Handy tool for Halloween

26-10-2011

Halloween is coming. This very handy tool –between a handmixer and a drill bit- makes ‘killing’ the pumpkin much easier. Put it on a drill and attack the pumpkin with a proper toolkit instead of your ordinary kitchen cutlery.

Safe house restaurant Milwaukee

26-10-2011

Safe House restaurant in Milwaukee is a theme restaurant where guests play the role of a spy. The restaurant is located in a small alley and guests can only enter by using a password. During the dinner, espionage tricks must be done by the guests before they can eat. The restaurant creates an exciting experience for the guests which they will not forget easily.

Cafe creates social meeting place for journalists

25-10-2011

The Canadian newspaper Winnipeg Free Press opened a cafe in the city centre. The café hopes to become a social meeting place. The editors, writers and columnists of the newspaper will be working at the café, where they get the chance to talk to the community and those who are interested. The cafe will organize town meetings, mini-concerts and book readings as well. See the cafe here.

Starbucks interactive storefront

25-10-2011

To launch the “My Starbucks Rewards” program, Starbucks has unveiled four new interactive storefronts in Toronto and Vancouver. In cooperation with The Media Merchants they placed monitors in the storefront where guests discover the rewards by touching the golden stars in an animated interface throughout the display. See the movie for more.

To make travel easier

25-10-2011

All suitcases should have two handles, one on the top and another on the side. This makes the carrying of suitcases much easier. Because not all suitcases have enough handles, Quirky designed a special strap. The strap is made for heavy duty work and is adjustable in size.

Creepy pumpkin

25-10-2011

The worlds largest pumpkin of 900 kilo’s, was carved last weekend in to a creepy sculpture. The pumpkin was carved by the professional pumpkin carver Ray Villafane.

Hotel De Roode Leeuw celebrates 100 years

24-10-2011

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Hotel the Roode Leeuw (Amsterdam) there was a photographer next to the entrance in the weekend of the 15th and 16th of October. Everyone who passed by was asked for a photo in ‘traditional Dutch clothing’. The photos are placed on Facebook, two people can win a night in a double room at the hotel or a dinner for 2 persons in the hotel restaurant after tagging themselves in the photo.

New tea flavours due to Hyves

24-10-2011

Pickwick tea brand again asked 150 thousand fans on social media network Hyves to develop new flavours. Last year, the company did the same and created Dutch Tea. This year three new teas are chosen: Chocolate Mint, the Caramelized Pear, and the Smooth Chai.

Ipos payment software

24-10-2011

iPos is a new and innovative POS system software that can be used for restaurants and bars. iPos allows restaurant personel to place orders quickly and easily on the terrace with an iPad of iPod. The orders will immediatly be processed to the bar and kitchen. iPos is a full mobile POS system, and is designed as a webapp.

Pop-up Ramen shop in Amsterdam

21-10-2011

Movie Director Fow Pyng Hu opened a new pop-up “Ramen shop” in Amsterdam on the 16th of October. This is the first pop-up Ramen shop that has opened in the Netherlands. “Ramen” is a Japanese dish in where noodles swim in a soup, finished with a topping. The pop-up Ramen shop, named “Le fou Fow”, is situated on the second floor of a Chinese supermarket called “Dun Yong”.

Make house wine in your living room

21-10-2011

Making housewine has just become a little easier and can even be done in your own livingroom nowadays. Designer Sabine Marcelis has scaled down the production of winemaking in an all-in-one homebrew installation. The installation requires a little nurture and care.

Malibu snowflakes in your glass

21-10-2011

  • Malibu snowflake bottle

Malibu is celebrating the winter holidays by introducing the new Limited Edition Snowflake bottle. The Limited Edition bottle is a winter variant of the Caribbean rum, it contains real coconut flakes that create a snowstorm in your glass. The bottle is available in November, five MEN_at_WORK clothing stores are Malibu-branded to promote it.

Luxury lunch box

20-10-2011

The French company Kaviari’s developed ‘En-K caviar’. This is a chic and trendy aluminium box with 15 grams of caviar and a caviar spoon, available in the colours black, gold, silver, blue, fuchsia and apple green. Buyers can choose either the version ‘Osetra’ or ‘Kristal’ caviar. Easy to take in your purse to enjoy the caviar any moment of the day.

Eat Beeter

20-10-2011

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‘Beeter’ is a new alternative for meat and fish which is 100% organic, full of protein, free of gluten and fat, without added nutrients, and is made of sustainable grown soy. This meat and fish alternative is developed by the Dutch company Ojah. ‘Beeter’ is available as ‘basics’, which can be processed and as ‘prepared’, which is directly consumable. You can find ‘Beeter’ already on the menus of several restaurants in the Netherlands and is available at the Vegetarian Butcher.

Hot Booster

20-10-2011

The Hot Booster is a new soup in an easy take-away self-heating can. The can needs to be pressed on the bottom to start the self-heating process, which takes 3 minutes. The soup is made of all natural ingredients, and is available in three flavours; Oriental chicken, Italian tomato and Golden Mushroom which is a special. There is as well a sweet version available; Cheeky Choco. Enjoy a hot soup any place and anytime you want.

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