Plink

7-5-2012

Plink is according to their own words the first-ever Facebook credits based loyalty program that rewards member with Facebook credits for dining and shopping at their favorite restaurants and offline retailers. For example Taco Bell, 7-Eleven, Outback, Burger King, Arbys en Drunking Donuts. In January of this year this app was launched and currently available in the US.

De Streekmarkt

4-5-2012

@DeStreekmarkt organizes a market with regional products at the Twijnstraat (Utrecht) together. Interesting initiative at this market is the Streekbox (regional food box), with all ingredients and recipes for two local dishes.

Eat2Gather CuliGay nights

4-5-2012

Culinairy event agency Eat2Gather starts 24 May with CulyGay workshops & dine experiences. The workshops provide a relaxed environment for gays to meet other like minded people.

Living room restaurant week

4-5-2012

In the Netherlands are approximately a hundred living room restaurants. Therefore Paul ten Have, initiator of huiskamermenu.nl, organizes the living room restaurant week from 19 to 27 May. A three course dinner at someone’s living room for a fixed price. An example of peer-to-peer developments in the hospitality industry.

Digital wine thermometer

3-5-2012

This digital wine thermometer looks chic on table. Besides the wine temperature, this device also suggests the ideal temperature of several wines.

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’.

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