There’s a cafe with the unusual name Tsutsu & tsuttsu over in Arai. A place like this? Apparently they used to run a coffee-related business, then came to this town and opened a cafe. A place like …
Matsuzakaya was running a chocolate event too, and there were fewer people than at Takashimaya. Sure, there are fewer of the rare chocolates, but at least you can actually walk around, so I think this one is t…
There’s a place in Nagoya called Kirby Café. First, a word about Kirby: it’s a character from the Kirby games and manga, and this is a shop selling goods and food built around that character. Japan…
February 14th is Valentine’s Day every year… I wonder whether everyone has been eating their chocolate. For some reason I can’t explain, in Japan everybody and their neighbour goes mad trying…
There’s a hotel at Goteo, the Express Bus Terminal, and it’s a handy spot for meeting people in Gangnam. Second floor I just had time to kill, so I took this one.. The Lounge menu It’s on t…
Marly is a big cafe in Seongsu-dong, and it was packed wall to wall with people. A place like this Cakes These days, wherever you go, tasting good is a given. Flowerpots Shortcake I had a light bite and he…
Nudake made its name over at Dosan Park, but now there is a branch in Seongsu, the neighborhood everyone is talking about. And they are even doing a collab with NewJeans? The interior It really is a spectacle…
Pierre Hermé macarons The tin is really pretty, and that Pierre Hermé old-man illustration seems to be turning up all over the place these days. Macarons The taste goes without saying, of course. It’s …
After hitting La Tige, I stopped by the Galleria Department Store too. Galleria seems to be putting real effort into the food side of things. Cake from Pâtisserie Fruits It’s a cake shop based in Seongs…
These days my Instagram feed is full of gorgeous dessert shops. I went to one of them that looked promising. A place like this I thought I came around the Gangnam-gu Office often, but I had no idea a shop lik…
I heard a rumour that a good dessert shop had opened in Yeonhui-dong, so I went to have a look. Apparently they do savarin. On the way Looks like this neighbourhood has gained a new place worth eating at too….
I go to Tigré Seoul pretty often, and I think the biggest thing about tigrés is how practical they are — buy a few, keep them in the fridge, and they last a long time. They taste good, but when something is ea…