彭蒙惠英语：Seoul’s Brunch Bunch

Seoul’s Brunch¹ Bunch

 

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Food, food and more food

A quick swing around metropolitan² 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 Continental³ restaurant. Awaiting those with hearty⁴ appetites is a selection that includes a dozen appetizers⁵ and salads, sushi, a choice of soups, eight hot dishes, plus a carving⁶ 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 buffet⁷ restaurant and the atrium cafe are combined seamlessly into one venue⁸.

 

Let’s say you visit the Grand Hyatt Seoul anytime between 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Awaiting you at the Paris Grill⁹ 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 lavish¹⁰ Sunday brunch buffet. Served in the Grill restaurant from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., the repast included champagne¹¹ 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

 

Specialized¹² 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。

 

1 brunch   

n.早午餐

参考例句：

• They eat much the same thing for brunch every day.每天早午餐他们总是吃同样的东西。
• What did you have for your brunch?你早午饭都吃些什么？

2 metropolitan   

adj.大城市的，大都会的

参考例句：

• Metropolitan buildings become taller than ever.大城市的建筑变得比以前更高。
• Metropolitan residents are used to fast rhythm.大都市的居民习惯于快节奏。

3 continental   

adj.大陆的，大陆性的，欧洲大陆的

参考例句：

• A continental climate is different from an insular one.大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
• The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.大陆地壳最古老的部分有40亿年历史。

4 hearty   

adj.热情友好的；衷心的；尽情的，纵情的

参考例句：

• After work they made a hearty meal in the worker's canteen.工作完了，他们在工人食堂饱餐了一顿。
• We accorded him a hearty welcome.我们给他热忱的欢迎。

5 appetizers   

n.开胃品( appetizer的名词复数 )；促进食欲的活动；刺激欲望的东西；吊胃口的东西

参考例句：

• Here is the egg drop and appetizers to follow. 这是您要的蛋花汤和开胃品。 来自互联网
• Would you like appetizers or a salad to go with that? 你要不要小菜或色拉？ 来自互联网

6 carving   

n.雕刻品，雕花

参考例句：

• All the furniture in the room had much carving.房间里所有的家具上都有许多雕刻。
• He acquired the craft of wood carving in his native town.他在老家学会了木雕手艺。

7 buffet   

n.自助餐；饮食柜台；餐台

参考例句：

• Are you having a sit-down meal or a buffet at the wedding?你想在婚礼中摆桌宴还是搞自助餐？
• Could you tell me what specialties you have for the buffet?你能告诉我你们的自助餐有什么特色菜吗？

8 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。

9 grill   

n.烤架，铁格子，烤肉；v.烧，烤，严加盘问

参考例句：

• Put it under the grill for a minute to brown the top.放在烤架下烤一分钟把上面烤成金黄色。
• I'll grill you some mutton.我来给你烤一些羊肉吃。

10 lavish   

adj.无节制的；浪费的；vt.慷慨地给予，挥霍

参考例句：

• He despised people who were lavish with their praises.他看不起那些阿谀奉承的人。
• The sets and costumes are lavish.布景和服装极尽奢华。

11 champagne   

n.香槟酒；微黄色

参考例句：

• There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
• They sat there swilling champagne.他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。

12 specialized   

adj.专门的，专业化的

参考例句：

• There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations.联合国有许多专门机构。
• These tools are very specialized.这些是专用工具。