• Send mail
  • Print
  • Share with Facebook
  • Share with Twitter
  • Share with Kakao Story

Column

What A SWEET GYEONGGI!

WriterAdministratorDate09/03/2018

Next


What A SWEET GYEONGGI!


- CAFÉ AND DESSERTS –

 

 1. Café Yul

 

Left: a space to enjoy coffee sitting on the floor of Cafe Yul decorated with trees, looking very cozy. / Right: another space where there are tables and chairs of cafe Yul.

  

Café Yul is sort of fusion traditional café that offers more relaxed and cozy feeling unlike other Korean traditional café with a kind of solemn atmosphere. It has a spacious terrace and you can experience the ‘floor culture’. Sitting cross-legged on the floor could be torture for foreigners at first but it’s little fun, isn’t it?  

The main set menus are ssanghwacha(medicinal herbal tea)and hangwa(traditional Korean sweets) set and jujube tea and hangwa set. Above these, there are many kinds of coffee, Ade made of owner’s own making fruit syrup and desserts including cakes, waffle, etc. It is located on ‘Bojeongdong Café Street’, a filming of A Gentleman’s Dignity, a Korean drama starring Jang Dong Gun and Kim Ha Neul. If you’ve seen and loved this drama, why don’t you think about your favorite scenes of the drama enjoying tasty desserts at Café Yul?

Address: 6-1, Jukjeon-ro 15beon-gil, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do
Inquires: +82-31- 889-2379 

 
 

2. Café siso stato   

  

Left: A Strawberry Sherbet ice flakes, a famous dessert of this cafe siso stato/ Middle: hot fruit tea of lemon and grapefruit / Right: a clean interior with wood tables of light beige and white wall, simple lightings.

   

Have you ever tried Bingsu, ice flakes in Korea? This Strawberry Sherbet ice flakes is the most famous dessert in Café siso stato. A big bottle of condensed milk is offered together. This combination of strawberries and condensed milk is splendid. Its tasty waffle is famous as well. Come and fully enjoy this sweetness with a pleasant autumn breeze now!

Address: 121, Jeongjail-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do

Inquires: +82-31-8022-5552

Opening Hours: 09:30 - 21:00 (Mon.- Fri.), 10:00-21:00 (Sat. and National Holidays) / Closed on Sundays


3. Roastery Café, Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Left: a cup of coffee, a glass of ice coffe and two bottles of coffee beans used here. / Middle: a cup of tea with antique teacup and a tea pot, and other cute props like a smaull hourglass. / Right: a spacious interior with small round wooden tables and white ceiling.

 

This Café is well-known for from its main menu homemade ice cream and hand drip coffee to side dishes like citron pizza. Its interior decorated with simple but cute props, and antique teacups are another charming point as well. As it name says, it recommends a different drink for each day at discounted price. 
  

Address: 4-6, Neuti-ro 51beon-gil, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do

Inquires: +82-31-715-7030

Opening Hours: 10:00 – 23:00


 

4. Café AMADAS253 

(From left) First: a plate of sweet pancakes with beautiful plating/ Second: a plate of Tomato Mozzarella Salad/ Third: a plate of seefood pasta/ Last: an entire view of Café AMADAS253 with many tables that have enough space between them

Located in Heyri Art Village Café AMADAS253 offers not only pleasure of eating but also a meaningful work of art based on culture and arts, so satisfies visitors’ all the senses. It’s a second-story building; first floor has huge space and you can enjoy a beautiful open view of Heyri Art Village from the second floor terrace. Also it’s well-known for a shooting of A Man from Another Star, a big hit drama in Korea. Café AMADAS253 has proper dining dishes and it’s recommended for a formal and elegant dinner.  
 

Address: 47, Heyrimaeul-gil, Tanhyeon-myeon, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do
Inquires: +82-31-949-1296
Opening Hours: Daily 10:00-23:00

 

5. Café RED BEAN

Left: a bowl of sweet red bean soup made of 100% Korean read beans / Middle: a bowl of Bingsu(shaved ice) with sweetened red beans / Right: a service menu of sweet rice cakes with grain syrup and almonds

 

As name says, café Red Bean’s main feature is red bean. It offers sweet red bean porridge, Bingsu(shaved ice) with sweetened red beans made of 100% Korean read beans and sweet pumpkin porridge as main desserts. When you order a main menu, sweet rice cakes with grain syrup and almonds are served together as service. This Café is well-known for soft texture and moderate sweetness of red beans to this area residents like a good restaurant. Even though the visual of Bingsu here isn’t colorful and impressive, a simpleness based on just shaved ice and red beans is good enough. When you see and taste it, you’ll think that Simple is the Best!

Address: 43-20, Jeongbalsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do

Inquires: +82-31- 903-0069
Opening Hours: Daily 11:00-22:00

  

 

List