Autumn Trip Day 1 - LN Hanok-Cafe, Samcheongdong

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Continuation from here.

I purposely separate this entry from the previous one. Just because...I feel like separating it. Gila saiko walhal baru intro. Anyways, ni memang antara missions I've list down prior coming to Seoul. I saw few hanok cafe recommendations in the KTO website. And I chose LN Cafe because among the cafes listed, LN is the only cafe I found in naver.map.

LN is an abbreviation of "luden loquen"; portmanteau of humo lodens (playing man) & homo loquens (talking man). The cafe still keep its daecheong maru (wooden floors) & giwa (traditional roof tiles) in which create a traditional ambiance.

21 October 2015

Samcheong-dong, Seoul

This building was originally an office space but it was renovated into a cafe & reopened in Sept, 2010. Meaning this cafe has been operating for 4 years. 

The most popular space in the cafe is the courtyard resembles a box shape character of the Hangul "ㅁ" (M).

Pine trees, chairs & tables outside. Perfect inviting ambiance for visitors.

I picked my seat inside the cafe, to layan feeling admiring the cafe's minimalist interior design.

There is nothing extraordinary with the way they designed the cafe but I like it there. Perhaps, the water wall somehow create a nice simple back drop for the cafe. The sound of the flowing water give such a serene feeling. While sipping my drink, I took my own sweet time to embraced my me-moment.

This is a section located near where I seated. Those shelves displayed tshirts, stationaries, books & items unique to Luden Loquen. And these items can be purchase. 

I didn't notice the table I chose to sit. Turned out it's an old sewing machine that is transformed into a table. How creative. The treadle is still working when I tried to rock it back & forth. 

My earl grey tea. No coffee for me now. Yay! I quit consuming them for a couple of months already. Alhamdulillah, I've bid migraine & headache a good farewell since then. 

My first meal in Seoul. The glutionous rice cake waffle. I was pretty skeptical when this arrived at my table. "Would this be enough? I haven't eat anything since last night. Only the banana milk I bought at the airport." Worries put aside because after few bites...I was already full. 

This is a unique menu found only at LN Cafe. It's not like the waffle I normally bought back home. This rice cake waffle is albeit tasteless & a bit chewy yet the honey, matcha powder, ice cream, blackberry jam, sweet pickled-persimmon balance the blandness of the waffle.

My brunch cost RM 16.50. I always do this everytime I had my meal abroad. Kena saiko fikiran sikit, kalau sibuk convert semua...memang ndak berjalan lah aku.

Direction to LN Hanok Cafe. 

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