My friend Nora and I trekked out to Dongducheon to visit Soyosan Top Bakery, a pretty large coffeehouse and bakery in the same key as Geronimo Coffeehouse that I reviewed here.
The front of Soyosan: a large cylinder that is attached to the main wall, going up four stories.
There were a few art exhibits in the café itself, as well as a jewelry shop. (And, according to their Instagram, a hot spring and fitness area, a “complex cultural space.”) You could watch the chefs preparing the pastries behind a large glass window. While there are no pour-over/filter coffee options, my iced mocha was good and the iced americano was okay, hitting more of a walnut-like flavor than I’d like in my espresso. There was also an espresso machine on the second floor that had been opened up so you could see inside, which was really interesting for me, seeing as I’ve used machines for over four years and have never seen the inside of one.
All in all, the brunch menu was tasty so it’s worth a visit.
view of the interior, including a large house-like structureclose-up of structurehouse-like structure seen from abovetables with mix-matched chairsart display of gas masks atop some sort of military cylinderclose-up of a gas maskframed paintings agains a wallinside peek into the bakerya person wearing a white shirt, apron and baker’s hat inspects the pastriesthe back of the espresso machine (customer-facing), with the name “Soyosan-top Bakery & Coffee” printed on itordering line with posted menu boardsreclaimed seating rows in front of the bakeryan illustration of a figure wearing a dress over the word “woman”mirrors hang in the women’s restroom on exposed brickbrunch: eggs, has brown, sausage, bread and a mini saladsteps with pillows for more seatingview from steps; the pastry tables can be seen in fullvase of multi-colored flowersview of the second floor seatingthe words “coffee time” illustrated on exposed brickmore second floor seatingan espresso machine with the panels off, exposing the insidesmore detail of the espresso machinethe house-like structure next to the entrance
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