Chocolate Snowflake Bingsu

Patmiok's (팥미옥) version of chocolate snowflake bingsu (초코 눈꽃빙수) is my favorite chocolate bingsu that I've tasted so far. The thing about it is that it's not overly too sweet and those really crunchy chocolate toppings are just delicious. They also offer two different serving sizes for your order that you can choose from—1 person or 2 persons (1인/2인) serving. This location that I visited is the one located in Sinchon (신촌) area, but they have multiple locations all over Seoul so you can find them in different neighborhoods as well. I would definitely recommend this bingsu, especially if you are a fan of chocolate.

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Saint Frank Coffee

Walking into Saint Frank Coffee kinda feels like walking into an office space, or a library, cos everybody there seemed to be working on their laptops or tablets or papers. And the place was pretty quite. I really love this place tho. The cafe is more spacious than how it looks like from the outside and there is plenty of natural lighting coming in from the ceiling above. Came here with the fam to get some breakfast and my dad seemed to like their coffee (can't remember what he ordered tho :P). Anyways, I can totally see myself coming here to get some work done. Just hope that I can get an empty table next time.

Wishing everybody a great week ahead! :)

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Blue Bottle Coffee Co. Oakland

Blue Bottle Coffee is one of the most well know coffee in San Francisco. Having Oakland as the location for their headquarter and for being known for their excellent coffee, it's not surprising that they are pretty popular in this hipster town. I've seen their products here and there, spread across different locations in the Bay Area, but never actually go to their coffee shop.

And so, my mom and I decided to check the place out during one of our outings. We went to the Webster Street location in Oakland. They decided to use a restored brick warehouse and converted it to a cafe with an on-site roastery. The place was pretty busy when I was there. Half of the people coming in were grabbing their take-out coffees and pastries, and the other half stayed in the cafe to do meetings, work, or reading. Per usual, I tried their hot chocolate and decided to try their waffle as well. The hot chocolate runs a little bit on the bitter side, which I don't mind, and the waffle was delicious. The space has plenty of lights, high ceilings, marble tables, and tiled floors. Perfect space for a working, chllin' or if you want to get that perfect hipster shot of your coffee ;)

p.s: currently editing my cafe hopping pics when I was in San Francisco. More coffee shop posts coming up soon.

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The Mill SF

During one of my trips to San Francisco, my mom and I managed to do a couple of coffee shops hopping sessions when we were there. Even thought we both don't drink coffee, I think we both enjoy visiting new places and be in a different environment once in a while. Plus we both have an appreciation of nicely designed spaces, such as this one. The Mill is probably one of the more popular cafe spot in San Francisco and I can see why after visiting the place. Plenty of natural light, open space, and nicely designed interiors make it a good place to just chill out or to get some work down. Try out their famous toasts and Fourbarrel coffee if you ever decided to come check out the place. 

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5Extracts

It's been a while since my last post. The end of 2015 and the first couple of weeks of 2016 were hectic. With family matters to attend to and traveling for winter break, I had to put a pause to update this blog. Now that I'm back, I'm slowly starting to catch up on back logged pictures and actually have time to edit again. So expect more posts coming your way soon :) 

For my first post in 2016, visited 5Extracts (파이브익스트랙츠) in Hongdae (홍대) with Soo Zee for an impromptu coffee session. Have been hearing about how good the coffee selection is at this place, but never actually been here before, since I don't drink coffee and all. But since Soo Zee suggested the place, we went. The place is actually pretty cozy. Not too big, not too small, and it was pretty quite, which is kinda nice so you don't have to scream at your friends when you talk them. But then again, I came on a weekday night, so things might be different on weekends. Anyways, definitely go try this place out if you want a good cup of coffee around Hongdae.

ps: Hope everybody is having a great first month of the year! Can't believe January is almost over. 

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