Baking burgers
A totally different way to bake burgers! A wonderful movie about a burger seller of Singapore.
A totally different way to bake burgers! A wonderful movie about a burger seller of Singapore.
This video shows how America sells Amsterdam. A fun video to watch, but also a nice city to visit or live in.
Each day a different cup of tea with the tea calendar of Hälssen en Lyon. The calendar days are made of tea leaves that dissolve directly into a cup of hot water. Nice to serve to your guests!
June 2010, we spotted Food Hub, an online sales system for local products. Producers tell online what is salable of their harvest and restaurateurs / retailers know where fresh local products are for sale. An initiative that has also been launched by other parties. Food Hub is active in the West of the USA (started from Portland) and we recently spotted Foodem that started from Baltimore (Maryland) with their B2B platform for food suppliers (farms, specialty food producers and distributors) and food buyers (hotels, connects restaurants schools, hospitals, etc.). The latter have recently launched a new version of their platform. Foodem 2.0 has added price transparency, more efficient processes and increased possibilities for analytical reports. The websites are becoming more professional. In the article of 2010, we were already wondering who will start a similar website in the Netherlands and we actually still do! The film above by Food Hub gives a clear idea about the impact for buyers and sellers.
Create a special vibrant atmosphere in a hotel room with the ‘Forms of nature’ light. This light was developed by Hilden & Diaz and inspired by Ernst Haeckel’s (1834-1919). This creation is elegant and it look like it is made of tree branches. When the light is turned on, you will find yourself in the middle of a forest. The shadows are cast on the walls in the form of branches and trees. An interesting way to bring light into a hotel room.
Finding a cheap hotel is not always easy, but with the suitcase ‘Hotello’ you can easily set up your own hotel room or workplace anywhere. The suitcase on wheels does not immediately look like a bedroom, but when you unpack the suitcase you transform a empty building in a hotel room. This flexible room can be placed in just any empty space. The suitcase contains a bed, desk with chair and a storage. The ‘Hotello’ is developed by Roberto de Luca and Antonio Scarponi for the Swiss company Daskonzept. The big question is who is going to facilitate space to unpack this ‘suitcase’. More pictures at PSFK.
Imagine, you are on a holiday and you want to eat a local dish. You can eat a meal at a restaurant, but you can also have a dinner at someone’s home… The global community EatWith invites people to dine in homes across the world. Users can offer their ‘kitchen’ on the website of EatWith as an alternative for the restaurants in the area. Travelers can have a cozy dinner at someone’s home, share stories, have an unique experience and meet new people. It is a similar concept as AirBnB. The question is to what extent providers on this website must meet requirements such as hygiene and so on.
Eating your spoon as well after dinner… could a chef get a better compliment? We have seen chocolate, cookie and peppermint versions but the ‘edible spoon’ from Triangle Tree is organic and a responsible replacement of a disposable plastic spoon. The spoon is composed of organic ingredients such as corn flour, eggs, milk, sugar, salt, herbs and spices. This spoon comes in three flavors: Plain, Spicy and Sweet. The Edible Spoon can be used to eat a variety of foods. It’s tasty, it’s healthy, it’s convenient, and it promotes a cleaner tomorrow. The spoon could be served alongside appetizers and meals at restaurants or at events such as festivals. Or serve this previously spotted edible teaspoon with a cup of tea.
The Glad Tent is a tent and a compost bag in one. So when you are done partying at the festival, you can leave the garbage in the tent where you spent the night. A brilliant way to be more environmentally friendly this festival season.
Coffee that really fits your taste, is hard to find. BeanGenius offers a service where you can discover high quality coffee beans sourced from independent coffee roasters from across the USA. Consumers can indicate their preferences in a coffee taste profile and BeanGenius will recommend which coffee fits the best. They will ship them three different freshly roasted bags of specialty coffee from independent roasters across the country. Consumers can try a monthly bag of coffee and tell BeanGenius how they liked them. The more you use it, the smarter BeanGenius gets in catering to their tastes and preferences.
Pay attention to the initiative of “arty napkins” at the “Kapellerput” conference hotel. Every year they choose a piece of art that touched them and have it printed on their linen napkins. They give it out as corporate gifts. The ‘arty napkins’ symbolizes what their conference hotel is about; hospitality and inspiration. The original piece is bought and one napkin is framed, the restaurant uses a disposable version. A true royal gesture. The napkins so far are made by the artists Marijn Moree, Saskia Heuer, Janne Hopman and Jolinde van Poppel. Do you want to read more examples of small gestures, read our last edition of ‘Royal hospitable gestures‘.
A new all-inclusive restaurant recently opened in Amsterdam. Restaurant View gives the all you can eat concept a special twist. Guests can prepare their dishes at the table, where literally a world of flavors passes by. The guests stay seated, because the plates (yellow for chicken, blue for fish, red for meat and green for vegetables) pass the tables on a moving conveyor belt. At their own table they can prepare the dishes on a grill. For € 34,50 guests can eat and drink (beer & wine)unlimited for two hours.
