My World Café – insights & experiences from my travels, café visits and daily life.
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I now understand better why Seoul is such a magnet A city of 25 million creates a critical mass that will bring about a diversity, creativity and magnitude of everything that can’t happen at the same level in a city like Toronto (4.6 million). Examples where this surfaces are in the giant markets, the fantastic… Continue reading Some observations about Korea and Koreans
Korean café owners need to tweak their business model: I explored this cool café district near Janganmun Gate today, in search for one that offered savoury delights as well. Nothing! So I walked into Our 20th Century and asked the same question: Do you have sandwiches? NO! But the ambiance and friendliness stayed in my… Continue reading OUR 20TH CENTURY Café in Suwon – their kindness overwhelmed me
Yet another cool experience I booked through airbnb. The lead performer was a Korean pianist who currently lives in Paris. An experimental video added to the experience. Well, this concert was too experimental for me. After all I’m a straight forward drummer 🙂 But it was interesting to visit an underground venue dedicated to all… Continue reading Discover live music in 100jazzclubs in Seoul’s Seongsu area – plus a whole district of shoemakers and exceptional cafés.
This morning I was looking for my first café in Suwon (a Seoul suburb of 1 million; our former exchange student lives here). Right beside my airbnb I found Mug Coffee & Bakery. The baker is also the owner. Her friendliness and smile are heart-warming! After two lattes and one Earl Grey I ventured out… Continue reading The People at MUG Coffee and Bakery
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For me a café is to stop, take a step back - and yet take a step forward. It is amazing what ambiance café owners are creating. But even more important for me is that their soul is in it: If I become a regular customer, it's the familiarity, the conversations, the caring about each… Continue reading Coffee Fairy and Vroom Vroom Café in Busan
An evening of yummie food, good conversations and laughter. When leaving a Korean barbecue restaurant, you spray each other to get the smell out! That restaurant did brisk business and I was the only foreigner - good!
This space is an amazing mix for working, networking, relaxing and….enjoying a good cup with an exquisite piece of pastry. I’t the largest café I’ve ever seen. What makes it so unique is that the owner bought an old factory from the Kiswire Corporation, and restored it into a kind of industrial museum. Not only… Continue reading Café TERAROSA – an old factory converted into Busan’s largest café
Today my friend Insu took me to Sun Young’s Essay 68 - 68 means just the right temperature in Celsius. I was introduced to a feast around coffee. Apart from a delicious latte, I learned how she selects the green beans and her roasting process. Sun Young also demonstrated how to brew coffee with a… Continue reading Café Essay 68 in Busan – enjoy Sun Young’s hospitality and coffee she roasts herself!
Adjacent to the Palace grounds is the historic Buckchon district - a very well preserved array of historic buildings along narrow walkways. In the mix are modern stores and very cool cafés, plus the un-welcoming Saudi and Vietnamese embassies, the Ministry of Unification and what we in Canada would call the Auditor General's Office. It… Continue reading YIDO Café, Bukchon Hanok Village and more
My World Café - insights & experiences from my travels, café visits and daily life. 