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Even in the island of Jeju, there are cafes run by those with a genuine affection for coffee. Despite the limited business space, these cafes have customers forming a long waiting line on weekends. What matters the most to them is a taste of espresso and experience of the ambience unique to each cafe.

Coffee Matters Most at Small Jeju Cafes

Following the footsteps of RM, the leader of Korean boy band BTS who is known for his love of art, we checked out restaurants, cafes, and bars that could make your art tours at Samcheong-dong galleries. The windows with views of picture-perfect scenery are what they all have in common.

[LOCAL TOUR] Picturesque Food Scene for Art Lovers

LOTTE HOTEL WORLD Chinese restaurant Toh Lim has reopened after a complete renovation. A Cantonese-style menu will be introduced, and specialty chefs dealing with Peking duck and dim sum, as well as a tea sommelier, will join Toh Lim to deliver a perfect feast of delicacies.

Starting Anew, Toh Lim The Canton Table

Here is a way to turn your excursion to Oksu-dong into a full-fledged flavor adventure. Oksu-dong, close to both Seoul Forest of Seongsu-dong and Gangnam, is witnessing a surge in the number of restaurants and cafes with charming vibes.

[LOCAL TOUR] The World of Delicacies Unfolds in Oksu-Dong

At this new place in Insa-dong, you can pick out an LP and play it on your own turntable. When you’re on a date, nothing beats putting on headphones and sharing great music.

Music Complex Seoul, Awakening Your Sensibilities with Vinyl Records

The View at SIGNIEL BUSAN is a popular destination to view the sunrise in Busan. The buffet restaurant helps open the new day for guests with a bang.

Breakfast at SIGNIEL BUSAN’s The View

SEATTLE

Finding Best Doughnuts of Your Life in Portland

Portland is no longer just about coffee and beers. Doughnuts should join the list now. The largest city in the state of Oregon is home to some of the most delicious doughnuts you’ve ever had.

We bring to you two local brands that are worth noticing in Yeongdo, the hippest town in Busan today. A sense of pride about their individual locations are the highlights of their stories.

Yeongdo Cafés Take Pride in Location

We bring to you stationery stores in Seoul that will surely kindle interest in those who cherish the analog ways and lifestyle in this digitization era.

Stationery Shops for Scribblers

How about a date touring trendy restaurants in downtown Seoul? Gwangjang Market is famous for its yukhoe and bindaetteok, while Namdaemun Market takes pride in its galchi jorim. After a filling meal, go on a stroll around Mount Namsan like you would in your neighborhood on an ordinary day or spend time shopping if you’d rather.

Taste of Market

To Vietnamese people, there are three beverages that are called ‘soul drinks’. Let’s get some real life experience of Vietnam through these popular drinks that offer consolation to and revitalize those who are tired of the daily grind.

Top 3 Vietnamese Soul Drinks

GUAM

Theme Tour Around the World, Culinary Trip to Guam

Before the COVID-19 pandemic brought about travel restrictions around the globe, Guam had been one of the most popular honeymoon destinations and vacation spots. The ocean and the natural surroundings are still as scenic as ever, and the beautiful island has preserved traces of history. It offers a wide variety of traditional Chamorro dishes, too.

Vegetables in Jeju, grown amid the energy of the volcanic island, scorching sun and treacherous wind, have met the hands of gifted chefs on the island. And let us introduce you to restaurants where those chefs have turned fresh ingredients into eco-friendly, vegan dishes.

Green Diver Kim Hye-jin Introduces Vegan Dining in Jeju

Let’s go look for work-friendly cafés in the heart of Seoul. Don’t forget your laptop!

Workation Cafés in Seoul

DAEJEON

Daejeon’s Devotion to Kalguksu

We didn’t realize we’d be eating so many different variations of kalguksu in one city. How have people of Daejeon become so devoted to this noodle dish?

Anyone can go there, but not everyone would recognize them. They are special places found only in Busan. We take you inside two lifestyle shops that, after starting out in the hip Jeonpo-dong neighborhood, have become new landmarks of Busan.

