Heading away from the centre of Seoul to Sungshin Women’s University, you can find PRD. But PDR isn’t typical of a café found in a women’s university area.
Taking a minimalist approach, the café’s interior had very angular style design, with heavy use of cut out style furniture and aesthetics. With an overall monochrome colour scheme, it took other design cues from blueprints featured in its artwork. But the focal piece of the café was a large movable door, set at an angle, of which its name, pull revolving door, comes from.
Though the café was relatively small, each set of seats had its own area, so you didn’t feel like you were invading other people’s space. This and it’s design aspects meant that every corner of the café was made to be Instagrammable. This is definitely a café that looks as good in real life as it does on Instagram.
The soundtrack of the café was also notable, being some smooth western indie rock. This isn’t a common soundtrack of choice in Seoul, but was very welcome and added to an already refreshing, yet calming atmosphere. (It also made sense given a small shelf dedicated Radiohead paraphernalia.)
Moving onto the menu, I ordered the PRD tea, my friend ordered an einspanner and we both got a PRD sandwich. The PDR tea was a citrus tea in which sweetness and bitterness were perfectly balanced. My friend said her einspanner, a coffee with cream on top, was absolutely delicious. But surprisingly, the biggest pulling point of the café for me, was the sandwich.
Since the other sandwich was sold out, both my friend and I had the bacon and sundried tomato sandwich. The filling of bacon and tomatoes were tied together with cheese and a delicious tangy chutney on a sourdough baguette. While full of various flavours, they all tied in together perfectly into a delicious harmony. It also didn’t have a creamy sauce, which meant it didn’t leave you feeling heavy.
While the chic interior is great to both enjoy in person and in photos, without a doubt, the best part of the café is the sandwich. So in dead beat terms, this café had a really cool, minimalist cut out interior, good music and delicious sandwiches and is well worth the trek away from Seoul’s centre.
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