Archive for November, 2011
White Truffles Available at La Grappa In Season – Hua Hin
Sunday, November 13th, 2011Vientiane, The Lovely Small Capital City of Laos, In Pictures
Sunday, November 13th, 2011
Loft, Lounge Bar & Wine House – Vientiane, Laos
Sunday, November 13th, 2011
The Loft offers wine to take away or drink on the premises at the loft Lounge.
The wine selection is listed below:
I-Beam, Wine & More – Vientiane, Laos
Sunday, November 13th, 2011
Exterior shot of I-Beam
A comfortable place to enjoy Tapas and French Snacks from 17:00 – 23:00 daily. A good selection of spirits, wine and beer are on offer.
Bar
Tapas
Tartine of the Day
Thanksgiving Dinner, November 24, 2011, Sheraton Sukhumvit Grande – Bangkok
Saturday, November 12th, 2011
Grande Thanksgiving Day Feast at Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Make Thanksgiving Day memorable for the family and friends at Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit. With an array of traditional offerings and an atmosphere of joy and celebration, it’s the essential ingredient for a perfect Thanksgiving Day.
Evening Buffet Dinner at Rossini’s and The Living Room
An unforgettable culinary experience, our ‘Grande Thanksgiving Day Feast’ is renowned as the finest celebratory buffet in Bangkok. Savor prime rib-eye steaks, turkey with stuffing and cranberry sauce, Mississippi mud pie, and much more. An international jazz band will add to the festivities of the family day.
Baht 1,950 per adult with free flow soft drinks and juices or Baht 2,600 per adult with free flow alcohol. Baht 890 per child.
Join us from 18.00 – 22.30 hours.
Exceptional offer: Book a Thanksgiving Dinner for two and receive ONE FREE ROOM NIGHT at our renowned hotel on November 24, 2011, and an optional second room for children for only Baht 2,511 net (inclusive of service charge and tax).
For further information, please call 02 6498368, email dining.sgs@luxurycollection.com or complete your request in the form on your right hand side. Our Rooms Reservations team will then email you a confirmation number for a Deluxe Room for the night of November 24, 2011.
Starbucks is Going To Juice It Up – USA
Friday, November 11th, 2011
Originally heard through the grapevine Starbucks was going to divide their shops into two; half coffee and half cold pressed juice bar, “grab it and go or consume it on the premises” but it was announced today that it had acquired Evolution Fresh, a West Coast supermarket brand for $30 million, and instead of the split which was considered, the Seattle-based coffee chain has decided to launch a “health & wellness” concept in 2012 to establish a new vision of the high-end juice business.
Link you might enjoy: Is Starbucks Going Into The Fresh Pressed Juice Business?
Joe Bastianich Defends His Partner Mario Batali Regarding Remark, “Bankers Are Hitler & Stalin Like” – New York
Friday, November 11th, 2011
Culinary Tidbits . . . Joe Bastianich defends his business partner, Mario Batali regarding his off-the-cuff remarks about bankers being Hitler & Stalin like, and Bastianich is quoted as saying, “I come from that world, I worked on Wall Street for many years. I think that what was said in that room was probably misinterpreted to a certain degree. I’m one of those people so I get both sides of the story. Of course we want [finance types] to come to our restaurants.”
Similar link: Mario Batali’s Remark About Bankers May Backfire
McDonalds Hamburgers – International
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
All trademarks are copyrighted and the property of McDonalds
A New York woman who fetched a McDonalds Happy Meal six months ago found the uneaten food were still as fresh as the first sight, according to AFP news Thursday. The artist-photographer Sally Davies claimed that her primary aim was to capture the forms of a hamburger in the intervals of changing from fresh to corruption. Six months after taking photos from the day she purchased the McDonald’s hamburger, she showed the photos that nothing big has changed. The McDonald’s said that “bacteria and mold only grow under certain conditions…. If food is/or becomes dry enough, it won’t grow mold or bacteria”.
Being questioned about the proof of her experiment, Davies suggests people to do the same.
A McDonald’s plain hamburger contains 9 grams of fat, and a cheeseburger has 12 grams. Now guess how much fat in a McDonald’s Premium Southwest Salad with Crispy Chicken. The answer is: 20 grams. You want ranch dressing with that? Add another 15 grams, for a grand total of 35 grams, which is roughly the same as consuming four McDonald’s hamburgers.
Links you may enjoy follow:
In-n-Out vs 5 Guys Article
Burger King Article
In-N-Out Article
A Little Thai Kitchen, (For Lack of A Better Name) Street Food – Bangkok
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
No Name – No Telephone
To Find It: Take the 1st Soi off Soi Saladaeng, coming from the direction of Silom Road and go to the Dead End
Different Daily Selections 30-50 Baht per order with rice
AppSuite Tailors Apps For The Hospitality Industry; Available For Android & iPhones
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
AppSuite is a leading provider of iPhone and Android application development for the Food and Beverage industry. AppSuite develops low-cost restaurant apps for fine dining restaurants, casual restaurants, coffee shops, bars and clubs. AppSuite’s restaurant app and content management system (CMS) allows restaurateurs to rapidly deploy an iPhone or an Android App without the high cost of developing their own app. AppSuite’s CMS platform allows the restaurateur to conveniently build, brand and expand their business to the growing population of mobile users.
Just like the Internet explosion in the mid 90’s required restaurants to build and develop websites to reach out to their customers, the rapid growth of the “New Mobile Frontier” is driving restaurants to re-focus their marketing efforts to the technology platform adopted by their customers. The best thing about a restaurant app is that an “app” is an actual application branded to your business that can do more functions than any website or mobile optimized website. A true app can send notifications to your customers, pop-up scheduled marketing messages, give your customers turn-by-turn directions and most importantly, allow your customers access your business whenever and wherever they want.
The total number of people owning a smartphone outnumbers those owning a PC by at least 4-1. As a result, more and more people will be relying on their mobile devices for web access and daily activity. Your business should consider AppSuite’s Cafe’ App product if you would like to: 1. expand your business to the mobile world and reach your customers wherever they are 2. build customer loyalty with special offers and updates 3. and grow your brand with a unique presence.
If you believe a website is vital to your business, why wouldn’t a restaurant app that does more than your website be just as (or more) important to your marketing and communication efforts? There are multiple reasons why restaurants and other businesses are employing the mobile app strategy within their marketing tactics, but the most common is to have an advantage over their competition. Nearly 65% of small businesses agree that wireless technologies help provide a better competitive advantage for businesses.