Secretly, Specially. Lifestyle Stores in Busan

To have an experience that is different and unique, one must be diligent. We present two cafes in Seoul where you can enjoy amazing views and hands-on experiences in a private setting if you make an advance reservation.

Seoul Cafes Requiring Reservation

Jeju Aewol-eup Sogil-ri is a famous address to even people not living in Jeju Island, thanks to the filming of a popular TV program <Hyori’s Homestay> there. The very house is now an artsy store featuring up-and-coming local artists and brands of Jeju. We visited Sogil Byeolha, a new addition to the list of must-sees in the island.

B&B Becomes Local Brand Store, Sogil Byeolha in Jeju

More and more people are choosing tea over coffee. We visited three teahouses in Seoul that can cater to different tastes and sensibilities.

Teahouses in Spring

We surveyed the latest trend in Vietnam’s eating culture at several restaurants in Hanoi.

Together and Individually, Vietnamese Eating Trend

SEATTLE

Taste of Seattle, from Farm to Table

When it comes to offering fine dining experience in America, Seattle is as great as they come. The city is home to people who are convinced there’s nothing more delicious than fresh ingredients. We took a tour of farm-to-table restaurants in Seattle.

We visited Gwangpyeong-ri, Andeok-myeon in Jeju also known as ‘the buckwheat village of Jeju’. In the first town to exist in Mount Hallasan, the scent of buckwheat fills the air.

First Town in Hallasan, Jeju Buckwheat Village

LOTTE HOTELS & RESORTS launched ‘LOTTE HOTEL e-SHOP,’ a premium online shop where you can purchase LOTTE HOTEL’s signature products with convenience.

Classy Hotel Comes to Your Home, LOTTE HOTEL e-SHOP

Paris, Stockholm, and Lisbon. We’ve found cafes in Seoul offering real European-style coffee.

Authentic European Cafes in Seoul

LOTTE HOTEL SEOUL has opened a wine shop in Seoul. It offers a special wine concierge service unique to LOTTE HOTEL, to assist customers to enjoy a more resourceful wine life at home.

Concierge for Wine Aficionados

GONGJU

Enjoying Grains in Different Ways

We tried many different types of indigenous grains at ‘A Collective Grain’ in Gongju, and discovered joys of food and ways of life that we never knew before.

Enjoy a Special Dinner with ‘LOTTE HOTEL 1979,’ LOTTE HOTEL’s Premium Meal Kit

LOTTE HOTEL 1979, Restaurant in Your Own Dining Room

Grocery stores fully stocked with beautiful kitchenware and delicious flavors that will enrich the stories about unfamiliar cities and our tables.

Travel-Worthy Grocery Shops in Seoul

Busan is a city that frequently appears in movies for its lineup of gourmet restaurants attracting celebrities and local citizens alike. Many of the restaurants had already been vetted by Busan people, even before they were frequented by famous filmmakers and actors.

Busan, City of Gourmet Food for Movie Fans

LOTTE HOTEL SEOUL presents a brand-new fall menu cooked with fresh seasonal ingredients such as mushrooms and abalone.

Taste of Fall at LOTTE HOTEL

INCHEON

Incheon, Treasure Chest of Chinese Restaurants

Chinese restaurants in Incheon are some of the hippest spots today. We’ve chosen a few with unique back stories and delicious dishes.

If you have spent enough time indulging in Jeju’s delicacies and natural wonders, it is now time to shop for some pens and pencils.

Stationery Store Tour in Jeju

Shine muscat is famous for the catch phrase, ‘There are people who haven’t had it yet, but there is none who had it just once.’ LOTTE HOTEL SEOUL is hosting a fruity event titled ‘2021 Must Be Shine Muscat.’ The first visit will show how challenging it is to resist going again.

Shine Muscat Dessert Festival

From long ago, Jeju has had a flourishing dosirak culture. We introduce six dosirak shops in Jeju with distinctive menus that embody the characteristics of the island in a bowl.

