Provence Village 프로방스 마을

Provence Village 프로방스 마을

Provence Village is a cute little area of shops, cafes, and photo opportunities. Open daily from 8am until 10pm the village was our last stop of the day before dinner. We headed first to a cafe where I ordered a hot chocolate and enjoyed the Christmas music playing and the decorations outside. The menu at [...]

Dominique Ansel Bakery

Dominique Ansel Bakery

Located about an equal distance from Omote-sando station and Meiji-jingumae (Harajuku) station is the Dominique Ansel Bakery. A cafe/bakery in Tokyo that serves some pretty interesting and unique sweets. It's also insanely popular and thus usually pretty packed. As soon as you arrive grab yourself a seat and then get in line for food. Dominique [...]

Bread, Espresso & パンとエスプレッソと

Bread, Espresso & パンとエスプレッソと

Located next to the Premier Hotel -Cabin-Osaka is a small cafe and bakery open from 8am until 8pm. They offer a variety of "sets" though have a somewhat limited menu. (available in English) I ordered their french toast set which came with a drink, so I decided on apple juice which for some reason took [...]

Mojo Books & Records

Mojo Books & Records

You're probably wondering why we're back in back in the USA. That's because right before Chuseok my phone found it's way back to me, courtesy of my aunt who sent it in a wooden tea box. While there wasn't a lot of things I had a chance to do over the two days during the [...]

Dreamy Camera Cafe 꿈꾸는사진기

Dreamy Camera Cafe 꿈꾸는사진기

In Yangpyeong, a little over 10,000 won taxi ride into the mountains from Yongmun station is a two story Rolleiflex camera that trades in dreams. It's not the easiest place to get to, I suggest taking a taxi or driving, while there is a bus stop somewhat nearby it is not close and you'll have to [...]

4 mellow 포멜로우

4 mellow 포멜로우

After lunch at the New York Grill Nathalie and I wondered around in search of a good place to just sit and catch up. We ended up at 4 mellow which is a bakery/ cafe. We must have picked a weird time since it seemed like all hands on deck to pull out bread from [...]

Shakespeare and Company

Shakespeare and Company

We stayed in Lexington Kentucky at the Hyatt Place and surrounded by little restaurants, including one that had caught my eye early on called Shakespeare and Company. This was only added to after talking with the hotel staff and being shown their menu. Which is absolutely beautiful. We went for lunch and I ended up [...]

Cafe Mong’s까페 몽스

Cafe Mong’s까페 몽스

A friend and I went to Cafe Mong's drawn in by their set menu. We both ordered Set A which includes half of a ham and cheese sandwich, sausage, bacon, egg scramble, baked potato wedges, salad and coffee or a soda. We switched it up a bit by buying some of their special drinks. I [...]

CaFace

CaFace

CaFace is a popular cafe chain in Seoul, with a couple of little shops most of them around Hongdae. Why is it popular? Because you get to drink your face. Nathalie and I went to the location attached to the Trick Eye Museum. Located in the lobby area before you go in the second basement [...]

멘도롱 cafe

멘도롱 cafe

On our way to Marado we passed a cute blue cafe that had written outside on their board that they had brownies.  We decided we would come back and give it a try. After returning from Marado we hurried past the empty dock and along the harbor to the cafe. While the majority of their [...]