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Shaved ice
The world’s oldest ice cream is sweetened ice flakes, which was made already in the antiquity. In Mexico it is called raspados and its Korean name is bingsu. Syrups and...
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Modifications in MVI’s Articles of Association
At the August meeting of the Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs (MVI) members approved the amended Articles of Association. MVI’s goal is to raise the level of Hungary’s hospitality sector, and in...
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Huge and tiny meals in a Malaysian museum – Video of the da
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Szállás.hu: causing damage is the most common problem for hotel operators
Guests violate regulations in three out of four hotels. At least one of the most common violation is causing damage, followed by smuggling non-paying guest into the room, and theft...
Read moreThe square turns round – Video of the day
Next time you have guests over, add a little wow to their on the rock drink by replacing standard ice cubes with perfectly round ice spheres made with the Ice...
Read moreKnow what you eat!
Under a bill passed by the City Council in the USA, city agencies will be required to attach scannable codes, such as Quick Response markers, to permits, licenses and registrations...
Read more“Basement” under the water
“The sommelier will have your wine in just one moment, sir. He's just putting on his wetsuit.” That could be the new trend in Chile, where Viña Casanueva, in the...
Read moreKisosz: traffic grew this season at Lake Balaton
The South Balaton trade and catering entrepreneurs reported on the massive increase in traffic and too serious official controls at a forum in Balatonszárszó. Kertész Rezső, co-chairman of the Somogy...
Read moreThis is a way to eat a hamburger in a handless-mindless state
In a multitasking world, how can we help people use their hands to do their everyday chores and enjoy their Whopper® at the same time?Hands Free Whopper may be the...
Read moreWine and foot-fetish
This Feet ad campaign for Bela Sintra shows the sensuality and naughtiness of their red wine through a series of photographs of two feet seductively playing with a bottle of...
Read moreBalatoni Kör: The number of restaurateurs open all year round increased by 50 percent
Over the past five years, the number of catering units and wineries has increased by at least 50 percent that are open all year round – according to the announcement...
Read moreCreative partymakers – Video of the day
Red Paper Heart are a group of designers and coders that like to bring interactivity and animation together in a fun way. And by the look of things that do...
Read moreTourism in France broke a record again
Last year, 87 million foreign tourists visited France – Christian Mantéi, head of the French state tourism development agency told Le Monde. “This year’s season is great, and the decrease...
Read moreMore money goes on holidays this summer according to a survey
Sixty percent of the Hungarians have the opportunity to spend longer or shorter holidays this year. According to the representative survey commissioned by the Budapest Bank, Hungarians spend 15,000 HUF...
Read moreCoffee helps information procession
It’s a well-known fact that a cup of coffee or two in the morning gives us the energy push we need to clear our minds and get busy on a...
Read moreHow to eat a pomegranate? – Video of te day
Pomegranates are delicious, but boy are they are troublesome to eat. Just like any troublemaker, you might need to give it a good SPANKING....
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Because it is plastic…
This August the Responsible Gastro Hero Foundation started a campaign to stop using plastic straws. Joining the initiative, many cafés, bars and restaurants stopped serving drinks with plastic straws. Judit Vighné Boóc,...
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Premium draught beer to take away
Mug is a sports bar chain in Moscow. Recently they commissioned Ivan Maximov with redesigning the chain’s branding, who also came up with the idea of pint-sized paper cups for serving...
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Association of Hungarian Brewers: the director has left
In August Dr Attila Schillinger resigned as director of the Association of Hungarian Brewers. He has filled the position since November 2014 but now leaves for the USA to start his...
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Our best wines this year
This year’s National Wine Competition (OBV) broke previous records in terms of both the number of producers and entries: the 51-member jury evaluated 770 wines submitted by 223 wineries. Three grand...
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Wine in cans
Our magazine reckons that there would be nothing wrong with selling Hungarian wine in cans. This innovative product is already popular in many parts of the world. What is more, just like...
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Gender neutral restaurant service
Tied House restaurant in Chicago had opened this February and its manager Meredith Rush decided the staff wouldn’t differentiate being men and women when serving food and pouring drinks. This means...
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The Instagram universe
For some people a nice meal is just half as good if they can’t post a photo about it on the internet. A great food photo is also an excellent marketing...
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Meat Dress Barbie – at a rather high price
Niu Pot is a Chinese hot pot restaurant in New York that serves rib eye as the dress worn by a Barbie doll. The Meat Dress Barbie had originally been created...
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Hold organic food restaurants in your hands
The Responsible Gastro Hero Foundation develops smartphone apps to make the life of those consumers easier who eat sustainable foods. Their new app can be downloaded free from the Apple Store...
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The biggest restaurant chains in the world
US trade magazine National Restaurant News publishes the list of the world’s top 200 restaurants every year, based on their sales revenue (US sales data). On the 2018 list McDonald’s is...
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With input from Boulud
Spyce is the first restaurant in the world where not the service but cooking is done by robots. The restaurant is located in the campus of MIT and the project was...
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Campaign to attract more tourists
Between 15 September and 30 October 2018 the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ) is going to implement a destination-based communication campaign. The campaign’s goal is to show that Hungary is a tourist...
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‘No Food Waste Event’ programme launched
Event catering is a special segment of the hospitality sector, where often too much food is available and some of it ends up as waste. With the coordination of the Hungarian...
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Fines imposed on a quarter of businesses in the Lake Balaton region
In July the inspectors of the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) found some kind of irregularity at the premises of every fourth business in the Lake Balaton region. It seems that...
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