Valentines champagne bath
13-2-2012
For Valentines Day, the London Cadogan hotel launched a champagne bath menu. The bath will be filled with 120 bottles of champagne by your own butler, assigned by the hotel. Butlers also place strawberries covered with chocolate and a complimentary bottle of vintage champagne. This all within reach of the bath.
Salad in a jar
13-2-2012
A convenient way to reuse jars! In some restaurants soup is served in a jar. Maybe an idea to also serve salad in a jar?
Reservation app
10-2-2012
Reservation website Couvert.nl launched on February 8th an app that allows consumers to make free reservations in restaurants in the Netherlands 24 hours per day. Also, the current menu information of these restaurant, pricing, interior photos and a video impression data are given. The Couverts app is available for iPhone, Android and later this week BlackBerry.
Strawberries for Valentine’s Day
10-2-2012
These strawberries are perfect to share with your Valentine. There are 12 to 15 large strawberries needed, dark chocolate, white chocolate, white chocolate chips, coconut oil and sprinkles of your choice. Check the Quick Dish website for the preparation and more tasty photo’s!
Aquarium sink
10-2-2012
This beautiful aquarium sink is the perfect decoration for a restroom. The upper glass plate is removable so you can feed the fish and clean the aquarium. A funny idea for a restaurant?
Annie’s opens ice terrace
10-2-2012
Annie’s Verjaardag (Dutch café in Leiden) opened their ice terrace. Enjoy your hot chocolate on the ice!
Snelle Jelle snow fever
10-2-2012
Snelle Jelle (Dutch gingerbread brand) organizes from 16 untill 25 March the NK Team Downhill during ‘snow fever’ in France. In this match 20 teams of 4 persons battle against each other. The first team that reaches the end of a 14 km long slope, is the winner.
Ice skating event
9-2-2012
Zwolle (city in the Netherlands) skatingcanal committee organizes, together with local hospitality entre peneurs a skating event on February 11th. Participating companies provide catering posts next to the stamp posts, which are along the route, and a terrace which is placed on ice. Participating in the skating event is free.
Valentines kiss action
9-2-2012
Fletcher Hotels (Netherlands) organised a kiss action for Valentine’s Day. Couples can win a free dinner if they kiss for exactly 30 seconds. The action will be hold in all 51 Fletcher Hotels.
Valentines burger
9-2-2012
Kwalitaria (fasfood restaurant in the Netherlands) serves a Valentine Burger since this week. The burger is heart shaped which two people can share. The burger is made of 100% beef, mozzarella and honey, and is available until February 14.
McDonald’s sead bomb
8-2-2012
Designer Sean Click came up with the ‘sead bomb’ for MC Donald’s. Eschscholzia californica (the state flower of California) is according to the law illegal to remove, so MC Donald’s placed flowers in the shape of their logo in landfields. Because the removal of these flowers is illegal, land owners have to leave them there or plant around the logo so it isn’t visible.
Chill Can
8-2-2012
Joseph Company International is planning to launch, end March/begin April in the US, a self-cooling soda can. On the bottom of the Chill Can a button is located, once you press the button the can cools off. The can remains cool 30 minutes longer than a normal can does. Earlier we wrote about the Hot Booster, a selfheating soup.
Order food from your cinema seat!
8-2-2012
Mastercard, Hoyts (cinema) and the Commonwealth Bank in Australia designed in cooperation the QkR app. With this app people can order food from their seats in Hoyts. Watch the video to see how it works!
Red Velvet chocolate milk
8-2-2012
Pink or Red Velvet chocolate milk is a fun idea for Valentine’s Day! For two glasses, mix milk with chocolate chips in a pan. Add 2/3 drops of red food coloring for red velvet chocolate milk and add two tablespoons of strawberry syrup for pink chocolate milk. To complete the look add some whipped cream.
Top design for olive oil store
8-2-2012
More and more shops find the design of their store important. After the designer bakery and designer butchery which we did mention before we now spotted an olive oil store. TA-ZE has a chain of stores focused on premium olive oil. Their new store in Toronto is designed by managing partner Diego Burdi and Paul Filek. The purity and clarity of the oil is being reflected in the minimalistic shop. Check the website of The Cool Hunter for more inspiring photo’s.
Best of Whisky
7-2-2012
More and more whisky lovers want to enjoy of good Single Malt Whiskys in restaurants and hotels, but unfortunately this is not usually available. Best of Whisky designed a black wooden presentationbox with velvet inlay for hotels and restaurants. There are 6, 12 or 24 Single Malt Whiskies (of 25ml) in glass tubes available. Guests can choose between this carefully selected range of Single Malt Whiskies.
Traditional food storing
7-2-2012
Jihyan Ryou designed a serie of modern techniques to store fresh food, without a refrigerator. Traditional techniques are used which she learned from her grandmother and other elders in the community. View the site of Treehugger for several examples.
Original wine packaging
7-2-2012
Miniwiz, a Taiwanese design firm, designed this classic wine tote. The tote is reusable, durable and protects your wine from breaks and spills. It also has an interlocking feature that allows users to stack, link, or build anything. For instance a wine rack wall.
Star chefs at Holland Casino
6-2-2012
In the restaurant of Holland Casino twelve star chefs will cook from 17 February till 13 April in the Netherlands. The star chefs will cook in various casino’s. For the price of €39,00 you get a tree-course dinner.
Serenade your date
6-2-2012
Heineken released the App “Serenade your date” on their Facebook site. This app helps people to ask their Valentine out in an original way by selecting your Valentine profile or number and say what you want to do with your Valentine and why he/she should go with you. The app turns into a promotional musical serenade that will be posted on the Wall of your Valentine. At the end of the movie the person can click on yes or no.
Leftover chips tortilla
6-2-2012
Watch the video to see how a traditional Spanish tortilla can be made out of leftover chips!
Eat me book
6-2-2012
Eat Me is a book with a collection of special art products, brands, people and goods within the world of food. Not only interesting packaging of food, but also by-products such as tools, kitchen and menu design are in the book. There is also a special section in the book with a round-the-world-tour of the newest and most innovative cafes, bars, restaurants and shows. The book is available at the U.S. Book Store.
Carbon filter bottle
6-2-2012
British design studio Black+Blum designed a bottle that filters tap water, Eau Good. The design is based on an old Japanese filter system with the help of carbon filters. These filters reduce chlorine and chemicals and add minerals to the water to keep the pH balanced. The active carbon filter lasts up to 6 months.
Fix coconut drink
3-2-2012
Fix is ??a 100% natural coconut drink that restores the moisture balance in the body and keeps it refreshed. This makes it a great boost drink for after work, during travel and after physical effort. The drink is made of coconut water, lemon juice, cane sugar and natural lemon flavor. Fix is for sale in the Netherlands.
Fish vending machine
3-2-2012
The brothers Ruben and Marga Rios placed a fresh fish vending machine in front of their shop in Spain. It selss a selection of fresh seafood such as sardines, anchovy, hake and shrimp. The machine is very popular by the locals and the brothers now have plans to place a machine with living bait for fishermen.