Inspiration for the Holiday Season | From a sushi Christmas Tree to an edible pinecone
27-10-2025
We’re already in the third week of October, and more and more festive inspiration is popping up online. Pinterest remains a wonderful source of ideas, and this week we explored Christmas dishes. We found several fun creations that would look great on the menu of any grand café or bistro. We’re sure chefs could take these ideas to next level!
A bruschetta Christmas wreath, a sushi Christmas tree, an edible pinecone, and a Christmas bauble dessert are among our favourites. We also noticed that most restaurants share their Christmas menus on Instagram as plain text. In our opinion, a missed opportunity!
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MOMO Cha | Afternoon Tea with an Asian signature
16-9-2025
MOMO Restaurant, Bar & Lounge in Amsterdam introduces a new culinary experience: MOMO Cha, an Afternoon Tea with a distinctive Asian twist. Located on Hobbemastraat 1, this hotspot once again sets a trend by giving the classic British tea ritual a surprising, cosmopolitan makeover. (By the way, Cha means tea.)
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‘Camp Unwritten’ | Glamping meets storytelling by World of Hyatt
19-6-2025
This summer, World of Hyatt is teaming up with Reese’s Book Club and Under Canvas to launch Camp Unwritten – a unique, storybook-inspired glamping adventure that invites guests to become the main character of their own summer tale. Think cozy fireside reads, luxury tents, wide-open skies, and exclusive access to bestselling authors – all in breathtaking, off-the-grid settings.
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Papa d’Amour by Dominique Ansel | A new Asian bread culture bakery in NYC
15-5-2025
On May 22nd, chef Dominique Ansel will open a new bakery dedicated to Asian bread culture at 64 University Place (between 10th & 11th Streets) in New York City, of course, with his signature creative touch. The first images already look promising; this is yet another bakery worth visiting in NYC! The name, Papa d’Amour, is the nickname his children gave him.
We’re big fans of Dominique Ansel’s creativity and we love sandos, those fluffy sandwiches made with shokupan or fluffy milk bread. In Amsterdam, they’re sold at Ranchi. Now we can’t wait to try the Taiwanese soft shokupan, the steamed croissant boos and especially the ‘Hot Dog & Sticky Rice Danish’ we saw on Instagram, it looks amazing! Although choosing might be difficult, as the ‘Scallion Basil Bloom’ looks delicious as well.
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Pizza Hut introduces an exclusive Pizza Caviar Bump Box
10-4-2025
Pizza Hut is putting an indulgent twist on the caviar craze sweeping foodie culture with the launch of ‘Pizza Caviar’ – a first-of-its-kind innovation that transforms the fine dining trend into something completely unexpected. Caviar has been elevating some of the world’s most beloved comfort foods with the unexpected hi-low pairings popping up in upscale restaurants and gracing social feeds across the country. In true Pizza Hut fashion, the brand asked: why just place caviar on your pizza when you can reimagine it entirely and create a bold new food category? Inspired by the rise of ‘caviar bumps’, these bite-sized caviar pearls are made to taste like pepperoni and designed for dipping, dunking, and bumping. Available exclusively at the Pizza Hut located at 932 8th Avenue in New York City from today until April 12th from 4-8pm, while supplies last.
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Taco Bell unveils R.I.N.G. The Bell their business strategy for an innovative future
6-3-2025
With ambitions to double innovation, Taco Bell is sharing exclusive insights into its plan to R.I.N.G. The Bell for winning in the years ahead! The title for its business growth plan, R.I.N.G. The Bell stands for: Relentlessly Innovative Next-Generation Growth. After reaching a milestone of $1 billion in operating profit in 2024, Taco Bell launches off last year’s momentum to drive double the innovation in 2025. During their Live Más LIVE 2025, Taco Bell revealed how it aims to redefine its global brand experience across menus, service, operations and tech.
We spot a lot of financial insights by brands, which are mostly quite boring. We love the way Taco Bell is showing their future.
‘Salad AI’ recipe generator of Just Salad | Personalized dining experience
30-1-2025
Just Salad, the fast-casual restaurant chain committed to making everyday health and sustainability possible, recently announced the launch of its newest ordering feature, ‘Salad AI’, a cutting-edge personalization tool designed to transform how customers discover and enjoy their perfect meal. Through personalized survey results, Just Salad’s AI tool provides mobile app users with tailored ordering recommendations to best match their culinary preferences, setting a new standard for digital customer engagement.
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The croissant craze | This is what 2024 brought us
16-12-2024
We discussed which products show up the most on social media, in all kind of shapes, flavours and colours, this year. The first product that popped up is the croissant. We think the croissant hype began with the Cronut by Dominique Ansel, back in 2013. Since this croissant-donut combination, we have seen endless variations. Last January we wrote an article with the question what 2024 was going to bring us? Well the year 2023 ended with a broissant and 2024 started with a brioche croissant loaf, which is kind of the same! We spotted the broissant in a pop-up in the Landmark hotel in December and the brioche croissant loaf in Amsterdam early January. Later this year we spotted, croissant cereals, potato croissants, the Onioissant, BallSsants, the Croicheese, the Cröner, a Cherry Crioche, Croissant Cones. And it ended with tasting the elongated croissant by François Perret at the Ritz Paris Le Comptoir.
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An immersive Christmas Light Maze with a shopping village and Christmas magic
11-11-2024
We couldn’t find an immersive Christmas Light Maze in Europe yet, howevere correct us if we are wrong. But we love the idea, another fun event to visit with the family instead of just meeting each other for Christmas dinner. Inspiration for Holiday Season events!
Enchant Christmas, creates the beloved holiday event known for its World’s Largest immersive Christmas Light Maze, shopping Village, and magical atmosphere, and its newest creation, Classic Christmas. This year they are also launching ‘Kids Light Up The Night’ during select event dates this season.
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Furryccino & a Furry menu | During Beagles & Beans Animal Week
4-10-2024
Each year on October 4th, the Dutch coffee chain Bagels & Beans changes its name for a week. Proud owners who bring their pets will then receive a free coffee of their choice. And for the animal pals themselves, there will be a very special menu available this year: the Furry menu with the Furryccino as an expected favourite.
An edible pinecone dessert for the Holiday Season - generated with AI
A christmas wreath with bruschetta - generated with AI
