By Jun Ji-hye
InterContinental commences offering 2020 Chuseok gift sets
The Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas and InterContinental Seoul COEX are offering 2020 Chuseok gift sets until Oct. 4. Alongside the gift sets, a premium meal for use in ancestral ceremonies prepared by InterContinental's Korean cuisine chefs is also available this year for the very first time.
Twelve types of "InterContinental Chef Choice" items handpicked by chefs including the Grand Deli Choice comprising renowned local specialties and the Sommelier Selection chosen by InterContinental's head sommelier are on offer.
"Chef's Assorted Memorial Service Table for Ancestors" introduced for the first time this year is made from top-quality local ingredients, including dried corvina, Korean beef and octopus.
Prepared by InterContinental's Korean cuisine chefs, nine types of generously portioned memorial service dishes are packed and safely delivered by the hotel staff.
It needs to be reserved 48 hours in advance.
Andaz Seoul Gangnam presents a 'City Break' promotion
The Andaz Seoul Gangnam, a luxury lifestyle hotel brand of Hyatt International, is presenting the "City Break" promotion, which features a discount of up to 30 percent on the daily room rate for late summer and fall hotel staycation guests.
The promotion is being offered at five Hyatt hotels in Korea until Oct. 11, with the stay period valid until Dec. 22.
Andaz Seoul Gangnam offers a variety of hotel essentials for a reasonable price.
Guests can book a room for a discount of up to 30 percent off the daily rate, receive a welcome drink at check-in and access a complimentary in-room minibar (alcohol excluded). They can also enjoy a heated indoor pool, three Jacuzzis and 24-hour fitness center.
The 30 percent discount rate is available to World of Hyatt members, who can also enjoy other membership benefits such as point accumulation. Guests who are not members yet can simply join World of Hyatt free of charge. The discount rate for non-members is up to 25 percent off.
The Lounge at Park Hyatt Seoul presents "The Taste-Fermentation" dinner set
The Lounge at Park Hyatt Seoul, a modern Korean dining destination, is presenting "The Taste-Fermentation" dinner set, a set-course dinner in which every course celebrates the taste and versatility of fermented ingredients.
As the cooler weather of autumn arrives, the deep and rich aromas of fermented cuisine offer abundant natural energy in a remarkable epicurean experience.
The menu begins with chiljeolpan, in which ingredients including shrimp, shiitake mushroom and water parsley are wrapped in thin slices of daikon radish pickled in persimmon vinegar fermented for four years in Korea's southwestern Boseong County.
The following course features octopus, marinated in traditional-style doenjang paste, lightly grilled and served with buchu leek salad.
The main course offers a choice of grilled Korean beef loin end or sea bass.
The premium grilled beef loin end is sourced from Cheongju, thinly sliced and marinated in sweet galbi sauce before grilling, served with chamnamul greens dressed in tangy, naturally-fermented pine needle vinegar and seasoned eggplant.
Sea bass is lightly grilled and topped with fish soy sauce for an intense and robust combination of flavors.
The following course brings steamed multigrain rice accompanied by Korean lettuce kimchi, beef and daikon radish soup and side dishes crafted from seasonal ingredients, while dinner concludes with an indulgent cheesecake enveloped in rich cheese mousse and served with makgeolli ice cream, delivering an irresistibly sweet conclusion.
The dinner set is also available with carefully curated pairings of one glass of Gangjang Baekseju, a Korean liquor infused with 10 traditional-style medicinal ingredients, and two glasses of wine.
InterContinental commences offering 2020 Chuseok gift sets
 |
The Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas and InterContinental Seoul COEX are offering 2020 Chuseok gift sets until Oct. 4. Alongside the gift sets, a premium meal for use in ancestral ceremonies prepared by InterContinental's Korean cuisine chefs is also available this year for the very first time.
Twelve types of "InterContinental Chef Choice" items handpicked by chefs including the Grand Deli Choice comprising renowned local specialties and the Sommelier Selection chosen by InterContinental's head sommelier are on offer.
"Chef's Assorted Memorial Service Table for Ancestors" introduced for the first time this year is made from top-quality local ingredients, including dried corvina, Korean beef and octopus.
Prepared by InterContinental's Korean cuisine chefs, nine types of generously portioned memorial service dishes are packed and safely delivered by the hotel staff.
It needs to be reserved 48 hours in advance.
Andaz Seoul Gangnam presents a 'City Break' promotion
 |
The Andaz Seoul Gangnam, a luxury lifestyle hotel brand of Hyatt International, is presenting the "City Break" promotion, which features a discount of up to 30 percent on the daily room rate for late summer and fall hotel staycation guests.
The promotion is being offered at five Hyatt hotels in Korea until Oct. 11, with the stay period valid until Dec. 22.
Andaz Seoul Gangnam offers a variety of hotel essentials for a reasonable price.
Guests can book a room for a discount of up to 30 percent off the daily rate, receive a welcome drink at check-in and access a complimentary in-room minibar (alcohol excluded). They can also enjoy a heated indoor pool, three Jacuzzis and 24-hour fitness center.
The 30 percent discount rate is available to World of Hyatt members, who can also enjoy other membership benefits such as point accumulation. Guests who are not members yet can simply join World of Hyatt free of charge. The discount rate for non-members is up to 25 percent off.
The Lounge at Park Hyatt Seoul presents "The Taste-Fermentation" dinner set
 |
The Lounge at Park Hyatt Seoul, a modern Korean dining destination, is presenting "The Taste-Fermentation" dinner set, a set-course dinner in which every course celebrates the taste and versatility of fermented ingredients.
As the cooler weather of autumn arrives, the deep and rich aromas of fermented cuisine offer abundant natural energy in a remarkable epicurean experience.
The menu begins with chiljeolpan, in which ingredients including shrimp, shiitake mushroom and water parsley are wrapped in thin slices of daikon radish pickled in persimmon vinegar fermented for four years in Korea's southwestern Boseong County.
The following course features octopus, marinated in traditional-style doenjang paste, lightly grilled and served with buchu leek salad.
The main course offers a choice of grilled Korean beef loin end or sea bass.
The premium grilled beef loin end is sourced from Cheongju, thinly sliced and marinated in sweet galbi sauce before grilling, served with chamnamul greens dressed in tangy, naturally-fermented pine needle vinegar and seasoned eggplant.
Sea bass is lightly grilled and topped with fish soy sauce for an intense and robust combination of flavors.
The following course brings steamed multigrain rice accompanied by Korean lettuce kimchi, beef and daikon radish soup and side dishes crafted from seasonal ingredients, while dinner concludes with an indulgent cheesecake enveloped in rich cheese mousse and served with makgeolli ice cream, delivering an irresistibly sweet conclusion.
The dinner set is also available with carefully curated pairings of one glass of Gangjang Baekseju, a Korean liquor infused with 10 traditional-style medicinal ingredients, and two glasses of wine.
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