Restaurant ‘La Maison de L’entrecôte’ in Berlin has unlike most restaurant not an extensive menu. The restaurant only serves one main course, a steak with a side of salad and fries for € 19,90. The dessert is a changing ‘cheese of the week’ to complete the main course. The restaurant has the focus on a steak of good quality with the right preparation.
It is a rainy summer in the Netherlands, but the sun is shining in Leiden this year. So put on your swimsuit and enjoy a cocktail on a beach chair! The pop-up indoor beach ‘Waagstrand’ opened yesterday in the historic building ‘De Waag’. The indoor beach consists of 20 cubic meters of sand and has palm trees, beach chairs, cocktails, beach activities and DJs. This indoor beach is an initiative of ‘Stadspodia Leiden’ and will be open from Wednesday to Sunday from 13:00 pm to 01:00 am.
During a KLM flight from Amsterdam to Hong Kong passengers were surprised with signature dishes of two-star chef Richard Ekkenbus. The served dinner was part of his final test as an SVH-certified Master Chef. KLM serves meals of Dutch qualified chefs in the World Business Class for several years. But never before a Dutch chef has cooked dishes ‘live’ on board an aircraft as part of his final test to become a Master Chef. Richard Ekkenbus has completed his first part of the test successfully, the second part takes place in Restaurant Amber at The Land Mandarin Oriental in Hong Kong.
Fooddrome will open its doors in Villa Flora (Venlo) around June 2014. Fooddrome will be a location of 7,500 m2 where retail, food service industry, education and recreation will meet. According to the initiator Gert Benders the classic supermarket sells standard products for the lowest price, while the quality of the pure products and the buying experience get lost. Fooddrome is a fresh food concept with authentic, special and sustainable products of mainly Dutch soil for consumers and business users. Healthy and honest food for an affordable price is the key for Fooddrome. The products can be tasted and bought to prepare the dishes at home. The products can also be ordered through the internet or smartphone and will be delivered refrigerated.
Over the years we have had several variants of ‘Sushi’ at horecatrends.com which can easely be used by restaurant owners. Like the German ‘Goshi‘, a sushi with European flavors or the Wichy, a sushi at sandwich-size. In 2011 there was an attempt to bring a sweeter rice variant with fruit, Frushi, on the market in the Netherlands. In Australia, somebody invented the squared sushi and in 2010 we spotted the first sushi sorbet, a dessert you can eat with chopsticks. For pancake restaurants a sushi made from pancakes is a nice appetizer. There are also recipes for sushi sweets and chocolates available on the internet. The shape and taste combination of sushi are perfect to combine with other flavors and ingredients. Catering Hanenburg of cookery school ‘Lokaal 55’, combines Frisian (North of the Netherlands) ingredients and tapas, but also Frisian sushi with smoked eel from the Sneekermeer at a sushi rolls from beetroot with a cream of potato. Use the sushi once as inspiration.
According to a study of beslist.nl an increasing number of travelers likes to camp in luxury, also known as ‘glamping’. Beslist.nl made an infographic about glamping, is it a real trend or a marketing tric? ‘Glamping’ is the combination of ‘glamour and camping’ and is derived from the popular luxury safari lodges in Africa. A ‘glamper’ overnights on a family camping in a caravan, a luxury tent or bungalow. Comfort and luxury are the most important. Earlier we saw that Landal Greenparks implented ‘glamping’ by building luxury safari tents in 2011. Or what about this luxury hotel-caravan? Unfortunately the infographic is just in Dutch, but bottom-line the researchers indicate glamping as a trend and not as a tric.
A real Belgian beer lover? The largest beer bar in the world will be opened in September in Leuven, Belgium. Beer bar ‘The Capital’ will get an assortment of 2,500 Belgian beers and they will also serve foreign beers. Beer lovers will be thrilled by the glass floor through which the guests can admire the large beer stock. ‘The Capital’ exceeds the Delirium Café in Brussels with a range of 2,400 Belgian beers.
