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Poesiat & Kater | Beer&Bite tasting at one of the former biggest breweries in the Netherlands

4-4-2017

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Van Vollenhoven’s beer brewery ‘De Gekroonde Valk’ used to be the biggest brewery in the Netherlands. Last month, Van Vollenhoven’s’ successor opened in Amsterdam: brewery and tasting room Poesiat & Kater. The traditional and historic beers from Van Vollenhoven will be served here as well as a selection of Poesiat & Kater’s own developed beers. The food on the menu is tailored to the beers which makes it an interesting place for those who love beer and food-combinations, a small ‘Beer&Bite’ tasting is also a fun option.   

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Kill it, Eat it | Kill your meal before you can eat it

4-4-2017

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This month Bompas & Parr and the Mondrian London Botique Hotel will host the ‘Kill it, Eat it’ event, an experiential dining event that educates people about the much-overlooked path that food takes to their plate. During the event you’ll have to kill your own crab before you can eat it.

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Tequila cloud | Hey, Visit Mexico it rains a lot in the Netherlands as well!

3-4-2017

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While most the tourism videos draw attention to beautiful beaches, impressive views and warm weather, Tourism Board Visit Mexico went for an outside-the-box- approach. In order to attract more German tourists to Mexico, Visit Mexico and ad agency Lapiz designed a tequila cloud, a cloud that rains tequila. For some of the tequila lovers, their dream came true.

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Museum of Ice Cream Los Angeles | An experiential ice-cream journey

31-3-2017

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The Museum of Ice Cream opens its doors to the West Coast this April claiming sunny Los Angeles as its highly anticipated second location. Stationed in down town Los Angeles burgeoning art district, the Museum of Ice Cream welcomes visitors to enjoy an experiential ice cream journey.

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Trends we spotted | Week 13

31-3-2017

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At 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 amongst others sleeping in a Van Gogh painting and a sweet pizza topped with cotton candy.

If you like to read the whole article, click the title. Enjoy reading!

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vandeStreek beer | Brews the first alcoholfree IPA in the Netherlands

31-3-2017

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vandeStreek beer brewed the first alcohol-free IPA in the Netherlands. Nowadays, a lot of people love to drink alcohol-free beer (last year we consumed a whopping 18% more of alcohol-free beer in the Netherlands), but a real good and tasty alcohol-free IPA we haven’t seen yet. From now onwards, you can drink an alcohol-free IPA and drive or go the gym. The brewery is working at their Playground beer series and the IPA is one of them. It’s a limited edition, once the beer gets successful more will be brewed.

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Bad Larry’s | Cold Hard Coffee

30-3-2017

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Bad Larry’s, the first-ever Cold Hard Coffee, is launching in the United States this May. Using local cold-brew company,  Blackeye Roasting Co. as the source for its coffee ingredients. Bad Larry’s blends cold brew with malt for a sweetened and smooth boozy coffee. A perfect drink if you need a boost during a night out with friends.

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Bikkelsauce | Remia introduces new way of eating fries

30-3-2017

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Last week Remia introduced their new ‘Bikkelsauce’ and to celebrate this, they introduced a new phenomenon: the ‘Bikkeltable’. On this special, custom-made, foil-wrapped table guests can enjoy a big portion of fries with sauce. The first ever ‘bikkeltable’ was introduced last Friday at Lunchroom Kruimeltje in the Dutch city Krimpen a/d IJssel, the city where the recipe of the Bikkelsauce was born.

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4D-cinemas | Watching movies will become more exciting

29-3-2017

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Recently two 4D-cinemas opened in France and Norway. Watching movies at these cinemas will become even more exciting. During the movie, physical effects will be synchronized with the movie. In the Netherlands we currently have two small 4D-cinemas. There’s one at amusement park the ‘Efteling’ and chances are you’ve watched a 4D-movie in ‘Dolfinarium’ (Europe’s largest marine mammal park).

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The Cheese Bar | A brick-and-mortar upgrade from a foodtruck

29-3-2017

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The Cheese Bar in Camden, London celebrates and promotes the best of British cheese by making irresistible grilled cheese sandwiches. After a successful crowdfunding campaign (reaching the funding target of £130,000 in 5 days), Mathew Carver has opened his first permanent restaurant located in the historic Camden Market on the 23^rd of March. Mathew has been selling his sandwiches from The Cheese Truck (a converted 1970’s ice cream van) named ‘Alfie’ since 2014. From foodtruck to a real restaurant.

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