The hotel is offering three special packages for spring from March 1 to June 2. The “Spring Saving Package” is priced at 189,000 won for one night at the hotel’s deluxe room. The “Spring Delight Package,” priced at 235,000 won includes the deluxe room, breakfast for two at Caf Elysee, a bottle of red wine, six praline chocolates, and one free movie. The “Spring Family Package” is priced at 245,000 won and offers a deluxe room, breakfast for two at Caf Elysee (free for 2 children under 12 years o

Riffs off the classic beignet popping up in Seoul

Kimchi kongnamul guk is a variation of kongnamul guk, a soup made with kongnamul (soybean sprouts). Kongnamul is high in B vitamins, vitamin C and protein. This explains why kongnamul guk is a popular home remedy for common colds and hangovers in Korea. The addition of kimchi takes the soup to another level, with a spicy kick that’s strong enough to clear your sinuses. When my kids were growing up, I made this soup for them when they had a cold, just like my mother did when I was growing up. It’

Not mainstream yet, but vegetarian diet attracts health, environment-conscious eaters

Once thought to be found only in secluded temples in the mountains, healthy and tasty temple cuisine is now available in the heart of Seoul. Baru, a temple cuisine restaurant run by the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, opened in 2009 to promote Buddhist culture and its palates. At the Templestay Information Center, located between Jonggak and Anguk stations, there are Baru restaurants on the building’s second and fifth floors: the lower floor serves casual meals and mini-buffets with side dishes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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’

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

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

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)