Guide to Assorted Dosiraks in Jeju

Donuts are the most sought-after desserts in Seoul right now. We have carefully selected one-of-a-kind donut shops with the principle of the same-day production and sale. These donuts will make your trip much sweeter.

It's the Golden Age of Donuts in Seoul!

Do you remember the world of wizardry in <Harry Potter> films, as detailed and realistic as any? And ‘Harry Potter New York’ recaptures that great world of fantasy.

Harry Potter New York, Magical Store in Big Apple

For the longest time, people who enjoyed and appreciated arts headed to Seochon. The neighborhood has both traditional homes and contemporary buildings resembling a well, had restaurants for buckwheat noodle and for Spanish cuisine. Here are some of the top Seochon destinations today.

[LOCAL TOUR] Exploring Style and Taste of Seochon

Let’s embark on a journey to search for the best craft beer in Hanoi, Vietnam, to cool off the sizzling heat in the evening while staying in the tropical Metropolis.

Searching for Best Craft Beer in Hanoi

LOTTE HOTELS & RESORTS has launched four tea blends using Korean native ingredients. The new blends were created by combining oriental medicine know-hows with traditional Korean herbs of rich aromas and flavors for boosted health benefits.

LOTTE HOTEL Korean Teas for Relaxing Moment

Jeju is the one region in Korea that has kept its traditional culinary culture alive. Ha Mi-hyun, who specializes in ipmal food (food whose ‘spoken recipes’ are passed by word of mouth), met with 123 Jeju natives and farmers over 452 days to explore the history of Jeju cuisine. We joined Ha on the journey to discover the real taste of Jeju.

Taste of Jeju, Passed by Word of Mouth

A bowl of freshly-cooked rice with a serving of marinated pollock roe, a.k.a myeongran. Before Spam, Korea had myeongran. This article is on the relationship between myeongran that facilitates rice consumption of Koreans and the city of Busan.

Busan, the City of Pollock Roe

Thinking of how a good breakfast can help one feel energetic in an unfamiliar city, we looked for restaurants in Seoul with eye-opening breakfast options that cater to the global palate.

Delicious Breakfast to Start a Day

The season of bingsu, or shaved ice, has returned. It is time to taste premium bingsu desserts presented by LOTTE HOTEL, including coconut mango bingsu.

Where to Get Mango Bingsu This Summer

BUYEO

Yubaka Brings Solace Through Meal

There is a small town in Buyeo where a hyanggyo(Confucian school) stands, and we wonder why people keep visiting the town. The answer was that there is Yubaka offering meals that give you solace when life brings you down or when you feel weary.

Hanoi has long seen large markets pop up around its fortress. With active trades between handicraft artisans and trade merchants, craft villages began to take shape in the suburbs. On a sweltering summer day, we toured bamboo craft villages near Hanoi.

Ancient Future: Visiting Bamboo Craft Villages in Vietnam

Busan has numerous alleys, and they will beckon you with all sorts of delicacies.

Tastes of Busan, Found in Alleys

What would it be like to spend a day in the world’s most awesome town? You can find a clue to the answer in this month’s LOCAL TOUR featuring fashion houses lining up the streets between Itaewon Station and Hangangjin Station and unique shops standing in the alleys between Hangangjin Station and Hannam Station.

[LOCAL TOUR] Rediscovering Personal Style, Shopping Tour in Hannam

SOKCHO

Route 7 Coffee Road

We visited cafes on Route 7 known for the most scenic coastal view in Korea. These places have a natural surrounding and sentimentality unique to Gangwon Province.

Choose LOTTE HOTEL for your honeymoon this year and get a chance to celebrate your first wedding anniversary like no one else. LOTTE HOTEL has launched a special package for newly-weds, giving a free stay voucher at an overseas LOTTE HOTEL branch next year for those who spend their honeymoon at a Korean LOTTE HOTEL this year.

LOTTE HOTEL Honeymoon Package, Travel for Tomorrow

Around the world, vinyl records are all the rage now. New York, home of numerous record shops, is clearly no exception.

