Hotels turn bingsu into summer's splurge

Consumer sentiment is weak, the economy is shaky, yet Seoul's luxury hotels are charging up to 149,000 won ($100) for shaved ice. Demand has never been stronger. The priciest offering this summer again comes from Four Seasons Hotel Seoul. At 149,000 won, the Maru Jeju Apple Mango Bingsu contains more than two whole Jeju apple mangoes piled on shaved organic milk ice, topped with a hollow mango sphere that breaks open to release a mango-elderflower sauce. Mango-coated rice cake and white chocolat

By The Korea Herald