Cognac glasses by Normann Copenhagen

2-1-2012

On the website of Normann Copenhagen are these unusually designed glasses displayed. These glasses are designed to enhance the bouquet, temperature and volume of fine cognac.

Ostrich dinner Food Forward

29-12-2011

How do we feed our cities in the future? That is a central question at the Food Forward exhibition in The Hague from the 15th of January till the 1st of April. This December Arne Hendriks and Harold de Bree cooked an ostrich as if it was a giant chicken. If humans would shrink to 50 centimeters, chickens would provide the same amount of meat in comparison. According to Arne Hendriks, the solution to food problems lies in shrinking people. This is one of the solutions shown at ‘Food Forward’, some solutions are more realistic than others.

Edible golden sparkles!

27-12-2011

Inspiration for a sparkling glass of champagne at New Year’s Eve.

 

Coca-Cola answers Santa Claus letters

23-12-2011

Coca-Cola answers letters written to Santa Claus. In the Santa Claus Museum, in Indiana you can find letters written in 1930. From the 60.000 letters Coca-Cola choose 75 of them to answer. The writers of the letters got tracked down and they got the present that they asked for years ago. Can you imagine that Santa Claus is knocking on your door to give you the present you asked for 40 years ago? Check this movie to see the reactions.

Research Dutch wellness visitors

21-12-2011

Van Spronsen & Partners hospitality consultancy has researched the wellness branch in the Netherlands. The focus of this research is the visitors’ view. The results of 800 questionnaires provide a clear and honest picture of both the visitors and non-visitors. The Dutch report provides insights on the motives and thoughts of the non-visitors (and thus potential visitors) and gives wellness related companies the tools to anticipate on the expectations of their target group.

Celebrate Christmas together separately

20-12-2011

Advertising agency Wieden & Kennedy’s in Amsterdam offers a Christmas dinner for family and friends who live far away. Each person can log in and call with skype, there faces will be seen on screens. The room is decorated like a real Christmas dinner.

Snow-covered mountain restaurant

20-12-2011

You can find this restaurant “Tusen” in Sweden’s ‘Ramundberget’ Mountains. This beautiful building is made from locally sourced materials and boasts its own water and sewage system, designed by Murman Arkitekter. The restaurant, which is an apres-ski bar as well, serves Swedish food and offers shelter against the cold for tourists. Tusen is Swedish for thousand.

Twitterdrink

20-12-2011

Twitterdrink is a new drink that can be served during network events. This blue drink is a mix of wine, coconut, mandarin and pepper. You can order this drink with your own QR-code.

Luxurious version of Burger King

15-12-2011

Burger King has recently opened a new location in Singapore; the Burger King Garden Grill. This restaurant is decorated with several comfortable sofa’s, soft colours and lot of decorative foliage. The menu is still the same. With this concept Burger King hopes to attract more families. The restaurant chain has no immediate plans to bring this concept to the United States.

Champagne climate chamber

14-12-2011

Top wine-expert Janne Rijpma developed a climate chamber especially for champagne. This luxurious leather-covered cooler is suitable for 40 bottles, you can control the temperature by degree, and the bottles lay in an optimal position.

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