Video-game inspired menus

13-2-2012

Capcom Bar opened an entertainment bar in Tokyo. In the bar they serve dishes inspired by video games. The menus are inspired by the games Biohazard, Sengoku Basara, Gayakuten Series and Monster Hunter.

Documentary about Michel Bras

13-2-2012

A preview of the documentary about the famous 3-star chef Michel Bras who assigns his work to his son Sébastien Bras.

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!

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