Dongnae dinner-date brunch café: apricot grapefruit ade, Sasaenghwal

Why we chose Sasaenghwal, a Western brunch café in Dongnae, for a dinner date

Sasaenghwal (사생활) is a Western-style brunch café on Yeogo-ro 113beon-gil in Dongnae, Busan. This day was a date with my cutie 🤗🤗 We agonized over where to go, then heard there's a Western restaurant with a great atmosphere in Dongnae, so we went for dinner!!! haha

Sasaenghwal opening hours and parking

Sasaenghwal in Dongnae is open daily from 11:00 to 21:00, with a break from 15:00 to 16:30 and last order at 20:00. They say 1 hour of parking at the Dongyeong private parking lot is covered.

Getting to Sasaenghwal: even the stairs up to the 2nd floor are worth a look

We arrived at Sasaenghwal in Dongnae ☺️ The sign really stands out, so we found it quickly!

You can check the menu briefly at the front of the shop, so we looked it over and then went inside 🤗

Sasaenghwal is on the building's second floor, and there was so much to look at on the way up that we climbed slowly! The notes left by customers were so cute ☺️

Sasaenghwal interior and seating

The interior combines wood and black, which looked really classy, and everything seemed neat and clean 🤗

In some ways it felt like a café, and in others like a nice bar 🤗 There were seats good for dining solo, and large seats that work well for groups too!

• ✔️ Baby chairs were available
• ✔️ The restroom was clean and comfortable to use!

Sasaenghwal menu

Which drinks are worth ordering at Sasaenghwal?

Harmonious Saenghwal Tea Ade 1: apricot, grapefruit and lemon

A blended drink of apricot, grapefruit and lemon. The character of each fruit comes through while everything stays in harmony: a signature drink.

The Harmonious Saenghwal Tea Ade 1 was the ade I chose 🤗 It wasn't too sweet and was so refreshing, so it went really, really well with Western food! I'd never had apricot and grapefruit together before, and they matched so well 🤗🤗🤗

Vanilla bean cream latte

Coffee: a vanilla bean latte topped with the signature cream.

The vanilla bean cream latte was a sweet cream latte, and the cream was nutty, sweet and just insanely good 🤗🤗🤗 We came for dinner, and we get an amazing drink too? I loved it!!!

The pickles that came as the complimentary side also went really, really well with the food!

Sous vide sirloin barley risotto: a creamy risotto with chewy barley

I love cream risotto, so I ordered the sous vide sirloin barley risotto, and I was already won over by the looks 💖💖

It was a tasty cream risotto piled with sous vide sirloin, and the barley gave the risotto a wonderful texture 🤗

The grains pop as you chew, and with plenty of sirloin and mushrooms it was a hearty meal ☺️☺️☺️

Country oil pasta: thin-sliced pork belly with garlic scapes

A pasta made with pork belly, oyster mushrooms that go well with pork, whole garlic, garlic stems (maneuljjong) and spicy dried chili flakes. Served with top-quality olive oil, baby greens and perilla leaves.

The country oil pasta was an oil pasta that looked so, so pretty! They didn't skimp on ingredients and gave a generous portion, and the combination of garlic stems, mushrooms and thin-sliced pork belly was great ☺️ The garlic chips you bite into here and there had a really, really good texture too 👍🏻

The oil sauce had soaked well into the noodles,

and into the vegetables and other ingredients as well, so the seasoning was just right and I enjoyed it a lot 👍🏻🤗👍🏻

Tenderloin katsu side: crispy outside, juicy inside, packed with meat

We also ordered the sirloin katsu (breaded pork cutlet) as a side, and being sirloin, it was soft and juicy inside and crispy outside ☺️

There was really a lot of meat in it, so even though we ordered it as a side, it made for a filling meal ☺️

Would we go back to Sasaenghwal in Dongnae for a date?

The atmosphere at Sasaenghwal is so, so good that it seems great for dates and for hanging out with friends! Whenever we want Western food in Dongnae, we'll probably stop by again ☺️