"Return to Mureungdowon" Lotte Hotel World, 'Dorim The Canton Table' Renewed and Reopened

Reborn as a Modern Chinese Restaurant Embracing the Culture and Vitality of Guangdong

[Asia Economy Reporter Eunmo Koo] Lotte Hotel World Dorim announced on the 26th that it has completed the renewal that began in May and will reopen as ‘Toh Lim The Canton Table’ on January 1st next year.

Opened in 1998, Lotte Hotel World Dorim has established itself as a representative restaurant of Lotte Hotel and the Jamsil area. While maintaining Dorim’s firm philosophy and service rooted in history and tradition, it presents a Chinese restaurant harmoniously blending trends and modern sensibilities. The modern and sophisticated casual fine dining Chinese restaurant, Toh Lim The Canton Table, is based on Cantonese cuisine and completes a new style that harmoniously combines Sichuan cuisine and Korea’s seasonal ingredients.

The interior overall creates an emotional atmosphere using subtle jade (翡翠), natural wood tones, and refined metal colors. Additionally, artworks such as paintings and ceramics reflecting the origin of Dorim, the mythical Murungdowon (Peach Blossom Land), are displayed throughout the restaurant, evoking a gallery-like feeling. The space is efficiently and diversely arranged. With an area of 289 pyeong, the number of seats has been increased by about 1.5 times compared to before, providing 146 seats including eight PDRs (Private Dining Rooms) accommodating from 4 to 12 people. In the middle of the hall is the tea station, a specialized service of Toh Lim The Canton Table. It offers 15 types of teas carefully selected by a tea sommelier, including blended teas and blooming teas where flower petals spread in the cup. Customers who order tea can also enjoy a tea ceremony where the sommelier brews the tea directly.

The menu has also been completely revamped. Guests can enjoy a variety of dishes centered on BBQ dishes including Peking duck and dim sum. In particular, professional chefs from various fields in China were recruited to faithfully reproduce the roots and essence of Cantonese cuisine. Chef Xu Haidong, who learned cooking methods at China’s largest Peking duck specialty restaurant, delivers the best taste using a specialized wood-fired oven for Peking duck. To maximize the crispy skin and flavor, the duck is cooked after 12 hours of low-temperature aging, and the table-side carving performance adds visual enjoyment.

Chef Nak Neungdong, a Cantonese cuisine specialist with a high-level cooking technician certificate, and Chef Jung Dongmyung, who has experience as an executive chef at international hotels in China and as head chef at a Dubai hotel in Guangdong Province, present the finest Cantonese dishes including noodles, seafood, and dim sum. Especially, they offer 16 types of dim sum for lunch and 5 types for dinner, ranging from basic dim sum to distinctive peach-shaped and character dim sum.

A representative of Lotte Hotel World said, “From the name, concept, interior, menu, to service, we have prepared Toh Lim The Canton Table with a charm completely different from the previous Dorim. We hope you experience a sophisticated modern Chinese restaurant that embodies Cantonese culture and vitality within Dorim’s heritage.”

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