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Lunches and Little Cups

I write about restaurant meals and café stops around Seoul. · Writes about: Restaurants · Cafés

PlaceSeongdong, SeoulCafés

Seongsu café hidden up a stairway for ice cream croffle and ade: Biat

Biat Seongsu is a café and dessert spot on the second floor of a building tucked into a vintage-looking alley in Seongsu, Seoul. The ice cream croffle (9,000 won), plus seasonal watermelon juice and apple lychee ade, were enjoyed at a window seat flooded with sunlight — the croffle was great fresh off the griddle, though everything overall leaned quite sweet. It's a hideaway-like café just off Seongsu's crowded main street, good for a quiet chat.

Written Sep 7, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeongdong, SeoulRestaurants

Seongsu Thai restaurant for a hangover cure: pork-bone pho at Thanon55

Thanon55 is a Thai restaurant on Ttukseom-ro 9-gil near Seongsu Station in Seongdong, Seoul. The morning after drinking, I ordered the gamjatang pho (pork-bone noodle soup) for 13,000 won and pad pong curry for 21,000 won, and the deep pork-bone broth cured the hangover while the crisp fried seafood under thick curry sauce disappeared just as fast. Run by two Thai owners in a room that feels like Bangkok, Thanon55 works as a date spot in Seongsu too.

Written Sep 6, 2026Sponsored
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