If you were envious of being able to enjoy an elegant brunch at a restaurant on TV, what if fast trendsetters never tasted gorgeous food photos on social media? There's no need to worry too much anymore. Hyundai Department Store Pangyo, which can be reached in just over 15 minutes from Seoul's Gangnam via the Shinbundang Line, boasts the largest food center in Korea, from popular domestic and international restaurants such as Sarabeth, Magnolia, Songok, and Korean restaurants to dessert shops including Pierre Hermé and Montsant Claire, and Italy, Italy, the leading Italian food center. Wondering what kind of menu to try at this place that gathers taste trends from around the world? Check out 5 restaurants highly recommended by social media users.
1. Magnolia, New York's hottest cupcake
Magnolia of New York, which sparked a cupcake craze by appearing in the movie Sex and the City, opened its first store at Hyundai Department Store Pangyo. The subtle pastel-toned atmosphere of the store and the colorful cupcakes in the show window combine to create an atmosphere like you're in a fairy tale. The most famous menu is banana pudding made by grinding bananas, and red velvet cupcakes made by putting vanilla frosting on a red velvet cake sheet, but these two menus are so popular that you can only order 1 piece per person. Banana pudding has a soft texture with a soft, pleasant banana scent. Red velvet cupcakes have a deep cocoa flavor that comes out of the moist sheet.
â–²Shikigami YeeUn_2's review: There were so many people, so I waited in line. Be sure to try the banana pudding. â–²Opening hours: 10:30 ~ 20:00 â–²Location: Hyundai Department Store Pangyo B1, Baekhyeon-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do â–²Price range: Banana pudding 4,800 won
2. The rich flavor of 53-year-old traditional soba noodles, matsugok
Songok, recognized as one of Korea's top three soba noodles, first opened in Gwanghwamun in 1961 and moved to Bukchang-dong to settle down. When this song-ok soba was added to Hyundai Department Store Pangyo, it became easier to find and enjoy it. They sell soba, udon, and pork cutlets. Songok's tsuyu is extracted using only anchovies from Yeosu, and it has a pretty rich flavor compared to other places. If you add as many radishes, green onions, and wasabi as you like to this tsuyu and eat it with soba noodles, your heart will feel refreshed. You can enjoy pan-soba, cold soba, and warm soba for 8,000 won each, and a set meal with deep-fried shrimp and deep-fried sushi for 12,000 won.
3. Show me the essence of Eggs Benedict, Sarabeth
Why don't you enjoy an elegant brunch this weekend at Sarabeth's in New York, which Oprah Winfrey praised? Sarabeth, located in the Pangyo branch, is so famous that it's no exaggeration to say that it's the face of this place. Uniquely located in a fashion shop on the 2nd floor. The most famous item on the menu is, after all, eggs benedict. Place a plump soft-boiled egg with ham on top of the English muffin and sprinkle hollandaise sauce to complete. Fans here say that when you cut the center of an egg Benedict with a knife, it's perfect if the yolk pops and flows down. When you take a bite, the ensemble of chewy English muffins, eggs, and sauce is amazing.
â–²Shikigami Rami_Pig's review: At the Brunch Shop in Sex and the City, Egg Benedict is a must-try item. â–²Opening hours: 10:30 ~ 20:00 â–²Location: Hyundai Department Store Pangyo 2F, Baekhyeon-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do â–²Price range: Banana pudding 4,800 won
4. Daegu's famous drug corn bread, Samsong bakery
Samsong Bakery in Dongseong-ro, Daegu, is more famous for its “whole corn bread†called narcotic corn bread. It has been reborn as a representative bakery of Daegu for 3 generations. Because of its popularity, there is a smell of savory bread baking all day long in front of the Samsong bakery in Hyundai Department Store Pangyo. Whole corn bread filled the inside of a thin bread shaped like a round red bean bread with sweet, chewy grains of corn. It is nicknamed “drug bread†because it has a strong addictive texture due to the soft yet popping texture of corn. In addition to whole corn bread, cream cheese chalmochi bread with daifuku in bread, memorable soboro red bean bread, and walnut zenzan bread are famous. Whole corn bread, soboro red bean bread, and vegetable croquette are 1,600 won each, and cream cheese pancake is 2,300 won.
5. Italy, where you can see the ingredients in your own food
Italy, which began in Turin, Italy, is a “grocerant (grocerant)†store that combines a food store (Grocerant) and a restaurant (Restaurant). It is a model that is already familiar in Paris and London, where food culture has developed, and it has the advantage of being able to enjoy shopping and dining in one place by selling high-quality ingredients directly or using ingredients in restaurant menus. Italy has a variety of ingredients, from over 350 types of pasta to fresh prosciutto and cheese selections. If you visit this place, try pasta made with raw noodles and freshly baked margherita pizza.
â–²Shikigami Beanie's review: I went there when it was open, and it was pretty big and it was fun just looking at the ingredients. â–²Opening hours: 10:30 ~ 20:00 â–²Location: Hyundai Department Store Pangyo B1, Baekhyeon-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do â–²Price range: 10,000 won to 25,000 won for pasta, 9,000 won to 16,000 won for pizza