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Second Kettle, Daejeon/Chungcheong Cafes and Restaurants

Writes about restaurants and cafes around Daejeon and Chungcheong. · Writes about: Cafés · Restaurants

Cheonan bakery café, 1-on-1 date with my 7-year-old: Geurimseu

Geurimseu Cafe is a large bakery and brunch café in Guryong-dong, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan. On a first one-on-one café date with a 7-year-old daughter, the writer ordered sausage bread (in the ₩3,000s), a ricotta cheese salad (₩13,900) and dango misutgaru (₩7,500), then explored the 1.5th floor and the outdoor terrace. With large parking lots, high chairs and an outdoor play area, Geurimseu Cafe is an easy Cheonan café to visit with kids.

Written Apr 21, 2026Sponsored

PlaceCheonan, ChungnamRestaurants

Cheonan baby octopus spot, level 1 heat and a kid's cutlet: Bulnaneun

Bulnaneun Jjukkumi Yuryang Direct Branch (불나는쭈꾸미) is a jjukkumi (baby octopus) restaurant in Yuryang-dong, at the foot of Taejosan in Cheonan. After a weekend Taejosan hike with a child, the writer had a late lunch there with no break time to worry about: baby octopus and pork belly for 2 at the mildest level 1 (₩34,000), a seafood pancake (₩17,000) and a kids' sirloin pork cutlet (₩10,000), plus chilled seaweed soup, baby chairs and friendly service. For a family meal with kids after hiking Taejosan, Bulnaneun Jjukkumi is a good fit.

Written Apr 29, 2026Sponsored

PlaceCheonan, ChungnamRestaurants

Morning pizza takeout in Cheonan for a pool villa stay: Clap Pizza

Clap Pizza Cheonan-Asan Shinsegae is a pizza restaurant on the 4th floor of Annex B at Shinsegae Department Store in Sinbu-dong, Cheonan, and it opens at 10:30 a.m. Before heading to a pool villa (pension), the writer arrived at opening time, took away a half New York Steak House, half pepperoni pizza, buffalo wings and a Downtowner burger, and ate them at the villa after swimming. For families on a day out who need a pizza place that opens in the morning, Clap Pizza Cheonan-Asan Shinsegae was a satisfying choice.

Written May 7, 2026Sponsored

PlaceCheonan, ChungnamCafés

Cheonan brunch café for Oreo bingsu and half-and-half pizza: Siyudang

Siyudang is a large bakery brunch café in Pungse, Cheonan, near Taehaksan mountain. On a weekend visit, a third-floor table came with half-and-half pizza (potato fries and pepperoni), an open shrimp sandwich, Oreo cup bingsu (shaved ice) and rainbow cake, and the rooftop was decorated with zinnias and a windmill. The cheese flavor of the half-and-half pizza stood out most, and with a wide parking lot and a diaper-changing station, Siyudang is an easy outing with kids.

Written Aug 11, 2026Sponsored

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