Dorilocos or crazy Doritos
Nice to serve at your terrace, small or big bags of Doritos chips at which guests are able to choose the toppings they like. Originates from Mexico where Dorilocos or crazy Doritos are hugely popular at local markets.
Nice to serve at your terrace, small or big bags of Doritos chips at which guests are able to choose the toppings they like. Originates from Mexico where Dorilocos or crazy Doritos are hugely popular at local markets.
Actually it’s age-old: brandy, or as we Dutch call it: brandewijn. The brand Rooster & Wolf comes with a special recipe from France and a beautifully shaped bottle. Rooster & Wolf, trendy brandy to drink pure or mixed in a cocktail!
Last saturday the 16th of April opened Deliveroo opened a pop-up restaurant in Amsterdam. Deliveroo is the first delivery service that opens a pop-up restaurant in the Netherlands. For a week the delivery service presents the biggest menu of the Netherlands in the Kalverstraat. Amsterdam’s favorite restaurants as The Butcher, Cafe George, Max and Anne & Max serve their dishes under one roof in one of the busiest shopping streets.
Situated in the heart of ‘Jordaan’, Amsterdam district, is the Mr. Jordaan hotel. Storytelling of the district has been integrated in the unique design of the hotel. Owner of this bed and breakfast hotel is Tsibo Lin, one of the owners of the ‘Foodhallen’.
At the redaction of Horecatrends we spot a lot of national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write articles about, the smaller trends we use in our column ‘Trends we spotted this week’. This week among others, bungalowspecials starts with a WhatsApp concierges, Sergio Herman’s Frites atelier and this summer you can pay with your fingerprint in Japan.
The Hague can compete with world-famous seaside cities like San Francisco, Melbourne and Lisbon this summer. In June ‘The Tourist Tram’ starts, a new connection between the city and the sea with historic trams. Tourists with a ticket can hop on and hop off for one or more days. The Hague offers – for Dutch standards – an unique attraction.
No more entrenched discrimination that exist in our society. This apps divides the amount of money that needs to be paid at the end of an evening out. Not everyone will like this as the app is dividing the bill based on salary differences between you and your table partners.
The traditional Dutch gin is making a comeback in the Dutch hospitality industry. Where this summer you will see mostly gin and vermouth on your menu, 2017 will be the year of the Dutch gin. We spoke with Sebastian Kolstee, one of the founders of Kever Genever.
Schedule the date in your agenda and be a chef for one day during Restaurant Day. This food festival takes place at the 21st of May and is being organised by thousands of people worldwide who either open their restaurant for one day or visit one.
At the redaction of Horecatrends we spot a lot of national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write articles about, the smaller trends we use in our column ‘Trends we spotted this week’. This week among others, a great idea for your terrace this summer ‘Dorilocos or crazy doritos’. , ‘Urban pillow fight at square in Toronto’ and ‘Pizzacle, a pizza on a stick’.
NH Collection has added some very cool hotels to their portfolio! And Amsterdam had got another culinary hotspot with The White Room and with The Tailor bar, a hotspot for cocktails. Bram Kosterink attended the launch of the NH Collection in Amsterdam, the NH Collection Doelen and NH Collection Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky. Bram visited the new hotel rooms, tasted the cocktails made by Tess Posthumus and was getting a first insight in the new challenge of chef Jacob Jan Boerma.
Chef Dominique Ansel introduced the Cronut in Japan last year but now a Japanese dessert, Mizu Shingen Mochi, is introduced in New York City. A bite of water which is as popular as the cronut in Japan. It’s a water cake or as they will call it in New York, a raindrop cake.
A new robot in the hospitality industry. Hilton Worldwide and IBM announced a collaboration to pilot ‘Connie’ – the first Watson-enabled robot concierge in the hospitality industry. Hilton’s new robot draws on domain knowledge from Watson and WayBlazer to inform guests on local tourist attractions, dining recommendations and hotel features and amenities.
