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The Cafe in Jonggak - enjoy time travel in Seoul downtown area The first coffee shop in Korea was a traditional teahouse. Maybe around 1940, it was a social place for particular class. At that time, coffee didn't became popular, so it was only available for rich or famous people. Before 1980, most house didn't have a coffee machine, which is a different story in these days. People could drink coffee as a special culture in coffee shop called Da-Bang. Then i.. 더보기
Convenience food in a busy life & The food both mom and child like - Topokki Koreans really like spicy food. Almost every people in Korea enjoy hot and spicy food. Before one knows, spicy food is the main dish in Korea's eating out culture. And this trend made homemade food less spicy and plain. The first chance Koreans encountered to try spicy food was Topokki (Spicy Rice Cake). This food is made of many pieces of Tteok (rice cakes) with Gochujang (hot sauce), Euhmuk (f.. 더보기
Smooth Latte and Iced Coffee - Cheonge Cheon Corner Be One by one raindrops started to fall. Normally the weather being hot and humid this change brought a short timed joy. Looking for shelter from the unexpected rain, a particular cafe caught my eye. It went by the name of Corner Be. The cafe was placed right across of Cheon-ge Cheon and it was exact place that I was looking to keep myself from getting soaked from the rain. This cafe consisted of t.. 더보기
Quality Boba and Milk Tea at "Gong Cha" Boba isn't the most popular beverage in Korea ... yet. Coming from a place where boba was virtually anywhere and was considered as "cool" as the drink itself, I wasn't used to not having these around. I never was a huge boba consumer even back in Los Angeles, but still, not having these black, soft and addictingly tasteless balls of tapioca (whatever THAT is, right?) was definitely a culture sho.. 더보기