Musical Journey to Record Shops in New York

In future hotels, what kind of experience should we expect? Communication is of the utmost importance in hotel business, and fast-growing information technologies naturally draw a lot of interest among industry players. To keep up with the times, LOTTE HOTEL has adopted a new service utilizing one of the latest technological developments.

Futuristic Hotel Service by Delivery Robot

We look at four vintage shops in Seoul where you can find rare pieces of furniture, lamps, posters and such, with characteristics outshining the appeal of slick, brand-new items.

Irreplaceable Charm, Vintage Shopping

The living brand Seoul Bund is “where the East Asian treasures bond.” It’s home to the most contemporary and ideal living products of Korea and Asia that you can think of.

Seoul Bund, Home of East Asian Treasures

LOTTE HOTELS & RESORTS, which previously opened a new horizon in Korea’s food service industry by partnering with world-class chefs, is once again drawing attention with its fine dining restaurants even in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

LOTTE HOTEL Proposes Fine Dining Featuring Star Chefs

YANGON

What and Where to Eat in Yangon

The first gateway to exploring the unknown world is through its food. We introduce you to the gourmet community in Yangon, Myanmar, where you can enjoy Burmese milk tea and rice noodles to your heart’s content.

Here are some of Jeju Island’s homegrown ingredients and local staple foods that have been long forgotten and are in danger of fading away for good. Jeju’s ‘Ark of Taste’ project is trying to promote them so that they can continue to be produced and enjoyed. Here are 23 types of foods that you should know, remember and taste.

Jeju Staples, Riding the Ark of Taste

When asked about a Korean city offering the best coffee these days, you can say Busan. The port city presents many unique cafes including Momos Coffee where Jeon Joo-yeon, first Korean barista to win the World Barista Championship in 2019, works. Why don’t we travel to Busan with the keyword “coffee” in mind? Coffee columnist Cho Won-jin, who wrote < 19-Year-Old Barista Roasts Stories > and < Practical Coffee Book > guides us.

Busan’s Coffee Road

If you miss the fine-dining meal you used to have at a hotel, there is a way to enjoy the same course meal in the comfort of your home. LOTTE HOTEL’s Drive-Thru ensures both taste and safety by offering a pickup service of the food prepared by the hotel chef.

Get Gourmet Food at LOTTE HOTEL Drive-Thru

To find the most quintessential Seoul brands and products, we head to Seoul Made Space.

Seoul Made, Different Ways to Collect Seoul

People usually go to a café to have a conversation with others, but the opposite desire could also be a reason to seek out a café. We visited three cafés designed, architecturally as well, to encourage people to have a meditation. By having a quiet time to look into ourselves and controlling our minds, we will be able to better navigate life’s journey.

Cafés Offer Space for Meditation

The weather is getting cold as we head into mid-winter, and you find yourself craving for a warm cup of tea. If you can, why not make the tea time extra special? LOTTE HOTEL proposes a fragrant and sweet tea time perfect for this winter.

Most Captivating Tea Time

A flower bloomed inside a bar of soap. David Hockney’s swimming pool and Irworobongdo folding screen of Gyeongbokgung Palace are also found in soap. At a time when personal hygiene is of the utmost importance, we are fortunate to have Hanahzo who turns washing hands into an act of art.

A Pause in Your Life, Hanahzo Soap

It’s always a tall task to find just the right place for your year-end party, the one with just the right ambience and food to satisfy everyone. And during the pandemic, you’d also have to find a spot that ensures health and safety for everyone. If you’re stumped for ideas, LOTTE HOTEL should be your choice. Here are LOTTE HOTEL restaurants that have everything, whether it’s the ambience, hygiene or great food. LOTTE HOTEL also offers a wide range of choices, in terms of the size of your party and your preferred menu.

For Safe Year-End Parties, Visit LOTTE HOTEL

Makku is a brand of canned craft makgeolli presenting a fresh twist on an old Korean alcoholic beverage. Featured as the ‘Next Alcohol Trend to Watch’ by < Forbes >, what is so special about Makku?

