Playing chess with shot glasses

1-5-2012

A funny way of playing a game of checkers…

Hoppit, a new dining-out search engine

26-4-2012

Hoppit is the first site which provides a dining-out search engine which filters its results based on the ambience of restaurants. Based in Manhattan and currently available in 25 cities in the US, each restaurant in the Hoppit database is tagged with one of ten “vibes” or types of atmosphere. These include ‘classy & upscale’, ‘hipster’, ‘romantic’ and ‘cozy & quaint’, among others.

A culinary diner at a Dutch farm

26-4-2012

Organic farmers throughout The Netherlands (33 locations) welcome guests at their farm. To get familiar with organic farming and enjoying a delicious meal at their farm. As from May 12th.

I Love Orange Drink

26-4-2012

A new Dutch liquor – especially for Queen’s Day & the European Championship. Only available in the Netherlands.

Floating dish

26-4-2012

The rEvolution wineglass made by Vinice was already posted on our website. Today we saw a tweet of restaurant De Leeuw in Lichtenvoorde (The Netherlands) that uses the glass in a different way in the ‘floating dish’.

Hotel teaches table manners to kids

24-4-2012

The Kensington Hotel in London will be hosting classes to help children understand table manners with easy-to-learn tips and tricks. The ‘Petite Etiquette’ is a one-hour complimentary class open to children aged between five and ten.

Bubbels and Oysters for members

20-4-2012

Restaurant De Wits organizes a special Sunday for it’s members. There are free workshops during the afternoon (for example making pasta, taste wine or oysters) and a (paid) pre-taste of five new menu dishes at the evening. A simple but effective concept. Why? It creates community bonding, the free activities are interesting and there is a good change that people will return.

National secretary day at De La Soul

20-4-2012

At ‘national secretary day’, restaurant De La Soul has sent a letter to promote their lunches to all nearby secretaries. This is how keen marketing is done!

Lunchbox inspiration

19-4-2012

Caterer ‘5 breads and 2 fishes’ has created a luxury lunchbox for a presentation of new products from Keune Cosmetics at the press conference in Audax Amsterdam. The ingredients of the lunchbox where inspired by the smell of the new products. Like mint-rosemary; ginger-lemon; lavendel and orange.

Are we going to drink a digibeer?

19-4-2012

 

Stéfhan van der Sligte, a Dutch entrepeneur, has created the digital beer app. With the app guest do get a second beer for free and for participating pubs this should ensure more costumers. The app shows the pubs in the city where you can get a second beer for free. The guest chooses a pub and activates the beercode and shows this code by ordering.

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