Four Seasons, Park Hyatt, DoubleTree offer dining packages for the winter holidays

Seoul's hotels are offering winter dining packages featuring diverse culinary experiences and showcasing Korean specialties.

Four Seasons Hotel Seoul

Through March 17:Four Seasons Hotel Seoul invites families and loved ones to celebrate the winter break and extended Lunar New Year holiday with a diverse array of culinary delights. The hotel will offer the Stay & Dine package, featuring a dining credit of 150,000 won ($113), until March 17. Escape the hustle and bustle this winter and treat your family to freedom and relaxation with a hotel package that requires no plans but promises pure indulgence.

The Stay & Dine package offers a leisurely one-night stay in spacious rooms along with the flexibility to use the aforementioned 150,000 won dining credit at all hotel restaurants and bars, excluding room service. The package is designed to enhance the vacation experience for families, couples and friends. Guests can savor a culinary journey at various dining establishments within Four Seasons Hotel Seoul, including the buffet restaurant The Market Kitchen, Chinese restaurant Yu Yuan, modern Japanese restaurant Akira Back, Italian restaurant Boccalino, lobby lounge Maru, Korean contemporary bar OUL and sophisticated speakeasy Charles H. Additionally, the package includes complimentary access to the fitness club, golf zone and indoor swimming pool. Rates start from 540,000 won, excluding taxes, for a one-night stay in a Deluxe Room.

(02) 6388-5000 www.fourseasons.com/seoul

Park Hyatt Seoul

From March 11 to April 21: Park Hyatt Seoul's The Lounge will offer a special afternoon treat, the French Goûter, curated by Chef Sanghyup Jung and Chef Narae Kim from Park Hyatt Paris Vendôme, celebrated as the Gault & Millau French restaurant guide's Pastry Chef of the Year. It will be available from March 11 to April 21.

The term “Goûter,” signifying afternoon tea time in France, refers to a snack time that can be comfortably experienced.

Narae Kim, Chef of Park Hyatt Paris Vendôme, with diverse international experiences in Seoul, Guam, Vietnam and France, clinched two gold medals at the World Global Pastry Chef Challenge. In 2024, she was named the best pastry chef by the prestigious Gault & Millau guide. Gault & Millau, established in 1972, is renowned alongside the Michelin Guide and annually recognizes outstanding professionals in the categories of cuisine, patisserie, sommelier and hall management. Kim's recognition marks the first time a foreign woman has been honored in the patisserie category and is also a first for any Korean.

French Goûter showcases the creativity and inspiration of its creators, Chef Sanghyup Jung of The Lounge at Park Hyatt Seoul and Chef Narae Kim of Park Hyatt Paris Vendôme. The special treat begins with a truffle croque-monsieur covered in truffle béchamel sauce and baked to perfection, followed by buttery Jambon Beurre and a savory lobster roll with two distinctive sauces on a fried hot dog.

The double cream pre-dessert features a delightful combination of seasonal ingredients, including candied kumquats, a granité infused with the essence of fennel and ice cream enriched with the deep flavor of milk, harmonizing with the fragrant notes of bee pollen.

For the main dessert, a hazelnut-topped Paris-Brest; a cookie blending pecans, dark chocolate, and milk chocolate for a moist and crispy texture; a marble cake with a perfect balance of vanilla and chocolate; a fresh seasonal fruit tart made on a pâte feuilletée base; and a brioche chocolate tart are availiable.

The Lounge not only features modern Korean dining using seasonal ingredients but also showcases various desserts, including afternoon tea sets. It earned the title of the Best Pastry Shop 2023 from La Liste, a global gastronomic guide organized by the French Tourist Board.

Priced at 68,000 won per person, reservations and inquiries can be made by contacting The Lounge or Park Hyatt Seoul's main line.

(02) 2016-1234www.hyatt.com/en-US/hotel/south-korea/park-hyatt-seoul/

DoubleTree by Hilton Seoul Pangyo

From Feb. 9 to Feb. 12: DoubleTree by Hilton Seoul Pangyo in Gyeonggi is offering a special Lunar New Year buffet at its all-day dining restaurant Demeter during the holidays.

The offering, which runs from dinner on Feb. 9 to lunch on Feb. 12, reflects Korean gastronomic culture with foods representative of Seollal, or the Lunar New Year, such as namul (seasoned greens), japchae (stir-fried glass noodles) and marinated deodeok (root of Korean mountain herb). The main dishes will be beef galbijjim (braised short ribs) and tteok-galbi (grilled short rib patties). There will also be a live jeon (Korean fritters) and hanwoo (Korean beef) station and a lobster section of the buffet

Rice will be served to incorporate nutritional ingredients such as pumpkin, beans and ginkgos. Guk, otherwise known as soup, will be a clear soup with beef and seafood broth.

For dessert, the hotel will offer traditional drinks and snacks such as hangwa (traditional cookies), sujeonggwa (cinnamon punch) and sikhye (sweet rice beverage).

The buffet also includes a glass of sparkling wine as a welcome drink.

Demeter’s Lunar New Year buffet is priced at 180,000 won.

(031) 678-5500 www.hilton.com/en/hotels/selsedi-doubletree-seoul-pangyo

BY LEE JIAN [lee.jian@joongang.co.kr]