Take Out Drawing Cafe

Take Out Drawing Cafe (테이크아웃드로잉 카페) is one of the places in my want-to-visit-cafes-in-Seoul list. I've seen some cool photos online and thought it's an interesting space. So, after our lunch at Plant, we made our way to this place to check it out. Apparently they have two locations, which I didn't know. The location we went to is the Noksapyeong (녹사평) branch and they have another one in Itaewon (이태원) (I think). The cafe was just okay. We went there on a Saturday so there were lots of people and the place was pretty full. We ordered their most-instagrammed drink, which I forgot what the name is, and according to my coffee-drinker friends, it wasn't that good. It just looks good :) Anyway, I think the other location might have better interior design, so I probably gonna try to go to the other location some other time. 

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Grunge

I've been finding myself going back to this place these past couple of weeks. Grunge (그런지) is located at a small alley near Sangsu Station (상수역) and they have a pretty cozy cafe atmosphere. This place has probably became one of my favorite cafes around Sangsu Area. One of the reasons is they have a good non-coffee drink selections. Some of them are more substantial than others, so it makes a good place to go to after dinner if you feel like getting dessert (they also have cakes too). Also, they play music I grew up with in the cafe so it's nice to listen to familiar tunes while hanging out there. One of these days, I probably gonna go back to this cafe again. Catch up on some reading, kick-back, relax while enjoying their Green Tea Summer Latte (그린티 썸머라떼).

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Grunge (그런지)
서울 마포구 상수동 93-104 2층
Closed on Mondays (휴문일: 월요일)

Cafe Comma

Cafe Comma (카페 꼼마) is probably one of the most popular cafes in Hongdae (홍대) area, amongst tourists anyway. Where else can you find a high-ceiling cafe with an entire wall dedicated for shelves filled with books? I believe there are 2 locations of Cafe Comma in Hongdae, one near Hongdae Subway Station and the other one is near the parking lot street. This location is the latter one and a little smaller than the other location. Also, good to know, since cafes and restaurants in Hongdae seem to open their doors at a more later time during the day, this is a good place to go to for an early coffee fix.

I actually came here with two fellow instagrammers that I met for the first time on that day, @noahskim & @hannahmuhh. We spent a whole day hopping from one place to another so you'll probably be seeing them again on my future posts (as well as the previous one if you haven't already :p).

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Colorful Pops

With spring official began yesterday, the weather is finally warming up here in Seoul. We've been blessed with double digits temperature here these past few days, and yesterday was the probably the first time I actually felt hot in a very long time. Really was a perfect day for things like good milkshake or ice cream. If any of you need an idea where to go to get a good ice cream, might wanna check out this place.

So a couple of weeks back, Seoul weather has been pretty cold. I think it's mostly because of the wind, rather the temperature. The 30+ km/ph wind could really makes it feels like -15C. Ugh. After a couple of those days, I was so glad that the temperature suddenly got warmer and the sun decided greet us in Seoul—with no freezing cold winds blowing I might add. And that day turned out to be the day that my friends and I decided on to go Molly's Pops (몰리스팝스), a small popsicle shop in Hongdae/Hapjeong area. I've been seeing pictures of these colorful popsicles on instagram and wanted to know if they taste as good as they look, and they do. The ice cream is not very sweet, but it has distinct flavor one from the other. We ordered different flavors so we can try more than one flavor and everybody liked it. They also have unique flavors, such as Kahlua Makgeolli (Korean rice wine), but I think since it's winter, the selection is less than what they have in the summer time. Gonna go back again next time, maybe when the weather is a little warmer so that I can see what more unique flavors they have in store.

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Les Ephemeres

Les Ephemeres (레제페메르) is hidden in a small alley in Hapjeong (합정). My friend and I was walking around the neighborhood and decided to picked a random place we never been to take a break from all the walking around the neighborhood we did earlier. We actually found the place when we turned to an alley to look at murals on the white wall on the side of the alley but to our surprised there's a cafe entrance at the end of it. Nobody was inside when we walked in, so the place's really quite. Picked a table and started to browse through the menu. They have coffee, tea, wine and beer on their drinks menu so you'll never run out of choices. There're also a good selections of cakes if you feel like having something sweet to go with you drinks. Since both my friend and I are not a coffee drinker, we opted for their tea selections. Can't remember the name of the teas we ordered, but they both were good. When I was taking pictures of the place, I noticed a 'Reserved' sign on the long table at the back of the cafe. Later on, I found out that this place do cater to private/small dinner party as well. Last thing, they have these architectural sketches up on the wall, which I totally adore.