Hyejin Yoon · 2 stories
Writes about cafes tucked into Seoul's side streets and what makes a good corner seat. · Writes about: Cafés · Restaurants
Notldun is a pastry boutique dessert café in Seongsu-dong, Seoul, near Seoul Forest. On this fourth visit to Notldun the order was a Forêt Noire for 13,000 won, an Earl Grey madeleine for 4,500 won and two iced americanos, 29,500 won in all, and the Forêt Noire mousse had thawed to exactly the right texture. Notldun is the place to take someone when a Seongsu date needs more than just coffee.
Pug Pizza House Sillim Branch is a bagel-dough pizza restaurant a 5-minute walk from Sillim Station Exit 6 in Gwanak, Seoul. On a weekday revisit at 3pm, a couple ordered the half-and-half pizza and gnocchi set for 35,900 won, upgraded it to XR size and added Amazing Shrimp, fig jambon beurre arugula and a cheese-milk bagel edge, spending 53,400 won in total. The chewy bagel dough, the unlimited self-serve sauce bar and the 3,000 won takeout discount per pizza are why they keep coming back to Pug Pizza House.
