This blog is all about the places in Seoul I treasure. Any city takes a long time to discover and it’s my pleasure to just share the things I love. Christian’s talk a lot about joy being complete when it’s shared. In other words a big step in the enjoyment of something is sharing it with others. So the places I feature here aren’t necessarily the absolute best places, but they’re the ones I love, and the ones I find myself going to repeatedly.
I find myself at this cafe several times a week these days. As a photographer I spend most of my time mind-numbingly editing photos or just procrastinating doing so, so I spend a lot of time reading or editing in cafes. The Hill Cafe is just down the road from my house, has decent drinks, and excellent sandwiches. Also the workers and people who frequent here seem like cool people. So while it’s not particularly amazing and not worth driving across town for, if you’re in the neighborhood I highly recommend it as a great place to sit back with a book and sandwich.
The coffee is nothing special frankly. (If you’re looking for great coffee, walk down the street to Standing Coffee.) But the sandwiches are great. They’re served on lightly toasted baguettes and have a nice variety of veggies and other meats. I always get it without mayo and with mustard and hot sauce, which is how I like any sandwich. They’re happy to oblige.
In blog news, I’ve found a new way to compress images so now this blog should load about 1/3 faster. Which, in website terms is absolutely huge. Studies have shown that even minute loading time differences can dramatically increase traffic. So now my readership will go from 2 views a day to 3? Yay.
If anyone’s interested I just finished by book pictured here called Korea: The Impossible Country by Daniel Tudor. It’s an excellent introduction to Korean culture from a foreigner’s perspective. Though I’m half Korean, grew up with many Korean friends, and consider myself fairly Korea-knowledgeable I learned a lot and highly recommend it. Also Daniel is a cool guy I had an opportunity to shoot a few months back.
My dog Toby loves The Hill Cafe. :)
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The Hill Cafe
5-753 Yongsan-dong 2ga, Yongsangu, Seoul, Korea
서울 용산구 용산동2가 5-753
070.8254.0003
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