Restaurant ‘Delicatessen’ in Soho, New York City, has a nice interior but the description of their ‘cuisine’ is more special! They indicate their Cuisine as “International Comfort Food ‘, in all their communication. And I also really experienced it this way. With on the menu dishes like, Mac & Cheese, all kind of Burgers, Lobster rolls and for example tacos. But also, ‘flash fried tuna roll, a kind of sushi roll with tuna fried very quickly. ‘Cheeseburger spring rolls’, spring rolls with cheese and crumbled burger in it, served with ketchup and mustard! The whole party really enjoyed them, they where delicious! Some examples from the desserts; they served the “The Un-Birthday Cake’, just a slice of the typical American birthday cake, ‘ It might not be your birthday but who says you can not have the cake? And ‘smores in a jar’; a small glass with some kind of marshmallow liqueur served beside a jar of chocolate mouse topped with piece of graham crackers and then on top of that marshmallow fluff. Great way to present it this way and delicious! Great restaurant to eat if you are in New York. ^Leonie van Spronsen
Clothes & Accessories store Kate Spade Saturday uses the busy sidewalks in New York City, by creating a shoppable store windows. They have placed interactive windows in formerly vacant retail stores where you can shop online. The storefronts are painted yellow with black and white elements and a selection of clothing and accessories are displayed on hangers and hooks inside the windows. Through the large touch screen display, passers by can browse the entire collection and get more information. Only a mobile phone number is required and a confirmation will be send, payment will be done at delivery, the order will be delivered for free within one hour. The four stores are open 24 hours a day between June 8th and July 7th.
Tripadvisor gives an overview of ten extraordinary treetop hotels from around the world. Each treehouse is surrounded by nature and the examples varies from modern to simple treehouses. The photos are from ‘Chateaux Dans les Arbres’ in the Dordogne, France. The Chateaux Dans les Arbres offers three treehouses in the form of a castle, in the middle of the forest. The tree houses have a modern interior with furniture and elements of wood and a private hottub on the ‘balcony’. For more treetop hotels check Tripadvisor.
Earlier we saw baristas that turn a simple cup of coffee into a wonderful creation, like Mike Breach. At Lets Caffe in Taiwan they make a very special and creative latte art of photos. The café serves coffee with a print of your own photo. Guests can give a picture of themselves or their label and it will be placed in the coffee machine. The coffee machine makes a perfect copy of the picture of cacao powder on the cup of coffee.
Pop-up restaurant ‘Eenmaal’ opens on Friday June 28th and Saturday June 29th. The pop-up restaurant is the first single restaurant in the world. Where you normally go out for dinner together, at restaurant ‘Eenmaal’ you will sit alone at a table. The restaurant serves a four course dinner and only has tables for one person. The purpose of the pop-up restaurant is to make a public place more attractive for single people and change the image of being alone in public. The pop-up restaurant is a social design project of Marina van Goor along with branding agency Vandejong.
This morning Maastricht welcomed the summer in a special way. In serveral streets freshly washed laundry was hanged out to promote the quest for the ‘cleanest’ photo of the city. The promotion is an initiative by VVV Maastricht and Townhouse Designhotel Maastricht.
This inspiring floating meeting room in Amsterdam is called the ‘geWoonboot’ and created by Joan Kramer and Jan Huisman. The object has 120m2 floor space and is divided in two rooms with a view on the IJ or NDSM-wharf. The boot is self sustainable in energy use and has sun collectors, waste water filtering, warmth pump and sun heated water system. It has a biological and/or local catering as well.
Earlier this year Starbucks opened a new concept near the Megura Station in Tokyo. The new store is inspired by the surrounding neighbourhood, traditional Japanese architecture and gardens. The Starbucks doesn’t look like a coffee shop but more like traditional Japanese tea house. The interior design includes elements of wooden walls and Shoji sliding doors and the store sells Japanese ceramic mugs, exclusive to Starbucks Japan. Earlier we’ve spotted a Starbucks in Amsterdam with a interior design made of old bicycle tires and the Starbucks in Japan where you are surrounded by trees.
