Sweet brews at Under Pressure
Food&BeverageJanuary 10, 2020
There is a reason why Under Pressure cafe team manager Park Yong-jin points to its Latte 60 as a star player in this roaster-cafe’s lineup of brews. One sip of this latte, featuring Under Pressure’s...
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Hot sandwiches, soup and coffee for colder monthsFood&BeverageOctober 25, 2019Crisp, cool weather invites warmer fare like hot soups exhaling curls of steam, cups of heartwarming coffee laced with creamy milk, and crunchy-edged sandwiches, fresh off the panini grill. Sunset S... -
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Locally-sourced, wet-aged tonkatsu at new Seoul hotspotFood&BeverageJuly 26, 2019Still in its pre-opening stage, newly minted tonkatsu restaurant Hoshi Katsu, which soft-opened in early June in Seoul’s Cheongdam-dong, has diners lining up for a taste of its fried pork cutlet. Ev... -
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Sanuki udon by way of Osaka at Hyun UdonFood&BeverageJune 14, 2019Hyun Udon owner-chef Park Sang-hyun takes noodle making very seriously. To ensure their freshness, Park and his team make the noodles twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening. His u... -
Coffee with character at T.o.chFood&BeverageMay 31, 2019The scent of candied strawberries fills T.o.ch Coffee’s small showroom, emanating from freshly ground beans of Bourbon and Castillo varieties hailing from the El Paraiso association in Colombia. Onc... -
Michelin-starred chef back with another casual dining spotFood&BeverageMay 17, 2019The first time Michelin-starred chef Yim Jung-sik went into casual dining, he zoomed in on Korean cuisine, putting the spotlight on naengmyeon -- cold noodles -- and gomtang -- beef bone soup -- at t... -
New spot, new dessert, fresh vibes at Happy Happy CakeFood&BeverageMay 3, 2019When pastry chef and owner Kim Min-jung expanded Happy Happy Cake to Seoul’s Nonhyeon-dong, she wanted to create a new cake for the new location. Kim looked for an ingredient she had not used before...
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