Rice Beer Makku Makgeolli Fascinates New Yorkers

The best kind of gifts are the ones that you don’t have to have in your life, but would still enrich and embellish your day if you do. So I headed to ‘KioskKiosk’ to find a present for myself. For your information, being pretty doesn’t mean being useless.

Gift Shop for Grown-Ups, KioskKiosk

“Tea cup is the beginning of the story.” - Vietnamese proverb

Lotus Flower Tea in Hanoi, and Its Mystical Morning Dews

You’ve seen an art exhibition at a museum. You’ve had enough artistic inspirations. Then your next course of action is shopping. We’ve handpicked must-shop items from art shops at five museums and galleries in Seoul.

Shopping at Art Museums

MOSCOW

Georgian Food Captivates Russian Gastronomes

Once you experience the delicacies of Georgia, you also get to understand why Russians love the food of their neighbor so much.

Jeju Island is reporting a rise in its hairtail catches with the arrival of autumn season. It means more people can enjoy the island’s signature ‘eungalchi’, the long, slender, and silvery largehead hairtail, or cutlassfish.

Jeju Presents Delectable Galchi in October

If you’ve missed the spring bloom or the rich greens of the summer, don’t despair. You can enliven your house just by adding some plants. We’ve found some plant shops in Seoul that can serve as helpful guides.

Plants to Soothe Soul, and Plant Shops in Seoul

It has been scientifically proven that a scent can remind you of a certain moment or location in your past. Then, what scent would bring Seoul to mind? Here are the five scents that will instantly take you to some place in Seoul.

Five Scents of Seoul

When you are traveling in a foreign country, you often become curious about the daily lives of people there. Especially these days when the Coronavirus is forcing us to stay home longer than before, you are tempted to find out what kind of food they eat everyday. So we embarked on a little journey to learn about and taste “homemade food” of various nations. Here are five restaurants serving international home-style cuisines in Seoul.

Taste International ‘Homemade Food’ in Seoul

Exchanging gifts with your friends and families on Chuseok shouldn’t bore you. For those who have experienced the feeling of 1% dissatisfaction while buying a hangwa(Korean traditional sweets and cookies) gift set, we’ve prepared a list of hangwa brands that are known for their unique flavors, shapes, and even wrappings. Six shops are featured for their new ‘Korean-style desserts’ that will satisfy everybody from adults to children.

Six Korean Desserts to Win Praise as Chuseok Gift

There are several different reasons you pick your travel destination. And many people will visit certain place to enjoy some great food. LOTTE HOTEL and SIGNIEL have just the right places for such travelers. Come join us for a tour through Michelin-starred restaurants.

Michelin-Starred Restaurants at LOTTE HOTEL

SOKCHO

Sokcho’s Buckwheat Noodles, Keeping You Cool in Summer

There are many different things you can eat on hot days. Few will keep you cool in the summer quite like dongchimi buckwheat noodles of Gangwon Province, complete with thin sheets of ice on top. We will take you through the province, from Yangyang to Sokcho and all the way to Goseong.

Come summer, Busan becomes the sacred place for craft beer pilgrims. People who love beer visit Gwangalli and Songjeong, not for the sandy beaches but for brew pubs. What exactly is craft beer that makes Busan abuzz in the scorching summer?

Refreshing Craft Beer in Sizzling Busan

Leave it as is. A plate made by OUGLASSWORK shines in itself. OUGLASSWORK is a glass brand launched by glass artist Yoo Hye-yeon. Her colorful collection is exquisite and practical.

OUGLASSWORK Brightens Up Summer Dining Table

All-day dining restaurant ‘THE CANVAS’ opened at LOTTE HOTEL JEJU in June. The restaurant offers a diverse spread of gourmet dishes for all ages and gender, including a farm-to-table menu cooked with the freshest ingredients on the island and international cuisines, as well as a chocolate fountain for children.