A photo ambassador? Yes a photo ambassador! A new twist to the longline of ideas, trying to influence the quality of pictures from your hotel. For the ‘photo ambassador’ you have to check in at the Four Seasons Resort at Maui. And if you watch the video above, you will have to agree that there must be great spots at this resort to take photos.
It will be the largest urban rooftop farm in Europe. The unique ‘farm’ is at 40 meters altitude in The Hague and will annually produce 50 tons of local, rooftop vegetables and 20 tons of fresh (urban) fish. Our colleague Bram Kosterink already got a tour of the impressive project.
The FabCafe in Japan features a mix of 3D printing, laser cutting and regular coffee menu. They introduced a high-tech machine that can make 3D shapes. In February, the shop organizes a special workshop where participants can make a unique 3D chocolate shape off their own faces. Nice for your Valentine?
A nice way to present your amuses on the table. A tree trunk from about 1 meter long suitable for 15 amuse slides. For sale at the First Impression Shop.
This handmade out of solid oak ‘Linger a little longer’ table designed by Jay Watson reacts to heat. The table is covered with a black thermochromic coating which allows people to leave a temporary mark. The surface responds to heat from a body part or a any warm dish or cup and becomes transparent to reveal the wood beneath.
Restaurant Belle and next door B&B Swaenenvecht in Utrecht organize a overnight lotery on Valentine’s Day. All couples who come to enjoy a 3-course dinner in Restaurant Belle may bring their suitcase. Because this evening a overnight in B&B Swaenenvecht will be raffled.
Only this week during the National Storytelling Week family restaurant Giraffe in London presents ‘Tell Us A Story’. Kids get free meals when they bring a book and their parents, grandparents or carers. Simply bring the kids to the restaurant untill 5pm, read them a story and the kids get a free meal when the adult orders a main course.
Pathé a chain of cinema’s, is testing a couple of new products. They now serve convenience fruit from the brand Chiquita and various flavors of popcorn in a rainbow presentation. While watching the movie, one can try 4 flavors of popcorn for € 7,50. Pathé does also rollout a selfservice concept Drinks & Bites.
The First Impression shop sells different kind of wooden plates. When you serve game, these plates are an assest to the dish. They’re light of weight and they can be cleaned in a dishwasher.
The restaurant ‘In de keuken van Floris’ in Rotterdam (Netherlands) offers vegetarians a surprising nine-course menu. With culinary delights without meat or fish, a delight for the vegetarian taste buds. Chef Floris Versluijs plays with acids, structures and contrasts. The restaurants also offers a menu with fish and meat.
The magazine DER FEINSCHMECKER launched a new restaurant app with the best restaurants of Germany. The app is always actual: openings, closings and for example the switches of chefs are updated daily.
If you’re looking for a job in the hospitality branch in the Netherlands, download the app from ‘Werkenindehoreca.nl’ and receive all jobs on your mobile phone. Available for iPhone and Android.
American top chef Grand Achatz has made a new movie. We came across it on the Twitter from Gastronomixs. We would love to go and eat at his restaurant whenever we visit Chicago. See also other clips as – Course comprised of 86 individual components – and – edible helium balloon.
Gastronomic safaris by boat, walks in Nordic Noir Copenhagen, concerts in warehouses and pop-up restaurants. All this during the Wondercool festival – Copenhagen’s cultural month of February. It’s a festival of music, art, food, design, architecture and fashion.
KRNWTR thinks it’s time for an app that maps tap water in the hospitality branch. Still you can’t order a glass of tap water everywhere. With this app you can see where they serve tap water and where they don’t. You can indicate where you’ve got tap water as well. Through crowd funding KRNWRT is trying to realize this app. You can invest from €2,50. Look here for more information.
Women-only venues in the big cities are rising. Bar/restaurant SofaKingcool in London will become “women-only” themed and is renamed to KC’z Bar from February 1st onwards. Networking is the main purpose, but also the demand for an after work hangout place. It’s by women for women and it’s not just for gay women.
McDonald’s in Australia, better known as Macca’s, introduced a new iPhone app. With the app ‘TrackMyMacca’s’ the guest can see where the ingredients originate from and what happens before they are served. Another example of transparency at McDonald’s. In Canada they’ve created a YouTube movie about the difference between the hamburger in an ad and in your own box. There is also a ‘behind the scenes‘ about the French fries.
