By Korea.net Honorary Reporter Rein De Guzman
Photos = Rein De Guzman
Starbucks, Caffe Bene, Ediya Coffee, Nescafé, Mango Six, Angel-In-Us, Tom northward Toms, Twosome Place, Gongcha, Cafe Pascuccini, Paris Baguette, Ryan Cafe, Line Friends, Passion 5, Dunkin Donuts, Holly's as well as others: those are some of the well-known java shops hither inwards Korea.
Korea has been known for beingness fun of having lots of java shops, as well as for having never-heard of or odd cafés, similar the Raccoon Café, Sheep Café as well as fifty-fifty Cat Cafés. Usually, people become to a java store during neb time, or fifty-fifty to reminisce. The mutual things they create are socialize, as well as they fifty-fifty sometimes bring grouping written report sessions, equally well. Now I mean value I know the argue why people bring thus many java shops everywhere!
However, did you lot also know that some of the families of well-known K-pop stars run their ain java shops, too? Thanks to my Tunisian friend who brought me to one, I learned almost this concluding fourth dimension I was inwards Seoul.
Have you lot ever heard almost the vocalist Sungmin from the popular grouping Super Junior? His parents run a java store called the Wiki Café, located inwards Jong-no District inwards fundamental Seoul correct close Gyeongbokgung Palace. If you're a big fan of Sungmin or Super Junior, thus I mean value you lot should endeavour as well as become run into this café yourself. The Wiki Café started over iii years agone as well as is even thus dominant for its coffees as well as other thirst-quenching beverages, as well as it fifty-fifty has pastries at real reasonable prices.
The café is a iii story building. On the solid soil floor, you'll run into Sungmin's portrait as well as some letters from some of his fans as well as customers. The café itself is located on the minute flooring where you lot tin run into lots of stuffs, similar a cartoon graphic symbol Minions as well as cartoon caricature of Sungmin himself on some chairs as well as pillows. Some of my non-Korean friends as well as I went there, equally our Tunisian friend introduced us to this one-of-a-kind place. We had all agreed to bring fun exploring odd palces across Seoul, thus nosotros gave this café a try. We met Sungjin, Sungmin's younger brother, who manages the café on behalf of his parents, who also love Minions, and, of course, interacting amongst the customers.
At my friend's suggestion, I tried the iced americano as well as dearest bread. In another cafés that serve pastries, you'll survive tricked past times the plating, but non at Wiki Café! The film you lot run into inwards the display is the actual size of your order. Yummy!
Since I wanted to percentage this café amongst my non-Korean friends who aren't inwards Korea, but who are inwards dissimilar parts of the world, peculiarly amongst my swain countrymen who are planning to see Korea on vacation, I took the peril to bring an interview amongst Sungjin. I asked him elementary queries almost the background of the café as well as everything. It was unexpected, thus I wasn't able to receive some of the questions. The interview nosotros did is inwards Korean as well as is written below inwards translation.
- Hello there, Hyungnim!
Yes, hi! Are you lot having a fun fourth dimension inwards here?
- Sure! Would you lot heed sparing some of your fourth dimension for some questions?
Sure! That's okay!
- By whatsoever chance, how did you lot come upward up amongst the yell Wiki Café?
Well, I mean value if you lot know almost Wikipedia, nosotros merely adopted the yell from it.
- I see! When did the café offset serving customers?
My parents opened this café ii years as well as 8 months ago, thus closed to iii years ago.
- Now that this café has been running since then, what are the bestsellers inwards your café?
Hmm. Since customers e'er desire to survive refreshed, they unremarkably lodge our iced tea, our hot or mutual frigidity chocolate, or our hot or mutual frigidity americanos.
- One concluding question. What are the operating hours of this café?
We're opened upward on weekdays as well as weekends from eleven a.m. to nine p.m.
- That's all for this interview. Thank you lot for your time!
No worries!
Sungjin as well as I got to utter a lilliputian to a greater extent than as well as he fifty-fifty mentioned that he 1 time lived inwards the Philippines for his studies. Since nosotros actually don't bring much time, nosotros left early.
The Wiki Café is located at 51 Sagan-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Korea.
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