Flavors of Jeju and World at All-Day Dining Venue

SEOUL, JEJU

A healthy bowl, a nice bite after it

LOTTE HOTEL SEOUL and LOTTE HOTEL JEJU has prepared health food and summer dessert festival. What kind of food will satisfy both the health and the taste?

SEATTLE

Seattle Coffee Scene Becomes Young Again

There is a rock band from the State of Washington called Death Cab for Cutie. The band is well known for their alternative style mixing piano with the conventional set of instruments used in rock music, such as guitar, bass, keyboards, and drums, creating a sound much more delicate and multi-layered. The coffee scene in Seattle has its roots firmly planted in local tradition, but over the years it also became more sophisticated and mature—just like the rock band.

Samcheong-dong in Seoul is home to Seoul Sticker Shop. The store sells stickers that promote the South Korean capital city.

Seoul Sticker Shop, Ultimate Stop for Stickers in Seoul

It is possible to enjoy the silky texture of hotel linens without staying at a hotel. Simply visit the he:on Premium Shop newly launched by LOTTE HOTELS & RESORTS.

Hotel Room Unfolds Before Your Eyes

Forget, for a moment, about your conventional idea of traditional Korean alcohol. Today, drinks that come in sleek packaging, with great taste to boot, are all the rage. From unrefined drinks to distilled liquor and wine, we have you covered.

8 Korean Drinks You Must Have Now

Jeju marketplaces are filled with the island’s unique scents and flavors, such as the greasy smell of black pork barbeque, sweet citrusy aroma of tangerines, and fresh ocean scent of seafood.

Mouthwatering Culinary Tour of Jeju Traditional Markets

The importance of healthy eating for a healthy life can never be stressed enough. Let us take you to Hanoi, where you’ll find plenty of healthy choices.

How to Eat Healthy in Hanoi

If its sunglasses were just displayed over the show window, why would so many people around the world go crazy for Gentle Monster? Just like how people wait for the opening date of an exhibition, they wait for the opening of this local eyewear brand’s flagship store and collaboration with other famous brands. Such unique image makes everyone curious about Gentle Monster.

Ways Korea’s eyewear brand survives

GWANGGYO

Buddhist Nun Jeong Kwan and Dusugobang, Out in the World

Buddhist nun Jeong Kwan, the master chef of temple food, is residing in Suwon, home of her restaurant ‘Dusugobang.’ She’s brought herself out in the world, while still practicing asceticism.

LOTTE HOTEL SEOUL’s Toh Lim was the only Chinese restaurant in Korea to make the prestigious ‘La Liste 2020.’ So how do you make the best Chinese food in the country? We went right to the source in chef Yeo Kyung-ok, who oversees Toh Lim and all Chinese dining at LOTTE HOTEL.

Chef Yeo Kyung-ok Extols Virtues of Chinese Cuisine

Designed by Sir Terence Conran of UK in 1973, The Conran Shop has finally opened in Korea. Before the shop made its arrival in Korea, it was already open in the UK, France and Japan. The scale and everything about the store is above expectation.

The World’s best lifestyle shop finally opens in Seoul

MOSCOW

What kinds of dessert would Moscovite enjoy?

Russia, located somewhere between Europe and Asia. Of their unique cultures, let us introduce you their dessert culture.

PORTLAND

Epicurean Trend in Portland, Farm-To-Table

America is going through a shift toward a farm-to-table dining, using fresh ingredients purchased directly from local producers to serve food. We take a close look at the farm-to-table scene in Portland which is considered the best example of a city adopting the recent epicurean trend.

Luxury at its finest with all the options you need. Let LOTTE HOTEL weddings give you the most special day of your life.

An invitation to a hotel wedding

SOKCHO

Tasting North Korean Food in Sokcho

During the Korean War, some of the refugees who’d come down from north of the border settled down in Sokcho. Craving food from back home, they started making their own dishes and selling them to make ends meet. This is how we’re now able to enjoy North Korean food in Sokcho.

For those moments when you need chocolate, here are three homemade chocolate shops located in Seoul that guarantee your satisfaction. They each sell chocolate made by a top-level chocolatier of Korea, teardrop-shaped chocolate perfect for a present, and chocolate mixed with alcohol for adults. Invest your time to taste these heavenly sweets.

