TRIPPOSE List

Café Comma 2Page
Seoul(Mapo-gu) , Hongdae・Yeonnam・Mangwon

Tomorrow With You is a K-drama about Yoo So-joon (played by Lee Je-hoon), a CEO of a real estate company, who travels through time via subway. While traveling back and forth in time, Yoo realizes that his future is gloomy. In order to change his fate for the better, he decides to marry Song Ma-rin (played by Shin Min-a), a perky photographer. Café Comma located in Donggyo-dong is one of the locations featured in the K-drama, where Song nervously waited for Yoo. Run by famed publisher Munhak Dongne, the café offers grand-scale bookshelves containing more than 5,000 books. It is comprised of two floors: the 1st floor featuring large glass windows and the second floor providing a cozy, attic-like atmosphere. Café Comma opens at 7:30 daily. From 7:40 until 11:00 on weekdays, all drinks are offered at half the regular price.  


Midnight in Seoul
Seoul(Gangnam-gu) , Gangnam Station・Yeoksam

Nicole Jung, Amber Liu and Jo Kwon do not venture into a grocery store to have their daily cereal fix. Instead, they head themselves to Midnight in Seoul, Korea’s very first cereal café. The decor of the café, complete with electric pink walls and neatly stacked cereal boxes, has been featured on the social media accounts of many celebs. Initially opened by actor and singer Yoon Kye-sang and his artist friends, Midnight in Seoul recently changed ownership. K-pop fans will be familiar with the new owner of Midnight in Seoul- the singer Jo Kwon from the K-pop group 2AM. As for the menu items, over 40 different types of cereals and a wide variety of toppings including nuts, fruits, marshmallows and wine gums (what are wine gums? Is that the correct term?) are available. Choosing a cereal can be tricky but the friendly wait-staff is always ready to provide menu recommendations.  


Omiga (Sinsa Branch)
Seoul(Gangnam-gu) , Garosu-gil・Sinsa

This restaurant serves up nostalgia and the kind of delicious, homemade food that your mother fed you when you were little.  


Yummy Kampong
Seoul(Jung-gu) , Dongdaemun・DDP

Jang Suwon, who is the member of Korea’s first-generation boyband idol group, “Sechs Kies,” has transformed himself into a restaurant entrepreneur from being, previously, a singer and actor. Yummy Kampong is a Singaporean seafood restaurant, and they pride themselves on the fact that they use locally caught ingredients for freshness. The most popular dish is the, ‘Kampong Chicken.’ It has a spicy, and yet an explosively sour taste, which stimulates your taste buds. You can sometimes catch Jang Suwon, who helps out in serving at the restaurant, taking photos with his fans at the restaurant.  


Korean Barbeque (Gaerong Branch)
Seoul(Songpa-gu) , Jamsil・Seokchon Lake・Olympic Park

This is a chicken barbeque restaurant, which is owned by the mother of Block B member, Taeil. Inside the restaurant, there are fan letters and flat cards, which cover up the walls. Unlike other chicken barbeque places, the Korean Barbeque Gaerong Branch restaurant puts the chicken in the fire oven, which makes the plain and simple taste of the chicken stand out more. The popular menu items are: salt-roasted barbeque chicken, which maximized the plain and simple taste of the chicken, and chives no-bone barbeque chicken, which is assorted with chives.  


Anthracite Coffee Roasters (Hapjeong Branch)
Seoul(Mapo-gu) , Hongdae・Yeonnam・Mangwon

Anthracite Coffee Roasters is well-known cafe in Hapjeong-dong that brings new meaning to the term industrial chic. Anthracite's building was once a shoe factory and the cafe has maintained any of the factory's industrial elements and added modern decor.  Beer and coffee are among the menu selections offered at Anthracite and one of the most popular coffees is the Butter Fat Trio. The coffee roasts are named after famed authors, so visitors can order a "Natsume Sōseki" or a "Pablo Neruda." Anthracite's pastry chef bakes the cafe's desserts on the premises. Patrons can choose from cakes, financiers, madeleines, and cookies.  


Café Onion
Seoul(Seongdong-gu) , Seongsu・Seoul Forest

The epitome of industrial chic, Cafe Onion operates out of a converted factory that was built in the 1970s. The building has actually seen a variety of businesses open shop in the past; there was once a supermarket and even restaurants throughout the years and at one time the building was even a regular residence. More recently, before Cafe Onion opened, the building housed an industrial factory that made small parts. Traces of the building's industrial past are still visible throughout Cafe Onion. The cafe even kept and converted many of the factory's design elements. There are over 20 varieties of bread at the cafe. Cafe Onion also sells the famed Bread 05 Bakery's butter bread. Korean patrons will have seen the butter bread on several Korean TV shows.  


Butterfinger Pancakes Gangnam Branch
Seoul(Gangnam-gu) , Gangnam Station・Yeoksam

Butterfinger Pancakes is a specialty waffle and pancake shop. They offer a variety of waffles and pancakes, so it is very popular place to have brunch. Arrive early to ensure a spot.  


Wonjo Ssambapjip
Seoul(Seocho-gu) , Banpo・Seocho・Seoul Arts Center

Wonjo Ssambapjip specializes in ssambap (rice wrapped in greens), but they earned their reputation for their very thinly-sliced samgyeopsal (pork belly).  


Mojito Jongno
Seoul(Jongno-gu) , Jongno・Ikseon-dong・Gwangjang Market

Mojito Jongno is a casual lounge serving up a mix of delicious dishes and drinks in Jongno's Avenue of Youth. The restaurant operates with the catch-phrase "fresh" to indicate using only the freshest ingredients. The restaurant is large, making it the perfect venue for groups and families. As the name signifies, the restaurant serves up some of the best-tasting mojitos, made by a master. The restaurant recieves no end of praise from international visitors. For people who are short for time, the restaurant has plans to open a take-out restaurant on the first floor, so people walking along Jongno's Avenue of Youth can enjoy Mojito as well.