Posted on 28 October 2010. Tags: Grand InterContinental Seoul, Jung Sik Dang, JungSikDang, Kitchen, Korean dining, Korean food, Lotte Hotel, Miele Guide, Pierre Gagnaire a Seoul, Poom Seoul, Seoul dining, Table 34, W Seoul Walkerhill, ZenKimchi
Executive Chef Nick Flynn of the Grand InterContinental
A quick look around the Google-sphere, and I don’t believe this has been posted yet–the Korean part, I mean. So maybe this is a scoop.
Here are the Top 5 Restaurants in Korea for 2010/2011, according to the Miele Guide:
1. Table 34, Grand InterContinental Seoul (My interview with Executive Chef Nick Flynn)
2. Pierre Gagnaire a Seoul, Lotte Hotel
3. Kitchen, W Seoul – Walkerhill (Featured here and here on ZenKimchi. My interview with Executive Chef Ciaran Hickey)
4. Poom Seoul
5. Jung Sik Dang (ZK Dining review)
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Posted on 07 September 2010. Tags: hae mul jiim, Korean food-wine pairings, Le Fruit Defendu Domaine Magellan Blanc, Pierre Gagnaire a Seoul, spicy seafood noodles, WineKorea, 해물찜
This is one of those times when pairing is half luck and half rules. I got a call from a friend to join him at a nearby restaurant for seafood something. I grabbed a bottle of white that has enough structure to handle Korean spice and seafood textures. And it really worked.
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