Caf SODOWE of the hotel presents the “European Dinner Buffet,” which will entertain guests with 70 diverse dishes including the main dish of steak and fish, available starting Dec. 3. These homemade dishes will be made fresh with no additives. Menu items include pastas, pizzas, Belgian waffles, Mediterranean seafood salad, Scandinavian grilled salmon, a French snail dish, Turkish pilaf, Italian mussel, gratin, French traditional tuna salad and Swiss cheese. The buffet with steak as the main dish

For the upcoming Christmas and New Year’s celebration, Sheraton Seoul D Cube City Hotel presents the “Christmas Package” and “Welcome 2013 Package,” which will allow guests to create a special memory at the hotel with family, friend and lovers. The Christmas Package features a one-night stay at a deluxe room, one “Franc Franc” Gift Box and access to the hotel’s gym and swimming pool, located on the 27th floor. The “Welcome 2013 Package” includes a one-night stay, two glasses of 2013 Champagne Co

The hotel introduces the “Christmas in Love” package for couples and families who are looking for a Christmas getaway. Available from Dec. 23-26, the package covers one night in a standard Mountain View room, a Christmas buffet for two, Christmas celebration gifts and the Hyatt’s signature mug and a doll. The hotel also prepared a Santa Claus surprise visit for children as well as a “Kids Village” program, which will offer a children’s cooking class to make Christmas cake and cookies. Both event

Seoul Palace Hotel presents the Australia year-end gourmet promotion at The Goong Buffet & Caf until Dec. 31. Presented by the hotel’s newly appointed executive sous chef Marty Kindleysides, the promotion menu includes grilled Australian Angus beef fillet with beef cheek tortellini, foie gras, chestnut puree and natural jus, and Australian lamb cutlets on garlic potato puree, grilled scallions and Dutch carrots with lamb jus and more. The Australian dishes with a touch of Asian elements can be t

Patjuk is a porridge of non-glutinous rice and sweet red beans that have been boiled and strained. Patjuk is served on the winter solstice (dongji day), which has the longest night of the year. It is traditionally believed that the red color of the beans can expel demons and help cure mild illnesses. Ingredients● 1/2 cups non-glutinous rice ● 1 1/3 cups sweet red bean, 4 cups hot water ● 12 cups boiling water ● Rice ball: 1 cup glutinous rice powder, 1/8 tsp salt, 1 1/2 tbsp water ● 1 tsp salt1.

Sushi Shi-ro coddles diners with sushi, one expertly crafted piece at a time

Fiat-Chrysler Asia Pacific announced on Friday that Pablo Rosso, a former executive, would head its Korean unit of Chrysler.Chrysler Korea said Rosso has been in charge of a Fiat-led joint venture project with India.A former engineer, Rosso has also played a key role in overseas marketing since he joined Fiat S.p.A in 2003, the company said.Rosso said he would contribute to the growth of the Korean car market by using the network strengthened through the Fiat-Chrysler partnership, according to t

Among music fans, Sakamoto Ryuichi’s Sunday concert is one of the most anticipated events of the year. The master musician whose repertoire ranges from classical to very contemporary music including hip pop and electronica will be introducing his work at Sejong Center for the Performing Arts twice on Sunday, at 4 and 8 p.m. Sakamoto will join cellist Jacques Morelenbaum and violinist Judy Kang to feature some of the best-known scores of all time plus those from his latest album, “Three.”“There i

In 2009, there was a worldwide pandemic of influenza. The pathogenic virus is still prevalent and is becoming a common cause of influenza. Influenza caused the deaths of approximately 20 million people worldwide between 1918 and 1919. This was the “Spanish Flu” and the large number of deaths increased the awareness of the disease. Since then, there have been similar pandemics every 10 to 40 years. The pandemic in 2009 followed the “Hong Kong Flu” in 1958 by approximately 40 years.The influenza v

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City of SaintsBy Andrew Hunt (Minotaur)Salt Lake City in 1930 was a fast-growing town with big-city concerns, dominated by the large, striking divisions between the wealthy and the middle class, and between those who follow the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and those who are not Mormons. The rough-hewn countryside, both beautiful and unforgiving, shrinks as the city limits expand.This Depression-era Utah background proves to be an evocative and mesmerizing setting

The Herald-Donga TV Lifestyle Awards named actress Kim Nam-joo and actor Lee Jong-hyuk best dressed and awarded Samsung Electronics the grand prize for leading a paradigm change in technology and life. Kim received huge popularity for her role in the recent KBS weekend drama “My Husband Got a Family,” and Lee became a style icon for his role in the SBS drama “A Gentleman’s Dignity.”The awards ceremony held at the Grand Hyatt Seoul on Wednesday also presented numerous awards to celebrities, socia