Take a stroll around Yangjaecheon and drop by a cafe for a great cup of coffee and brunch

This is a season for stroll. When cherry blossoms wilt and spring turns to summer, sunshine on your skin feels just warm enough, and the breeze is cool. For those of you who wish to make the best of this short in-between season period, we recommend taking a walk around Yangjaecheon, located near Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation headquarters. There’s a cafe street in Yangjaecheon, which is perfect for taking a break during your walk for a brunch. Here are 5 cafes that have been made famous through the SNS; bring your happy, light steps around the ever so green Yangjaecheon soon.

Blen:D Studio

A dessert cafe that is pleasing on the eyes, Source: Blen:D Studio

This is where you can find great French dessert made with great ingredients. Their signature dessert menu is the long ‘tart bar’, which comes in various flavors including raspberry, lemon, tiramisu, blueberry, caramel, etc., It’s known for its crusty tart shell and scrumptious cream. These days they bake ‘cannele’, a cylinder-shaped cake with vertical groove, which is popular for its seasonal flavors. There is a baking class every Monday and those who wish to not only just enjoy but have a go at making the studio’s desserts themselves are lining up each week. The cafe also sells French fabric brand goods, so those who like design items may want to have a look around.

Address: 29, Nonhyeon-ro 26gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
Telephone: 02-6014-1258
Opening Hours: Tue~Sat 11:00~21:00, Monday baking class, Sundays closed

Cafe Liaison

This is where you find Futomaki and Tamago sando, Source: Cafe Liaison

Here they sell ‘scones’ and Japanese gimbap, ‘Futomaki’, and Japanese sandwich, ‘Tamago sando’. They’re known for their ‘Instagrammable’ neat and colorful plating. The egg that goes into Futomaki and Tamago sando is of a consistent thickness that looks great and gives off a sweet, moist texture when you bite into it. You can also get it as a lunchbox, so take it out and go on a mini picnic to the nearby Yanghae Citizen’s Forest. For drinks, they have drip coffee, milk tea, and seasonal drinks, among which we recommend organic strawberry milk, which is in season at the moment.

Address: 56, Nonhyeon-ro 26gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
Telephone: 02-574-3998
Opening Hours: Wed~Sat 11:00~20:00, Baking classes on Sun, Mon, Tue

Cafe Jinjungsung

You can always have great milk tea here, all the time, Source: Cafe Jinjungsung

Cafe Jinjungsung was made famous for their milk tea. Most guests order the bottled milk tea. They make their milk tea from the factory in a systemized manner, so in all branches you are able to taste the same milk tea. Just because it’s made in a factory, it doesn’t mean less effort goes into it. Milk tea is usually made by boiling milk with black tea bag or milk tea powder, but here they steep the tea leaves in cold milk, which makes the flavor much deeper and smoother. It takes about 24 hours to take out the leaves, cool the tea in fridge, and bottle it. Their neat packaging design also made them popular as gifts.

Address: 41, Nonhyeon-ro 26gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
Telephone: 02-2135-7172
Opening Hours: Everyday 10:00~22:00

Cattle and Bee

Star chef Raymon Kim participates in the menu development, Source: Cattle and Bee

This is a dessert cafe where star chef Raymon Kim participates in the menu development. They sell bread and cake made with natural fermentation starter as well as Italian food, so you can have a great meal as well as dessert in this place. The whole place has a huge window wall so you can enjoy a leisurely brunch while admiring the Yangjaecheon view. They only use new crop green beans that have been harvested for less than a year for their coffee, which gives off fresh fruity taste and rich grainy scent. One of their signature drinks, the Honeycomb Latte, is made with honey, fresh cream, and coconut water, showing off unique sweet taste and look. These days premium milk tea and latte are most popular.

Address: Yangjaecheon-ro 131, Seocho-gu, Seoul
Telephone: 02-578-2737
Opening Hours: Everyday 09:00~23:00

Lily Blanc

Take a break with a sip of afternoon tea, Source: Lily Blanc

How about a stroll and then a tea time between the hours of 2~4 in the afternoon just like the old English nobles? Lily Blanc does a proper afternoon tea. It’s a bit off the Yangjaecheon cafe street, but that’s why you can enjoy even more leisurely tea time. As proper tea cafe, they have great tea cups that look sweet on your eyes; it’s as if you’ve been invited to an avid tea cup collector’s house. You can enjoy all sorts of tea from black tea, milk tea, and herb teas, and the most popular menu is of course the afternoon tea set, which comes with a 3-tier tray filled with various desserts and a tea pot. You can enjoy grilled sandwiches, scones, cakes, madeleine, cookies, and even yogurt off this tray.

Address: 52, Yangjaecheon-ro 19gil, Seocho-gu, Seoul
Telephone: 02-573-3080
Opening Hours: Everyday 08:00~22:30, Sundays closed