Hongdae: A Korean hanok café with an amazing atmosphere in the youth district of Hongdae
y. hwasu
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a month ago
Everyone, hello
I’m a part‑time worker girl who fell in love with Korea 🇰🇷
My days off are in Korea! I generally go about once a month to eat delicious food, hang out with my boyfriend, and fully enjoy Korea 😚🤍
The place I'm introducing this time is a cafe in Hongdae with a hanok-style building that looks amazing 'Sinleedoga'.
Located a 10-minute walk from Hondieck Stationand situated on a small side street slightly off the main street with many clothing shops and entertainment spots, this cafe's design is very clean and captivating compared to the surrounding buildings, making you stop and stare ✨
The interior is full of photo spots too, and the building itself is so photogenic you obviously have to take pictures, right?!
((Ah, but I'm not used to being photographed so I'm awkward 😂😂))
The pillar near the entrance is mirrored, so I snapped a full-body shot here too 📸
All right, let's go on inside~
After passing through a short, dark hallway right at the entrance, you come upon the cafe.
There was a stylish tree? lol
The interior is spacious and extends up to the third floor.
The building is arranged to enclose a courtyard, and in the center there is a terrace area covered with gravel.
Can you handle the heat and cold...? lol
In spring and autumn, it's nice to relax and have tea outside 🫖
And heretoasted marshmallowsare available on the menu, and you can roast them over an outdoor campfire and eat them!
The orders areKIOSK, so even people who don't speak Korean can choose with confidence while looking at the pictures.
They have a wide variety of cakes, pastries, and drinks. I went with my boyfriend, my older brother, and his wife — the four of us ordered four drinks and one cake.
The drinks my boyfriend and I ordered were'흑임자라떼(黒胡麻ラテ)' and '미숫가루스무디(ミスカルスムージー)'.
Black sesame latte is lightly sweet, and it comes with a black sesame mousse foam, so when you stir it and drink it a subtle roasted black sesame aroma spreads.
The black sesame itself isn't very strong, so it was a clean-tasting latte.
Miscall smoothie is made by blending with ice like a frappe, and it’s a perfect drink for the hot summer months.
This is sweeter than I expected and I would recommend it to anyone who likes kinako and similar flavors!
The 'Oreo cake' we ordered together felt like it was a frozen one that they bring out when an order comes in.
Some parts were still cold and frozen, so I ate it like ice cream lol
It uses Oreos, so you can imagine how sweet it must be, right? 😂😂
The rich cream mixed with Oreos makes for a fairly dense cake, so if you're not a fan of sweets you might feel satisfied after just a little.
Actually, the other three people besides me don't usually eat sweets like cake, so it was over in about two bites each lol
Of course, as a dessert addict I finished it all
When I went last time I had the tiramisu, which wasn't very sweet and had a clean finish — it was delicious 🎵
This cafe is also popular with Koreans, but when we went it was mostly people from other countries, and everyone was having tea outside 🫖
I think it was by chance, but the shop staff were handing out free marshmallows and asking customers to roast them, and we got some too 😳
At that time there was a marshmallow with a face drawn on it and I said it was cute, and then they gave me another one as a present!
The staff were so kind and I’m really grateful 🫶🏻🥲
In everyday life I don't usually get a chance to roast marshmallows, so it felt kind of exciting ^_^
It was almost a shame to eat the cute snowman ⛄️… but it was delicious, haha
It's beautiful during the day, but at night it's also lit up so you can enjoy a different atmosphere!
It seems they’ll also give a stylish original tumbler as a gift to people who place orders of 4,000 yen or more!
After ordering, if you show the receipt they’ll ask which color you want, so just tell them the color you want and it’s fine👌🏻
If you happen to be in Hongdae, be sure to stop by at least once 🤎🤎
Shin Idoga
Business hours 11:00 AM–10:00 PM
Closed: none
Address: 367-31 Seogyo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul Special City
