Daily Caffeine Fix - Hapjeong / Sinsa-dong, Seoul, South Korea

There are an abundance of cafes in Seoul with only a handful that satisfy my tastebuds with a nice atmosphere. I have narrowed it down to four of my favourite cafes out of the ones I have tried.

Arco Coffee Roasters - Sinsa-Dong

Cafe latte - 5,500 won

Double espresso - 4,500 won

Hands down the best coffee I have had in Seoul, these guys take their coffee seriously. Now go get one!

Check them out [here] or [MAP]

Deniro Coffee Roasters - Hapjeong

A sweet place to have your daily coffee tucked away from the noisy streets of Hapjeong is Deniro coffee roasters. 

Cafe latte - 5,500 won

Double espresso - 5,000 won

Deniro roast their beans onsite for espressos and lattes only. No wonder it tastes so good. 

Fresh brownies made inhouse.

Great coffee accompanied by a pleasant atmosphere. The owner was so lovely he even gave us a free packet of oreos. Love this place!

Check them out [MAP]

Humming Bella Coffee & Bakery -  Hapjeong

A large cafe with two floors of seating and also an outdoor courtyard which is lovely.

Some of the goodies on offer.

Crunky Valhrona - 6,000 won

Such a light and airy chocolate cake witch chunks of crunky chocolate throughout. This cake had so much potential, the flavours were nice but the cake was a little on the dry side which ruined it for me.

Cafe latte - 5,000 won

Double espresso - 4,500 won

Check them out [MAP]

Anthracite Coffee Roasters - Hapjeong

Cafe latte - 6,000 won

Double espresso - 4,000 won

Check put my previous blog post on them [here]

I hope you get your caffeine fix in Seoul.

Betty Jane x

Hello Kitty Cafe (The Little Shop of Horrors) - Hongdae, Seoul, SouthKorea

Today I was so excited to visit the Hello Kitty cafe, a Japanese icon always perfect and put on a pedestal all over Japan. I have been to a few of the Sanrio stores in Japan which are always so magical and fun to be in. 

To my horror seeing the Hello Kitty name being tarnished here in Seoul!

The cafe from the outside looked a bit shabby but still pretty sitting there covered in pink.

The counter, where there were four staff members on their iphones and canoodling, pretty much doing anything but their jobs.

At a glance the interior was cute and very pink.

Strawberry kitty cake - 11,000 won

Iced mocha - 5,500 won

Cafe latte - 4,500 won

This is what we got for 21,000 won, what a rip off. The strawberry cake tasted like supermarket sponge cake covered in old ice cream, thats right! You know when your ice cream has been in the freezer too long and it turns to little ice shards? That was the texture of this cake, and to top it off it didn't even come on a plate, it came on a piece of cardboard.

The latte art on my cafe latte didn't even look like hello kitty, I was thinking it looked more like a seal, what do you think?

The iced mocha, well of course it was a let down. Who wants to sit in a cafe where there is no mugs or crockery?!!

Let's move onto the filth, here is a picture of a pile of rubbish by my feet, these pictures do not show the true dirtiness of this place. It was like being in Hello Kitty's house if she were a crack whore!

More grit and grime, and a bandaid! What a bonus #winning NOT!

More rubbish under the seats. The walls were also stained, the whole atmosphere of this place was disgusting. We left after ten minutes, we much rather to find a park to sit in and finish off our coffee's

This place doesn't deserve to be called the Hello Kitty cafe. An atrocious, horrid place! Do not go here!!!

A sad day in kitty land.

Betty Jane x