Ordering roomservice with a smarthphone
12-10-2011
Hotel-restaurant Villa Ruimzicht, located in Doetichem (in the Netherlands), provides a service where guests order room service by using their Smartphone or tablet pc. Guests can download a free app and scan a QR-code which can be found in the hotel room. A menu appears on the screen in which the guest can order a certain dish or a drink. To offer this service, the hotel uses the ‘Yoursmartbutler’ app, which makes a connection to the register system and communicates the necessary information to the kitchen and to the guest accounts.
Drinking vinegar for your health
12-10-2011
Drinking vinegar is an age old practice in many cultures. Andy Ricker, announced to Best Chef Northwest 2011, launched his Pok Pok Som. This is a refreshing vinegar drink with concentrated flavours of fruit, vegetables and aromatics, and is very good for your health.
Restaurant The Cowfish
12-10-2011
Restaurant The Cowfish is all about ‘East meets West’. It serves both of best worlds; the American hamburger and the popular Japanese sushi. You can find dishes on the menu like the real American hamburgers, Japanese sushi, as well ass a combination of both in fusion dishes.
Drink to Relax
11-10-2011
A moment of relaxation, but staying focused at the same time; a new soda ChillCat Drink to Relax. This is no energy-drink, but a light carbonated soft drink, based on exclusive and natural white and green tea extracts and anti-oxidants, like pomegranate. Specially developed for moments of relaxation and inner peace, without losing the focus.
Massage in the cafe
11-10-2011
Last Sunday the 25th edition of the 4 Miles of Groningen was organized. Afterwards, ‘Café de Koffer’ organized massage-sessions in the café, to massage away the coming muscles ache. A nice way to pamper your guests!
Create your own chocolate
11-10-2011
Elsa Lambinet, a French designer, created these chocolates which can be composed to your own favorite taste. This is possible by combine the three basic elements; a base of white, milk or dark chocolate, a filling, and a topping. See the chocolates here.
Design kitchen
11-10-2011
A few Italian designers of the Dragdesign Studio created a new folding cooking island within a capsule. The cooking island can be opened and closed by pressing a button, and offers several elements which can be folded out, such as a small dining table or an extra cutting platform.
On the hunt for wild mushrooms
10-10-2011
Interested in wild mushrooms? Expert Maurice van der Molen takes a group to the Gaasperplas (Amsterdam) and explanes how to recognize edible mushrooms and how to harvest them. It’s not possible to subscibe anymore, there are new workshops in November.
Stain on Starbucks coffee t-shirt
10-10-2011
Starbucks has invited designers to make coffee-inspired t-shirts in celebration of their 40th anniversary. The designs are inspired by coffee and made by Alexander Wang, Billy Reid and Sophie Theallet. So a shirt with a coffee stain might be a top notch design item in the future.
From head to tail evening at De Bloemkool
10-10-2011
Restaurant ‘De Bloemkool’ (The Netherlands) organizes a slow food evening on the 11th of October in collaboration with Knooopjelos.nl. The wine & food evening is all about calf ‘from head to tail’. A limited amount of 40 people can eat and drink for a special all-in prize.
