For the dinner menu on the 29th between President Lee Jae-myung and U.S. President Donald Trump, a top-tier Western course will be served. Although it is a Western course, it makes generous use of Korean ingredients. For the dinner wines, Trump Chardonnay and Trump Cabernet Sauvignon from the winery run by President Trump's son, Eric Trump, will be offered.
According to the presidential office on the 29th, that evening President Lee and President Trump will dine with the leaders of Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Thailand, and Singapore to discuss ways to strengthen economic cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.
The dinner menu will feature a top-tier Western course including Yeongwol Ogol chicken and truffle dumplings, Gyeongju Cheonnyeon Hanwoo sirloin and Gyeongju Namsan matsutake mushrooms, Guryongpo flounder, and caviar farmed in Jirisan. The presidential office said it would treat President Trump and the other leaders with the utmost courtesy.
For the dinner wines, Trump Chardonnay and Trump Cabernet Sauvignon from the winery run by President Trump's son Eric Trump will be offered. It amounts to an effort to win over President Trump's palate even with the dinner wines.
Earlier in the day, the lunch was also filled with dishes for President Trump. The appetizers featured "Thousand Island dressing," originating from Trump's hometown of New York, and the menu included braised short ribs using U.S. beef ribs with rice cooked from new-crop Gyeongju rice, Gongju chestnuts, Pyeongchang radish and carrot, and Cheonan mushrooms. There was also a golden tangerine dessert and brownies adorned with gold. The presidential office said this was meant to wish for a heyday of the South Korea-U.S. alliance.