Pierre Gagnaire à Séoul – creative, innovative cuisine
On the 35th floor of the swanky Lotte Hotel in Seoul French celebrity chef Pierre Gagnaire opened a restaurant in 2008. Pierre Gagnaire is building a worldwide restaurant empire with restaurants in London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Dubai, Las Vegas and of course Paris. The main dining room of Pierre Gagnaire à Séoul seats 38 people. … Read more
The Spice – is Edward Kwon globalising Korean cuisine?
Being ranked as on of the ”Top Ten Young Chefs” by the American Culinary Federation in 2003, Edward Kwon has been aiming for the stars. Kwon’s goal is to “globalise Korean food” and with the opening of his restaurant The Spice in Seoul earlier this year, he’s trying to show that gourmet food doesn’t have to … Read more
Modern Korean at Jung Sik Dang
Jung Sik Dang serves “new Korean cuisine” using local ingredients. The restaurant was somewhat difficult to find as there is no English sign. Thanks to our taxi driver we did manage to find our way and as we exited the elevator on the 3rd floor, we recognized the ”New Korean” sign and felt assure we had reached the right … Read more
