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Signature cocktails to hail 2013
Champagne tends to be the libation du jour when New Year’s Eve rolls around, but seasoned party revelers know the many hours preceding the stroke of midnight often result in a wide variety of drinks downed, including, especially if bar hopping, cocktails.With New Year’s Eve falling on a Monday, some sippers might opt for quality over quantity to avoid the aftermath of heavy drinking, ushering in 2013 by lingering over a top-notch cocktail or two before popping the Champagne. To that end, The Rit
Dec. 28, 2012
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Classic bar for the V.I.P.s
Following is part of a series on Seoul’s hottest bars and clubs. ― Ed. Most bars in Seoul do not differ greatly from one another. They uniformly feature a modern or futuristic interior with loud music. It is not bad to be in such an environment, but in a party scene like that, people get exhausted and everyone needs an escape from time to time to a more relaxing and friendly atmosphere. Club Horizon located on the top floor of Renaissance Seoul Hotel is a perfect place for a relaxing and comfort
Dec. 26, 2012
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Christmas special promotion at Renaissance Seoul Hotel
The hotel features a Romantic Christmas Menu on the days of Christmas Eve and Christmas. The hotel’s steakhouse Manhattan Grill offers a menu including lobster salad and Hanwoo steak. Italian restaurant Toscana will have a special Christmas dinner menu, which includes a scallop dish, special pasta and abalone specially prepared with an Italian touch. The price of the promotion at the Manhattan Grill is 86,000 won for lunch and 135,000 won for dinner, excluding tax and service charge. Additionall
Dec. 21, 2012
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Gimbap, (Rice rolled in laver)
Gimbap is cooked white rice seasoned with sesame oil and salt, then rolled with other ingredients in a sheet of laver. Gimbap has been popular since the 1960s. It is good to pack for a picnic for lunch or as a snack because it is convenient to eat and contains many different ingredients and flavors. Ingredients:● 2 cups non-glutinous rice, 2 1/2 cups water ● Seasoning for rice: 3/4 tsp salt, 1 tbsp sesame oil● 1/4 carrot, 1/4 tsp salt ● 1/2 cucumber, 1/4 tsp salt ● 70 g pickled radish ● 100 g bu
Dec. 21, 2012
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Best of the best menu at Westin Chosun Hotel
Aria, the hotel’s live buffet restaurant, holds the “Best of the Best” menu promotion revealing the most beloved dishes of the year available throughout December. The Best of the Best Menu is comprised of the 10 most popular dishes of the year including sea cucumber soup, braised beef short ribs, sautéed octopus with chili paste, Korean beef tenderloin steak, grilled abalones, truffle oil-scented mushroom cream pasta and Chosun Hotel baby napa cabbage kimchi. The lunch buffet is priced at 85,000
Dec. 21, 2012
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Christmas desserts at Sheraton D Cube City Hotel
Deli, located on the B1 floor of hotel, presents special Christmas desserts to celebrate the festive season. For Christmas parties and year end celebrations, Deli proposes a wide variety of cakes for the seasonal celebrations, including the all-time favorite “Christmas Ginger House,” “Yule log tree cake,” a redesigned version of the traditional “Yule log” cake, “Christmas Forest cake” decorated with chocolate Christmas trees to express a little forest made of chocolate and cake, and the extraord
Dec. 21, 2012
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‘Joyful X-mas Party’ package at Seoul Palace
The hotel presents the “Joyful X-mas Party,” a package for couples, families and friends available from Dec. 20-25. Three types of packages are available. The first one includes a one-night stay in an executive double room, breakfast and happy-hour meal at its club lounge EFL, a bottle of sparkling wine, Christmas party cake, a Santa Claus hat and a Rudolph headband, and is priced at 360,000 won, excluding tax and service charge. The second package includes one night at a corner suite or a corne
Dec. 21, 2012
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Winter package for ladies at Grand Hilton Seoul
The hotel presents a winter package designed for ladies through Feb. 28, 2013. Package I, for groups of up to four women, includes an overnight stay at a three-bedroom unit in the Grand Suite and is priced at 199,000 won. For groups of up to six, Package II provides a four-bedroom suite and is priced at 219,000 won. The packages also feature a diverse selection of snacks and beverages, including red and white wine, a 12-piece Hilton chocolate box, Lindt Chocolate, two bottles of imported beer,
Dec. 21, 2012
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Shepherd’s pie near Dosan Park
When menswear designer Woo Young-mi opened a massive shop-and-eat store near Dosan Park, she devoted every inch of the newly minted space to her main clientele ― guys. Aptly christened Manmade, the shop sells Woo’s eponymous line, a carefully curated selection of man-friendly accessories and also boasts a cafe on the second floor. Camping chairs outfitted with custom-designed covers and low tables add a rustic, masculine vibe to the eat-and-drink space. The grub, according to barista Park Hyun-s
Dec. 21, 2012
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Tropical nights at Bungalow
Following is part of a series on Seoul’s hottest bars and clubs. ― Ed. Imagine yourself on vacation in a tropical country, sitting in a lounge chair digging your toes into white sand and seashells from the beaches of Boracay. Especially on a cold night in December, just the mere image is enough warm you up. This doesn’t have to end as a thought in Seoul if you know the right place to go: Itaewon’s Bungalow Tropical Lounge.From regular American-style pubs to unusual gay bars, nightlife in Itaewon
Dec. 19, 2012
