- Features: A unique concept bathhouse cafe
- Business: 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Price: Americano 6,000 won, Castella 8,000 won
- Address: 200-22, Yongsu-gil, Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
- Phone: 031-763-6612
- Parking: Wide parking lot
I went to Gonjiam in Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do a few months ago. Cardion, a large bakery cafe. I’d like to tell you a story. Actually, this is not a place I knew, but I decided to have a cup of coffee and come back to Seoul, so my wife looked for it and found it. Although it is next to Jungbu Expressway, accessibility is not good by public transportation, so it is not easy to get there without a vehicle. but There’s a car, and if you like a cafe with a unique concept, I recommend it.I give you.
If you’re from Seoul, it takes about an hour.(40KM based on Jamsil Station). There’s Gonjiam Resort nearby. Hwadam Forest, Everland, etc. that are good to go in the fall.There is also, so it would be good to refer to it.
A zoomed-in world
This place is It’s a place that advocates a bakery cafe, and the concept is unique, so I want to introduce it.This is the site of a jjimjilbang in the past, and it has been reborn as a spacious and fun space through remodeling while utilizing the concept. It opened last year at the site of the former Hankwang Charcoal Gama. In fact, the Hangwang Charcoal Gama sign is still on the outskirts.
Looking at the exterior, it’s hard to predict at all that this was a jjimjilbang. At first glance, it feels like a well-made greenhouse with a clean cupcake. It’s beautiful to be lit at night.
First floor, baths concept
If you enter the first floor through the main gate, you will see the concept right here. At first, I was like, “Cave?” Then I noticed the Italian towels and bath supplies. It’s the sauna concept. At the entrance, you have a scale that you can meet at the entrance of the bathhouse.
If you enter the first floor through the main gate, you will see the concept right here. At first, I was like, “Cave?” Then I noticed the Italian towels and bath supplies. It’s the sauna concept. At the entrance, you have a scale that you can meet at the entrance of the bathhouse.
There is a sauna waterfall on the front, and the tables and seats are also fun. Usually, when renovating a sauna or bathhouse, only the basic frame is used here. It’s fun to match the characteristics of the space, not only the men’s and women’s baths but also the scrubbing place.I’ll give it to you.
why hot bath concept?
On this side, the hot bath in the past is reproduced. The entrance has been made so that you can enter on one side, and the bath chair and basin are perfectly made. Details can be found on places such as the wall. It doesn’t seem like you left the tiles in the past, but you purposely finish it with a bathroom concept tile and add interesting props such as towels, soap, and hot water signs.I think he did. Thanks to this, customers can use props to take pictures with various concepts and enjoy the space.
Inside, there is also a space where you used to push the dirt. You also have a shower and a mirror in place. There’s also a small bath basket. It’s such a precise arrangement that makes you check whether water comes out naturally.
Wet and dry saunas, which were filled with water vapor, are also in place while maintaining their shape.I’m doing it. It’s good for taking pictures, and if you’re a couple, you can spend some time together inside. I can’t sweat, but I even have an hourglass.
As if to prove that it was a large steam room, there is also a waterfall-like space. It’s actually a space where water comes out, but in fact, if you only thought about cafe efficiency, you can’t make a space like this. However, there are artificial cave-shaped walls and waterfalls created by someone who is serious about the concept. Thanks to you, I can hear the sound of water and feel refreshed. You have also made seats next to the water.
In addition, there are many other spaces such as amethyst sauna space and ice room that may have preserved the original form or may be a concept. I couldn’t stop filming while going around and looking at them one by one.
Small things
We also have coin payphones that we’ve seen before. The peak of the fire dragon is an Italian towel placed at the entrance of the bathroom. It is marked with green for men and pink for women.
This place is A space with a scrubbing concept.However, walls, floors, and fare tables give the impression of a bathhouse, while lighting and light have recently added an interior feeling.
Second floor
Let’s go up to the second floor. The second floor was connected to an exposed staircase, but it also felt a little dangerous for children to walk around. If the first floor is a bathhouse, the second floor is a jjimjilbang concept.It’s based on the wide floor, so you can sit and stand. The concept here is not very diverse, and it definitely emphasizes rest and relaxation.
Unlike the first floor, It feels very comfortable because the seats are spaced out in a large space.It was. The roof and the floor height were high, so that kind of feeling was added. In particular, the roof-shaped barrel was really cool, but the view of the mountain from the outside seemed to add freshness. If it was a jjimjilbang, there would have been no outside view, but I think it would be great to have a mountain view jjimjilbang with such a cool feeling.
It’s not just one side, it’s almost three sides, which maximizes openness. (But it won’t be easy for the employees who work here to clean all of these windows.
The table is also not uniform, so it’s good. Some places have fluffy sofas, some have modern tables, and some have good seats for couples to sit on. We also have a variety of chairs, from armchairs to rocking chairs to rattan chairs. There is even a beamback cushion for lying down.
What is a leader?
I’m so into space. Bakery CafeI didn’t properly explain that. President Lee Moo-yeon here has been running a bakery called Lyon France in Gonjiam for a long time. That’s why you’re serious about bread, too. If you enter on the first floor, there is a bread stand right away, and we are selling a wider variety of bread than you think.
According to the entrance, you won the gold prize in the 2022 Korean Rice Bread Functional Competition hosted by the Rural Development Administration. These days, I think people are looking for bakeries, even though they basically guarantee the taste.
The signature bread is also noticeable. This wooden bread with the bathhouse mark is cute. I think it’s been a while since I saw Nagasaki Castella bread.
Since it’s a large cafe, I’m asking you to order one drink per person. The price of drinks is around 6,000 won for Americano, 6,000 won to 8,000 won for teas, and 7,000 won to 8,000 won for ade. We also sell Pororo Juice (4,000 won) for those who come with their children.
You’re also selling smoked eggs (three 2000 won) and water bottle sikhye with an interesting concept! We ordered iced Americano and rice pizza bread, yellow cheese rice bread, cardion castella (Nagasaki castella), and sikhye set and went up to the second floor.
Taste bread
The bread sizes are pretty big, right? Sikhye and baked eggs were also sold and ate because it was fun, but it was pretty good.
It said that bread also uses natural fermented species as our rice, but even in the afternoon, it was soft and moist, so I don’t think it was bad.
He is a son who enjoys pizza bread. What’s a little disappointing is the price of bread. I’m using good ingredients and it’s big, but it’s a little expensive. For rice pizza, pizza bread costs 8,000 won, and Nagasaki Castella costs 8,000 won. The sikhye set is 10,000 won. On the one hand, I think it’s a space price, but it’s true that the price of bread in Korea is too high.
Now that I’m out, the darkness is falling. The second floor of the main light is also great to see at night. It said that there is a large lawn outside, and there is also a water gun play every Friday from noon to 4 p.m. The time zone is a bit ambiguous. Maybe it will be replaced by another game in the fall.
This is close to Hwadam Forest. If you’re going to see autumn leaves in Hwadam Forest in autumn, include it when you plan.I think it’d be good to listen to it. Come to think of it, I should post Hwadam Forest too!
