Cotton candy burrito | ‘Burrito’ filled with ice cream
23-6-2017
We cannot deny that ice cream burritos and ice cream tacos have become popular! Now we’ve spotted Sugar Sugar, a dessert shop in Ontario, Canada. Sugar Sugar serves a cotton candy burrito, a ‘burrito’ filled with ice cream. A great creation for people craving for sweet stuff.
Liefmans ice cream | At ice cream parlor Bon Appetit in Breda
15-6-2017
Do you love Liefmans beer and ice cream? Then you have to go to ice cream parlor Bon Appetit in Breda, a city in the south of the Netherlands. Since last week, this ice cream parlor sells Liefmans ice cream. Even better, at this moment, there is a promotion! Bon Appetit and city blog InBreda are going to give away 100 Liefmans ice creams. The Liefmans ice creams are served in a special Liefmans glasses that you can take home.
DoorDash | Makes food delivery more convenient using robots
13-6-2017
DoorDash is an on-demand restaurant food delivery services connecting customers with local businesses, now also by using robots. The company founded in 2013, is only to be found in the United States and Canada but their goal is to bring their services to every corner of the world.