A ‘small gesture in hospitality’ made local. Like the “Ratilanne Riverside Resort” in Chiang Mai, Thailand did, they dress up their water bottles in local costumes. A very charming little way of presenting the local culture, who’s next or which hotel in The Netherlands serves their bottles in Dutch traditional costumes? Do you want to read more examples of small gestures, read our last edition of ‘Royal hospitable gestures‘.
A new all-in restaurant recently opened in Amsterdam. Restaurant View gives the all you can eat concept a special twist. Guests can prepare their dishes at the table, where literally a world of flavors passes by. The guests stay seated, because the plates (yellow for chicken, blue for fish, red for meat and green for vegetables) pass the tables on a moving conveyor belt. At their own table they can prepare the dishes on a grill. For € 34,50 guests can eat and drink unlimited for two hours.
Mama Sopa has developed soap products to support the projects of the famous Dutch water foundation SIMAVI. For each product sold, SIMAVI gives a hygiene training to a mother in India, to improve the health of their families and provides mothers with the knowledge they need to prevent diseases. The Dutch design packages are very appealing and designed by Studio Conn-Fetti. These playful soap products are great to use in hotels! It would be great if a hotel puts these soap products in the rooms, to contribute to charity.
Approachable inspiration, trends and highlights from 2025 that can be easily applied to your own business in 2026. A whitepaper to scroll through when you 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
A luxurious lounge set with an integrated wine cooler and cocktail table from the Italian brand Atmosphera.
Metal dealer Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo has developed a test kit to find out if pork is processed in you meal. By using nanoparticles of gold dissolved in water, even the most miniscule fragment of pork is detected within 10 minutes.
A mobile bubble can be used as pavilion during events. Between May and September you can find this bubble at 15 locations in London.
An idea to offer visitors of take away-concepts a seat in a market or a shopping mall: a row of backsides of scooters. These are seen at Camden Markets, London.
This summer Malibu liqueur launches a special limited edition bottle, ‘Malibu By U’. From May 2010, people can customize their own bottle. The distinctive white bottle in gift box comes with four markers in different colors.
The luxury conglomerate Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessey enters the hotel business. Two new hotels will be built in Oman and Egypt and will open in 2012.
In a sleek, trendy store retail is combined with catering. In the store pastries, sandwiches, pizzas, meal components, salads and various Italian breads are made. The fairly low prices, casual atmosphere, reponsible products and a modern Italian flair make this concept appealing for the London audience.
An umbrella that is available in two sizes. The parasols have LED lights built in.
Domino’s has developed a widget which fans of the company can publish on their social network site. The widget keeps track of the orders made through the website and the administrator of this social network site will get 0.5% of the turnover of the order.
Domino’s has developed a widget which fans of the company can publish on their social network site. The widget keeps track of the orders made through the website and the administrator of this social network site will get 0.5% of the turnover of the order.
Last week Waitrose supermarket in Great Britain started selling the pineberry. The white strawberry tastes like pineapple but looks like an unripe strawberry orignally grows in South America. Up to seven years ago the fruit was threatened with extinction. They are grown in Dutch greenhouses but the availability is limited in The Netherlands.
Designed by Jan Berstein from ’10 liter design’ in Germany. Fun for a modern tea shop.
Real eggs, empty and sterilized, filled with candy of your choice. Easy to make, the instructions can be found on the website of ‘the kitchn’.
After Nathalie Rykiel it was up to Karl Lagerfeld to design the new Coca Cola light bottle. He was also responsible for the commercial. Available from April 24th.
Convenient storage system for bottles of wine. The crates have 10 years guarantee and are made from recycled material.
For these awkward silent moments at dinner there are now origami napkins. Instead of boring your guests with useless conversations you can fold napkins in different origami figures.
Now you can make your daily espresso without using even a bit of energy. A combination of the right pressure and temperature makes the coffee.
Always wanted to take home the hotel room you stayed in? Now you can. Buy a DIY hotel suite kit and you will be able to buy everything from your hotelroom.
This month Bar Pepito opened, London’s first sherrybar. The owner’s mission: convert the English to drinking sherry. They serve several varieties of sherry, sherry cocktails and beer. Snacks are served as well.
Campaign by Evian; fashion photographer Nathaniel Goldberg photographed five models with these shirts for the campaign “Live Young”.
On St. Patrick’s Day, March 27th, the Chicago River turned green. McDonald’s did spill an “artful mint milkshake” into the water.
A new burger that is inspired by old-fashioned Frisian treats like peat smoked Frisian dry sausage, Beerenburg, Frisian “nagel”cheese, orange cake, sugarbread and Frisian Dumkes (anise cookies).
POM Wonderful is an American company with a products based on pomegranates. They sell juice, energy bars, fresh pomegranates, iced coffee and shots. Pomegranates are known for their high grade of antioxidants, very healthy!
A young industrial designer developed a new packaging for soft drinks. These packages create less waste during transportation and storage.
Cravendale has developed a milk jug that will warn you when the milk is sour. With a simple ph-sensor at the bottom of the jug, the acidity of the milk is measured to determine whether you can still drink the milk or not. On the outside an LCD screen that indicates whether the milk is fresh or sour.
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