SYDNEY : An Australian restaurant has ditched printed menus and now hands diners the latest tech-craze, Apple's touch-screen iPad computer, from which to choose and order their meals.
Risking damaging wine spills and customers taking an iPad 'to go', the Global Mundo Tapas eatery at the Rydges Hotel in North Sydney introduced its new menus three days ago -- within a week of the iPad's Australian release.
"One of the points of difference for our restaurant was to have a unique menu," the hotel's general manager Craig Simpson said Friday.Hundreds of people queued round the block in central Sydney to buy the iPad when it went on sale outside the United States for the first time on May 28.
Simpson bought 15 of the sought-after tablets, flying to Adelaide to pick up 10 of them on launch day, which retail from AUS$629 Australian dollars (US$531).
An iPad application developed ahead of the tactile device's launch allows diners at the 50-seat restaurant to browse the menu -- complete with photographs and tasting notes -- with a flick of a finger.
Order a steak and the application asks how you would like the meat cooked, and placing your order can be done with the press of a button. Planned features include pop-up boxes that will suggest wines to match meals, and stock-control mechanisms to delete sold-out items from the menu.
"Hotels used to be cutting-edge food and beverage," Simpson said. "We are trying to bring the pizzazz back."
"It's something to play with while you order," he said. "With a menu, you don't really know what you're getting," lunch customer David Wisemantel told AFP on Friday. "I would be far more inclined to order... if I knew what it looked like."
Risking damaging wine spills and customers taking an iPad 'to go', the Global Mundo Tapas eatery at the Rydges Hotel in North Sydney introduced its new menus three days ago -- within a week of the iPad's Australian release.
"One of the points of difference for our restaurant was to have a unique menu," the hotel's general manager Craig Simpson said Friday.Hundreds of people queued round the block in central Sydney to buy the iPad when it went on sale outside the United States for the first time on May 28.
Simpson bought 15 of the sought-after tablets, flying to Adelaide to pick up 10 of them on launch day, which retail from AUS$629 Australian dollars (US$531).
An iPad application developed ahead of the tactile device's launch allows diners at the 50-seat restaurant to browse the menu -- complete with photographs and tasting notes -- with a flick of a finger.
Order a steak and the application asks how you would like the meat cooked, and placing your order can be done with the press of a button. Planned features include pop-up boxes that will suggest wines to match meals, and stock-control mechanisms to delete sold-out items from the menu.
"Hotels used to be cutting-edge food and beverage," Simpson said. "We are trying to bring the pizzazz back."
"It's something to play with while you order," he said. "With a menu, you don't really know what you're getting," lunch customer David Wisemantel told AFP on Friday. "I would be far more inclined to order... if I knew what it looked like."
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The globe is constantly spinning , advanced technology are created now and then. Personally, i think that the houses, tourist attractions and all stuff around us are always changing to satisfy human unwanted satisfaction. Technology is just another factor too. I'm totally amazed and awed by the changes in this particular place.In Sydney,there is a Aussie restaurant which changed the whole concept of menus. This act of their was totally brillant and innovative.
Apparently, they used Apple iPads for their menus. This allows people to play while they order their foods. Interesting way to order their food and pop up button to recommend them which wines to go with.
Fast,easy and appealing are the 3 simple words i would describe.
Firstly, FAST as to the customers don't have to wait for the waiters to attend to others before serving them . They have the iPads to take their orders.
Secondly, EASY as to the iPads will delete those sold out items just to inform the customers before they make their decisions. Nevertheless, it is light and just a flick of a finger, their orders can be make known.
Lastly, APPEALING as to there are photographs of what the food looks like. Though normal menus have pictures too, their might not look as appealing to those food on the iPads, the more advanced technology.
An innovaative and useful tool for menus such as Apple iPads is indeed brillant & just the menu itself attracts many customers.
Apparently, they used Apple iPads for their menus. This allows people to play while they order their foods. Interesting way to order their food and pop up button to recommend them which wines to go with.
Fast,easy and appealing are the 3 simple words i would describe.
Firstly, FAST as to the customers don't have to wait for the waiters to attend to others before serving them . They have the iPads to take their orders.
Secondly, EASY as to the iPads will delete those sold out items just to inform the customers before they make their decisions. Nevertheless, it is light and just a flick of a finger, their orders can be make known.
Lastly, APPEALING as to there are photographs of what the food looks like. Though normal menus have pictures too, their might not look as appealing to those food on the iPads, the more advanced technology.
An innovaative and useful tool for menus such as Apple iPads is indeed brillant & just the menu itself attracts many customers.
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