Two former Noma sous-chefs Samuel Nutter and Victor Wagman will open a new restaurant named Bror, in the heart of Copenhagen next month. Currently there are not many details available, but they will grow their own vegetables on Sejerø island. The two chefs have opened a Twitter and Facebook account to keep people up to date on the progress.
During a demo at the TED conference in California, Delta showed a concept shower called ‘Photon Shower’ that could help passengers recover from their jet lag. Delta worked together with Wieden + Kennedy New York and sleep expert Dr. Russell Foster to design a shower that uses light to alter the body’s internal clock. Travelers can enter their flight information and the ‘Photon Shower’ will adjust for their needs based on flight time. The light recreates the effects of sunlight to alleviate jet lag.
The Youth Food Movement and the Dutch ‘Agrarische Jongeren Kontakt’ bring farmers and consumers together at the online platform ‘Het Eetcafé’. With the online platform the distance between farmer and consumer is reduced and the consumer learns more about the daily practice on a farm. The online platform gives the farmer the opportunity to explain how things are going at the farm and the consumers can ask questions, criticize and start discussions. The platform will soon be offline as well. This year they will organize days throughout the country where farmers meet consumers in the city and consumers can visit the farm to see where their food comes from. The project is supported by the Ministry of Economics of the Netherlands.
Josh Tetrick, founder of start up Hampton Creek food, worked together with specialists such as food scientists, chefs and molecular biologists to figure out how to create a product that is made out of plants but works like an egg. The team had to dissect an egg down to its microbiology and nutritional components. They developed a plant-based egg, called ‘Beyond Eggs’. The Beyond Eggs can replace an egg in food like baked goods, dressing ore sauces. Beyond Eggs are healthier, cholesterol-free, allergy-free and the food safety is better.
On April 6 the Belgian Beer Day will be organized. The Captain Beerheart Foundation organize this event to connect all Belgian beer fans from all over the world and toast to Belgian Beer. More than 8.000 people from 103 countries already support the Belgian Beer Day.
Restaurant De Compagnon in Amsterdam serves appetizers on a bicycle handlebar with a tray. Nowadays many restaurants are working with local products, but in Amsterdam there are few local products available. Therefore restaurant De Compagnon approached this trend in a different way. The nature of Amsterdam has been characterized by bicycles. Serving appetizers on a bicycle handlebar is a wink to the trend ‘local’.
The company ‘Ganslekker’ produces a spread made of goose meat. The number of geese in the Netherlands is increasing and often causes (environmental) problems. For these reasons, the geese are shot. ‘Ganslekker’ uses the meat of these shot geese to make spread. The spread is available as ham or foie gras pate and is organic and sustainable.
The doughnut is very popular in the United States and there are more new varieties on the market. Lucky’s Doughnuts creates authentic, handmade doughnuts in many variants. Likewise the crème brûlée doughnut, a doughnut filled with vanilla pastry cream topped with crisp, burnt sugar caramel shell. They also have other special doughnuts like a tiramisu or blood orange doughnut.
Many people know dry ice from the theatrical world as haze ore smoke used at TV shows and musicals, but dry ice is also increasingly used in the hospitality industry. ICS Dry Ice developed the Mistystix, that gives a drink that mysterious smoke effect. The Mistystix is designed to be used in drinks and is filled with dry ice. Once the Mistystix touches the drink, it creates a smoking effect. The most beautiful effect is created when the drink is not too cold. With the Mistystix the taste of the drink is optimum, it keeps the drink cold and it remains smoking about 3 to 5 minutes. Use dry ice for the presentation of a dish or dry ice can also be used in the finest form to make a sorbet from fresh juices. Filling a wine cooler with water and dry ice gives a festive effect.
KLM Royal Dutch Airline recently launched a global social media campaign, named the KLM Must See Map. Consumers can create a map of their destination and approach friends via Twitter, Facebook and email to get some tips about attractions and interesting activities. When the map is completed, KLM prints the map and sends the city card to the consumer for free. The campaign is made by Code d’Azur and is active in 24 countries.
A 134-year old fort has been converted into the luxury Spitbank Fort Hotel. The old fort is located one mile outside of Portsmouth Harbour in Hampshire and was used by British nationals in defense of boats and aircraft’s. The history of the fort is remained intact by brick walls, fortress windows and old cannons. The Spitbank Fort Hotel is equipped with many luxuries, such as a rooftop pool, sauna, sun terrace, champagne bar and 3 restaurants. The hotel can be reached by helicopter or boat. More inspirational pictures on the website of the hotel.
Instead of the standard figure drawing with milk foam in the cream layer of a cup of coffee, make it special with latte 3D art.
Via the twitter account of Kobe Desamaults we saw this beautiful long term movie about the preparation of duck by chef Seiji Yamamoto. Through the online video channel Tokyo Gastronomy by Friendroid, there are several videos to see about gastronomy in Tokyo.
At The Hague Hollands Spoor train station, the first fully vegetarian snack bar will open on 5 April. Visitors can choose a healthier and meatless version of the croquette, frikadel or hamburger. The products are 100% vegetarian and a majority of the product range is also vegan. Besides the snacks, there is a choice of vegetarian and vegan sandwiches, small dishes and organic drinks.
