彭蒙惠英语：Seoul’s Brunch Bunch（在线收听）

Seoul’s Brunch Bunch

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Food, food and more food

A quick swing around metropolitan Seoul starting late morning on any Sunday is a mouthwatering experience in dining out—brunch style.

At the Shilla Seoul, Sunday brunch is grandly presented in its posh European-styled Continental restaurant. Awaiting those with hearty appetites is a selection that includes a dozen appetizers and salads, sushi, a choice of soups, eight hot dishes, plus a carving station offering roast beef, duck breast and rack of lamb. In the breakfast area are cereals, juices, and omelets to order; six different cheeses and 10 desserts top things off.

Things are equally elaborate at the nearby Grand Hilton Hotel. To accommodate the large turnout on Sunday, its brunch is served in the atrium lobby where the buffet restaurant and the atrium cafe are combined seamlessly into one venue.

Let’s say you visit the Grand Hyatt Seoul anytime between 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Awaiting you at the Paris Grill are the Breakfast Station, the Eggs and Pancake Station, a Hot Station for main courses, a Pasta Station and the Dessert Station with no fewer than 13 choices.

More than just food

The super-deluxe JW Marriott Hotel offers further proof that the Sunday brunch is now part of Seoul’s dining scene. Among the newest luxury properties in the capital, it was just opened five years ago in Kangnam, the capital’s center for international finance and commerce. Opening day boasted, you guessed it, a lavish Sunday brunch buffet. Served in the Grill restaurant from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., the repast included champagne and live background music performed by a jazz trio.

Truly, Sunday brunch has become an established feature in Seoul.

Vocabulary Focus

posh (adj) [pCF] expensive and of high quality, usually from a high social class

top off (idiom) to finish or complete something

turnout (n) [5tE:naut] the number of people who are present at an event

Specialized Terms

atrium (n) （古罗马房屋的）厅堂，中庭 a very large room, often with glass walls or roof, especially in the middle of a large shop or office building

venue (n) 集会地点 the place where an event or meeting happens

repast (n) 餐，宴，一餐份食物 a meal； the food prepared and eaten at one time

首尔（原汉城）的早午餐风潮

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食物、食物、还是食物

任何一个周日的近午时分，在首尔大都会区随便逛逛就可得到令人食欲大振的早午餐式的在外就餐体验。

首尔新罗饭店的周日早午餐，是在华丽的欧式大陆餐厅盛大推出的。等待着大胃王光临的包括了：12样开胃菜、色拉、寿司，数种汤、8样热盘，以及供应烤牛肉、鸭胸肉与羊排等现烤、现切的餐台。早餐区有谷类脆片、果汁、现点的煎蛋卷；还有6种不同的奶酪，以及可让这丰盛的一餐在最高潮画下完美句号的10种甜点。

附近的希尔顿饭店提供的早午餐也同样精致。为了容纳周日庞大的人潮，他们的早午餐是在中央大厅供应；这是由自助餐厅与中庭咖啡厅天衣无缝结合而成的一个大场所。

假如你在上午10点半至下午3点之间的任何时候拜访首尔君悦酒店，在巴黎烧烤餐厅迎接你的会是早餐台、蛋与煎饼台、供应主食的热食台、面食台，以及至少有13种选择的甜点台。

不只是食物

超级豪华的万豪酒店(JW Marriott Hotel)进一步证明了，周日早午餐现在已成为首尔餐饮地图中不可或缺的景点。在首都最新的豪华建筑物之中，万豪酒店5年前在江南开业；江南是首尔这个韩国首都的国际金融与商业中心。你猜得没错,开业当天他们提供了极度奢华的周日早午餐自助餐。从上午11点至下午2点半,烧烤餐厅所供应的这一餐还包括了香槟与3人爵士乐队的现场音乐表演。

周日早午餐已是首尔的一大特色。