Pick and Choose What You Like, Chocolate Shops in Seoul

Moscow

Land of Tea, Russia

In discussing tea, people often think of England or France, but the real origin of tea in Europe is Russia. From its unique teapot called samovar to diverse snacks and teas, let’s look into the extraordinary tea culture of Russia.

LOTTE HOTEL SEOUL and LOTTE HOTEL WORLD introduce the Strawberry Buffet, where customers can enjoy as many strawberry-based dishes as they want. This is a sign that the season for strawberries has arrived.

LOTTE HOTEL’s Strawberry Buffet offers a variety of ways to enjoy strawberries

This is the ultimate guide for Vietnamese pho and where to find. We have you covered on everything about the noodle soup, from the world’s most delicious pho to eel pho and snail pho, among other exotic dishes, and just where to find them.

Vietnamese Noodle Road

If you want to offer a taste of traditional Korean desserts to foreigners visiting Korea, you should head to Haap without hesitation. Tteok bakery Haap is one of the trendiest places in Seoul, selling tteok and hangwa that are both traditional and contemporary.

Contemporary Tteok at Haap

Sweet, fragrant cocktails, gentle music, and the nightscape of a city from the skylounge. No other place offers a more perfect setting than BAR 81 of SIGNIEL SEOUL and Pierre’s Bar of LOTTE HOTEL SEOUL. Let’s see what makes Seoul’s night view even more stunning than it already is.

Looking for Observatory? How About Scenic Bar!

For Koreans, kimjang, or the making of kimchi, is more than just about preparing and preserving kimchi for the winter. We eat kimchi all year round and uses a wide variety of ingredients to make kimchi. We took a closer look at kimjang, listed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, and the significance of kimchi, which is the face of the Korean cuisine.

Kimjang and Kimchi, November Ritual

Busan is a city of many things, a place where you can find both urban and rural environments, mountains and ocean, bright neon signs and old markets. From soup dishes of Busan, you can also find the beauty of diversity.

Taste of Soup in Busan

For the best-tasting green groceries in Seoul, simply head down to Marché@. It’s a marketplace organized by those who know about the joy of buying fresh groceries to cook meals and those who work with nature, growing crops and reaping what nature allows them.

Parade of Seasonal Flavors at Marché@

How would you like to try a chocolate dessert thats inspired by your favorite shade of lipstick? Check out this special collaboration between LOTTE HOTEL and Givenchy, a luxury beauty brand.

The sweet transformation of Givenchy lipstick

The Cafe Delicious Art was created in collaboration with London’s National Gallery and has become a popular haunt for fans of art and travel.

Experiencing London’s National Gallery in Seoul’s Myeongdong

With the cool autumn breeze in the air, September is a great time to be sitting outside for a drink or two. We introduce you to two hot spots in Seoul and Busan where you can do exactly that.

Outdoor Drinking, Romance of It All

Natural wine has emerged as a global trend among epicureans, and Seoul is not an exception. To explore Seoul’s wine market for natural wine, head over to the places listed below as a starting point.

Natural Wine Captivates Seoul

Treat yourself with a serving of healthy food to recharge your mind and body in this sultry weather. Top four restaurants specializing in Korean, Chinese, and Japanese cuisine at LOTTE HOTEL SEOUL present energy-boosting dishes using healthy, premium ingredients.

Four Healthy Dishes to Fend off Heat

Does sesame oil only go with Korean dishes? Queens Bucket’s sesame oil is taking a stride toward globalization, dreaming to be the next olive oil.

Michelin-Approved Sesame Oil

BUYEO

Why Lotus Flowers Bloom in Buyeo

Lotus flowers begin blooming in early summer and peaks in July. The lotuses and water lilies in full glory at Gungnamji Pond in Buyeo are not just for pleasure to the eyes. They are repurposed as an ingredient for a savory yeonnipbap, or sticky rice steamed in a lotus leaf.

