A list with beer and ice combinations
23-6-2016
With the expansion of beer culture, more beer lovers are starting to brew their own beer. The amount of different flavours and beers keeps growing and recently De Librije, three Michelin stars crowned restaurant, launched a beer menu. There is literally beer everywhere!
The Vessi – a brewkettle and the tap in one
23-6-2016
A must-have for the real beer lovers, the Vessi Fermentor. A brewkettle but at the same time a tap. Once you’ve checked the specific gravity and pitched your yeast, attach the pressure lid. Now you’re ready to set the specific pressure and temperature to ensure optimal conditions for fermentation. Then, sit back and relax while the yeast does its thing. The crowdfunding project is on Indiegogo and with one week left, already more than enough money has been raised.
What will be the name of the new restaurant of Hilton Rotterdam?
22-6-2016
It’s almost time for the opening of the new restaurant of Hilton Rotterdam! About one and half month ago Hilton launched a contest for residents of Rotterdam to come up with the best name for the new restaurant. In the meantime, 10 names were selected and is it up to the jury to decide which name will win the contest.
Spacious uses empty restaurants as temporary office spaces
22-6-2016
Spacious, a startup cofounded by Preston Pesek and Chris Smothers to make use of empty restaurants by offering them up to freelancers and others without an office as an alternative to crowded coffee shops. Recently started in New York City.
Women Sensitive Hotels – hotels for female business travellers
21-6-2016
Recently, hotels can sign up for Women Sensitive Hotels. This platform checks if the hotels measure up to the wishes and needs of the increasing group of female business travelers.
Flavour is also influenced by music
21-6-2016
Shape, colour and actually all senses influence your taste. A new study has been released by Oxford-professor Charles Spence showing that the taste is also influenced by music. You can see the video here above, although it’s a bit long video, it’s very interesting. As inspiration: it could be nice to experiment with your background music! Rock music for your savoury dishes and ballads for your sweet dishes…
Skyview De Pier
20-6-2016
The construction of the fairy wheel on De Pier is a fact! Besides beautiful views, you will be able to enjoy delicious food here as from next month. Bram Kosterink interviewed Perry Oerlemans, the initiator of the fairy wheel and the owner of Skyview Attractions for us.
Chikko Not Coffee – coffee like we had in the war
20-6-2016
Delicious coffee but without caffeine, that’s exactly what Chikko Not Coffee is! They sell two variants of coffee based on chicory and spelt. The caffeine free variant for coffee! Culinary journalist Joël Broekaert (from the Dutch newspapers NRC & Vrij Nederland): “pure chicory has a pleasant, bitter quality, just like coffee. It obviously has accents of mocha and cacao.”
Trends we spotted this week – week 24
17-6-2016
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 among others, an article about the ‘Meet Vincent van Gogh’ experience in China, a private PICKMEUP luxury taxi start-up in Amsterdam and Starbucks starts serving cold brew Nitro Coffee on the tap.
If you like to read the whole article, click the title. Enjoy reading!
Orange Wine, Smurfs Wine or a slushie with wine?
17-6-2016
A glass of rosé or white wine in the sun, we love it! But at the moment Blue Wine is getting more and more popular. And we spotted the ‘new but old’ Orange Wine on the wine menu’s and we also found a slushie with wine! We made a list with different new and old wines you will most likely see on the terraces this summer. From the wine and fruit slushie you could make your own signature slushie! And we spotted a wine product that, we think, would do great in a bathroom of a hotel in a wine region!