The hotels’ Mediterranean restaurant, Cilantro, offers a promotion featuring exotic Asian specialties from Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam and India during the month of September. The buffet menu includes Singaporean chilli crab, Thai tom yam kung and the Filipino pata humba. The lunch buffet begins at 51,000 won and dinner buffet begins at 55,000 won, excluding tax and service charges. For more information, call Cilantro at (02) 317-3062.

Yeongyang-dolsotbap is a nourishing dish of rice, ginseng, jujubes and chestnuts which are believed to have healing properties. Rice tastes best when cooked in a stone pot because it cooks evenly and stays hot in the pot.Ingredients● 360 g non-glutinous rice ● 90 g glutinous rice ● 30 g black bean, 60 g chestnut, 32 g jujube, 37 g cultivated pine mushrooms, 24 g gingko ● 10 g pine nuts ● 25 g ginseng (fresh wet ginseng) ● 3 cups water ● seasoning sauce: - 3 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp minced green on

Technology-obsessed chef Dave Arnold devotes himself to making delectable cocktails using whiz-bang devices like centrifuges, red-hot pokers and tanks of liquid nitrogen at his new Manhattan bar, Booker & Dax. So it was fitting that there were moments during Arnold’s demonstration at the International Culinary Center in Campbell, California, last week when the audience gasped audibly.After telling some cautionary tales about how using liquid nitrogen improperly can yield grisly results ― from fr

Come sunset, food carts turn Myeong-dong into a street food heavenWhen it comes to snacks, foreigners who have visited Korea may have tried tteokbokki (spicy sliced rice cakes) and sundae (steamed blood sausage made with pig intestines). But for those looking for more unique street food, Myeong-dong, one of Seoul’s main shopping districts, is the place to be. Bulging at the seams with shops, restaurants and cafes, the area is always crowded with locals and increasingly foreign visitors from Chin

The hotel is offering a special lunch dish at the price of 9,000 won. The meal includes a main dish of pasta as well as coffee. Guests may experience the special menu at “Caf SODOWE” on the second floor, cooked by the executive chef of the restaurant, and coffee at the 21st floor “Kloud” sky lounge. Visitors may choose from vongole, pesto cream pasta and crab pasta. Also guests may have the coffee to-go. The price of the meal is 9,000 won, excluding tax and service charges. For more information,

The hotel’s fitness club Pulse 8 is recruiting members before its official opening on Nov. 12. The club, located on the 8th and 9th floors, has a gym, indoor swimming pool, sauna, spa and indoor golf range with an urban-style design. The spacious gym features 280 new pieces of fitness equipment and a 25-meter indoor swimming pool. Pulse 8 will recruit only a limited number of members to maintain exclusivity and maximize the comfort for its members. The Conrad Seoul, a branch of Hilton Worldwide,

The hotel’s restaurant Garden Terrace will have special discounts for visitors during the months of August and September. The restaurant, open from 5:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., offers a variety of barbecue dishes and desserts along with the bar’s fresh draft beers. Every Monday, male guests get a 15 percent discount at the “Gentlemen’s Night” event. The restaurant also offers a 10 percent discount for couples on Wednesday’s “Romantic Night” and 20 percent discount for female customers on Thursday’s “Lad

For families and couples who haven’t gone on a summer vacation, the hotel is offering the “Late Summer Cartel Package,” from Aug. 27-Sept. 27. The package includes a one-night stay in a room with a mountain view, breakfast for two at Terrace Caf, two tropical cocktails at The Balcony and the use of a rental sedan for 24 hours. For guests planning to visit tourist attractions in Jeju, the hotel offers a map and a coupon book that offers discounts at Jeju’s major tourist sites. For guests with bab

Hobakjuk is a porridge of boiled and sieved pumpkin, sweet red beans, soybean and rice cake balls. Hobakjuk is a typical Korean porridge; it stimulates the appetite with its sweetness and tender color. Hobakjuk is low in calories and a good diet food. Ingredients● 700 g sweet pumpkin, 5 cups steaming water● 2 cups water ● 25 g red beans, 4 cups boiling water ● 15 g kidney beans, 4 cups water● 100 g glutinous rice powder, 3/4 cup water ● rice cake ball dough: 75 g glutinous rice powder, 0.5 g sal

Pearl tea and ice cream tea floats in seasonThis summer the cold brew of choice could very well be tea. Iced tea-based concoctions that tickle the palate are popping up on menus throughout the city, including two establishments that specialize in pearl tea and ice cream tea floats. OSULLOC Tea HouseThe prominent South Korean tea house chain headed by cosmetics maker AmorePacific Corp. demonstrates a knack for combining tea, a latte and an ice cream float into one addictive dessert beverage perfe

Cranberries are full of nutrients and antioxidants, and should not be used only on Thanksgiving, a U.S. expert says.“Cranberries are low in calories -- 25 calories per one-half cup of fresh cranberries -- contain vitamin C, manganese, vitamin K and fiber, as well as high quantities of antioxidants,” Phil Lempert, a food industry analyst, trend watcher and creator of supermarketguru.com, said in a statement.“Cranberries are good for kidneys, gastrointestinal and oral health, if unsweetened. They

The hotel’s Ritz Deli is introducing a traditional French dessert promotion from Aug. 1-31. “Pop Torta Colonel” is made with a refreshing lime-tinged mousse of white chocolate, glazed and coated with a vodka lime jelly topping. “Apple Terraza” contains hazelnut chocolate mousse and sweet smelling cinnamon-and-caramel-salted apples stuffed on top of an almond sponge cake base. The French “Macaroon Tart” has grape, strawberry, and lemon macaroons heaped with blueberries, blackberries and cherries.

The hotel’s Japanese Restaurant Akasaka presents a wide variety of special eel delicacies from Aug. 1-15. During the promotion, Akasaka will offer a wide array of eel dishes created by Keiichi Watanabe, the executive chef of Akasaka restaurant. Chef Watanabe’s seasonal eel delicacies will be available either la carte or set menus, which include eel lunch box, broiled eel with teriyaki sauce and broiled and braised eel. These eel specials will be offered at Akasaka Restaurant at Grand Hyatt Seoul

The hotel’s French restaurant Seasons offers the cuisine of Provence, the southeastern region of France to celebrate the summer season throughout August. The executive chef’s Provence-inspired course menu includes salmon pastrami braised endive salad in orange peppercorn sauce, bouillabaisse cappuccino soup, sauted foie gras with tomato tartare and tomato basil sherbet. The course menu is priced at 120,000 won, excluding tax and service charges. For more information, call (02) 317-3060.

The hotel is offering the “La Boheme” package, which presents a one-night stay at its presidential suite as well as a chance to watch the opera “La Boheme.” The presidential suite provides a luxurious mood and the hotel pool provides panoramic views of Namsan. The “La Boheme” package includes two opera tickets (R seat) for the Sept. 1 performance, breakfast for two, free access to the Oasis swimming pool, Cabana dinner for two, a 90 minute-massage for two persons and a 20 percent discount for an