Sable fish

11-6-2012

The Sablefisch (Anoplopomatidae in Latin) or Black Cod is recently introduced in Belgium at the European Seafood Exposition. Interesting blog, about this fish, by Nick Trachet at Foodlog, unfortunately in Dutch.

ProefMei food event

8-6-2012

Bergen op Zoom (the Netherlands) is 800 years old and that should be celebrated! From 7 till 10 June are the ProefMei days. Here you can enjoy the local products.

Rugbeer

8-6-2012

In the north of Argentinia, everybody loves rugby. Salta came up with the idea of ‘Rugbeer’. A vending machine which gives you your beer when you pushed hard enough against it. With this action, the sales increased by 25%.

Potato growers make wodka

8-6-2012

René de Zeeuw, Gerrit Rozendaal and Henk Scheele, three potato growers from ‘s-Gravendeel (Netherlands), have made their own wodka. The farmers already made the Hoeksche farmer chips. The HW Hoeksche wodka has a mild flavor and is only for sale in liquor stores.

ProefMei food event

8-6-2012

Berg op Zoom (the Netherlands) is 800 years old and that should be celebrated! From 7 till 10 June are the ProefMei days. Here you can enjoy the local products.

bRoodstop

8-6-2012

bRoodstop is a healty fast food chain in Belgium. The owner Martine Mys-Sintobin is a foodie with a taste for healthy food and design. bRoodstop offers daily fresh sandwiches, salads and soup. The furniture is designed by Maarten van Severen.

Discount on your cocktails

8-6-2012

Had a bad day on the stock exchange? Go to the Waldorf-Astoria’s Bull & Bear Steakhouse in New York. The bar is offering discounts, based on the stock market for the day. For example, if the stock has decreased by 4,5% you get $ 4.50 discount on your cocktails. The bar is known to be one of the leaders in New York.

Inspiration session ice cream parlor Mezzo – Herring ice

7-6-2012

After several years of trend-spotting we’ve challenged ourselves to translate a hospitality trend to a practical promotion. Together with Ice Cream Parlor Mezzo in Amsterdam we came up with the idea to collaborate with the local market vendors. With the ice cream flavours herring, rhubarb and asparagus we’ve made it to national television and gained a lot of local publicity.

Magnum shop in Paris

7-6-2012

From 30 May till 24 June, you can temporarily visit the Magnum cafe in heart of the Marais in Paris. For four weeks, visitors are invited to a unique experience, culminating in sensory pleasures of the experience and to create their own Magnum. Give this creation a name and share it on Facebook.

Social media: The Fancy

7-6-2012

What to do with the several social media as an entrepreneur in the hospitality industry? Van Spronsen & Partners gives an explanation, only available in Dutch.

Mangusto

7-6-2012

Mangusto is a new lunch room and winebar in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. From June 15, guests can enjoy the Italian ice cream, paninis or just a glass of wine or prosecco.

Funny wine cooler

7-6-2012

Keep your bottles cool in this funny aluminium top hat wine cooler.

Urban rooftop farming

6-6-2012

Starting today a 3000 square meter urban farm on top of the office complex Zuidpark opened in the Netherlands. This scale of urban rooftop farming is the largest in Europe.

Bangkok University

6-6-2012

The Bankok University has been renovated to underline the nickname Creative University. The ground floor area is designed as a flexible hang-out space that can be reconfigured for studying alone or in groups, resting and meetings. The mezzanine level is a fun and game zone, it includes a pink polka-dotted Karaoke hut. The game zone includes a huge pool table and a giant dart board. Inside the 6,5-meter high panda is the spiral staircase connecting the ground floor and mezzanine. Students enter the staircase from the backside and exit from the back of the head. The mouth of the panda is a window.

Play with food

6-6-2012

Play with your food! A nice and simple idea. There are drawings of trains, boats, cranes and people on the plate. The plates encourages people to play with their food. The Play with food, Sport plates are designed by the Polish Boguslaw Sliwinski.

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