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New domestic restaurant chain

In April 2009 the latest domestic restaurant chain opened its first restaurant under the name Oscar Pizza. The network has 8-10 frequented placed businesses. All units have exactly the same...

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Is less more?

Though super premium ice cream used to be the trend not long ago, simplicity has become the new message communicated by Haagen-Dazs. Their new product named “Five” is made from...

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Oh, Mr. Alcohol!

In the past, alcohol didn’t have much to do with ice cream, but this has changed in recent years, with numerous forms of alcohol appearing in ice cream as a...

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Hold-O-Mat

According to Heston Blumenthal, owner and chef of Fat Duck (with three Michelin stars), if a slice of meat is left to rest for ten minutes longer than necessary, then...

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Big green disco

Surya Club in London might as well be called an eco-disco where the Club4Climate concept helps to promote ecological consciousness. Their slogan is “Dance to save the world”. 60 percent...

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Jam for gentlemen

Duerr & Son’s in London has celebrated its 125th birthday by producing the most expensive jam in the world, made from Sevilla orange with whiskey, champagne and gold flakes and...

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Reaching into the fridge

The Minibar in Amsterdam offers a complex experience of waiter-free drinking without buttons or keyboards, as guests simply serve themselves from small refrigerators. The numbered refrigerators are reloaded from the...

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Tea kettles 2010

The popularity of tea consumption in HoReCa units serves as a driving force for continuous innovation by designers. The Ronnenfeldt tea kettle is not merely an absurd creation of art,...

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(HU) Franchise híradó

New restaurant, strange marketing The 24th Burger King unit in Hungary was opened in May. It is also the 20th in Budapest. Burger King has 11,000 units world-wide with more...

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Local farmers adopted

One of the recent trends in countries with a highly developed gastronomic culture has been that restaurant owners and farmers join forces. For example, the Loews Hotels chain has launched...

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Chairman dedicated to compromise

Béla Prohászka has recently been elected the new chairman of the Hungarian National Association of Gastronomy. – Being a very busy man, isn’t it difficult to co-ordinate the work of...

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There is still potential in pasta

In spite of being a traditional food in the bigger half of the world, pasta is also truly a product of the 21st century. Pasta has also benefited from the...

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Gastronomy expert of 2008

The “professional of the year” awards for the previous year are handed over by Turizmus Kft. early in February. This prize was handed over for the 17th time this year,...

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Future and past

The Club of Hungarian Chefs has organised a demonstration of the techniques used in molecular gastronomy recently. The demonstration and presentation was held by Attila Várnagy, chef of Go Catering...

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Elite club

The top list of the best restaurants in the world has again been published. Ferran Adria has been crowned once more. But just how is such a list compiled? Though...

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Why ElBulli

Adria is a believer in molecular gastronomy, like Blumenthal. He invests six months’ work into his annual offer. His menu is composed of 170-200 dishes, with some meals composed of...

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Molecular Ice Cream Shop

Molecular gastronomy has entered the world of ice cream, while a Turkish invention has made it possible to produce chewable ice cream. Cream Café in Chicago offers a unique experience...

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On top at home

You might not agree that Vári confectionery is the best place to have ice cream in the country, but it is certain that this is the place where the greatest...

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Double pleasure

The MooBella ice cream vending machine makes ice cream for us, but its quite different from what we used to call “machine made” in the 70’. It takes only 45...

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Hungary became first on the list of Forbes Magazine

Forbes Magazine recommends Hungary in the first place for the American tourists in its list based of the price per performance ratio – reports Magyar Turizmus Ltd. Forbes Magazine ranked...

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Increasing demand for private accommodation

While in Transdanubia, and at Lake Balaton the landlords expects a bad season seems like that Zimmer Frei will rise up again – reports Napi Gazdaság. The dozens of lodging...

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Tourism Alliance in Békéscsaba

Nearly sixty companies interested in tourism and civil society organizations founded a tourist association in Békéscsaba. The collaboration was initiated of by the local government. The members of the collaboration...

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A drop in the number of guests at Lake Balaton

During the first quarter of 2009 the accommodations at Lake Balaton were 136 thousand, 14 percent less than last year’s same pariod – states KSH’s Mirror publication. Compared to last...

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Hotelmarket information on the Central and Eastern European region

The travel traffic of hotels in the capital cities of the region has been decreasing since the summer of 2008. In the first quarter of 2009, the occupation and the...

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Eating healthy at work

20-30 percent revenue of the restaurants accepting hot-food vouchers comes from guests paying with hot-food vouchers during working hours. The goal of Sodexo Pass is that the acceding restaurant partners,...

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Strengthening marketing for Budapest tourism

Budapest Tourism Agency (BTH) which is responsible for tourist marketing in the capital can spend 50 million HUF more this year – reports Világgazdaság. After the 450 million HUF budget...

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Price list at the entrance will be required

According to a recent re-regulation it will be required again to expose the food and drink supply, and the list prices by the entrance. However, it will be requiered in...

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Coke Club, at the Lake Balaton

Coca-Cola Beach House of Siófok ended its last season in 2006. The successor of Coca-Cola Beach House called Coke Club has already been established on the basis of new ideas...

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At least 63 thousand people will access supported travel check, this year

This year, more than 63 thousand people will receive supported travel checks worth of 2.2 billion HUF. Low-income pensioners, disabled persons, workers with at least two minor aged children of...

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Tourism – contrary tendencies in Pest County and in the capital

In the first quarter of 2009 the tendencies in Budapest were less prosperous while in Pest County tendencies were better than the national average. According to the most recent report...

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