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Alto-Adige promotion at Imperial Palace Seoul
Verona presents the “Alto-Adige” promotion from Feb. 14 to March 31. The one-course menu features T-bone steak with mushroom sauce, veal rib barbecue with herb sauce, and steamed veal shank with rice and asparagus. The lunch set menu includes a risotto croquette with marinated beet and steamed veal shank with rice and asparagus. The dinner set menu includes pineapple cannelloni filled with crab meat, marinated mushroom, Sicilian green olive, baked oyster and white asparagus followed by T-bone ve
Feb. 15, 2013
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Spring picnic at Sheraton Seoul D Cube City Hotel
The hotel presents “Spring Picnic Package” from March 1-31 for guests who want to enjoy an outdoor picnic in Seoul. The hotel offers two bicycles and helmets for guests to enjoy a ride along Dorim Stream and the Han River close by the hotel. Guests will be provided with a picnic mat and an outdoor meal from the Deli and can select from a wide variety of sandwiches, pastries, coffee and beverages available at the Deli. Guests will be provided with a Sheraton voucher for 30,000 won. The package in
Feb. 15, 2013
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Cocktail Happy Hour at JW Mariott Hotel Seoul
Exchange Bar is launching a new Happy Hour promotion, with unlimited cocktails on a different base liquor every evening. The promotion will run from Feb. 18 to March 31, from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Monday’s Happy Hour cocktails are gin-based martinis, followed by rum-based lime mojitos and pina coladas on Tuesday, vodka-based martinis and Black Russians on Wednesday, tequila-based margaritas and tequila sunrises on Thursday and whiskey-based Rusty Nails and whiskey sours on Friday. All Happy Hour cocktai
Feb. 15, 2013
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Very Berry Strawberry promotion at Sheraton Grande Walkerhill
The hotel’s lobby lounge, The Pavilion, and caf, The View, are offering Very Berry Strawberry promotion for spring from Feb. 23 to April 28. The promotion will run every weekend from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The menu includes strawberry tiramisu, delicate strawberry pastries, strawberry truffles, strawberry cupcakes, and more. Reservation in advance is required. The strawberry buffet is 55,000 won for adults and 30,000 won for children, tax included. Guests who leave the venues before 3 p.m. will be giv
Feb. 15, 2013
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‘Joseph’ musical package at Lotte Hotel World
The hotel presents the “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat” package until April 10. The musical is based on the “coat of many colors” story of Joseph from the Bible’s book of Genesis. Actors Song Chang-ee, Jo Sung-mo and Kim Sun-kyung star in the musical. There are three packages available: The Secret Bronze Package priced at 320,000 wom features a one-night stay in a deluxe room with two R tickets; for an extra 80,000 won you can get the Twinkle Silver Package which includes club lou
Feb. 15, 2013
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Kongbiji jjigae (Ground soybean stew)
Kongbiji jjigae is a stew made with a creamy pure of soaked soybeans. Traditionally, this stew is made with soy pulp that’s leftover from making tofu. It’s also commonly made with finely ground soaked soybeans. Growing up, we usually had it with pork ribs and kimchi. I think that’s the best way. You can use pork meat instead, preferably fatty meat. Pork fat enhances the nutty flavor of soybeans. You can also substitute kimchi with boiled napa cabbage for a milder taste. All you need is a bowl of
Feb. 15, 2013
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Sun Noodle, the super bowl for ramen chefs
LOS ANGELES ― What do some of the top bowls of ramen in Southern California ― the tsukemen at Tsujita, tonkotsu ramen at Daikokuya and kotteri shoyu ramen at Asa in Gardena ― have in common? Their noodles all come from the same place: a small factory near the Compton-Gardena border called Sun Noodle.The L.A. branch of a Honolulu-based company launched nine years ago, making just 10 kinds of fresh ramen noodles. Now, in the midst of a global ramen boom, the factory makes 160 kinds, to customers’
Feb. 15, 2013
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One true Valentine’s Day at Grand Hyatt Seoul
The hotel’s restaurant The Paris Grill will be presenting a special dining experience in celebration of Valentine’s Day. The romantic dinner will serve seared sea scallops on mango carpaccio, Atlantic lobster bisque sauted with cauliflower and basil, roasted lamb, and prime rib eye with celeriac puree, accompanied by a bottle of Moet & Chandon Rose champagne, all for 245,000 won, including tax. Customers can upgrade the five-course dinner with additional options. Those who are interested can add
Feb. 7, 2013
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Valentine’s Day menu at Seoul Palace
The hotel’s buffet restaurant Stone Plate will offer a special course dinner “My Sweet Valentine” for this year’s romantic event. In addition to the wide selection of dishes provided at the buffet, guests will be offered a main menu of their pick. Menu A includes tuna carpaccio with sea urchin and salmon eggs, foie gras, black caviar and grilled tenderloin steak, and menu B includes grilled prawns dipped in rubus coreanus fruit, salmon steak along with basil puree and lemon butter sauce. For des
Feb. 7, 2013
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Romantic package at Sheraton Grande Walkerhill
The hotel’s two restaurants will each be offering a Valentine’s Day dinner. The hotel’s European restaurant Clock 16 will present a romantic eight-course set dinner, priced at 180,000 won, tax excluded, while the hotel’s buffet restaurant The View will offer a fresh seafood buffet at 120,000 won, tax excluded. Customers of the two restaurants will receive a 15 percent discount for the hotel’s seasonal dessert promotion, “Very Berry Strawberry Buffet.” For more information, call Clock 16 at (02)
Feb. 7, 2013
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“Be My Valentine” dining packages at Grand Ambassador Seoul
The hotel’s two premium restaurants will each be offering a romantic “Be My Valentine” dinner. At Caf de Chef, a special six-course French meal will be served with a bottle of wine handpicked by the sommelier. The main course will include king prawns, lamb shanks, tenderloin steak, foie gras, sea urchin custard, crab tempura and much more. Guests will also receive a flower basket and a Valentine’s Day cake. The dinner is 150,000 won per person, tax included. Alternatively, the hotel’s buffet THE
Feb. 7, 2013
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Valentine’s Day romance package at Hyatt Regency Jeju
The hotel presents the “Romance” package for couples for Valentine’s Day from Feb. 1 to March 13. The package includes an overnight stay at an exclusive Regency Club room, a continental buffet breakfast and a happy hour at the hotel’s Regency Club Lounge. Guests will be offered homemade chocolates and red wine. In addition, package guests can enjoy complimentary use of the indoor swimming pool, gym and sauna. The hotel also offers various in-room decorations at various prices, which include tax.
