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Welcoming Full Moon events at Hyatt Regency Jeju

Sept 14, 2012

The hotel offers two special events titled the “Welcoming Full Moon” for families or couples to celebrate Chuseok, available from Sept. 29-Oct. 1.The first package, “Family Package,” includes a one-night stay in a deluxe room, breakfast buffet at Terrace Caf, complimentary use of a rental sedan car for 24 hours as well as free entry to the Kids Village. The “Dining Package” includes a one-night stay at a deluxe room, Chuseok holiday buffet at Omi Market Grill and complimentary use of the sauna.
Autumn package at Renaissance Seoul Hotel

Sept 14, 2012

The hotel is offering a relaxing “Autumn Weekend Package” for guests to spend a quiet, relaxing fall season during the weekends from Sept. 7-Dec. 2. The “Autumn Saving Package” covers a one-night stay in a deluxe room. The “Autumn Night Package” includes a one-night stay in a deluxe room plus a bottle of red wine and cheese plate. The “Autumn Healing Package” comes with complimentary breakfast at the Cafe Elysee and a special giveaway “Healing Box.” The “Autumn Family Package” comes with complim
Tteokjjim: (braised stuffed rice cakes)

Sept 14, 2012

“Tteokjjim” is a dish of rice cakes, beef and vegetables braised with seasonings. It is said that in the olden days, the court kitchen ladies prepared tteokjjim for the king, who lacked physical exercise and sometimes suffered from indigestion, because it was thought to ease stomach troubles.Ingredients● 300 g bar of white rice cake, sesame soy sauce: 1/2 tsp soy sauce, 1 tsp sesame oil ● 40 g beef (top round) ● 100 g beef (shank), 4 cups water ● seasoning sauce ①: 1 tsp soy sauce, 1/2 tsp sugar
Portuguese doughnuts at Hawaiian cafe

Sept 14, 2012

Malasadas fried-to-order at latest Aloha Table shopThere is something so universally comforting and soul-satisfying about doughnuts that it should come as no surprise that America is far from alone in upholding a longstanding tradition of making utterly scrumptious treats out of fried dough. Doughnuts, in their various permutations, are a part of most food cultures, and the Portuguese malasada is Hawaii’s doughnut of choice. Brought in by immigrants from Portugal in the 19th century, the hole-le
Topsy-turvy weather frustrates winemakers

Sept 12, 2012

PARIS (AFP) ― Record rainfall, cold snaps, hail storms and rampant vine disease: the conditions for making wine in large parts of France and in England have rarely been as tough as they have been this year.Yet winemakers on both sides of the Channel are defiantly optimistic that 2012 could still turn out to be a vintage to remember for its quality as well as for the financially devastating impact of low yields.“Some growers don’t have a thing, others only have 30 percent of their normal yields,”
Fermenting herring prompted gas leak call

Sept 10, 2012

STOCKHOLM (UPI) -- A suspected gas leak in a Stockholm, Sweden, neighborhood turned out to be fermenting herring, fire officials said.Stockholm fire fighter Bjorn Hornsten told national radio station SR that fire trucks and police vehicles were sent to the neighborhood Saturday after someone reported what smelled like gas in a stairwell.Instead of a gas leak, emergency crews found surstromming, fermented herring that is a foul-smelling, traditional Swedish delicacy, and herring fermenting partie
Pierre Gagnaire Package t Lotte Hotel Seoul

Sept 7, 2012

The hotel offers a special package centered around special culinary work of Chef Pierre Gagnaire, a three Michelin-starred chef of the hotel’s restaurant Pierre Gagnaire Soul until Dec. 29. The Pierre Gagnaire Package will include “The Pastry Package,” which includes a one-night stay in a deluxe club room, club lounge privileges, flowers and cookies. “The Restaurant Package” provides a one-night stay in a Junior or Corner Suite Club Room, Club Lounge privileges for two, a bottle of wine, cake, a
Korean royal cuisine class at Imperial Palace Seoul

