The Imperial Palace Seoul Hotel hosted a very special dinner for our members and their guests in their Selena Banqueting Room which was exclusively decorated with white and vintage gold colours, representing a European Imperial look, and with autumnal floral arrangements.

As the day for the dinner was also part of a special weekend in the country, (October 9th is the ‘Day of Hangul’ in Korea), the whole theme of the evening was ‘Hangul’, or in other words the “Korean alphabet*”.

Calligraphy using Hangul characters perfectly harmonised with the theme of this significant dinner in our Bailliage’s calendar. Furthermore, Hangul was beautifully represented throughout the evening in for example food courses, the menu, table numbering.

MENU

“Scallop trio”
scallop carpaccio with salmon roe; baked scallop with Quinoa
scallop Tataki with pistachio crust, pomegranate vinegar jelly

Chungnam Buyeo chestnut soup, dried persimmon, jujube

Tartare of langoustine, marinated jicama

Baked Jeju Island seabream wrapped with red tilefish
potato, white asparagus, string beans, white truffle oil
baby carrot, soy bean paste sauce

Mungyeong Omija sherbet, coconut sago

Ulleung Island sirloin steak, sous-vide Korean beef rib
deodeok, sweet potato, Shishito peppers, pine mushroom, Kudzu sauce

Sangju dried persimmon mousse

Petits fours

WINES
2015 Penfolds Koonunga Hill Autumn Riesling
2015 Wolfberger Reserve Selection Alsace Pinot Gris
2012 Chateau St. Jean Sonoma County Merlot
2010 Romain Duvernay Hermitage

Each course was prepared with traditional Korean ingredients predominating if not in their entirety. The chosen wines added to the feeling of perfect harmony.
 
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*The Korean alphabet has been used since the 15th century to replace the difficult Chinese characters known and written by certain classes only. The Korean language was created in 1443 by King Sejong the Great with the objectives of simplifying and promoting literacy among the poorest people.