Highwaist Ikseon
Café $$
Jongno 3-ga・3号線 ・徒歩5分
Vintage European dollhouse hiding inside Ikseon's hanok alleys, with cakes K-pop idols actually order.
The display case is the draw: scones and slice cakes decorated with animal figures and flowers, including the bear-faced Teddy scone. K-pop fans send these as idol birthday cakes. The cafe is tucked into the narrow alleys of Ikseon-dong, a hanok district turned dessert quarter near Jongno 3-ga. Inside it abandons the hanok vocabulary entirely for pastel walls, antique mirrors, and floral arrangements that lean closer to a London picture book than to Seoul. Best paired with a slow walk through Ikseon's alleys, which run roughly between Jongno 3-ga and Changdeokgung.