By the Dutch | Medals at International competitions for these ‘Spirits with a Dutch heritage’
16-8-2018
‘By the Dutch’ has recently received a number of important awards at various international competitions. They have won medals during the Gin Masters 2018, IWSC 2018 and Tastings.com 2018. The Batavia Arrack and Dry Gin even won gold. The ‘By the Dutch’ Old Genever was the only Dutch Jenever that won prizes at the Gin Masters 2018.
RATIO in Shanghai | A ‘cobot’ lets you taste the future
14-8-2018
RATIO in Shanghai serves coffee by day and cocktail by night. A revolutionary retail concept harnessing the power of technology to deliver personalized coffee and cocktails for the discerning individual, launched in pop-up form this summer. Combining sophisticated technology and exquisite taste, RATIO’s menu is customizable. Drinks are made-to-order, in the exact RATIO you prefer. RATIO is a truly versatile venue and space for customers to meet clients and/or socialize. RATIO launched at China’s critically acclaimed and trendsetting mall K11 Shanghai in pop-up form this June, followed soon after by residence in Raffles City, People’s Square. Dozens more stores are in the pipeline at hotels and co-working spaces in Asia.
SAVE MORE BREAD! | ‘De Tweede Jeugd’ is even more fanatic in trying to avoid bread waste
13-8-2018
Every single day, more than 400.000 loafs of bread are being thrown away. At ‘De Tweede Jeugd’ (the Second Youth) they think that this is a big waste! That’s why they try to save as much bread as they can, by making the best Supertostis you’ve ever tasted! In October 2016 Manuel and Benjamin opened their first ‘Bread outlet’ at the Jan Evertsenstraat in Amsterdam. Both have been chefs and want to fight food waste. Now they have their own Tostibar at the NDSM-wharf where they sell their Supertosti’s and Crostini. The people from Amsterdam can order their tosti’s at twenty retailers in the city. In total they already saved about 14.000 loafs of bread by now. Their ambition is to give a second life to all leftover bread from the 11 stores of bakery chain BBROOD by the end of 2018. That’s why they started their crowdfunding.
Trends we spotted | Week 32
10-8-2018
At hospitalitytrends.eu we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the smaller trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.
This week, amongst others a link to an video about a watermelon ham, a vegan dish at Duck’s Eatery in New York City and a link to an article about all the National Food Day’s. We don’t celebrate that in the Netherlands and wonder when we will start celebrating these days! But also a link to an article about the new Avo restaurant in London and to an article about Starbucks that launched a 5p cup charge across all British outlets to cut plastic waste. And we’re wondering when we will receive the first ‘Christmas’ dinner offers by mail? Since we have read that Selfridges in London opened their Christmas shop during the last heatwave!
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Trends we spotted | Week 31
3-8-2018
At hospitalitytrends.eu we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the smaller trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.
This week, amongst others about edible art, the most Instagrammable hotel in Spain and about the Hello Kitty train in Japan. Also, what if everything you bought had a label that told you where exactly your money was going?
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Mooie Boules Amsterdam | Has the ambition to get everybody in the Netherlands to play jeu de boules
30-7-2018
Mooie Boules (Dutch for ‘Beautiful Boules’) in Amsterdam East is the very first food hall in the Netherlands with a unique mix of the game jeu de boule, drinks, food and dancing. At the end of June Mooie Boules opened its doors, this indoor hall is a hotspot for a group outing with friends, family or colleagues. Besides jeu de boule you are able to enjoy live music, a drink and a bite of one of the six food concepts of Editions kitchens from Deliveroo, which offers six restaurant concepts from two award-winning chefs: Ron Blaauw (a.o. Gastrobar) and Michiel van der Eerde from BAUT. The dishes of the chefs are delivered exclusively to customers of Deliveroo and are available to visitors of the pétanque hall in Amsterdam East. Mooie Boules is open daily from 4 pm and in the weekend from 11 am. Every Friday and Saturday they are open until 3 o’clock and then there will also be a DJ.
Trends we spotted | Week 30
27-7-2018
At hospitalitytrends.eu we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the smaller trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.
This week, amongst others about self-guided tours at the Louvre, narrated by Beyoncé and Jay-Z and ‘Pool is Cool’ in Brussels, they try to re-introduce open air swimming here. With the current heatwave in Northern Europe we sympathize with them! And a set menu yakitori counter from Tokyo (Torishiki, * Michelin star) will be opening in New York in 2019. Just guess how much you have to pay for chicken skewers here! Gold leaf ice cream has been spotted in London as well!
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¡Arriba! | Restaurant Ceviche throws a fiesta for Peruvian Independence Day
26-7-2018
On 28th July, Ceviche Old St, Martin Morales’ award-winnning Peruvian restaurant, music venue and art gallery in the heart of East London, is throwing open the doors and pouring out the pisco sours for the Peru Independence Day Fiesta. Martin will bring together the diverse flavours of coastal Peru, the mountainous Andes, and cosmopolitan capital Lima for a celebratory feast, with DJs including Martin himself manning the decks late into the evening.
Inspiration: throwing a party on a national celebration day or another local fest if you have a restaurant or club, might cause some excitement around your brand! A small list of fiesta’s from around the world.
SUSHISAMBA | Celebrates Pride with ELLE, GLAMOR, L’HOMO. and VOGUE
23-7-2018
In honor of Amsterdam’s annual Pride celebration, SUSHISAMBA is partnering with top fashion magazines ELLE, GLAMOUR, L’HOMO and VOGUE for a bespoke collaboration. The culmination is four custom-curated sushi creations that reflect the iconic design, passion, energy, lifestyle and individuality of each brand while paying homage to Amsterdam’s world-famous city-wide celebration.
Trends we spotted | Week 29
20-7-2018
At hospitalitytrends.eu we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the smaller trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.
This week, amongst others about Lucuma the new superfood from Peru and if you’re going to London and love the food from Wagamama, check out their Noodle Lab at Dean Street. We also read that Starbucks and McDonalds join forces in the NextGen Cup Challenge. And Mosa Meat wants to put cultured meat into the Dutch market in 2021.
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Basin Gin Smash
Kopstootje, Old Genever
Batavia Arrack Piet de Gruyter
Oude Fashioned, Freddys, IWSC, SIlver-OUT 2018
By the Dutch, Old Genever
Batavia cocktail
Cupid's Elixir
Silver Medals 2018, Old-Genever, IWSC, Gin-Masters
Dutch Mule
Dutch Apple
