O'pato — Restaurant in Seoul

"Early Bird Meal"

Portguese for "duck", O'Pato is one of the newest options in the popular Haebang-cheon (Freedom Village) district opening at 8am for breakfast.

The interior is carefully curated with European antique furtniture, art-deco tiling and a 1970s Heathkit vintage stereo playing music from the likes of Dave Brubeck and Duke Ellington. The highlight here is their main brunch menu, O'Pato toast (photo) made with white bread, earl grey jam, scrambled eggs, green salad and grilled bacon. Wait till 10am and you can try some of their traditional European breads including sea salt bread, leavend baguettes, sourdoughs and Canneles.

Other options for coffee and food at 8am include The Bakers Table and Le Chien Blanc, both located within walking distance of Noksapyeong...

Amazing European home style food. Perfect classic French omlette with creamy inside, home made breads, great for an early breakfast or lunch. There are limited parking spots across the street so go early. Classic country style interior with relaxing jazz music. Seems popular with locals and travelers. Recommend the Pastrami sandwich on sourdough. We were 5 people and a person asked for extra pickles, and the waitress said we needed to pay 2k more. I said, we should have split the table in two and get 2 pickles, she later realized how un-customer centric her comment was and just brought the pickles. Server needs to learn to read the room and strive to keep the...

Some of the best salted bread (소금빵) in Seoul, by far. Also bonus points for early opening hours.

However, the amount of meat on the pastrami sandwich was extremely sad. For a moment, I thought it was a joke. If the price of pastrami is an issue, it shouldn't be offered at all if that's what the end result looks like. Everything else was delicious.

Service was lacking. No wet tissues, even though we were eating greasy sandwiches. Toilet paper in the bathroom was kept directly on the floor. That said, I'd still go back because the bread and scrambled eggs...