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Haap: Traditional Korean Dessert Cafe in Cheongdam

Haap: Traditional Korean Dessert Cafe in Cheongdam

Haap is not your average ddeok jip (rice cake shop). Chef/owner Shin Yong-il studied French dessert making in France, at École Lenôtre, and has worked at Gosire, a famous Korean restaurant in Japan, and Poom Seoul, a Korean fine-dining restaurant. He also served as  a 

Back to the Beginning

Back to the Beginning

This is not going to be a recipe post. I would love for it to be, because if it were, it would mean that the seolgi ddeok (steamed rice cake) in that photo up there didn’t just look alright, but also tasted alright. It didn’t.