Texel gets a new typical product, a Texel whiskey. The whiskey is not for sale yet, but the creator and producer Joscha Schoots has laid a good foundation. The whiskey is distilled with, so far as possible, ingredients of Texel. The distillates are still maturing on barrel. The salty air and the soft water of Texel, play a role in the typical taste of the whiskey. Joscha Schoots hopes to present the first whiskey bottles in 3.5 years.
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How long an opened bottle can be preserved, is difficult to estimate. With this cooler it is possible to open two bottles of wine and keep them well preserved up to 10 days. Each compartment has its own temperature control. Available for $ 395, =.
With this poster you can litterally take a Kit Kat break. You can take elements of a wooden chair off the poster, and put the chair together yourself. Useful when your legs are tired during festivals!
Would you like to send an original postcard? Postcarden turns into a small garden.
For visually impaired it is often difficult if not impossible to travel alone. Eyes Travel Travel agency offers tours in England especially for visually impaired people. They are assigned to someone who can see, to describe the environment, or assist them with activities.
The former maritime school in Delfshaven has been turned into a trendy ‘knowledge, art and culture factory’ where people go out, work, eat and drink, meet and a daycare for children is available. With a grand café and restaurant, they do address both people who work in “The Machinist” as the inhabitants of Delfshaven and beyond. “The Machinist” opened March 7th.
These urinals do not use water. They’re made from 90% recyclable steel, they are virtually indestructible and look good too. The outlet can be closed so that unpleasant smells do not escape.
McDonald’s has a new burger since March 2nd: The Dutch Deluxe. Research showed that guests increasingly value the bun, and therefore the burger has a wheatbun. Check out the ad on Youtube!
Douwe Egberts cleverly anticipates on all the political drama of recent weeks. Look-alikes of prime-minister Balkenende and former minister of Finance Bos, asked the real Balkenende and Bos to vote for their favorite coffee. This action is part of the campaign ‘Party for the coffee’. With this campaign, Douwe Egberts is trying to convince companies and employees to choose good coffee at work.
The designstudio Kikkerland enlivened the traditional whisker with colorful shapes of animals. It is not really functional, but it does make you happy while cooking.
Perhaps the smallest pop-up hotel as a promotional stunt for the city of London. The caravan, which is nine meters, has everything you would expect in hotel, from a check-in desk to a bathroom. People who are interested may participate in a competition om March 7th. The winners will stay in the caravan from March 15th to 19th.
This free application by the Royal Dutch Hockey Association, provides up-to-date hockey leagues in the Netherlands, including the amateur-league. Within a minute users know what happened in the competition and the game they’re playing next weekend.
The first give-it-forward website by Ben & Jerry’s. An initiative by which you give away something of yourself and get something back from somebody else. Ben & Jerry’s takes the lead and gives away 100 ice creams. Whoever makes the bid, will in return offer something the others can bid on.
This puzzle shaped bread-cutter makes it easier for small children to eat their sandwich. The products and packaging are recyclable.
Open Ways, a specialized security company, has designed a system allowing guests to open the door of their hotelroom with a smartphone application. When opening the application, the phone plays a coded acoustic signal. If the door recognizes the sound, the door will open.
In several communitycentres in Amsterdam, Repair Café takes place every month. People can come with their broken furniture, clothing or computers and try to fix it. Tools are provided by the community centre.
Cubin is a disposable waste container that can be placed on the table. If guests leave a table, the container and all its contents can be discarded.
A digestif does not get any more luxorious than this truffle brandy Tartufino. The liqueur based on brandy, honey and white truffle is available in three versions: After Dinner, Original and Gold (with gold leaf).
On March 18th this new hotel in Zaandam will be open. The hotel consists of nearly 70 traditional houses that are stacked. The big eye-catcher is the blue house on top of the hotel, which was designed after a painting by Claude Monet.
The originally from England restaurantchain Wagamama has developed its own iPhone application. This app allows guests to see where the nearest Wagamama restaurant is, look through the menu, to order meals and indicate when an order will be picked up. According to them, they are the first restaurant with its own iPhone app.
A funny replacement for a tea bag tea is a cigarette. The tealeaves are packaged like cigarettes, the tobacco has been replaced by tea leaves. The filter ensures that the “cigarette” floats, so it is easy to take out of the cup.
Coca Cola’s new coffee brand “Far Coast” placed these sustainably developed seats in the Olympic Village during the Olympics, to promote the new coffee brand. The chairs are made so that they can easliy be combined to multiple seats.
Every year many small children get injured by burns from hot drinks. In order to solve this the ‘mummy mug’ is developed. A cap for your mug. You can only drink coffee by pressing your upper lip on the cap.
Don’t you like hot dogs, but you do like the shape of a hot dog? With this device designed by Taylor Gifts is possible to make all kinds of food in the shape of a hot dog. Perfect for parents who’s kids are addicted to hot dogs and they want them to eat something different.
To give somebody a cookie is always a good idea. Now, you can put a personal message on your cookies. Seperate letters can be assembled into a baking dish and personal messages can be added to the biscuits.
Design Bridge has developed two new pints, which are much safer than traditional pints. The prototypes consist of Glass Plus (left photo) and Twin Wall (right photo). Glass Plus has a thin, transparent layer of organic resin on the inside and Twin Wall consists of two ultra-thin layers of glass which are joined together, similar to glass in car windshields. Both prototypes ensure that when the glass breaks, the dangerous glass shards are held together securely.
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