Cuisine: Cafe

Price: $$

Reservations: None

Suggested Items: Chocolate Choux, Terrines

Okay, now we’re getting into serious territory with Korean bakery-cafes.  Passion5, on the Hannam side of Itaewon, is a massive gourmet bakery with a German touch on the first floor.  The second floor is a posh cafe that delivers extraordinary food.  It’s pricey, but this [...]

Cuisine: Brunch

Price:$

Reservations: Optional

Suggested Items: Eggs Benedict, any of the pancakes

This tiny, tiny little place at Hannam Ogari serves up a mean breakfast without mean prices.  The owner worked in breakfast slopshops in America and brings some real good breakfast without the prissiness that has diseased the Korean brunch scene.  The pancakes [...]

Cuisine: Delicatessen

Price:$

Reservations: No

Suggested Items: Reuben

Leo’s Deli makes its own deli meats and piles them generously on their sandwiches.  Having the flavor of a New York deli, the ingredients are fresh.  Leo makes the real corned beef and pastrami.  There are no nitrates to give them that artificial pink color.  You can [...]

Reviewed by Kiss My Kimchi

Cuisine: Brunch

Price: $$

Suggested Items: Eggs Benedict, New York Brunch, Lumber Jack, the omelets

Suji’s specializes in the brunch crowd, and once you sit down and pick up a menu, you’ll be blown away by the selection.  I went with the blueberry pancakes, eggs, toast, bacon and potatoes.  [...]

Cuisine: Cafe

Price: $

Reservations: No

Suggested Items: Waffle Plate

American Plate is a small cozy cafe in the Bisan area of Anyang.  The service is slow, but they serve an adequate American style “brunch,” including blueberry pancakes, waffles and French toast.  No one has told them that they should heat up their syrup before serving, but baby steps [...]