Done with 2017

What better time to say goodbye to overdue food trends than a crackling new year? Because enough really is enough in some cases. So: adieu slow cold pressed raw organic veggie smoothie juices costing 7+ euros, granoblabla & co. A list.

– Even more new burger joints

: The burger joint (not counting the good ones) is the online shop and massage parlour of our time.
– Bitterballen/croquettes with amusing fillings: We love croquettes and bitterballen dearly. But how many improper fillings can you come up with for these noble products? Not to mention Frankenfries à la the rooket and the speculaas croquette.
– Vegetable juices/smoothies – whether raw, cold pressed or slow juiced and, naturally, containing chlorophyll – costing 7+ euros each for around 25cc at the juice bar. Or, heaven forbid, the supermarket.

‘Pulled’ was to 2016 what carpaccio was around the turn of the millennium.

– Restaurant interiors with industrial lamps

, a handmade single-speed racing bike on the stripped brick wall and sheepskins on the wall benches.
– Granoblabla: Granola has spread so far that someone needs to draw the line. As far as we’re concerned, that line is popcorn granola and granola bonbons.
– The same goes for pulled everything – from papaya to jackfruit and beetroot. ‘Pulled’ was to 2016 what carpaccio was around the turn of the millennium.
– Concept restaurants based on such a complicated concept that it has to be explained to every guest again, day in, day out. Enough with the concept terror. Concept unclear? Back to the drawing board.

Flavoured tea? Done with it in 2017!

– Such colourful or heavily decorated tableware that the dish on it is un-Instagrammable.

– Pop-up restaurants as a marketing tool

: Pop-ups remain fun as an indie initiative by a bunch of food creatives introducing guests to something new, surprising or rare. But popping up because the PR person thinks you can breathe new life into a tired product that way?
– Unfortunately still necessary, this one: flavoured tea. Adieu!

– Dutch celebrities producing wine

. Or, well, marketing it. As long as they don’t stand in the wine themselves with their bare feet, we won’t fall for it either.