teddy's twosome+ cafe in hongdae, seoul

11.48am


this is the continuation of my adventures to hongdae area. in my blog before this, i was telling you guys about haha's restaurant over in hongdae. so after that, i trekked all the way to teddy's twosome cafe. you cant really miss it unless you are that bad with directions. hehehe well here, let me show you.

now if you head towards the hongik university( you definately cant miss it!), which is the huge glass building and was pretty amazing if you asked me (as shown above), just in front of the entrance of this building, look for the 7/11 shop, which is at the street corner. sorry you cant see it from this angle.( i was coming from the opposite direction). when you have found the 7/11, a couple of shops down is teddy's twosome cafe. its facade is black in color with bright red wordings that read - twosome+ coffee. 

i took this from across the street. that's how it looks like.

and inside, you will see a staircase leading to the upper floors of the cafe and on the first level, there's this signage (as above).  pretty cool huh. unfortunately though patrons arent allowed on the 4th floor. i saw a staircase leading down to the basement and there was a sign that read "private area" as well. hmmmm...

a popular korean designer mina kwon, friends of teddy's and big bang, promoting (or selling) some of her art illustration pieces. im not sure though if its really sold or not coz i never bothered to ask. could be expensive. there were some  of her pieces up on the wall, on the upper floor but there were people sitting around so i couldnt take any photos.

an area of the cafe that is selling teddy's merchandise. its just near to the entrance of the cafe, which is on your left hand side from the moment you enter. some of the stuff sold are not cheap. but it all depends on your budget. sadly though, there wasnt any big bang items sold there. which you know, i think they should since they help teddy to promote this place.

thats the counter and cashier area. and as you can also see more merchandise being sold here.

i decided to grab my brunch there. nothing like a freshly baked scone( that comes with jam and some cream cheese) and a cup of hot chocolate with a dollop of whipped cream. yummy not to mention delish! go try it. there's other yummy stuff sold there too but i wasnt superbly hungry so i opted for this instead.

the scenery from where i was sitting in the cafe on the 2nd floor. you can see starbucks just across the street. what a lovely day that was. bright and sunny yet oh so cold!! brrrrrr

ok for those of you who dont know who teddy is let me just give you a brief run down from what i know. (much thanks to the internet). so i'll just save you the work of googling. well basically, teddy park was in a group called 1TYM back in the day (circa late 1990) and currently he's one of the main producers of YG entertainment. (home to big bang, 2ne1, psy etc). you see, twosome+ cafe is a franchise and its not owned by teddy. you could say that he just collaborated with them on just this one cafe in hongdae. apparently, he did the deco of the place. and that is that.

it was really fun going around on my own, getting a bit lost finding my way but its an experience in itself. i mean it would have been even better if my husband was with me but i cant always rely on people tagging along with me all the time. if i waited, i wouldnt have done so much. and frankly, sometimes the things you want to do, others may not like or enjoy it and so the saying goes - one man's meat is another man's poison. 

so my dear readers, the next time you want to do something, just go do it. dont wait for others to join you. if they do, then its a bonus but otherwise, go and explore on your own in a foreign country, get lost its ok. you'll learn from experience. but more importantly, google and check first before venturing out. some places could be dangerous. 

ttfn


12.40pm