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Soft Drawer, Seoul-Incheon-Gyeonggi/Daejeon-Chungcheong Restaurants, Cafes, Bars and Beauty

Writes about restaurants, cafes, bars, beauty spots and home life across Seoul, Gyeonggi, Daejeon-Chungcheong and Incheon. · Writes about: Hair & beauty salons · Restaurants · Cafés · Home & living · Bars

PlacePaju, GyeonggiCafés

Paju café with a baby: mango croissant, forest-view sofas at Mokushura

Mokushura French Café (모쿠슈라 프렌치카페) is a huge European-mansion-style bakery café on Gigok-gil in Jori-eup, Paju, Gyeonggi. On a May weekend drive with her baby and husband, the writer explored the 1st-floor kids' zone, the 2nd-floor main hall, the 3rd floor and the 4th-floor forest-view sofa seats, and ordered an iced latte, an Einspänner, a basil tomato cheese bread and a mango croissant. With a kids' zone, sturdy high chairs and a changing table, Mokushura French Café is a big Paju café that is easy to visit with a baby, and the writer was very satisfied.

Written Jun 2, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJongno, SeoulCafés

Ikseon-dong bakery with baby & Mom: baby's sweet potato bun, Munhwa

Munhwa Bakery (문화제빵) is a takeout-only bakery with a hanok-style exterior on Donhwamun-ro in Ikseon-dong, Jongno, Seoul. On a Jongno outing with a baby and Mom, the writer took home a sweet potato bun, a mugwort rice cake bun and a milk cream bun from Munhwa Bakery. The baby ate almost the entire large sweet potato bun, and the chewy mugwort rice cake bun became the writer's favorite. If you like chewy textures and rich ingredient flavors, Munhwa Bakery is a solid pick for takeout bread in Ikseon-dong.

Written Oct 27, 2026Sponsored
PlacePaju, GyeonggiCafés

Sunset café near Paju outlets with a baby, tuumba pasta: Four & More

Four & More is a four-story café and brunch restaurant on Soraji-ro in Paju, Gyeonggi, near the Paju outlets. After browsing the outlets, the writer, her husband and their baby came for dinner, ate Shrimp Tuumba Pasta (25,000 won) and Myeongnan Oil Pasta with pollack roe (21,000 won), and watched the sunset through the floor-to-ceiling windows and from the terrace. With roomy seating, sturdy baby chairs and baby drinks, Four & More is a great large café in Paju for families who time their visit for sunset.

Written Jun 4, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJongno, SeoulRestaurants

Baby-friendly dumpling hot pot after sports day, Jongno: Jongga Mandu

Jongga Mandu is a handmade dumpling hot pot restaurant on Supyo-ro in Jongno-gu, Seoul, near Cheonggyecheon. After the baby's sports day, the writer, Mom and the baby shared Jongga Mandu's half-and-half dumpling hot pot, with spicy and clear broths and kimchi and meat dumplings, eaten shabu-shabu style and finished with kalguksu (knife-cut noodles). With a baby chair and baby tableware, Jongga Mandu is a good Jongno 3-ga spot for a hot, hearty bowl of broth with a little one on a chilly day.

Written Oct 24, 2026Sponsored
PlaceMapo, SeoulRestaurants

Hongdae ramen shop: light basic ramen with free chili at Ramen Truck

Ramen Truck Sangsu Main Branch is a ramen restaurant in Hongdae, Seoul, 50m from Sangsu Station Exit 4. It started as a food truck and has been in business for more than 10 years. The writer stopped by for lunch after a visit to a nearby hair salon and ordered the basic ramen with a free cheongyang chili (spicy green chili) topping, enjoying the light yet deep broth, house-made noodles and tender chashu. For anyone who finds ramen too salty or greasy, the basic ramen at Ramen Truck Sangsu Main Branch is an easy recommendation.

Written Jul 30, 2026Sponsored
PlaceMapo, SeoulRestaurants

Hongdae Korean restaurant for a late post-show dinner: Baengni Gomtang

Baengni Gomtang (백리곰탕) is a Korean restaurant serving gomtang (beef bone soup) and yukhoe bibimbap (raw beef rice bowl), in an alley off Gyeongui Line Book Street near Hongik Univ. Station Exit 7 in Hongdae, Seoul. After a show in Hongdae, the writer shared a soy-sauce yukhoe bibimbap (13,000 won) and a Hanwoo gomtang (12,000 won) for a late dinner, with a bottle of makgeolli on the side. Baengni Gomtang is worth a visit when you want a clean, filling Hongdae meal instead of something heavily seasoned.

Written Oct 1, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGoyang, GyeonggiRestaurants

Goyang BBQ twice in one day: 400g black pork raw ribs, Neopttakjip

Neopttakjip Samsong Branch is a black pork raw rib restaurant near Exit 3 of Samsong Station in Goyang, Gyeonggi, a short hop from Starfield Goyang. After eating meat at lunch on Husband Day, the writer came back for dinner and ordered 400g of black pork raw ribs, dipping each piece in sesame oil, perilla powder and salt and pairing them with pickled peppers, garlic scape relish and grilled aged kimchi, with the floor-to-ceiling windows thrown open for an outdoor-tent feel. The ramyeon (instant noodle soup) ordered at the end was the most memorable dish of the night.

Written Sep 27, 2026Sponsored
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