Cafe 7 gram

Team I just came across this neat little coffee shop chain today.

I was just walking along the road to my selected place today, that being the Amsa-dong prehistoric settlement, when I came across this little franchise.

I was quite tweeked by this discovery so I decided to investigate further.

I was quite impressed so I was.

The store looked good. The place was tidy. The menu is plentiful. And my Jasmine tea for today was stirling indeed !!!

You can see it here team

www.cafe7gram.com

Do it !!!!

Joes Sandwich and Coffee

Well team,

I decided to try something a little different today.   I decided to go into a coffee shop that I had forever being walking past saying that one day I would go in there and grab something.   Well today was that day team and I am very glad I went in.  

I must say first off that, well, on first impressions, Joes Sandwich and Coffee shop located just across the road from Olympic Park is pretty basic when you walk in.    Its not as decorated as some of the other coffee shops around, it doesnt have a ton of merchandise and it doesnt appear to have any special cards, offers or things like that to draw people in.  

What it does have, however, is quality food and beverage. 

Now I must admit that today, I only had a banana juice.  It came with a catch, and this catch was a truely unique thing indeed. 

It had REAL BANANA'S coming from the blender, and not banana flavouring.   A truely unique thing in todays modern processed food society. 

Another strange thing, given todays modern need to premake everything in order to display it, was the delightful fact that ... whoa... I was actually .. you .. you know... actually able to see someone out the back freshly making the food orders to order.    The two girls in the shop were making sandwiches as I walked in. 

It all sounds good to me team.  

I know I will be going back in there again.   You should too.   Its just up the road a little from Olympic Park Gate 2 on the left as you come down from gang-dong station.  

You can check out their stuff here

http://www.joessandwich.com/

I highly recommend it.   

Vanilla Chai Tea Latte

Team I never thought I would top Tom n Toms. .. .. .. ..

But I think I just have .,...

If you are ever in Myongdong ( Seoul Subway Blue line ), you simply have to try the Vanilla Chai Tea Latte from Flash Coffee at Myongdong station ( its near the steps to exit 4 ). It is SUPERB !!!!! The extra vanilla flavour gives a chai tea latte an extra little bit of zing that other chai tea lattes seem to miss. I tried a Vanilla Chai tea latte today team and it seriously hit the spot. Like really seriously.

I think Tom n Toms, Starbucks, and Ediya have a new kid on the block to deal with team ... and a formidable new kid at that.

I loved it and I know you will too. Do yourself a favour and try it. You wont be disappointed.

Language Exchange Club - Myeongdong, Seoul

Team, I just discovered this little club for the first time today and I must say that I met some really fun people from Korea, China, Egypt, Canada, US, Australia and Russia all willing to reach out, learn a new thing or two, and make new friends in Seoul.

Basically, what happens is this. We meet up at 4 pm at the Starbucks located about a 2 minute walk from exit 6 out of Myeongdong on the 4th floor. We then proceed to study an article in English and answer questions about it. At 5 pm we then go off into some little groups and decide what other language we wish to learn, from Korean, Chinese and Japanese. I decided to renew my Japanese knowledge so I had some fun with about 8 others learning some Japanese for an hour or so.

After all the little study times finished we packed up and headed out for some dinner, where I had a really delicious noodle dish called bibim guksu

It was very spicy indeed !!!!

You can have a look at here..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Korean_noodle-Bibim_guksu-02.jpg

You should come and join in the club ! its really neat and a great way to meet people.

You can find the club here http://cafe.naver.com/korean05exchange.cafe

Or you can email them at discgolf@naver.com

Its a really fun thing team, and you can meet some really nice people through it.

The Best Chai Tea Latte in South Korea

Ok team

I have decided that its mission time so I have !!! Yes team, you have heard it from James the writer of this muse, that a mission is being undertaken. This is history team. James hasnt necessarily ever had a mission before in his life !!!! Oh well, there's a first time for everything hehehe.

So .. on to the mission.

Damn it if it aint been mentioned somewhere in the blogosphere already, but I seriously believe that, based on the two samples I have had already, that Korea could have some seriously good Chai Tea Latte being brewed in its coffee shops.

I intend to go out, find, and report back to you on where the best Chai tea Latte in Korea is !!!

I have to hand props out to the Starbucks and Tom n Toms crews in Jamsil and Olympic Park respectively as their produce has serious good props being served up.

Team, I never thought I would say it, but I reckon the crew at Tom n Toms in Olympic Park in Jamsil have brewed up a better product than the Starbucks one ! Believe you me I love Starbucks and will go there regularly, but that Tom n Toms Chai Tea Latte has seriously grown on me. Starbucks is certainly creamier and has all the traits of a quality Starbucks coffee, but darn once you get passed the initial tea strength in Tom n Toms, the quality, ambience and flavor of the Tom n Toms produce really does hit you nicely.

I am really impressed by the Tom N Toms Product team. Its a shame that I dont have any pics of it because I would really love to show you and you can see for yourself. However, you can check out Tom N Toms here ...

www.tomntoms.com/eng

I will have my cam soon and all team so I will start getting some pics up and get this little competition up, up and away !!!!