Nozem ice cream | Ice cream for Zwarte Cross festival visitors
5-7-2017
Visitors of the Zwarte Cross festival in the Netherlands can make a pit stop at ‘t Noorden in Aalten. The festival will start this weekend and party centre and pancake house ‘t Noorden is located on the route towards the festival. To attract more visitors in the days before the festivals, they decided to put some extra items on their menu. One of them is Nozem Ice Cream, made in collaboration with a farm where ice cream is being made. The ice cream is based on a popular drink being sold at Zwarte Cross: Nozem Oil.
The Movement hotel | Former Prison the Bijlmerbajes temporarily run by asylum seekers
4-7-2017
A part of the former and notorious prison ‘Bijlmerbajes’ becomes a pop-up hotel run by asylum seekers. At The Movement hotel, refugees will be trained to run a hotel and get back into the workforce, their chance to reintegrate. On the 4th of July, a crowd funding campaign is launched to enable this special project. The hotel is intended to open its prison doors early August and give their guests a once in a lifetime experience to explore and stay at the famous Bijlmerbajes before it gets demolished.
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.
Frazzled Cafe | It’s OK to not be OK!
21-6-2017
The number one bestselling author, comedian and leading mental health campaigner Ruby Wax has joined forces with Marks & Spencer to launch Frazzled Cafes in M&S stores. ‘It’s ok not to be ok, feeling frazzled, come on in and let it out!’
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.
Hard Rock Café Amsterdam | Playing outside and eat burgers
14-6-2017
A big party at the Hard Rock Café in Amsterdam today. In honour of their 46st birthday, guests can order a ‘Local Legendary Burger’ between 11am and 12am for 71 eurocents per burger. Because of the fact that the birthday falls together with Nationale Buitenspeeldag (a day for children to play outside), the café organizes fun outdoor activities for kids such as bite-the-cake with the famous Hard Rock brownies and putting on glitter tattoos.
Haagse Wereld Hapjes | Dishes from all over the world
23-5-2017
Each year it looks like there are more and more food festivals to visit in The Netherlands. Festivals where you, together with others, can enjoy the most delicious dishes, drinks and music. As The Hague offers a wide variety of restaurants, serving foods from all over the world, it’s decided to bring all these restaurant together for a food festivals. The Haagse Wereld Hapjes event will take place from the 30th of June till the 2nd of July at the Lange Voorhout in The Hague. Another reason to work a bit harder at the gym ;-).
‘Mangal mash up’ | At 4 Monday’s at Berber & Q grill house
11-5-2017
We’ve have been writing about collaborations between chefs quite often. Many chefs invite their friends or famous chefs to join them in their kitchens for special events. Owners of Berber & Q Grill House have invited some of London’s hottest chefs for a ‘mangal mash up’ at the four Mondays of June.
Kellogg’s | Fine dining experience with cereals
3-5-2017
Kellogg’s® created a fine dining experience with cereals. At Kellogg’s NYC café and just for one night, select guests experienced an exclusive six-course tasting menu of recipes recreated with cereal from Kellogg’s. Chefs Mathew Peters, Travis Swikard and Harrison Turone recreated signature dishes of Thomas Keller and Daniel Boulud with the use of Kellogg’s cereals. They were teammates at Team USA at the Bocuse d’or (which they won) and they all support Ment’or, a non-profit that inspires excellence in young culinary professionals. A great example of raising money for a good cause whilst in the meantime inspire all to reimagine the endless possibilities of cereal.
Subway’s Facebook Messenger ordering bot | Launched in the United States
25-4-2017
Last week, Subway launched a bot for Facebook Messenger that allows guests to order sandwiches and salads from more than 26,500 Subway restaurants in the U.S. The first-of-its-kind sandwich ordering bot was announced at the F8 Facebook Developer Conference with Agilitee, one of Subway’s digital partners, and is the latest innovation from Subway® Digital. Guests can use Subway’s Facebook Messenger ordering bot to order a sandwich or salad, customize it with their favorite bread; cheese; vegetables; and sauce, to pay on any device that supports Messenger. The bot is the latest addition to the brand’s mobile order systems that includes web ordering and app ordering.
