Survive & Thrive in Korea
Pip, Pip! Cheerio old fellow! Tea anyone? Sorry, it’s just that whenever I think of tea I picture Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady trying to fit in with the upper crust folk. So trust me when I say that I I know what you’re thinking when you hear the words tea time; it’s a […]
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HoHo Myoll Cafe is one of those cute little coffee shops nestled in the heart of Hongdae. It’s a place where you’ll find college girls hanging out with their girlfriends chatting over their coffee and couples gaming together in some online universe. The standout feature which sets Myoll apart from the throng of coffee shops […]
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Located on Itaewon’s well traveled Gyenidan street, this lovely cafe provides an ideal spot to sit a spell and let it all hang out. The decor is sky blue with whites and yellows. The rabbit motif almost goes overboard but the rabbit with the cigarette offers just the perfect smidgen of cynicism to counteract any flights of […]
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Charlie Brown Café For something truly random in the way of cafes I suggest popping into the Charlie Brown Café. Yeah, I’m not kidding. It’s one of those eyebrow raising experiences when you first see it. Who even knew that Charlie Brown had a café? Does the Charles Schultz estate know that Snoopy and Woodstock […]
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Top Ten Cafes in Seoul It goes without saying that anyone who knows Seoul knows that Soulites love their coffee. You can’t go one block without seeing a Starbucks, DeChocolate, Coffee Bean, Coffine Gurunaru, Café Bene, NesCafe, Angel in Us, Twosome Place or any of the other multitudes of coffee chains. However, what is harder […]
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In life there are several words that I love to say. In Korean those words are budae Jjigae and in French they are amuse bouche. I never dreamed I’d actually have cause to utter those two little French words outside of a conversation about Top Chef, but thanks to a new Café in Hongdae I’m […]
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