6. FS Seoul in-room dining

This is where I am most ashamed and saddened that a career FS F&B person allowed his hotel to serve this shambolic breakfast. I expected a Korean breakfast matching the quality of Ekki's Japanese breakfast at FS Marounuchi or FS HK's stunning dim sum HK breakfast set. Something reflective of the local culture using quality ingredients that FS is famous for. The ginseng salad was the biggest item in the set and tasted awful. Ginseng is a bitter root and chopping it up in a salad is just asking for trouble. Honey mustard dressing is not a local traditional breakfast condiment either.

Then, there was the mushy rice and cold soup. I don't enjoy the dried, grilled Corvina fish and I'm guessing most other Westerners won't either. Too little flesh, too many bones and quite salty. The Korean side dishes also don't exude elegance or class that one expects from a FS. The kimchi dish is teeny and tired looking. Same goes for the fresh fruit plate. The fruit just looked substandard and perhaps pre-cut and left under a cling wrap.

FS Seoul's Korean breakfast


I made the comment to my FSPP agent that it was like eating like King Sejong at PH then going to FS and eating the servants food.

PH Seoul's Korean breakfast




FS Seoul Western American breakfast in-room dining

The app screwed up my order because the special requests/ comments section got lost along the way with the order. The lamb sausage was interesting and different from other restaurants but this isn't how I like my omelette in the morning. It came with ingredients I didn't want or order. Room service did end up re-doing the omelette I like but would have been better if they could have just seen the preparation notes.

I suggest writing the dining card before 3am and selecting what you want from the card. Make specific notes and requests on there than the app.