Every person you know probably has a favorite show. However, genuine fans are far and few between. If by any chance you are a true fan of K-dramas, visiting South Korea is surely on your bucket list.
As a true fan, have you ever imagined yourself visiting one of those fine cafes and dining places from your TV shows? Well, it turns out, some of those places are real.
So go ahead, make a good old cup of coffee – maybe grab a recipe from Home Grounds and try some gourmet recipe – grab a few snacks, and enjoy our list of four cafes and restaurants from K-dramas.
1. Bok Chicken from Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo
The first place from the list managed to disappoint some of the shows fans in the past but if you set your expectations, you will have more than a good time. The eatery is not a modern chicken place as the show depicts it. Nothing on TV is real? Shocking, we know. Anyway, the spot is popular among university students in the area. And unlike the restaurant in the show, the real place serves many tasty dishes, including tofu kimchi, chicken noodle soup, and of course, great fried rice.
2. Coffee Prince from Coffee Prince
This is perhaps the most well-known drama on our little list, and would you know, the coffee shop of the same name exists in real life. It’s located in Seoul (not the only place located there on our list) and in addition to plenty of caffeine-filled delicacies, it also offers lots of pastries. But we have to warn you, if you only plan on going there to take a few photos or videos, you’re out of luck. The place has a strict policy concerning all of fanboys and girls who go there just to sightsee. That means you have to order your beverage, snack, or meal and look at the place that housed some of your favorite TV moments quietly.
3. The Flower-Scented Cartoon Café from My Love from the Star
If you’re a casual My Love from the Star watcher, then you probably know this coffee shop as the place where the female lead snacks, reads, and ignores the male lead. Or something to that effect. And if you want to ignore your love interest, you just need to head down to Seoul. There, you can snack on ramen and read manga all you want! Although, if you want to read anything, you need to work on your Hangul because every book is written in the language (not a huge deal, right?).
4. Mango Six from The Heirs
As every fan of The Heirs will tell you, all of the arguments that went down in this café are pretty unforgettable. Now, both on TV and in real life, the café will leave you wanting more. As the name suggests, Mano Six’s main specialty is everything-mango. But the café also offers a wide range of sweats and pastries that turn their one-time visitors into regular customers all the time. In addition to Korea, the café also has a location in the United States, so you don’t have to travel abroad to visit it.
And there you have it, those are some of our favorite cafes and restaurants from K-dramas. We could list a ton more, however, that would’ve taken us all day and we don’t have that much time. What are some of your favorites? Make sure to tell us in the comment section down below.