Sept 7, 2012

Imperial Palace Seoul presents a Korean traditional royal cuisine cooking class conducted by buffet restaurant Familia’s senior chef, who has 25 years of experience in traditional royal cuisine. The dishes that will be introduced during the two-hour session will include traditional Korean savory milk porridge, beef ginseng balls in galbi sauce, asparagus and tofu skewers, traditional lotus porridge, sea food platters of nine delicacies and beef and vegetable rolls. After each class, a full cours
68th Gourmet Circle Dinner at Millennium Seoul Hilton

Sept 7, 2012

French restaurant Seasons presents the 68th Gourmet Circle Dinner on Sept. 21-22. The special event will hold a premium champagne reception at 7 p.m., followed by a seven-course meal, which will be paired with complementary wines. Inspired by autumn, the 68th Gourmet Circle Dinner will introduce rich and savory flavors to celebrate the harvest season. This celebratory dinner with wine is priced at 175,000 won, excluding tax and service charges. Marked by sophistication and beautifully-decorated
‘American Culinary Delight’ event at Ritz-Carlton Seoul

Sept 7, 2012

The hotel offers the “American Culinary Delight” steak and barbecue event with executive chef at Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner, Matthew Morrison. American style dishes will be available at Oksan Buffet, Japanese restaurant Hanazono and Chinese restaurant Cheehong from Sept.7-Oct. 28. Lunch buffet, course menus and an la carte menu will feature a wide range of American meats such as rib eye and striploin steak, boiled ribeye carpaccio and ribeye bulgogi tart. The dinner course menu features six cour
Champagne drought threatens

Sept 7, 2012

REIMS, France (AFP) ― First the bad news: there is going to be a lot less champagne to go round this year.The good news: what there is could be outstanding.After one of the worst spring growing seasons on record, producers of the world’s most celebrated bubbly are bracing themselves for one of the smallest harvests in the last 20 years.But thanks to a hot and sunny August, all the signs are that the chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier grapes that go into the king of sparkling wines will be
Trendy in Beijing, mala xiangguo

Sept 7, 2012

Restaurant serves fiery, fragrant Sichuanese dishMala xiangguo ― a Sichuanese dish that is all the rage in Beijing ― lives up to its name. According to Mala Xiangguo owner-chef Ko Young-yun, “ma” means “tongue-numbing.” “la” means “spicy.” “xiang” means “fragrant” and “delicious;” and “guo” means “pot.” In short, mala xiangguo is an incredibly fiery, delectable jumble of ingredients served up in a large pot. The version served at Ko’s hanok-housed Chinese restaurant in Tongin-dong, Seoul, achie
Saengseonjeon (pan-fried fish fillet)

Sept 7, 2012

Saengseonjeon is a dish of white fish fillets that are coated with wheat flour and egg wash then pan-fried. Fish used for saengseonjeon are white-flesh fish such as croaker, frozen pollack, sea bream and gray mullet. Saengseonjeon may also be called “jeonyueo,” (oil-fried fish) or ‘jeonyuhwa’ (oil-fried flower) for its beauty. Ingredients- 300 g white fillet fish (frozen pollack), 1/4 tsp salt, 1/8 tsp ground white pepper - 3 tbsp wheat flour, 2 eggs, 2 tbsp edible oil - vinegar soy sauce: 1 tbs
Hyundai Card jumps into foodie app market

Sept 5, 2012

South Korean credit card company Hyundai Card opts for a judge-by-numbers tack to the restaurant app with its newly minted MY MENU service. Available for both iPhone and Android platforms, MY MENU is a free restaurant guide that was launched in mid-August. The idea is simple and straightforward. MY MENU takes stock of the age, gender and profession of members swiping their Hyundai Card at restaurants throughout Seoul and Busan. According to a Hyundai Card representative, three months’ worth of
McDonald’s to open first vegetarian outlet

Sept 5, 2012

NEW DELHI (AFP) ― U.S. fast-food giant McDonald’s, famed for its beef-based Big Mac burgers, on Tuesday said it will open its first vegetarian-only restaurant in the world in India next year.The world’s second-biggest restaurant chain after Subway tailors its menus to suit local tastes, which in India means no beef to avoid offending Hindus and no pork to cater for Muslim requirements.The first vegetarian outlet will open its doors mid-next year near the Golden Temple in the Sikh holy city of Am