Cafe Gong Myoung — Restaurant in Seoul

Designed to express, in the architects’ words, the “aesthetics of slowness”, Cheong Su Dang Garden is an example of architecture firm Glow Seoul’s ability in transforming otherwise mundane and familiar spaces into extraordinary pieces of art. Complete with tiered waterfalls, Kyto style rock gardens and mini Zen landscapes the three storey Gangnam villa exhibits some of the finest “planterior” art installations in the city.

Glow Studio, initially a brand developer established in 2015, now has four cafes and restaurants in Seoul and was almost single handedly responsible for the revival of Ikseon-dong with its popular concept cafes “Sala Daeng” (Thai Fusion) and “Hot Spring House” (온천집).

Aside from the aesthetics they have an award winning pastry chef, Yun Hyo-sun (윤효선) whose latest creation, a series of Souffles and Fromage Cakes (Sesame, Matcha and Strawberry) are understandably a hit on Instagram due to their uncanny resemblance to miniature Bonsai gardens.

Art Installations: In the Wilderness by Seo Hye-jin (서혜진) Green Green by Yoon Ki-ho (윤기호) In The Water by Ryu Jeong-su (류정수) Among Trees by Jung...

Absolutely beautiful and an immersive experience of a cafe. They renovated an old very korean style residence building into one of the hippest and the most creative cafes around town. Seatings range from traditional japanese tatami floor seatings, floor length window seats, to cozy, intimate, almost sexy dark rooms with zen garden smoking with incense centerpieces. Their souffle is top notch. A bit pricey but it is freshly baked on the spot with all the moisture and texture in the world. The cafe also has a small rooftop with white gravels covering the entire ground which gives off this almost vacationy vibes. Overall, definitely worth a visit but recommend to go on weekdays. Very crowded and very difficult to find seating on...

Mugwort souffle castella - 4 stars Huge - you need at least 2 people to share. Texture of bread and butter pudding actually, not souffle, so it's pretty filling. A tad sweet.

Takes about 30 minutes for them to make it from scratch - they passed us a buzzer and we walked around the area in the meantime. Lots of seating and interesting decor. Don't sit near the water - it smells like...