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호감
About
A small neighborhood dessert café in Garak-dong, known for house-baked pastries and its signature salt bread.
In Songpa, 호감 feels less like a destination café than a neighborhood ritual: a small, tidy room with only a handful of tables, the scent of butter and fresh baking greeting you at the door. On visits described by local customers, residents and students filled the seats, while the display offered enough choice to make a quick coffee stop turn into a dessert decision. Start with the butter tteok. Its appeal is all about contrast: a crisp, deeply buttery outside giving way to a chewy center. Some customers enjoy it with a little condensed milk; others say the texture needs no extra persuasion. The egg scone is another natural companion to coffee, especially when warmed. Still, the salt bread may be 호감’s defining bake. Served warm after a light toast, it has a crisp, flaky shell, a soft interior that pulls apart in layers, and a savory edge that balances the rich butter flavor. The menu also reaches beyond the usual café pastry case: pretzels, croissants, cookies, madeleines, lemon cake, butter bars and seasonal cakes all appear among the offerings. For something to take home or give as a gift, the custom cakes are worth noting; one customer ordered a strawberry cake in advance. Coffee and non-coffee drinks give the sweets plenty of company. The reported choices include iced Americano, lattes, milk tea, matcha latte, strawberry latte and house-made fruit drinks, with decaf available. A strawberry latte, when in season, is described as generous with fruit. 호감’s charm is in this modest, well-stocked neighborhood rhythm: a compact place to pause over a warm salt bread, or to pick up a box of baked treats for later. Come for the butter tteok if it has caught your eye, but leave room for the salt bread.
Menu
- Salt bread
- Butter rice cake
- Egg scone
- Lemon cake
- Strawberry latte
- Strawberry cake
- Espresso₩4,000
- Americano₩4,000
- Cafe Latte₩4,500
- 바닐라 마카롱₩2,200
- Cappuccino₩4,500
- Vanilla Latte₩4,800
Local tips
- Try the salt bread, which the café describes as its signature.
- Butter rice cakes and a range of house-baked sweets are also available.
- For a custom cake, call ahead to order; one reviewer arranged pickup by phone.
- The café is near Gaerong Station Exit 3.
- Closed Sundays; hours vary slightly by day.
Details
- Gaerong Station
Opening hours
- Sunday
- —
- Monday
- 09:00–20:00
- Tuesday
- 09:00–20:00
- Wednesday
- 09:00–20:00
- Thursday
- 09:00–20:00
- Friday
- 09:00–20:00
- Saturday
- 09:00–20:00