tri-R Shibatani, a Bakery, Deli and Cafe in Asakusa
There are a few places I absolutely have to visit whenever I’m in Tokyo, and tri-R Shibatani is one of them. It’s a place I just love. Canelé The best canelé I’ve ever had was as good as e…
There are a few places I absolutely have to visit whenever I’m in Tokyo, and tri-R Shibatani is one of them. It’s a place I just love. Canelé The best canelé I’ve ever had was as good as e…
An açaí bowl specialist has opened on trendy Garosu-gil in Sinsa-dong. I tried açaí bowls in Hawaii last year and was won over by the fresh taste that seems healthy (it isn’t really), and now there’…
Buccella is a sandwich specialist that has been on Garosu-gil for ages. It has a reputation of its own, especially for the bread it bakes in-house. I’m not that big on sandwiches, so I never thought I…
For a while I was completely hooked on Lady M and kept getting takeout over and over, until one evening I finally went to sit down at the cafe itself. Tables I like the calm interior. The stylish-looking ch…
I saw on the news that Starbucks had brought in the legendary Clover coffee machine. Looking into it, it turned out it wasn’t at every store, just a handful of well-known ones. I was curious what it woul…
I don’t know if you remember, but earlier this year there was an incident that made a huge fuss on the Korean internet. Last Christmas, at a “Cafe D” in Myeongdong, there was some trouble bet…
I set out for a little single malt shop in Mejiro, only to find it is closed on Sundays. There was a bottle I wanted to pick up before the consumption tax hike.. Anyway, so I promptly changed my destination to…
Mon chouchou, famous for its Dojima Roll, has opened a cafe on Garosu-gil. The Dojima Roll only recently arrived in Korea and is so popular that getting hold of one is still not an easy thing. For a shop that …
Whenever I had something to do in Myeongdong or Jongno, I passed a place called Cafe MAMAS a few times, and there was always a long line. I was never much into cafes, so I just shrugged it off, but after a rec…
I can’t drink coffee, but lately I’ve been having tea and dessert after lunch more and more often. This day, too, after a big meat-heavy meal I was craving something sweet, so I stopped by Publique…
It had been a while since I last came out to Hongdae, and a lot has changed. Mecenatpolis has gone up, and the Hapjeong side feels a bit livelier now. There was so much ground to cover that while I was wanderi…
23banchi Cafe, right near my place, was somewhere I always wanted to go, but life was so busy that the chance never really came up. I wanted one last beer before heading back to Korea, so I dropped in. Shitam…