Cafรฉ Review: Cafรฉ Onion, Anguk

Cafรฉ Onion in Anguk is probably my favorite cafรฉ in all of Korea. Located steps from Anguk Station and constructed inside a traditional wooden Korean house called a hanok, it serves up great coffee and pastries baked in-house with an amazing atmosphere. Come early or expect to wait for a seat, or grab your drink and pastry to-go.

I’ve gone to the cafรฉ in several seasons, so these photos will feature snow and rain.

My order: iced Oatly latte with an extra shot, strawberry pastry, iced americano or espresso for round two.

Located on a plaque near the door, translated via Papago:

Artist: Fabrikr
Medium: Mixed media
Dimension: 661mยฒ
Date: 2019

“I remember the day when this house was first built.

Even then, someone would have sat on the floor of the main house and looked at the yard. The gaze would have filled the space from the floor to the sky, and from left to rightโ€ฆ

Over a hundred years, numerous footprints remained, numerous horses piled up, and countless eyes overlapped. We groped through all the stories from the past to the present, keeping the air in line with the current use.

Place this space on white paper and extend the past gaze to today. Even then, someone would have looked at the yard from the Daecheongmaru. Today, someone sits on the floor of the Daecheong and looks at the yard. I pray quietly that our present may rest for a while, and that the inspiration for a new life may be here.”

Follow them on Instagram: @cafe.onion

Address: ์„œ์šธํŠน๋ณ„์‹œ ์ข…๋กœ๊ตฌ ๊ณ„๋™๊ธธ 5

One response to “Cafรฉ Review: Cafรฉ Onion, Anguk”

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    […] A hanok is a traditional Korean house that dates back to the Joseon dynasty. Hanoks are traditionally made with soil, wood, and rock, and each hanok is different but all have its characteristic sloping, tiled roof. (Readers will know that Cafe Onion also has a hanok cafe.) […]

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