We’re already in the third week of October, and more and more festive inspiration is popping up online. Pinterest remains a wonderful source of ideas, read more
We’ve been enjoying glorious summer weather for a few weeks now, and the popular seasonal drinks are already known. Mocktails, cocktails, spritz variations, rosé, and read more
For men who are not allowed to buy real swords, this barbecue sword is a nice alternative. The sword of 19-inches long, comes with matching Zorro masks … for real heroes.
In Brussels, Belgium, 2 hotels received the halal-certificate. Upon request of guests, rooms can be made halal-proof. This means no alcohol in the minibar and guests cannot watch adult tv channels.
The 20th of July it was friendship-day in Argentina (Dia del Amigo). For the occasion, Coca-Cola designed a giant vendingmachine. The slot for the coins was placed 2 meters high. This required some help of friends to reach the slot.
The French pastry chef Dalloyau made these cupcakes to drink. The cupcake consists of a strawberry-smoothie inside a chocolat ball with a creamy topcoat. The cupcake is so delicate that it can only be eaten on the spot.
With the chocolate sprinkles of Venz you can play an online game. By using the special code on the box, which needs to be held in front of your webcam, you can play a racegame.
These Jelloware glasses are an nice substitute for plastic cups. The cups, made of gelatine, are edible after use and available in several flavors.
The Scottish brewer Brewdog designed these bottles of beer, which cost € 580,= and contain 55% alcohol. The bottle is wrapped in dead squirrels or stoats. Although the brewery says only ‘roadkills’ are used, it’s a pretty controversial packaging.
With the ‘Twicketer’-app it is possible to order tickets for several events. Your phone becomes your ticket.
Pay at a bar with your iPhone or Androit phone. With Tabbedout you can! When the phone is connected to the bars POS-system, guests can pay the bill at any given moment, before leaving the bar.
Through www.lastminutedining.nl you make a restaurant reservation at the last moment. Guests do receive a code for a 20%-discount from the bill.
Trouble finding your own suitcase at the airport? With these stickers of thecheeky.com you easily recognize your suitcase. But you might get into trouble with customs…
A wine rack, made of 100% cork, specially for the environmentally conscious wine-lover.
Guests of Superbude (1 * hostel / lounge) are free to make their own choices. In The Kitchen Club you can enjoy breakfast, bring your own bread, grab a pizza or have one delivered. The hotel also offers free wifi, skype and Nintendo.
In Japan, they started a trial with interactive street ads. Billboards on the street scan their passers, determine their age and sex and link an appropiate ad. Watch the movie for more information.
This picknic box, including cutlery, plates, cups and other supplies, designed by Boxsal, is completely recyclable and biodegradable.
With the watermelon-cooler, designed by Joybond, you can eat your watermelon at any temperature. This cooler is perfect for a picknick, or to sell slices of watermelon on the beach.
To promote the Ruhr area in Germany, the A40 highway was closed for 60 kilometers. The highway became a picknick place. Over 3 million people gathered on the highway.
The bottle locker protects your bottle and your children.
The new Absolut Vodka, inspired by the streets of New York, has opened a discussion on Facebook, called ‘share your stoop story’. Part of the sales of the vodka goes to the ‘Human for Habitat’-project in Brooklyn. The bottle is designed by the director Spike Lee, who also made a short movie for their Facebook-page.
On billboards in New York and Los Angeles Calvin Klein has published large QR-codes. People who pass by the billboard can scan the code with their smartphones and watch the latest ad.
On www.luxehomeswap.com, owners of luxurious homes can trade houses and spend their holidays at this location.
As a passenger you won’t get bored on the Norwegian Epic. Besides the new icebar (which is mentioned befored), this luxurious ship also features a bowling alley.
KHN, the Dutch hotel and restaurant organization, has developed an ice cream parlor-map, which is available as app for iPhone.
This new Veuve Clicquot Fridge keeps your bottle of champagne cold for two hours.
In collaboration with Burlesque-dancer Dita von Teese, Cointreau opened an exclusive cocktailbar in Paris. Dita von Teese is responsible for the design, interior and the cocktailmenu.
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