The Daegu Cafe Ledger — Moeun

Mini fig birthday cake, September only, at Siznique Daegu Shinsegae

Siznique Shinsegae Department Store Daegu Branch is a seasonal fruit cake café on the basement floor of Shinsegae in Dong-gu, Daegu. For a partner's birthday, the writer picked the September-only Honey Vanilla Fig mini cake (₩35,000), and on a Friday at 3pm the display case still had mango, peach, then fig cakes left. The fig's crunchy seeds and melt-in-your-mouth cream weren't too sweet, making even the mini size fully satisfying.

Written Sep 7, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGyeongsan, GyeongbukRestaurants

Pre-hike Korean lunch at Cheonma Art Center, Gyeongsan: Cafe Dongi

Cafe Dongi Yeungnam University Art Center Branch is a budget-friendly Korean restaurant that opened this year on the 2nd floor of the main hall at Cheonma Art Center, Yeungnam University, in Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk. Stopping in to fuel up before a hike, the writer ordered the spicy baby octopus set meal for 16,900 won, the crispy whole shrimp Japanese-style curry set for 11,900 won and the mini nuruk-aged tangsuyuk (sweet and sour pork) for 9,900 won, with unlimited fried eggs, five-grain rice and hutgae tea from the self-bar. Tender baby octopus on a personal tabletop brazier and 4 hours of free parking made Cafe Dongi a filling, well-priced meal.

Written Sep 6, 2026Sponsored

PlacePohang, GyeongbukRestaurants

Pohang mulhoe restaurant with an abalone add-on: Ppwang Mulhoe

Ppwang Mulhoe is a mulhoe (Korean cold raw fish soup) restaurant on the coastal road facing Yeongildae Beach in Pohang, Gyeongbuk. After a soak at Yangdeok Gwangcheonsu hot springs, the writer arrived on a weekday close to last order and ordered squid mulhoe at 20,000 won, flounder mulhoe at 20,000 won and abalone at 10,000 won, adding squid soup, cheongyang chili and wasabi from the unlimited self bar. The squid was tender and the flounder melted in the mouth, making Ppwang Mulhoe a good place to taste two kinds of mulhoe side by side.

Written Sep 6, 2026Sponsored