It makes our mouth water. Time travel in search of black pig!

Black Pork, Nice To Meet You

To enjoy authentic French fine dining in Seoul, 'Pierre Gagnaire a Seoul' should be your ultimate destination. In a city where it's difficult to operate a restaurant for more than a decade, Pierre Gagnaire a Seoul is now in its 11th year as the top French restaurant. There's something special about this place.

How to Best Enjoy French Fine Dining in Seoul

SAINTPETERSBURG

Guide to Travelers to Russia on Vodka

'Colorless, odorless and flavorless.' To Russian people, vodka is a way of life and a liquor of their spirits. They don't just drink vodka to battle bitter cold. Russians enjoy ice cold vodka anytime, anywhere. There's a reason a vodka museum can be found in many different cities in Russia.

The interest in animal welfare and sustainable food taken by New Yorkers is now extending into a global trend of ethical meat eating.

Eating Meat Ethically in New York

Will Season 3 at Mugunghwa, the Korean restaurant at LOTTE HOTEL SEOUL, begin? We asked Mugunghwa's executive chef, Oh Tae-hyun, about the present and the future of his restaurant.

Korean Restaurant Mugunghwa, Satisfying All the Senses and More

I had no idea that traditional Korean tea could be this exquisite yet simple. Tea grew on me after visiting Tea Collective.

Most Modern, Traditional Tea of Korea

The sweet red bean bun isn't your average pastry. At least in Korea, the taste of the sweet red bean bread is considered the measuring stick for an entire bakery. Here, five pastry connoisseurs, people who have tasted their shares of breads, selected their choice of the top sweet red bean bun. And these selections aren't blast from the past. You can enjoy them right now.

Best Sweet Red Bean Buns, As Picked by 5 Pastry Connoisseurs

HOCHIMINH

Egg Coffee is For Real in Vietnam

Staring at the coffee dripping into a clear glass. Vietnamese coffee made with the country’s own phin filter takes about 4-5 minutes of patient waiting to be enjoyed. When the wait is finally over, you have a glass of coffee full of aroma and flavor. What more would you need?

“K-Beauty” is on the list of keywords describing the Korean Wave (Hallyu) trends of 2019. With Korea’s beauty industry expected to show even stronger growth after surpassing $13 billion (equivalent of 14.7 trillion Korean won) in market value last year, we introduce you to a list of shopping items you must keep in mind if you travel to Korea.

2019 K-Beauty Must-Haves

HOCHIMINH

Vietnam at the Tip of Your Tongue

Here's how you can enjoy the full Vietnamese dining experience, complete with their bubbly and energetic atmosphere: go explore and savor ingredients that produce delicious dishes.

GENEVA

Desktop Weather Station

Weather or time, what would you like to know? The Fifth Element by MB&F has the answers to both.

Seoul has emerged as the new gourmet destination for the 21st century. And Lotte Hotel in particular, boasting three restaurants with Michelin stars, is developing into a world-class gourmet hotel.

Gourmet Meals at Lotte Hotel

NIIGATA

Land of Snow, Sake Brewery Tour

The city of Myoko in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, where Lotte Arai Resort is located is blessed with snowfall. Snow provides the best environment for winter sports such as skiing and snowboarding, and when the snow melts in Spring, it provides clean, soft water adequate for agricultural purposes. The blessing of the snow culminates in the production of fragrant sake.

LONDON

The Oldest but new Booze

Unfamiliarity makes even the oldest feel new. Mead, also known as the 'first-ever alcoholic beverages of the mankind' with its frequent appearance in Nordic mythology, has made a comeback.

Bojagi may not be a part of our everyday life. And Hohodang's bojagi, which captures the traditional Korean beauty and colors with restrained elegance, proposes a new lifestyle.

Bojagi Adds Value to Wrapping

He:on, Lotte Hotel's own bedding brand, makes products that feel as good as new every morning. If you want to comfort of a hotel bed in your own bedroom, then He:on should be your choice.

Bedding for Deep Sleep