Weekday Valentine's Day, Rare Designs and Luxury Beauty in Desserts like Chocolate and Cake
Increase in Hotel Cake Demand↑

Signiel Seoul, Valentine's Angel Feather (Photo by Lotte Hotel)

Signiel Seoul, Valentine's Angel Feather (Photo by Lotte Hotel)

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Ahead of this year's Valentine's Day on a weekday, the distribution industry is in full swing with dessert marketing featuring chocolates, cakes, and more. The hotel industry is targeting cake demand by emphasizing rare designs and luxury.


According to the hotel industry on the 12th, Signiel Seoul and Busan will offer Valentine's Day cakes for a limited time until the 14th. Signiel Seoul's Valentine's Day cake, "Valentine Angel's Feather," is filled with hazelnut cake and strawberry cream inside a ganache made by brewing jasmine tea, and the surface is coated with strawberry glaze. Feather-shaped decorations made of white chocolate create a mystical atmosphere. The mini cake "Valentine Pillow" harmoniously combines cherry ganache, chocolate sponge, and cherry compote, allowing you to enjoy a sweet and rich cherry flavor. The price is also set in the high 10,000 won range to increase accessibility. It can be found at the 79th-floor Pastry Salon. Signiel Busan has prepared "Sweet Heart" and "Sweet Kiss," among others.


Grand Hyatt Seoul has released a Valentine's Day special cake at The Deli. The "Strawberry Cheesecake" is a deep red cake with a design resembling scattered red rose petals and accented with heart-shaped chocolates. The accompanying "Homemade Chocolate Bonbons" are premium chocolates that allow you to experience nine flavors at once, including caramel coconut, apricot basil, pistachio, double vanilla, raspberry rose, mango passion fruit, Orelis banana, strawberry balsamic, and hazelnut praline, with colorful appearances. Valentine's Day desserts are sold by advance reservation until the 14th.


Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas presents the "Chocolate Flower Bouquet," handcrafted by chocolatiers for over 24 hours. Each petal is meticulously crafted by hand, making it a chocolate art cake with the precision of an artwork and the realism of fresh flowers. It is limited to seven pieces and can be ordered through advance reservation five days in advance. The "Heart Jewelry Box" is made with Valrhona's 100th-anniversary premium chocolates from France. It contains jewelry chocolates shaped like the February birthstone amethyst, the March birthstone aquamarine, as well as emeralds and rubies. The "Chocolate Jewelry Box," containing eight pieces of jewelry chocolates, is also available. The Heart Jewelry Box and Chocolate Jewelry Box are limited to 15 and 30 pieces respectively.


Banyan Tree Club & Spa Seoul offers a Valentine's Day special promotion for one day only on the 14th at Moon Bar, the hotel's top floor. The special dinner course includes gravlax salmon and scallops, lobster and flower crab bisque velout?, prime beef sirloin and mushroom duxelles, macchiato tiramisu, and rosemary ice cream, along with a cup of coffee or tea. A Valentine's Day special welcome drink is prepared, and guests can choose one bottle of red wine or champagne according to their preference. The Valentine's Day special is available only on the 14th and can be enjoyed from 7 PM to 9 PM.



Westin Chosun Seoul's Nine's Gate and Lubrica will offer special dinner menus for customers visiting the restaurants on the 14th. Nine's Gate's special course menu includes cherry tomatoes & jelly simmered in lychee syrup, amaebi & sea urchin tartare with champagne dressing, celeriac potato soup with truffle cream, mushroom ravioli with champagne sauce and grilled vegetables, and for the main course, grilled cod with basil oil or Korean beef sirloin steak with cauliflower pur?e and asparagus. The special dessert includes petit fours, chocolate sauce, and crispy meringue. Lubrica's special menu features a four-kind antipasti sampler, oxtail ravioli with truffle gravy sauce, puttanesca, and for the main course, grilled cod with tomato sauce or Australian Wagyu sirloin steak with gravy sauce. Coffee and tea are served with the special dessert.


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