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10-72013

A sparkling taste of fashion

10-7-2013

From 6 to 16 July the area around the Gashouder factory will be transformed into the fashion destination of the Amsterdam Fashion Week 2013. After London and Berlin, the prosecco of the Italian brand Scavi & Ray will be served during the Fashion Week. So the Italian class and allure will literally be brought to Amsterdam. This prosecco is originally from Veneto and is known for its fresh and fruity aftertaste. The Scavi & Ray is characterized by the exclusive design of the bottle and its motto ‘A sparkling taste of fashion’. By the way, this fresh prosecco is also great to serve on a terrace in the sun.

10-72013

A sparkling taste of fashion

10-7-2013

From 6 to 16 July the area around the Gashouder factory will be transformed into the fashion destination of the Amsterdam Fashion Week 2013. After London and Berlin, the prosecco of the Italian brand Scavi & Ray will be served during the Fashion Week. So the Italian class and allure will literally be brought to Amsterdam. This prosecco is originally from Veneto and is known for its fresh and fruity aftertaste. The Scavi & Ray is characterized by the exclusive design of the bottle and its motto ‘A sparkling taste of fashion’. By the way, this fresh prosecco is also great to serve on a terrace in the sun.

10-72013

Peer-to-peer lending

10-7-2013

The platform AirBnB where individuals can offer their homes for temporary rental to tourists or expats has now become a huge success. It appears that more branches copy this concept. We’ve spotted ‘Eat With‘, a website where users can offer their ‘kitchen’ as an alternative for the restaurants in the area. CampInMyGarden, a website that offers sleeping places in gardens and outdoor houses, a cheap night and often at central locations. Now the platform ‘Boat Bound’ is launched. Whether you are looking for a fishing boat, a sailboat or a barge, Boat Bound offers private boats anywhere in the United States, at any price. We wonder when we can rent a boat in the canals for Amsterdam at Boat Bound.

4-72013

Edible art silhouettes

4-7-2013

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A real fashionista and love to eat? Visit the lounge bar ‘Sorel’s Midtown Bar & Lounge’ at the Amsterdam Marriott Hotel on Saturday, July 6th and Sunday, July 7th. The lounge bar is fully dedicated to fashion during the ‘downtown’ program of the Fashion week, where fashion and food are the main ingredients of the lounge bar. Five conceptual dress silhouettes made from organic vegetables and fruit juices will be exhibit in the lounge bar. These dresses, also known as ‘eat patterns’ are made by the ‘Culinaire Werkplaats‘ with the aim to set people thinking about sustainability and the roll of the fashion world. The lounge bar also offers a stylish menu of fresh dishes and snacks.

3-72013

Vacation in your own city

3-7-2013

Inhabitants of The Hague get the possibility to stay in a hotel in their own city. The first edition of the ‘Hotel night The Hague’ will take place on September 7th and 8th. Inhabitants of the city can stay in the most special hotels for a special rate on 7 and 8 September. With the Hotel Night ticket they can also join the culinary, creative and cultural events organized by the participating hotels. The tickets are also valid for several touristic attractions. The complete program will be announced at the end of July. Earlier this year the Hotel Night was organized in Amsterdam.

28-62013

Signature dishes at high altitude

28-6-2013

During a KLM flight from Amsterdam to Hong Kong passengers were surprised with signature dishes of two-star chef Richard Ekkenbus. The served dinner was part of his final test as an SVH-certified Master Chef. KLM serves meals of Dutch qualified chefs in the World Business Class for several years. But never before a Dutch chef has cooked dishes ‘live’ on board an aircraft as part of his final test to become a Master Chef. Richard Ekkenbus has completed his first part of the test successfully, the second part takes place in Restaurant Amber at The Land Mandarin Oriental in Hong Kong.

21-62013

Sustainable geWoonboot

21-6-2013

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This inspiring floating meeting room in Amsterdam is called the ‘geWoonboot’ and created by Joan Kramer and Jan Huisman. The object has 120m2 floor space and is divided in two rooms with a view on the IJ or NDSM-wharf. The boot is self sustainable in energy use and has sun collectors, waste water filtering, warmth pump and sun heated water system. It has a biological and/or local catering as well.

20-62013

Starbucks tea house

20-6-2013

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Earlier this year Starbucks opened a new concept near the Megura Station in Tokyo. The new store is inspired by the surrounding neighbourhood, traditional Japanese architecture and gardens. The Starbucks doesn’t look like a coffee shop but more like traditional Japanese tea house. The interior design includes elements of wooden walls and Shoji sliding doors and the store sells Japanese ceramic mugs, exclusive to Starbucks Japan. Earlier we’ve spotted a Starbucks in Amsterdam with a interior design made of old bicycle tires and the Starbucks in Japan where you are surrounded by trees.

19-62013

Student dinner blog

19-6-2013

At the website GEWOONWATEENSTUDENTJESAVONDSEET.blogspot.nl former student Leonie writes about her simple and decent dinners. She mostly creates her own dishes, but sometimes she is inspired by cookbooks. Her blog is viewed 1,400 times a day and her Facebookpage has received nearly 25,000 likes in two years. A student restaurant in Amsterdam can respond to this blog by inviting Leonie for a dinner and let her write a blog about it. This way restaurants generate a lot of free publicity.

12-62013

Fathers day photo shoot with T-bonesteak

12-6-2013

On June 16 it is Father’s Day again. The steakhouse ‘Midtown Grill’ of the Marriott Hotel in Amsterdam organizes a nice photo shoot. Fathers with sons can take a picture in cooking clothes, surrounded by cooking utensils in the kitchen of Midtown Grill. They will pose with the famous dish of the restaurant, the sea salt grilled T-bone steak of 3.5 pounds. After the shoot they can eat the dish together.

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