We think that it would have been nice if all restaurants near of the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht served these cookies with their coffee and tea during the KamaSutrA convention was held last weekend. Or do you dare to serve them with Valentine’s Day? The cookies are here for sale.
In Amsterdam Purewtr/Pro from entrepreneur Stijn Weijns soon starts with the construction of a swimming pool in a “sustainable” hotel. After having built small pools for individuals the last years, the company now wants to expand to project development and designing public swimming pools. In the pools of Purewtr there is not a drop of chlorine or other chemicals. They use plants such as the yellow iris, the schoenoplectus acutus and the small-leaved lily to clean the water. The water quality is high and the pools uses 70% less energy than regular pools.
Valentine’s day 2013 is approaching, so Marjolein van Spronsen has highlighted a few potential actions. Check the article for inspiration for your café, restaurant or hotel (use Google Translate) What are you going to organize for your guests?
The FabCafe in Shibuya, Japan is an innovative workshop/cafe hybrid that offers its clients laser cutting services and cups of coffee. The ‘Fab’ in its name stands for fabrication. Clients are invited to bring Adobe Illustrator files into the cafe, then the laser cutter will cut out of paper, felt, acrylic, wood and other materials. FabCafe, which is operated by digital media production company Loftwork, was designed by Naruse-Inokuma Architects. Read more about it at The Pop-Up City website.
An unique eyecatchers for every terrace or doorstep. A LED writing board for every message. The texts are easy to adjust or to renew. Look for more information at the website www.ledreclamebords.nl
At the AirBnB in Potts Naturpark Brauerei in Germany you can spend the night in a beer barrel bed! The ultimate hotel room for a beerlover invites guests to snooze in a giant 19th Century beer barrel that has been converted into cozy sleeping quarters. another barrel has been converted into a barrel sauna.
After a alcohol black-out Dhairya Dand from the MIT Media Lab has developed ice cubes that react to the music and drinking speed. The LED ice cubes changes color from green, orange to red if the drinking speed is to high. The chip inside the cubes is even able to send text messages to friends if the drinking continues.
At Whichaway Eco Camp explorers get the chance to experience the Antarctic comfortably, and sustainable. Guests can stay the overnight in one of six tents. The tents look like oversized golf balls. The frameless structures are made of aerospace composite panels that slot together to have the strength of a normal building and the mobility of a tent. Each tent has an en-suite bathroom and a desk. The camp consists of two more tents where you’ll find the dining area, library, kitchen and communications area. See more pictures in the Daily Mail article and a video about a trip to Whichaway Eco Camp.
Montblanc stationary is partnering with the St. Regis Washington DC Hotel and Thornwillow Press on a pop-up hotel lobby store for Barack Obama’s upcoming inauguration. Fans of the Montblanc brand assembling in Washington DC for the upcoming inauguration will be able to purchase leather goods, cuff links, timepieces and signature writing instruments in a new pop-up location. Obama fans can also purchase the official medallion set for $7,500. Those on a tighter budget can get an official inauguration souvenir pen for $30. In an added interactive element, visitors to the pop-up store will be encouraged to use Montblanc stationery and pens to write letters to the president that will then be hand-delivered to the White House by the St. Regis Hotel’s team of butlers. We never heard from a pop-up store in a hotel lobby, inspiration for other hotels and shops.
Based in New York, Chefday hosts step-by-step videos of top chefs from the city – like Jehangir Mehta from Iron Chef America and Michelin-starred Chris Leahy – which are free to watch. If you decide to cook the meal yourself, you can order all the necessary ingredients to be delivered. Through a subscription option, customers will receive a recommended recipe via email every two weeks, which they can view before opting to order the ingredients, choose another recipe or skip until the following fortnight. In addition, Chefday donates one meal for every dish ordered to the Food Bank for NYC. They combine healthy recipes from well known award winning chefs with the possibility of directly buying all the ingredients. And all foodies know that can be an issue!