Hello Kitty Cafe : A Sugary Date!

Happy Hearts Day Readers!!! Well in-spite of our erratic schedule — shipping, inventories and family dates. I make it a point to have this entry posted because I felt that this is the perfect time to publish this for the obvious reason that today is a special day for lovers and families not only in the country but for the most part of the world. This sweet dainty pink cafe will inspire you to have that sugary date that girls always wanted.

We celebrated valentines day in advance as couple : A date in Hongik University Area in Seoul last January 30 at Hello Kitty Cafe. Our initial plan was to visit two (2) coffee shops but ended up with just one since Coffee Prince was under renovation that time and we don’t have a choice but to walk further and get to our second stop — The Hello Kitty Cafe.

Finding the place was a breeze because this is our second time to visit the cute shop as we’ve been here with friends last 2011 though we really didn’t have the chance to try their coffees and pastries that time since we opted for the Coffee Prince way back then. As I promised myself that I’ll be back — here I am after 2 years looking happy and excited as always and we’re back for a long afternoon coffee break. 🙂

Super HK Fan (wearing HK sweaters!!!)

I felt the same feeling I have the first time I saw this cafe in 2011 and that was excitement. I love Hello Kitty so much and been a fan ever-since. My younger sister keeps on reminding me that she was the REAL FAN who loves and adores this charming cat and I’m not! But little did she know that I do like HK too, though I must admit that she’s a little over the top about the cat 🙂

From the outside, you should know that you’re going to embark on an exciting and kawaii world of pink and kitty stuff because the exteriors are all painted in pink and designed in accordance with Hello Kitty Bow. There’s even a signage that really catches my attention. My husband knows how much I love directions signage and this one tops it all with the cutie font and the detailing on it – the couple Kitty and Daniel. 🙂

Upon entrance, you will see the shop’s counter with HK novelties and the open kitchen wherein the staff prepares the order/s.

Along the counter, you can also see the delectable sweets they have.

Eye Candy?

I ordered Vanilla Cake in HK die-cut Face. They’re selling it for 10,000 korean won and is available in 3 flavors – Vanilla, Chocolate and Strawberry. My husband loves tiramisu so I got one for him at 5,000 won. As for our coffee, I chose caramel macchiato (5,000 won) while he had his usual Iced Mocha latte at 4200 won. We paid 24,200 korean won in total and added additional 6000 won for the Pink-chino. Like most korean coffee shops and fast-food chains they will hand you something like the photo below as an indicator – when the thing lights up and vibrates that means that your order’s ready for pick up. Similar with Bonchon (Korean Fast-food Chain) here in the Philippines.

We found out that the first floor are mostly occupied so we ended up in the second floor, to my astonishment I never thought that the place would be as fancy as it is and it looks like a sophisticated pink lounge. The shop interior reminds me of Barbie and Paris Hilton at the same time. Instead of describing them I have photographed every single details that catches my attention. So enjoy the photos below as much as I enjoyed sipping my macchiato.

Hello Kitty Cafe – FIRST FLOOR

SECOND FLOOR

TOILET (YOU CAN ASSUME THAT FOR MAN’S ROOM ITS DANIEL ^.^

I was answering emails that time and wanted to hang out a little longer so I asked Dennis to order Citron tea but my fave tea was out of stocks and instead Dennis ordered Pink-Chino. Its a strawberry-vanilla shake with a yogurt soft serve on top and its super yummy at 6,000 korean won 🙂