Kiwigerine, Bananaberry and Pinegrape
31-5-2013
Brazil is home to many exotic fruits, but even the locals at a food market where surprised when they tasted a (red) banana with the taste of a strawberry. To promote the new Philips blender, ad agency Ogilvy Brazil has developed new fruit: the Kiwigerine, Bananaberry and Pinegrape. They worked together with molecular gastronomist Clecia Ribeiro to develop three types of fruits with deviant flavors. A banana with a strawberry flavor, a kiwi flavored with tangerines and a pineapple with grape flavor. The exotic look and surprising taste aroused great curiosity among the locals.
Dinner in the sky
27-5-2013
Breakfast, lunch or drinking cocktails in the sky.. Nowadays it’s all possible. Approximately 40 sky high franchise around the world serve dinners at a height of 180 foot. A table for 22 people is lifted by a crane to a height of 180 foot with three staff in the middle (chef, waiter, server) who provide dinner. A second crane with a platform (or more if desired) at the same height as the table is possible, for entertainment such as music or presentations. This brings dinner to a totally different level. Dinner in the sky started as a publicity stunt six years ago, and has become a huge success. The company also offers marriage, lounge and showbiz in the sky.
Transparent chips
24-5-2013
There are a lot of different chips flavors, with or without ridges. This glass potato chips is different than the others, it has the crunch and flavor of a potato chip but it is transparent. You can create your own colour and flavor and make it at home. The original recipe was created Hamid Salimian, the chef at Diva at the Met. Check out the recipe of the transparent chips.
Niven pop up Amsterdam
24-5-2013
After the great success of the pop-up restaurants in Amsterdam last January, star chef Niven Kunz will transform ‘People’s Place’, the canteen of the European headquarter of Tommy Hilfiger into a temporary restaurant. From Sunday June 30th till Thursday July 4th, Niven serves 10 signature dishes. A special lunch for parents with children is organized on Sunday to let families experience and taste vegetable dishes. Together with a matching slow-juice arrangement.
Robot mixes and serves drinks
23-5-2013
We see more and more robots behind the bar preparing drinks. This robot Makr Shakr mixes and serves drinks and is controlled by an app. The robot can make drinks with about two dozen spirits and liqueurs, more than a hundred non-alcoholic mixers and can add ingredients such as mint, lemon slices, salt and pepper. Earlier we saw the robot Bartendro making cocktails within ten seconds.
Vegetable fries
22-5-2013
Enjoying fries while eating healthy vegetables. The Dutch supermarket PLUS is the first who sells ‘Vegetable fries’. Vegetable fries looks like potato fries but are made of corn, carrots and white beans with herbs and spices. Vegetable fries contain less carbohydrates, calories and no added sugars or artificial substances. With one portion of fries children get more than 50% of their daily recommended amount of fiber.
A fresh alcohol-free aperitif
22-5-2013
Grapedistrict introduced a new festive nonalcoholic drink. The new PasDuTout is an alcohol-free bubble from the Provence and made of Airen, Riesling and Rivaner grapes. During the winemaking process, the most of the alcohol vaporizes. At the end the drink contains 0.2% alcohol. The PasDuTout is a fresh and fruity wine with a strong bubble and can be served as an aperitif or as summer drink. The PasDuTout is available in restaurants, bars and beach clubs.
Donut croissant
22-5-2013
The crispy sugary crust of a donut with the layers of a croissant… Dominque Ansel has created something new, namely a croissant + donut = cronut ™. The cronut ™ is a with cream-filled croissant-donut with glaze. Already a big hit in America!
Transform an empty bottle into a lamp
22-5-2013
With the Statechi Touch USB LED lamp you can easily transform an empty bottle into a lamp. Use empty bottles as a light, fun and original for restaurants and bars!
Gourmet with pizza
21-5-2013
The Italian ‘Pizzafestijn’ Catering serves a pizza-gourmet besides Italian snacks and a live cooking buffet with pizza appetizers. With the pizza-gourmet guests can cover small fresh pizza bases with pizza sauce and ingredients of choice. These mini pizzas can be baked in a small pizza oven. A buffet of salad and oven baked Italian bread with herb butter is served with the pizza-gourmet. ‘Pizzafestijn’ also provides the ‘live cooking’ concept on events, where they bake fresh pizza appetizers.
