Breakfast at The Celestine in Gion, Kyoto
I’d heard the breakfast buffet at Hotel The Celestine Kyoto Gion was excellent, so I booked a table. First, a lap around the room. Looks promising. It opens at 7, but if you turn up right at opening the…
I’d heard the breakfast buffet at Hotel The Celestine Kyoto Gion was excellent, so I booked a table. First, a lap around the room. Looks promising. It opens at 7, but if you turn up right at opening the…
For this Kyoto trip I thought it through in advance and worked out the schedule beforehand. I picked the hotel with the routes and all sorts of other things in mind, too. The lobby of Hotel The Celestine Kyoto…
The Paradise City hotel is a lot bigger, and it opened not that long ago so it’s clean — I’d originally planned to spend our staycation there.. but it turns out their policy isn’t exactly kid…
Instead of a summer trip we decided on a hotel staycation, and I looked around all over, but there was hardly anywhere that fit what we wanted. After a lot of picking and choosing we ended up at the Grand Hyat…
When a good hotel opens in a good location, I think it’s worth a visit even if it costs a bit more. There are plenty of hotels at half the price, but they don’t give you a special experience. I thi…
The biggest reason I planned a trip to Busan was that a Park Hyatt had opened in Centum City. There aren’t many hotels in Korea worth going out of your way for, so when a place like this opens, you have …
I attended the very first Blue Ribbon Awards, held in 2015. A meaningful occasion, with the work of four Korean-cuisine chefs all in one place. The sponsored champagne Such a lovely champagne, too̷…
A Four Seasons hotel has opened in Gwanghwamun. Korea finally has a proper six-star hotel. As someone who has plenty of complaints about five-star hotel service, I couldn’t be happier. Since it’s a…
I came here for a social get-together at the Banyan Tree Hotel. The room layout was a bit odder than I expected: a long L-shape, and rather cramped. Still, it was fine for a group of people to hang out in. I s…
No, there is no actual library at the Shilla. I visited The Library, the lobby lounge at the Shilla Hotel that is famous for its mango bingsu. With the duty-free shop right there, it is an easy place to drop b…
I’ve always been the type who can sleep anywhere, but on this trip I actually put some thought into where to stay. Of all the six-star hotels in Tokyo, the Mandarin was the one I most wanted to try, and …
Crystal Jade Palace at the Grand InterContinental Hotel in Samseong-dong (quite a long name ^_^) is the Korean outpost of a restaurant chain that’s well known in Singapore, Hong Kong and elsewhere. As yo…