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D.I.Y. holiday eats
With Christmas less than a week away, now is the perfect time to start cooking and baking hearty dishes and toothsome sweets perfectly for the cold winter months. To help out, culinary artisans share their holiday-friendly recipes. Cuisson82’s chef de cuisine Kim Young-won unveils the secrets to his tender, rib-sticking boeuf bourguignon, as served at the casual French restaurant. Chocolatier Go Young-joo of Cacaoboom shows how the key to whipping up the gloriously rich hot chocolate served at b
Dec. 19, 2012
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Recall: Butcher's Choice Beef Burgers
Canadian officials warn the public not to consume Butcher's Choice Hickory Barbecue Beef Burgers because they may be contaminated with E. coli. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Loblaw Companies Ltd. said the following products -- distributed nationally -- are being recalled.-- Butchers Choice Hickory Barbecue Beef Burgers 2013 FE 10 EST 752 0 60383 89364 4.-- Butchers Choice Hickory Barbecue Beef Burgers 2013 FE 01 EST 752 0 60383 89364 4.The recall is the result of E. coli O157:H7 produ
Dec. 15, 2012
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Candlelight dinner at Novotel Ambassador Gangnam
The hotel offers a special romantic dinner package “Candlelight Dinner,” promising special Christmas memories and a meaningful year end. The package, featuring a romantic dinner at its French restaurant The Bistro, is available from Dec. 22-31. “Candlelight Dinner Package I” covers one night in the Premier Executive Room while “Candlelight Dinner Package II” also includes a breakfast buffet at Executive Floor Lounge or the SQUARE as well as a special course dinner at The Bistro with two complime
Dec. 14, 2012
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New Year celebration party at Millennium Seoul Hilton
Celebrating the end of year and beginning of 2013, the hotel’s traditional English-style bar, the Oak Room will host a New Year’s Eve Countdown Party on Dec. 31. The last party of 2012 and the first of 2013 will provide guests with a memorable time with friends and families. Available from 6-8:30 p.m., guests may also enjoy a Carvery Wine Buffet. Diners can feast on a buffet of various hot and cold dishes including ceviche, green salad, mashed potatoes, fried rice, German sausages, and more. A j
Dec. 14, 2012
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Romantic Christmas Eve dinner at JW Marriott Hotel Seoul
Celebrating Christmas, the hotel’s Western-style restaurant JW’s Grill presents two special Christmas Eve course menus perfect for spending a romantic Christmas Eve with a loved one or a special time with your family on Dec. 24. The “A Course” features traditional Christmas bread and cakes, smoked salmon in three different flavors, black-truffle flavored mushroom soup, fresh pear and endive salad with turkey, Black Angus rib-eye steak and fried scallops. The “B Course,” consists of traditional C
Dec. 14, 2012
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Winter jazzfest packages at Lotte Hotel Seoul
Celebrating the launch of the carvery buffet this season, the hotel offers “Winter Jazzfest Packages” for guests planning to continue partying through the night in a comfortable hotel room available through Dec. 30, when the carvery buffet ends. The “Winter Jazzfest Deluxe Package” includes a one-night stay in a Deluxe Room and carvery buffet. The “Winter Jazzfest Suite Package” offers a one-night stay in a Corner Suite Room or Junior Suite Room and carvery buffet. The suite package also provide
Dec. 14, 2012
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Conrad Seoul offers weekend stay package
As part of the Hilton Worldwide promotion, Conrad Seoul offers the “Any Weekend, Anywhere” package that includes discounted rates on rooms for stays through Dec. 31, 2013. The package offers guests 25 percent discounts on the best available rates and additional points to HHonors members of the Hilton hotel chain with double stay credits for stays of two or more nights. Available for bookings made by Feb. 14, the promotion is applicable to stays for about a year until Dec. 31, 2013. The purchase
Dec. 14, 2012
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Yaksik, (sweet rice with nuts and jujubes)
Yaksik is a sweet dish made with steamed glutinous rice, honey, soy sauce, jujubes, chestnuts and pine nuts. It may also be called yakbap (medicinal rice). It is said that yaksik was prepared and served to the crows as a reward for saving the king’s life in the Silla Kingdom.Ingredients:● 1 1/2 cups glutinous rice, 8 cups rice steaming water ● Salt water: 3 tbsp water, 1/2 salt ● 5 jujubes, 3 chestnuts, 1 tsp pine nuts ● Jujube stone tea: 5 jujube stones, 1 cup water ● Sweet steamed rice seasoni
Dec. 14, 2012
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Multi-layered pies at Peace Piece
Ask Peace Piece owner-chef Kim Yi-yeon why she bakes American classics like key lime pie and she will explain, in a somewhat roundabout fashion, that she had an idea of pie: pretty to look at, tasty to eat, the kind of dessert often seen in movies, large-scale, time-consuming, tall creations that convey, through the silver screen, the gorgeous deliciousness to be enjoyed if only the audience could get their hands on a slice. With her own detailed vision of pie floating in her head, Kim said she
Dec. 14, 2012
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Cheese first made at least 7,500 years ago
Little Miss Muffet could have been separating her curds and whey 7,500 years ago, according to a new study that finds the earliest solid evidence of cheese-making.Scientists performed a chemical analysis on fragments from 34 pottery sieves discovered in Poland to determine their purpose. Until now, experts weren't sure whether such sieves were used to make cheese, beer or honey. Though there is no definitive test for cheese, Richard Evershed at the University of Bristol and colleagues found larg
Dec. 14, 2012