Wine vending machines of Walmart
16-12-2010
Selling wine in a supermarket in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania is illegal, unless the wine is sold with the help of vending machines. A new innovative vending machine only sells wine to people who did an alcohol test and had their driverslicense scanned and had their identity verified.
Robot-waiters
14-12-2010
The Chinese Restaurant “Dalu Rebot” uses six robots to serve food and drinks to the tables. The robots follow a fixed route laid down in the restaurant. The idea behind these “restaurants robots” comes from the Shandong Dalu Science and Technology Company.
Play for chef on a cruise ship
13-12-2010
Celebrity Cruises has announced that guests can prepare their own food on their newest cruise ship. In the ‘Lawn Club Grill’ restaurant concept, in the evening passengers can sit alongside the chef in the kitchen. During daytime workshops are given.
Special Japanese wine to Holland
12-12-2010
The wellknown Dutch sommelier Edwin Raben brings a special Japanese wine on the Dutch market. It’s not about Japanese rice wine, but wine made from the Koshu grape. The wine is called “Shizen” which means nature in Japanese.
Google is about to serve the restaurant guests
12-12-2010
Google wants to serve information to users without them searching for something, but based on their browsing or location profile, “contextual discovery”. For example: If you’re in a restaurant, Google can, based on the location of your mobile, provide you automatically a message with a link to the menu, along with indications of what your friends like to eat. Coming in 2011.
The House of Rising Amsterdam, fashion, music, bar
12-12-2010
The House of Rising is a bar in Amsterdam where you can eat, drink, network and be inspired. The ground floor is a bar next to a space reserved for exhibitions of artists. On the first floor one can buy exclusive clothes.
Amsterdam restauarnt reviews on Yelp
11-12-2010
The American-review site Yelp launched on December 8 in The Netherlands. They do start with only reviews from the Amsterdam area. People who do not live in Amsterdam can also write a review. Besides restaurants there are many other testimonials about: shopping, beauty and spa, hotels and travel, nightlife and local services.
New Heineken bottle
10-12-2010
Heineken will soon introduce a new bottle. The new bottle will get a slightly longer neck with a slight indentation where the name Heineken vertically is shown. The bottles serve as black lights in the dark.
Practical shape fo sportdrink?
8-12-2010
An interesting concept of the British designer Cadú Gomes. By seeking the identity of the sports drink Gatorade and design this bottle in this identity the designer places the brand to another level.
Playboy introdcues energydrink
6-12-2010
The famous Playboy now has its own energy drink. The launch of the energy drink was on Wednesday, November 22 celebrated with an ‘appropriate’ party in the British capital London. The drink (250 ml) is sold through the website.