June 24, 2026

Cool vibe at Cafe Seoul Forest

So, this was a quaint little cafe selling croffle on the balcony (formerly known as I love croffle) of a double storey terrace; a shared space with a boutique and hair salon when I last visited. Fast forward couple years, today each has their own space and (name changed to) Cafe Seoul Forest (CSF) has a complete dine-in menu, complete with signature Korean dishes occupying the whole upstairs floor.

I confess I wasn’t expecting much, but ended up being bowled over by the delicious food. The croffles were quite good too, some even go as far as to say best in town. CSF offers an extensive variety of croffles, including waffles as well.

Instead of half-hearted fusion cafe food, the Kimchi jiggae and Sundubu – RM20 (choice of beef, and others – add RM8, etc) were genuine, hearty soul comforting stews that came with a bowl of rice, cooked by one of the Korean owners, no less. The flavours rocked, and you can just imagine a scene from K-drama where after slurping the first mouthful, you can’t help but say,”mashisseoyo!” (delicious)

The tteokbokki had good texture, firm and chewy, a nice change from the usual doughy commercial ones that taste mostly of flour. Tasted pretty close to the ones I had in S. Korea, and for this price point (RM20 normal/RM23 mala, rose) – option to add cheese, dumpling, fishcake – compared to actual Korean restaurants, this was so worth the calories.

We also had jimdak (RM25) – Korean braised chicken – essentially chicken stew, similar to Chinese style black soy Chicken, except that this has chunjang (black bean paste). A very familiar taste, this was just one step short of Nyonya Ayam pongteh, which also has potatoes without vegetables, and gula Melaka instead of normal sugar/honey. Took a while to arrive but it was freshly made, came in a claypot, worth the wait, so tasty.