We have a business model!
Went to Seoul today to take a break from the peace and quiet of Ansan. Anne, whom I met at the game, was kind enough to show me around her adopted city. We were walking around Gangnam, the central business district, when we saw this.
If there’s anything that will stop me in my tracks (we were on our way to Itaewon) it’s a Garfield mascot inviting people to something called Cat Cafe. Could it be. . .a cafe featuring cats? I’d heard about them, but I didn’t know they had them in Seoul.
It’s on the fourth floor of a walk-up with a 7-11 on the ground floor (parallel to the main boulevard with the Uniqlo).
At the entrance you are asked to take off your shoes and put on plastic slippers, then rub your hands with disinfectant. The entrance fee, including one drink (They have a good green tea latte) is 8,000 won. We were presented with the rules of the establishment:
If you like coffee/tea and cats, this is happiness.
The cats ignored us initially, being cats. They did not respond to meow, ming-ming, or sswsswsswss.
Suddenly one of the cats noticed my bag and started trying to get inside it.
I don’t know if they caught the scent of my three cats, or if they could tell there were these excellent madeleines we bought at a metro station, but the cats were all over the bag. When I closed the zipper they tried to claw it open.
It was the best way to end the day’s wandering. Thanks to Anne for being our very patient tour guide.
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June 3rd, 2011 at 00:45
Hangkyut!!! iWant !!!
We don’t have enough cat-centric establishments here in the PI that’s for sure.
The felines are sooo adorable. I wanna run home so I can smother Max and Kelsey hehe :)
June 3rd, 2011 at 02:00
precious!
June 3rd, 2011 at 02:19
did they miss #11 – Do not fart? See drawing right below the one for do not hold the tail of cats. I mean, there are 12 drawings. 10 for the instructions and 1 for the guy saying the instructions. This other one didn’t have an explanation. What else could it be? =)
June 3rd, 2011 at 09:08
hang kukyut!
June 3rd, 2011 at 10:21
Ang cute naman nung Koreano.
June 3rd, 2011 at 11:34
Hindi ko mapigil mapahagikgik! ANG KYOOOT
June 3rd, 2011 at 12:27
Ay gusto ko to. The cats look smug, obviously knowing they are adorable.
June 3rd, 2011 at 12:54
Chus: How did I know you were going to say that? I got you eyeglass frames. Teka, ipapa-model ko sa cute.
June 3rd, 2011 at 13:23
We need this kind of cafe here!
June 3rd, 2011 at 14:07
I agree with Chus! The Korean guy is kinda cute. I like!
June 3rd, 2011 at 22:53
Parang gusto kong gawing biz to :) Kailangan ko nh feasibility study :)
June 3rd, 2011 at 23:01
I’m in. What location? How much start-up capital do we need?
June 3rd, 2011 at 23:29
I’ll do study. I will get back to you : ) Most likely in Makati or Eastwood or the Fort coz it’s spacious :)
June 5th, 2011 at 22:14
Wait. My cat michifu does that, too. She always tries to get inside my bag whenever I open it ;D Not sure baket.
Would you notify us just in case your plans pushes through? I love cats!