24 carat chocolate champagne truffles

18-10-2011

A true chocolate delicacy of The Choclate; a handcrafted champagne truffle, sprinkled with 24 carat gold flakes, presented in a contemporary chic, Swarovski adorned boutique box. It took 2 years to perfect the truffles and to place them on the market. The truffles are made of the most expensive dark chocolate, and are all handcrafted, which makes each truffle a unique one.

Organic energy drink

18-10-2011

Scheckter’s OrganicEnergy is a new energy drink, developed by using natural ingredients. These natural products like the raw green coffee beans, guarana (seeds), ginseng and gingko biloba, gives this drink your body and mind a natural boost of energy.

Restaurant In de Olie opened her doors

17-10-2011

Last Friday cafe-restaurant ‘In de Olie’ opened her doors officially in Amsterdam. The cafe offers a menu of finger food and tapas, such as Spanish and Italian sausages, manchego cheese and marinated pulpo. The dinner menu consists of a wide range of Mediterranean dishes, like lamb tajine and fish dishes, served with authentic vegetable side-dishes. Also, the restaurant offers several Spanish, Italian and Greek oils, which you can take home bottled. Every Thursday and Friday between 17.00 and 19.00 hrs you can visit ‘In de Olie’ for a ‘Aperitivo’, to enjoy a small bite and drink, whilst enjoying a DJ. Each Sunday afternoon ‘Tapas & Tunes’ takes place; a podium with changing live performances.

Get well soup from Heinz

17-10-2011

Send your loved ones a “Get well soon” soup from Heinz if they are ill. Instead of a simple card, one can create a personal message on the website that’s printed on a can of soup and sent. This campaign is currently only available for UK facebook fans of Heinz.  

Digital bottle message for Burkina Faso

17-10-2011

Spa Reine has started a campaign in cooperation with Unicef.  For every bottle that is sold, Spa donates 4 liters of clean drinking water to the children living in Burkina Fas. Consumers can leave a personal message about this campaign on the website Spahelpt.nl and create more awareness to the campaign.

Wine in doggy bag

14-10-2011

In France there are doggy bags for wine bottles. When a guest in a restaurant doesn’t want to finish the whole bottle of wine but rather take it home, he’ll receive a free specially made doggy bag. These wine doggy bags are used in 45 restaurants in France.

Absolut Mode

14-10-2011

ABSOLUT Vodka is introducing a new Limited Edition bottle called ‘ABSOLUT MODE’. After several other Limited Editions in the past years, such as ABSOLUT DISCO, ABSOLUT ROCK and last years ABSOLUT GLIMMER, the new ABSOLUT MODE will focus on today’s fashion world. The bottle will be available from the 1st of November.

Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange

13-10-2011

Smirnoff organizes a worldwide party in fifty countries at the 12th of November. The vodka brand challenges visitors to come up with original ideas, and create fifty unforgettable nights together. After suggesting an idea in the category music, location, dancing, eating, drinking and ‘other’ people can vote for their favorite idea. The campaign is supported with a video, Facebook page and a website.

Blippar

12-10-2011

Blippar shows the consumer extra product information of a certain product by using augmented reality. By filming the product with a smartphone, product information and recipes appear in the screen of your phone. Blippar has a partnership with several supermarket chains in the UK, such as Tesco and Cadbury’s, in order to make sure that most products will be recognized by Blippar.

Ordering roomservice with a smarthphone

12-10-2011

Hotel-restaurant Villa Ruimzicht, located in Doetichem (in the Netherlands), provides a service where guests order room service by using their Smartphone or tablet pc. Guests can download a free app and scan a QR-code which can be found in the hotel room. A menu appears on the screen in which the guest can order a certain dish or a drink. To offer this service, the hotel uses the ‘Yoursmartbutler’ app, which makes a connection to the register system and communicates the necessary information to the kitchen and to the guest accounts.

Drinking vinegar for your health

12-10-2011

Drinking vinegar is an age old practice in many cultures. Andy Ricker, announced to Best Chef Northwest 2011, launched his Pok Pok Som. This is a refreshing vinegar drink with concentrated flavours of fruit, vegetables and aromatics, and is very good for your health.

Restaurant The Cowfish

12-10-2011

Restaurant The Cowfish is all about ‘East meets West’. It serves both of best worlds; the American hamburger and the popular Japanese sushi. You can find dishes on the menu like the real American hamburgers, Japanese sushi, as well ass a combination of both in fusion dishes.

Drink to Relax

11-10-2011

A moment of relaxation, but staying focused at the same time; a new soda ChillCat Drink to Relax. This is no energy-drink, but a light carbonated soft drink, based on exclusive and natural white and green tea extracts and anti-oxidants, like pomegranate. Specially developed for moments of relaxation and inner peace, without losing the focus.

Massage in the cafe

11-10-2011

Last Sunday the 25th edition of the 4 Miles of Groningen was organized. Afterwards, ‘Café de Koffer’ organized massage-sessions in the café, to massage away the coming muscles ache. A nice way to pamper your guests!

Create your own chocolate

11-10-2011

Elsa Lambinet, a French designer, created these chocolates which can be composed to your own favorite taste. This is possible by combine the three basic elements; a base of white, milk or dark chocolate, a filling, and a topping. See the chocolates here.

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