Sheraton Seoul D Cube City Hotel’s Lobby Lounge.Bar is providing a new afternoon tea set in time for the festive Christmas season. The tea set consists of dessert items arranged on a tiered tray and a choice of cocktails, coffee or tea. Desserts include cinnamon raisin scone, blue cheese macaron, Earl Grey panna cotta, red velvet cupcake and snacks such as turkey bruschetta, salmon tataki with yuzu jam and more. The tea cocktails are non-alcoholic and available in three flavors: pomegranate vanilla Ceylon, rose green tea and passion fruit chamomile. The tea set is available from 2-5 p.m. until Dec. 31. The price is 17,500 won per person. For more information, call (02) 2211-1740.
Afternoon tea buffet at Park Hyatt Seoul
Park Hyatt Seoul’s The Lounge will offer a “Festive Afternoon Tea Buffet” from Dec. 4-28. The afternoon tea set, available from 2-5:30 p.m., includes a variety of desserts and coffee, tea, a glass of Louis Roederer champagne or gluhwein. Desserts include choux, bomboloncini (Italian doughnut), passion fruit-muscadine, strawberry-coconut lolly, fresh seasonal fruit tarts, berry salad with raspberry jelly on white chocolate lime mousse, yuzu coconut pannacotta, Italian panettone, Christmas cookies and Marzipan Stollen (German Christmas cake). The price is 40,000 won per person and 60,000 won with an additional glass of champagne. For more information, call (02) 2016-1205.
Make your own afternoon tea set at Lotte Hotel Seoul
Lotte Hotel Seoul’s The Lounge is offering a dessert buffet with unlimited coffee or tea on weekends from 2-5 p.m. until Dec. 31. The dessert buffet presents 15 kinds of cakes and puddings, three kinds of sandwiches and three kinds of fruit. The desserts selected by customers will be served on a three-tiered tray. The desserts are prepared by new French pastry chef Fedi Angelo. Trained at the prestigious L’Ecole de Boulangerie et de Patisserie de Paris in France, Angelo will create signature Lotte Hotel desserts such as lemon sable, mango coco, cognac coffee ganache, green tea chocolate and citron macaron. The price is 35,000 won. For more information, call (02)-317-7131~2.
Winter package at Holiday Inn Incheon Songdo
Holiday Inn Incheon Songdo is offering a winter accommodation package until Feb. 28. The package, dubbed “Stay Warm with Holiday Inn Incheon Songdo,” includes a one-night stay at a guestroom, breakfast for two, a set of blankets and coffee tumbler, which is limited to 200 rooms. It also offers a 50 percent discount on coffee or tea when using the tumbler. The price of the package starts at 150,000 won to 270,000 won, depending on the type of room. The hotel presents a Christmas meal, which features roast turkey, peking duck ham, on Dec. 24 and 25. The Christmas meal is available for lunch and dinner. The Christmas Eve lunch is 55,000 won and the dinner is 79,000 won. On Christmas Day, the lunch is 65,000 won and the dinner is 55,000 won. For more information, call (032) 250-0000.###
Christmas cooking class for kids at Grand Hyatt Incheon
Grand Hyatt Incheon will put on Christmas kid’s cooking classes on Dec. 13, 20 and 25. The cooking class will be ledby the hotel’s French pastry chef Pascal Cialdella, who will make gingerbread cookies and a winter cottage chocolate cake with children. Children will be given a cute apron and hat to make them feel like real chefs. The cooking class will be held at 11 a.m. on Dec. 13 and 20 and at 3 p.m. on Dec. 25. Children should be age 6-11. The price for joining the class is 77,000 won. Members of Club at the Hyatt can join for 66,000 won. For more information, call (032) 745-1234.