Pangyo brunch restaurant with clam risotto and window seats: Andover

Weekends have been buzzing lately 🌻 The cool early-autumn breeze immediately made me think of the Baekhyeon-dong café street in Pangyo, so I ran over to a brunch café restaurant called Andover. It's been a while since I met pasta and an atmosphere that hit the spot this perfectly, so I brought back a happy review. 🍽️ Straight to it 🥹

Andover's outdoor seats on the Baekhyeon-dong café street in Pangyo

Actually, every time I come to Cracking Coffee up front, Andover was the place I was most curious about among the Baekhyeon café spots — and the reason is exactly these outdoor seats,,, 💛 A table where you can casually catch the breeze and set the mood, the food looked so tempting..!! ⭐️

I visited during Saturday lunch and plenty of people were already enjoying brunch. Personally, those round wooden tables with a somewhat irregular layout gave off a unique, stylish vibe. Eek 😝

So lush and green 🥬

What the reserved window seat at Andover looks like

We made a reservation ahead of time for our weekend date and sat by the window. From the pre-set plate to a single flower and a tiny wine-bottle 'Reservation' sign, is it an anniversary or what, everyone was whispering 😆 It gave off a vibe that made you want to dress up a little before coming.

Andover also sells house-made pasta sauces

The interior was so pretty that I looked around after ordering, and Andover also sells its own house-made pasta sauces — ragù, tomato, cream, basil pesto — plus meatballs! 🍖 One pack in the ₩10,000s covers two servings. I totally forgot to buy some on the way out,,,,🫢

Wherever you point the camera, it's full Instagram vibes 📸 for sure

Since it was weekend morning, there were plenty of groups and families too, and you could really feel the genuine love from locals in Pangyo/Bundang. 🌸🌸 There are quite a few worthwhile restaurants on the Baekhyeon-dong café street, but parking and waits tend to be busier than expected, so for a relaxed date, nowhere beats Andover,, (nodding) 🫶

Andover's signature fresh basil cold pasta

My husband's pick, Andover's signature menu item ✅ the fresh basil cold pasta. I don't usually order cold pasta, but I'd just had a chunky chocolate Godiva salt bread beforehand, and the word 'signature' won me over. Can you see how fresh this looks 🍅

What surprised me the second it arrived was a whole burrata cheese sitting in there, and a generous amount of basil pesto - 🥹 It looked simple, but every ingredient felt genuinely wholesome. I almost mixed it right away but held off since the next dish was coming soon... 🍝

In the meantime we also ordered San Pellegrino sparkling water on my husband's recommendation. According to him it's cheaper than other places-! 😝 Yum yum

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Clam risotto with marinated tomatoes

The clam risotto came out right after 💛 the visual was insane... but honestly I couldn't hold back — those marinated tomatoes on the fresh cold pasta are really, really, REALLY delicious ‼️‼️‼️ Mixed with the basil pesto and burrata, it's rich yet fresh, and the moment you bite into a tomato,,,, no discomfort from the skin at all, just an extreme sweetness. Ahhhh 🍅

Okay, calming down to take the rest of the photos.. The plating is so pretty too, right? Looking again, there are as many as six of those precious marinated tomatoes. Yum 🍅

Is the anchovy pasta good for first-timers?

My pick, the anchovy pasta, arrived too ✔️ I've always liked anchovies, but I haven't seen many places serving them lately, so if a place has anchovies I almost always order it. I love bisque pasta too, so it was a hard call between the two, but I went with anchovy 🦐

The look was gorgeous. We shared all three dishes back and forth, and the ranking kept changing with every bite — pure magic,, ,🔮 Still, my personal favorite is the clam risotto!!!! The clam broth's umami came in warm and rich, so satisfying and filling. 🐚 The touch of arugula went perfectly with it too

The anchovy pasta doesn't hit you with a strong anchovy punch — instead the nutty flavor of olives and pine nuts balances it out, so I'd recommend it even to anchovy beginners. Yum yum 🤤 And best of all, the portion was generous, which I loved haha

Why Andover works as a Pangyo weekend date spot

I agonized for a while between flounder steak and cod gratin before landing on these three dishes, but everything was so good I have zero regrets — 100% return-visit intent 💛 Thank you for the kind service-! Of all the Baekhyeon-dong restaurants I've been to so far, Andover has been the best. Recommended as a weekend date course 📸