Disney restort on Hawaii
26-9-2011
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Disney took the first step towards the hotel industry by opening Aulani Disney Resort & Spa in Hawaii, which is a hotel outside the theme parks. The hotel covers an area of 21 acres and features over 800 rooms. The hotel offers several Disney ‘experiences’ like several swimming pools with activities such as diving and snorkeling, and a beach house which offers kids-entertainment. For the adults, the hotel offers a spa and several restaurants.
Portable Mini microwave
26-9-2011
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Electrolux Design Lab 2011 is a design competition, where industrial design students from all over the world can compete against each other, in the theme ‘Intelligent Mobility’. They received over 1,300 entries, but the mini microwave was proclaimed to be the winner. This mini device can be slided on a specially developed food package, to heat your meal anytime and any moment you want.
Window shopping 2.0
26-9-2011
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We saw this before in South Korea, where the supermarket chain Tesco developed a virtual shop at a subway station. The British online supermarket ‘Ocado’ created a shopping wall in a mall in the centre of London, where people can select their groceries by using their smarthphone and QR scanner. The groceries are directly ordered online and by the time they arrive at home, the groceries are delivered.
Japanese grill-restaurant & Sake Bar
23-9-2011
This week, Japanese restaurant Ichi-e (which means a meeting or rendez-vous) opened its doors officially at the Arena Boulevard in Amsterdam. The three-story building features a sushibar and take-away on the ground floor. The first floor features the Robota Grill restaurant, where guests can enjoy shared-dining grilled meals. On the top floor, the restaurant offers the Densha Lounge (which means ‘train’ in Japanese) where guests can order bite-size snacks. This lounge is as well suitable for meetings or other private (company) parties. Besides, Ichi-e offers as well sake-tastings where guests can taste different kinds of sake.
This Weekend Foodlab 2020 in Rotterdam
23-9-2011
Curious what will be on the menu in 2020. The weekend of the 24th and 25th of September is the Foodlab at the Schouwburgplein in Rotterdam. There will be all kinds of extraordinarily foods. You can expect things like ragout and croquettes from wild goose, protein-rich insects, bites that taste like fish but are made from seaweed and much more. Definitely worth a look, let it inspire you.
Gordon Ramsay presents Hotel Hell
23-9-2011
British kitchen chef Gorden Ramsay starts a new tv show called ‘Hotel Hell’. It’s based on his other show ‘Kitchen of Nightmares’. The show Hotel Hell focuses on hotels, motels and B&B’s. Mr Ramsay will work together with a team of experts to assist these “hotels from hell”. The show will be broadcasted by Fox in the USA. When will it be on tv in the Netherlands?
Make a bed from a fence
23-9-2011
Students often have a small budget, New York student Michelle DeCurtis changed this problem into a challenge. She has created many creative projects from reclaimed and upcycled materials. Her bed made of an old fence is displayed at the New York Maker Faire. Perhaps an idea for sustainable entrepreneurs?
Launch of cooking channel 24Kitchen
23-9-2011
The days that Dutch people only cook from a recipe book are beyond. Nowadays we see the most amazing recipes on the television. 24Kitchen focuses on food and will start at the first of October to broadcast cooking shows 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. These shows vary from simple do-it-yourself programs to culinary discovery journeys abroad. Most broadcasters send the signal at channel 24, there is also an app and an interactive website integrated in their multi media platform. The daily renewed episodes are programmed multiple times a day to reach different audiences. So check your shopping list at your smartphone, put the television in the kitchen, cook along and ask your questions via the website or Twitter.
Restaurant meals home delivered in London
22-9-2011
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Housebites, a company based in Londen is making it possible to get meals from restaurant quality home delivered. On the website of Housebites people will enter there zip code and Housebites will show the chefs which are working in the neighborhood. The chefs which are a member of Housebites are either working in restaurants or in education. Before becomming a member of Housebites the skills of the chefs are screened. Gobble in San Francisco is a simular system and Chef Frank Hannon started his Friday Nigth Take Out from his home in Londen.
Column in Dutch about new concepts
22-9-2011
Christel Hendriks recently published an interesting column. She describes in her column what kind of changes are happening in the domestic and international café market. It is published in the Dutch Magazine ‘Barlife’, for Dutch eyes only.
