Image source In Bologna, Italy, the boiled sausage known as a Mortadella can be as heavy as 200 kilograms. It is the cut into extremely thin slices, so its taste and aroma can be fully appreciated. Looks like one of these can feed the whole city.
The Javabot is the is the fully-automated system that runs the Roasting Plant Coffee Company in New York and can be seen as the coffee machine of the 21st century. It is the first walk-in coffee machine that enables customers to sit and watch as their coffee is being made. The beans rush past in pneumatic tubes, as they move from storage bins to staging, roasting station, grinding and a brewing machine where they are dispensed with the repeatable accuracy of a purpose-built machine. It is more of a small, fully automated production plant than a coffee shop.
The Roasting Plant Coffee Company gives customers a huge variety of choices; their is seven different beans of coffee to choose from, the customer also controls the roasting, grinding and brewing times and temperatures, with every cup custom made to suit distinct tastes.It also enables the customer to see how small changes to roasting temperatures or the fineness of the grind contribute to the end result. To top it all, a sampling serve option is available where you get three small cups with changes to the key variables to help you pick your precise preference. Once the machine has the specs of your coffee it takes less than 30 seconds to dispense.
The Cai Rang Floating Market is one of several floating markets in Vietnam's Mekong Delta. In the southwestern provinces, people mostly travel on rivers. In the past, people living on the rivers had to go to the land to buy goods but now they can buy everything they need on the river.The Market is open all day but it is busiest from sunrise to about 9am. Locals go to the market to buy and sell a variety of fruits and vegetables from boats of all sizes. The main items sold there are farm products and specialties of Cai Rang Town, Chau Thanh district and neighboring areas.
During the early morning market hours, larger sized boats anchor and create lanes that smaller boats weave in and out of. The waterway becomes a maze of hundreds of boats packed with mangos, bananas, papaya, pineapple, and even smuggled goods like cigarettes. Sellers tie their goods to a tall pole so that buyers can see from a distance what they are selling. Other boats sell beer, wine and soft drinks to the merchants and the buyers.
Activities at the market are also an occasion for tourists to study the cultural aspects of southerners.
This particular ship didn’t actually sail to the middle of Hong Kong, it was built there.
The 'Whampoa ship' is one of the main tourist attractions Hong Kong has to offer and one of the most unusual commercial centers in the world. It has the size of an actual cruise ship and inside you can find many restaurants, shops and even a hotel.It has four decks with a shopping centre, cinema and restaurants. It is located on the site of the original 'no 1 dry dock' of the old Hung Hom docks at the Whampoa Garden.
