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What A SWEET GYEONGGI!
- CAFÉ AND DESSERTS –
1. Café 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
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
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
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
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