New Korean Cafe: SHP Bibimbab Café & Restaurant

Korean craze has been really quite evident here in the Philippines. From their tv dramas, to their K-pop music, even their Korean fashion, and foods; there is no doubt that we are embracing their culture. I, myself is a self-proclaimed Korean fanatic. There had been a lot of new Korean shops , cafés and restaurants, and even supermarket that had been opening around the city. And I will introduce and show you a new found Korean café in the metro.

I had known of this place through some post of my friends over the net. I became curious about this place because the posts that I had been seeing are pictures of the interior designs of this café. Together with some friends, we decided to give it a visit.

SHP Bibimbab Café & Restaurant is located in P.Ocampo Street, Taft, Manila. You wouldn’t miss this place as it is beside College of Saint Benilde’s Design Building and across of St. Scholastica College. You will see a small signage hanging outside the building. You need to go up the second floor,  and there you will see the big blue door. When it opens, all the staff will greet you in Korean, saying “Anyeohaseyo!” .

The interior of the café is really homey and cozy. It is mostly made of woods, with double deck tables and individual dining tables wherein you really need to sit on the mat, which is so Korean! That kind of interior is what really stands out as a trademark of Korean culture. They also have tables with chairs if you wouldn’t like to sit on the mat. But since we are so into Korean culture, we chose to sit in one of the tables with mats. They also have big and small stuff toys that adds cuteness into their interior design. You can actually get it and take pictures with them. We really enjoyed taking pictures all over this café , mainly because there was only few costumers at that time and we really want to make use of all their stuff inside the café.  One more thing that is so Korean about this café is that the music that they are playing are all K-pop. So for those K-pop lovers out there, you should never miss this place!

The food is not that bad either. We ordered their best seller beef bulgogi, ramen, and chicken bibimbab. The price ranges from 160 pesos onwards for the meal and 100 pesos onwards for their drinks. They have a wide variety of food and drink options, but if you would like to just have water, they also have self-service house water.

 It is indeed a very giyomi café – cute, cozy ambiance with good food and nice staffs, I really recommend that you should try this place!