# Pistachio cherry cake at a Seocho café: Chef Cho - By Dageom (https://superchart.com/en/@last-sip-table/) - Written Sep 11, 2026 - Local places › Cafés › Seocho, Seoul - Sponsored: This visit was sponsored by the business. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@last-sip-table/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@last-sip-table/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo/index.md) ## In short Chef Cho Shinsegae Department Store Gangnam is a dessert café in Seocho, Seoul, where you can choose whole and sliced cakes at Sweet Park. Its Pistachio Forest paired dense pistachio cream, chocolate cream, and whole cherries beautifully, and everyone I shared it with loved it. Verdict: a must-try for intense pistachio cake. ## Good to know - **Location**: Sweet Park, B1, Shinsegae Department Store Gangnam, 176 Sinbanpo-ro, Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea (서울특별시 서초구 신반포로 176, 신세계백화점 강남점 B1 스위트파크) - **Hours**: Daily 10:30 AM–8:00 PM - **Parking**: 1 hour free with purchases over ₩50,000; 2 hours free with purchases over ₩100,000 - **Reservations**: Not available - **Cake selection**: Whole cakes and sliced cakes *as written by the visitor on Sep 11, 2026* ## Chef Cho at Shinsegae Gangnam Sweet Park ![Chef Cho Pistachio Forest cake](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo-01-105yo-1200.webp) If I had to pick the best cake I’ve eaten this year, it might be Chef Cho’s Pistachio Forest! The harmony of pistachio cream packed with a deep, true-to-the-ingredient flavor, chocolate sponge, and cherry confit makes it a delicious cake that everyone can enjoy without any strong likes or dislikes. I really recommend that everyone try it, and I’m going to introduce Chef Cho, a great cake spot at Shinsegae Gangnam ◡̈ ![Chef Cho shop at Shinsegae Department Store Gangnam](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo-02-12yl2-900.webp) Chef Cho is famous as a great cake spot at Shinsegae Gangnam, located in Sweet Park on the B1 level of Shinsegae Department Store. ![Chef Cho cake shop inside Sweet Park](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo-03-1igbb-843.webp) ![Chef Cho cake display lineup](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo-04-10pqi-900.webp) Among the many shops, Chef Cho really stood out with its gorgeous cake lineup! There were so many cakes that looked delicious ✨ ![Various Chef Cho cakes](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo-05-vv6ii-862.webp) There’s a wide variety of sliced cakes as well as whole cakes, so you can choose what suits your taste 🍰 ![Display of whole and sliced cakes](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo-06-1g08q-822.webp) Chef Cho was named one of the four cake greats on the TV show Master of Living! I was so excited to see how delicious it would be ◡̈ ![Chef Cho Master of Living information](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo-07-1vtmn-900.webp) Chef Jo Jeong-im, a Korean master pastry chef, leads Chef Cho! I already liked Chef Cho cakes and bought them often, but I guess they were such great quality and so delicious because they are made by a master pastry chef ◡̈⋆ ![Information about master pastry chef Jo Jeong-im](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo-08-11uzk-900.webp) ## I chose the Pistachio Forest Chef Cho had lots of delicious cakes, but this time I chose its signature Pistachio Forest! I usually only have fresh cream cakes piled high with fruit, so it was my first time trying pistachio cream and I was so excited 😆 ![Choosing Chef Cho Pistachio Forest](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo-09-idkzs-900.webp) It’s standard packaging, but the clear box makes it perfect for gifting too—Chef Cho is a great Shinsegae Gangnam cake recommendation! ![Cake packaged in a clear box](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo-10-xrn0h-900.webp) Can you see this luminous cake look,,,, ✨ The combination of 100% dairy whipping cream and pistachio cream full of rich, real pistachio flavor is always the best~ ![Pistachio cream cake appearance](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo-11-1ixdw-900.webp) Chef Cho’s Pistachio Forest looks even more delicious and elegant, decorated with roasted pistachios and dried flowers. ![Roasted pistachio and dried flower decoration](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo-12-g4hef-900.webp) Pistachio Forest is full of not only pistachio cream but also chocolate cream, with cherries dotted throughout as the highlight! It’s a Chef Cho cake that tastes as amazing as it looks~ ![Cake with chocolate cream and cherries](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo-13-ikpk9-900.webp) ## The harmony of rich cream and whole cherries Maybe they use cream with a high pistachio content, because it was incredibly thick and packed with true pistachio flavor. It was so delicious that everyone I ate it with gave Chef Cho’s Pistachio Forest a thumbs-up as the best pistachio cake they’d ever had 👍🏻 ![Cake cross-section with rich pistachio cream](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo-14-afatc-900.webp) The cherries aren’t only on the outside—the cake is full of them inside too, so every bite is delicious. ![Cherries inside the cake](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo-15-b4gjw-900.webp) What’s more, all the pitted cherries are left whole, so you can really taste the cherry flavor ◡̈ ![Combination of pistachio and chocolate cream with cherries](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo-16-gbddg-900.webp) Is there anyone who wouldn’t love the combination of rich pistachio cream, smooth chocolate cream, and tangy cherries? 😎 On top of that, I could tell throughout that this was a cake made with high-quality ingredients, so Chef Cho’s Pistachio Forest was incredibly satisfying! At first I wondered if it was a little expensive, but as I ate it, I thought that with these ingredients and this flavor, it was absolutely worth the money 👍🏻 It was genuinely so delicious that I really want everyone to try it, so I wholeheartedly recommend Chef Cho’s Pistachio Forest! ![Chef Cho Pistachio Forest cake](https://img.superchart.com/images/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo-17-125df-900.webp) Chef Cho cakes are visited by 200,000 customers every year! After trying one myself, I understood why this place has remained popular for 20 years~ If you’re looking for delicious dairy-whipping-cream cakes, I completely recommend Chef Cho at Shinsegae Gangnam 👍🏻 Once you try it, you really won’t regret it〰️ ## Where it is - Chef Cho Shinsegae Department Store Gangnam (쉐프조 신세계백화점 강남점) - 176 Sinbanpo-ro, Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea (서울특별시 서초구 신반포로 176 신세계백화점강남점B1) - 서울특별시 서초구 신반포로 176 신세계백화점강남점B1 - 37.5043657, 127.0042308 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EC%89%90%ED%94%84%EC%A1%B0%20%EC%8B%A0%EC%84%B8%EA%B3%84%EB%B0%B1%ED%99%94%EC%A0%90%20%EA%B0%95%EB%82%A8%EC%A0%90/@37.5043657,127.0042308,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@last-sip-table/gangnam-pistachio-cherry-cake-chefjo/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt