“Pancakes†are dough made by mixing flour, baking powder, sugar, eggs, and milk evenly in a frying pan. If you eat warm pancakes with butter or syrup, they will fill your mouth with an even sweeter flavor. Shops where you can enjoy a variety of pancakes are attracting attention, such as souffle pancakes that are thick and have an attractive, fluffy texture, Dutch baby, a German pancake baked in the oven, pancakes eaten with rich custard cream, and pancakes with addictive sweet and salty buttercream. Soft and sweet charm! Here are the 5 best pancake restaurants.
1. The appeal of a fluffy souffle cake, 'Midday Sun' in Seongnae-dong
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“Midday Sun†has a cozy atmosphere with red wallpaper, plants, and wooden furniture. The signature menu is the “Strawberry Souffle Pancake,†which has a souffle cake that is puffy like a cloud and has a contrasting color of white cream and red strawberry syrup. The souffle cake filled with custard cream and strawberries has a soft texture that seems to melt in your mouth.
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â–²Location: 55, Yangjae-daero 91na-gil, Gangdong-gu, Seoul
▲Opening hours: 11:00 — 22:00 every day, closed on Mondays and the first Tuesday of the month
â–²Price: Strawberry souffle pancake 16,000 won, Nutella souffle pancake 16,000 won
â–²Testimonial (Dipping Chocolate): The strawberry souffle pancake has plenty of strawberries and custard cream in between, so it's much fresher and sweeter!
2. Oven-baked German style pancake, 'Police Pancake' in Yeonnam-dong
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“Poly Spancake†was the first German pancake in Korea to introduce Dutch Baby. The dough is baked in the oven and has an attractive texture that is crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. The signature menu “Strawberry Dutch Baby†is a pancake with puffy edges filled with strawberries and then sprinkled with powdered sugar and syrup to complete it. You can also enjoy it even more by applying fresh cream that comes separately.
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â–²Location: 30 Donggyo-ro 38-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul
▲Opening hours: 13:00 — 21:00 every day, closed on Wednesday
â–²Price: Strawberry Dutch Baby 13,800 won, Double Chocolate Dutch Baby 14,800 won
â–²Review (Shikigami CHACHA): Dutch Baby bakes at the same time as ordering, so it takes about 20 minutes. Strawberry Dutch Baby with fresh strawberries became the pancake of my life!
3. The fun of tasting four-color custard cream, 'Ichi-seoul' in Sinsa-dong
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“Ichi-Seoul†is famous on social media for its colorful dessert and drink visuals. The signature menu is the “custard pancake,†which comes with a pancake filled with hotteok sow in a crispy pastry and a four-color custard cream. The custard cream made from pomegranate, purple sweet potato, mugwort, and corn has different flavors and aromas, so it's fun to dip it in whatever you like.
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â–²Location: 21, Gangnam-daero 158-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
▲Business hours: 12:00 — 22:00 every day
â–²Price: custard pancake 9,500 won, ice cream latte 7,000 won
â–²Testimonial (Very tasty): The custard pancake was a perfect delicacy because it was a chewy, crispy pancake with sweet hotteok sow in it! As for the cream, corn, which has a strong savory flavor, was the most delicious cream!
4. A 'pancake shop' in Itaewon-dong that stands out for its addictive sweet and salty flavors
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â–²Location: 2, Noksapyeong-daero 40da-gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul
â–²Business hours: Tuesday to Friday 12:00 to 22:00, Saturday 12:00 to 24:00, Sunday 12:00 to 21:00, closed on Monday
â–²Price: Original pancake 9,000 won, Otella pancake 13,000 won
â–²Testimonial (Shikigin Sarang Suromi): The cream on top of the original pancake is chewy like ice cream, so it's even more delicious.
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“Casina Stadium†is a cafe run by “Casina,†famous for its street selection shop. The signature menu is “THE PANCAKES†with butter cream and sugar cane syrup on 3 pancakes. Buttercream gently soaks into the fluffy pancake and has a strong sweet flavor. You can also find Coava Coffee, a popular roastery in Portland, at the store.
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â–²Location: 842 Eonju-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
â–²Opening hours: 09:00 – 22:00 every day
â–²Price: THE STYLE 7,000 won, NUTELAGASM 10,000 won
â–²Review (Shikigami Wonnasu-chan lol): I found the pancake of my life~! Pancakes usually come with maple syrup, but this one has a rich sugarcane syrup, which is a different color, and I feel like I'm properly filling it with sugar!
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