Just had dinner at Lee Won Restaurant (Holiday Inn Seoul, Seoul, Korea). I ordered the ginseng chicken soup which is not found in their menu, but which I had read about in a magazine. Soup is an understatement because what accompanied the soup was a fully array of food morsels that really stretched my waistline. I was served green pea soup (very thick), pancakes, various kimchi, ginseng salad, ginseng chicken soup, chicken porridge, ginseng wine, iced persimmon, and traditional korean fruit punch.
The ginseng salad is very unique and very good. It is a sweet salad, with julliened fresh ginseng, salary, cucumber, and red dates. The bitter sweet combination is just heavenly. Very refreshing!
The ginseng chicken soup is made with a whole spring chicken stuffed with sticky rice and is very rich.
The entire dinner set me back about 33,000 Won (about S$50), inclusive of service charges and taxes. Not cheap, but certainly value for money.
Posted by ymchee at August 11, 2003 09:01 PM | TrackBack