These beer bottles are the bomb

26-6-2012

A highly beer bottle and package design. The bottles are to resemble bombs sold in the black market. It includes a hand-built crate with a bracing system to hold bottles during transportation.

Body Baleru – zombie bread

25-6-2012

In Ratchaburi, Thailand, this tourist hotspot is found. The ‘Body Bakery’ was created by a baker’s son who has a tendency for horror films and has followed an art training course. The sandwiches that are made look real. There are severed heads, but also hands, feet and organs all 100% edible. Therefore, the Body Bakery is not for sensitive souls.

Bandolero

25-6-2012

The Bandolero restaurant in Washington is a restaurant with the theme ‘Day of the Dead’. It is a Mexican restaurant that has many traditional Mexican dishes on the menu. Are you going to visit DC this summer? Zagat gives you an overview of the 10 ‘hottest’ new restaurants in this article.

Edible helium balloon

22-6-2012

Chefs at Chicago’s famous Alinea restaurant continue to innovate and amaze at the dinner table, their latest creation is an edible green apple balloon that is filled with helium.

Around the plate

21-6-2012

At Horecatrends.com we regularly organize trend presentations. Recently we were invited by Our Common Food to inspire the teams. Take a look at the (Dutch) Prezi presentation here.

Hotel for woman only

20-6-2012

The Hostelle woman hotel is built in the old headquaters of the Bijenkorf/Hema. Bianca Brasdorp is responsible for the design of the rooms, she focuses mainly on the age group between 16 and 55 years old. In the hotel you will find graffiti, large QR codes on canvas with information about the art museums in Amsterdam. A Chinese room, a Marie Antoinette room and a pink bathroom with a Hello-Kitty-toilet. In short, a real woman domain.

Conference for hospitality businesses

20-6-2012

The conference Meerwaarde 2.0 is only available in Dutch.

New terrace wine bar Het Eigendom Rotterdam

19-6-2012

Wine bar ‘Het Eigendom’ in Rotterdam created, according their own words, the ideal terrace. The terrace features high benches, wherefor both the sitting guests as well the standing guests can chat on the same eye level. The terrace is covered with a burgundy sail for the French accent.

The Gourmet tea store

19-6-2012

Almost unimaginable, but there is a shop hided behind these walls. The Brazilian architect Alan Chu designed this secret shop for a local tea brand in a shopping center in São Paulo. During opening hours the wall transforms into a fully equipped shop.

Giant chewing gum and cigarette

19-6-2012

This giant chewing gum and cigarette creates awareness about all the little indecents of life. The five meters high statues can be found on the train station of Marseille, France.

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