Feb. 7, 2013
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Tteokguk (Rice cake soup)
Tteokguk is a soup made with sliced rice cakes, usually in beef broth. It’s a traditional New Year’s dish made with garaetteok, which is unsweetened and shaped like a long cylinder. For the soup, garaetteok is sliced into thin oval shapes. The white oval shape symbolizes a bright and prosperous new year. Growing up, I always loved to eat long steaming garaetteok my mother would bring home from a rice cake mill in preparation for the New Year’s feast. She would wait a couple of days for the garae
Feb. 7, 2013
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Healthy New Year: Try recipes that add grains, greens and healthy protein to your diet
It seems every year, the New Year is the time when so many of us make healthy eating resolutions. Of course, January is when memberships for weight-loss programs boom. But, inevitably, the resolve to diet withers, and we go back to scarfing and feeling guilty.So what’s the long-term solution? “People need diners’ education just like they need drivers’ education,” says Carolyn O’Neil, a dietitian and journalist, who writes The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Healthy Eating column.“Nutrition advice
Feb. 7, 2013
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Internet ‘floggers’ cashin on food-mad Asia
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) ― As a Hindu who does not eat beef but craves other meat, Tashny Sukumaran discovered her new passion for pork burgers through her native Malaysia’s vibrant food-blogging, or “flogging,” scene.The Muslim-majority country’s mainstream media shy from references to pork and other foods objectionable to Islam, but blogs have helped spark a burger boom in a nation with sizeable ethnic Chinese and Indian communities.“I kept reading about pork burgers on ‘flogs’ but have never seen m
Feb. 6, 2013
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Valentine’s Day special at Lotte Hotel Seoul
Korean restaurant Mugungwha invites French chef Eric Trochon, the executive chef at restaurant Semilla, Paris and winner of the MOF (Meileur Ouvrier de France), to present a special Valentine’s Day menu. The chef will feature his unique version of Korean plates titled “Reinterpretation of Korean Cuisine” for two days, Feb 14-15. The Valentine’s Day specialties are priced at 300,000 won for lunch and 500,000 won for dinner (tax and service charge included). The prices are for two adults and two c
Feb. 1, 2013
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Valentine’s Day special menu at Hyatt Regency Incheon
The hotel’s restaurant, Restaurant 8, is introducing a Valentine’s Day special menu. The hotel’s executive chef Mitele Sbardellini will present six courses in Verona style. The first course starts with rainbow trout carpaccio, to be followed by celeriac soup with sea scallop, herb oil and caviar. The third course, Gnocchi Rosa will be served as a pasta course followed by roasted duck breast as the main dish. For dessert, guests can enjoy passion fruit mousse with soft almond meringue and raspber
Feb. 1, 2013
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Valentine’s Day package at Conrad Seoul
The hotel offers the “INFINITY by Conrad ― BEYOND LIMITS” package. The package includes pick-up service by a stretch limo, overnight accommodation, 120-minute spa treatment in a private room, and an exclusive dinner for two at 37 Grill. The set menu includes champagne, yellow kingfish, lobster, halibut and wagyu strip loin along with desserts. Guests will receive special room service that includes a personal eye mask, bath master service, champagne, a gift set and flowers by Armani. A relaxed br
Feb. 1, 2013
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Lunar New Year’s Day package at Grand Hilton Seoul
The hotel is offering three special packages “Luck,” “Love,” and “Joy” from Feb. 8-12. The “Luck” package is priced at 130,000 won for one night at the hotel’s newly renovated deluxe room. The “Love” package includes movie tickets, pizza and Coke, and will be offered for 170,000 won. The “Joy” package offers a spacious room for three guests for 170,000 won. Guests booking any of the three packages can enjoy complimentary use of the fitness center and a 50 percent discount on the sauna. To celebr
Feb. 1, 2013
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Sri Lankan cuisine at Millennium Seoul Hilton
The hotel’s international buffet restaurant, Orangerie is having a Sri Lankan food promotion during the month of February. For the first two weeks of the event, Sri Lankan guest chef from Colombo Hilton, Chef Premathilaka, will offer favorite Sri Lankan dishes with a fresh Sri Lankan rotti station, chicken stew with mustard and onions, oriental-style baked fish with green chili and more. The lunch buffet is 64,000 won for adults and 38,400 won for children aged 12 and under. The dinner buffet is
Feb. 1, 2013