Haute Cuisine in London Eye

25-9-2010

During the London restaurant week the famous London Eye will be temporarily transformed into a culinary highlight. Eleven topchefs including Gordon Ramsay and Boulud will present their best dishes in one of the capsules of the giant ferris wheel. Guests can enjoy a four-course dinner, one for every time the wheel goes round. A table for ten persons can cost up to €10.000, =, of which part will go to charity.

 

Climate cabinet for chocolate

24-9-2010

The chocolate cooler ensures the right temperature for chocolate. The cooler is designed for storing chocolate and pastries. The exterior is fashionably black with a dark-tinted glass door. Two wooden trays can be removed for some extra capacity and the cooler can be easily cleaned. 

Evian by Issey Miyake

23-9-2010

Fashion icon Issey Miyake designed this year’s bottles for Evian. Miyake was inspired by his own fashion creations and decorated the bottles with colorful flowers.

Doughnut burger

23-9-2010

An amateur chef from Texas, USA invented a special dish, the donut burger. The donut burger combines sweet (doughnut) and salt (burger) flavors.

Smoked salmon flavoured vodka

23-9-2010

Alaska Distillery came up with something new, vodka with the taste of smoked salmon! The vodka is now only available in the U.S..

Eco-chewing gum

22-9-2010

Nature needs 20 years to process ordinary chewing gum off the street. Ecouwgom is made from natural organic ingredients and is 100% biodegradable. The packaging is environmentally friendly as well.

Refill empty wine bottles

21-9-2010

In a number of French supermarkets it is possible to fill your empty bottle of wine with new wine. The wine costs about € 1,45 per liter.  

Jamie Oliver goes vegetarian

21-9-2010

Jamie Oliver is about to collect all his vegetarian dishes in a new book. It is still unknown when the book will be published.

Recycable picnic-box

21-9-2010

Boxsal introduces a recyclable  picnic basket. The basket and the cutlery are made from sustainable cardboard and paper. The basket is available in three different shapes, including the Office Escape, a picnic basket shaped like a briefcase.  

Portfolio XL

20-9-2010

On Sunday, October 17th restaurant “Schulten Hues” in The Netherlands celebrates its eight-year anniversary with a special edition of a book called ‘Portfolio XL’. The book is published in a special limited edition size of 0.7 x 0.5 meters. The content of the book is still a surprise!

Hotel Okura offers jetlag course

20-9-2010

As part of the knowledge-month in October (October 13 to 17) the Okura hotel in Amsterdam, will pay special attention to guests suffering from a jet lag. It discusses the causes of a jet lag and how to best get rid of it. Guests can also take part in the “jet lag-experience” to test what they have learned. 

Skinny burger

19-9-2010

The Inter Continental Park Lane Hotel in London designed a special burger for the Fashion Week (September 17th to 22nd), the so-called “skinny burger”. The burger only contains 143 calories and 2.4 grams of fat. The burger is served with a glass of wild berry ice tea and costs 20,- pounds. 

Fashionable wine climatecabinet

19-9-2010

Masterchef Pieter Damen put his “signature”on a very special wine service cabinet. This cabinet is coated with leather. The stitching and the color of the leather is picked based on the limited edition watch that is included. The wine cabinet can be set at different temperatures and has a capacity of 120 bottles.

Spa giftcertificate

19-9-2010

A gift certificate for Christmas is a lot more fun this way. In addition to these gift vouchers, they still have many more themed gift vouchers

Square organic cheeseburger

18-9-2010

Belgian fastfood restaurant chain Quick now sells a square bio-burger. The burger is square not only as a surprise to the customer but also to ensure that the kitchen staff don’t mistake it for a regular beef burger.

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