Seorae Village Cafe Kimssibuin: Neat and Clean Korean Desserts!

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The weather is getting warmer, and although I’m practicing ‘social distancing,’

I really, really want to go outside...!

I usually prefer coffee over other drinks,

so I’ve been drinking a lot of coffee beverages, but I started thinking

that I should cut back on caffeine, which led me to look for Korean desserts.

The meeting place was Seorae Village, and there’s also a famous Korean dessert cafe in this area, so I visited.

Kimssibuin

26-6 Sapyeong-daero 26-gil, Seocho-gu, Seoul

(Lot number address: Bancho-dong 92-7) 2nd floor

Business hours

Every day from 11:30 to 22:00

Closed on Sundays

Kimssibuin in Seorae Village is a cafe that directly makes tea snacks and drinks that reinterpret the precious cuisine of a noble household, fully capturing the four seasons and time, and serves them in a soban setting.

From the cafe exterior, you could already feel a clean and tidy Korean atmosphere.

When modern interior design meets Korean-style decorative items,

the atmosphere becomes even cleaner and more refined!

Kimssibuin in Seorae Village was also featured in an episode of Wednesday Food Talk about Korean desserts.

I had never specifically sought out Korean-style desserts before,

so I was looking forward to Kimssibuin from before the visit.

At Kimssibuin, one drink per person is required,

and you had to order a drink to be able to place an additional soban order.

There were various kinds of soban sets,

and there was even a soban set that included pumpkin porridge!

The large soban set I ordered!

15,000 won

This soban set comes with Gaeseong juak, today’s rice cake, jeonggwa, and assorted hangwa,

along with clear tea.

They served a variety of items such as yakgwa, rolled dried persimmon, jeonggwa, and dasik,

so I was able to taste proper Korean desserts.

Come to think of it, the only time I usually taste Korean desserts

is during holidays or ancestral rites, when I eat yakgwa, dried persimmon, and hangwa.

Seeing the neatly arranged desserts at Kimssibuin in Seorae Village was pleasing to the eye,

and it somehow made me feel calmer too.

I thought it would just be the usual seolgi, dried persimmon, and yakgwa,

but since it’s Korean food, it suited my taste really well,

and the presentation was great too—Kimssibuin in Seorae Village!

If you have a foreign friend, it would be really nice to introduce them to Korean desserts. ​