Seoul Food. – Pancake Original Story

Korea celebrated a national holiday this week. It is a day that celebrates god opening the heavens and creating Korea.

Lee and I were lucky enough to be given an additional day off in-between the holiday and the weekend so we used it the best way we could think of. By eating good food in Seoul.

Lee and I have only been to Seoul once properly (airport visits don’t count) so we were excited at the prospect of investigating the areas we had read lots about. The last time we visited we concentrated on the touristy aspects of Seoul so this weekend was allocated for relaxing.

Daegu is a lovely city and compared to other places in Korea it does have a lot of amenities but Seoul has a special host of restaurants and ingredients you can’t get anywhere else.

Our first stop was brunch. Brunch is one of the best meals of the day so if you are going to do it, you should do it right. We went to Pancake Original Story in Yongsan-gu which has been voted by many as the best place to eat in Seoul. Oh boy it did not disappoint.

My first impression was how small the place was. For some reason when I hear that a place is the best I imagine it being big enough to accommodate a lot of people but this place was very bohemian and small. We put our names down for a table but we only had to wait about 5 minutes before we were seated and placing our order.

We both went for the French toast breakfast and it was in front of us before we knew what had happened.

The eggs were perfect, the toast fluffy and the sausages divine. It was exactly what I fancied and the right amount of food. Normally I find that a place with a good reputation will sometimes give you bite sized portions because they know they can get away with it but pancake story is honest, good food.

The price was 15,000 won which is a little pricey but we didn’t need to eat until later that night so it was definitely worth it.

I am just sad I couldn’t sample more of the menu. If you aren’t familiar with Seoul you may struggle to find this place but we followed Happydalkis's fantastic guide to getting there and it was as easy as can be.

Pancake Original story scores an easy 10/10