(You should drop your name card into this box, too.
Who knows?)
When I was still in Manila enjoying my Christmas vacation, I received a text message in my Korean cellphone. As I disabled my international data roaming services, I could not retrieve the message!
But as soon as I landed in the Korean peninsula, I retrieved it and found that it was in hangeul! And with my basic Korean, I realized that it was from Leonidas Chocolates and immediately sensed something chocolatey!
And just to be sure, I asked my friend Joonho to properly translate it for me. And the message? I won a box of chocolates!
It was from a name card I dropped into their draw box last year when I visited their Itaewon cafe to grab some chocolatey coffee. That first of a few visits actually earned me a box of chocolates. And this time, a lucky draw earned me a box full of chocolates! Again!
(My prize: a box full of chocolates!)
So, thank you, Leonidas Belgian Chocolates for this chocolate treat! I'm actually here in the cafe by the long table, sipping coffee, staying warm and writing this 'thank you' note!
Until the next visit....
I have always claimed that theirs is the best coffee in Seoul!
How else can you describe an iced cafe mocha mixed with Belgian chocolate?
(One free chocolate for every coffee ordered at Leonidas!)
Before I continue on with my From Where I Sip series, I just want to write this shoutout to Leonidas Chocolates and Cafe. Yes, they sell the best chocolates, but they make the best coffee, too! I first discovered their chocolatey cafe mocha at their Myeong-dong cafe years ago, which then closed, and then recently opened again.
And I always thought I always had to run to Myeong-dong to get the best iced cafe mocha in Seoul...until they opened a cafe in Itaewon!
Their coffee shop used to be the one occupied by Jubilee coffee, just above Olive Young. That location is one of the best places to people-watch in Itaewon. You order your coffee, sit by the window, chat with friends, and look down at everyone passing, enjoying and having a good time in Itaewon!
Of course, when I visited their Itaewon coffee shop for the first time this week, I ordered for an iced cafe mocha! And just like before, the rich chocolatey-ness of the coffee flooded my palate with flavorful enjoyment, which momentarily let me forget that I had to work overtime that night. Ha-ha-ha!
(My chocolates are inside this metal heart!)
So, thanks to the Leonidas baristas Randy and Cora, I was able to enjoy the best chocolate coffee in Seoul again. I told them both that I would be back. Hopefully, next week!
