Summer 2020. It's seven years since Eun Jung Shin, a young pastry chef, left her native South Korea for France. It was then that she met a certain Julien Sebbag, a self-taught chef at the helm of Créatures, Forest and Micho. A friendship and professional collaboration were born. Shin signed the sweet menu of the Tortuga restaurant, as well as those of other establishments where Sebbag officiates. At Créatures, she has carte blanche to create according to the seasonality of the produce and her own inspiration.
But the adventure doesn't stop there. The two friends have embarked on a new epic, Café Shin. This new address not only adds to the large family of Parisian cafés, it is also a real tribute to South Korea, home of coffee shops - its capital is said to have some 20,000 of them, open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. A veritable institution in the 10th arrondissement.
For those with a sweet tooth, cookies, fruit financiers or matcha fondants are the order of the day. At breakfast time, you can opt for the "croffle", a buttered and waffled croissant served with slivered almonds, seasonal fruit and a scoop of ice cream. At lunchtime, the kimbap, available in three versions, is ideal: vegetarian with omelette or mushrooms, spicy with gochujang tuna (Korean sweet pepper) or the traditional chicken with miso doenjang.
In terms of beverages, the great classics like americano, cappuccino, latte or flat white will not be missing. But there's also room for fantasy with specialty coffees like these different lattes: coffee-free goguma with purple sweet potato, dalgona with creamy coffee emulsion or heukimja, a coffee blended with black sesame cream.
In addition to being the new address for aesthetes with a fine palate, Café Shin will also charm lovers of design and architecture. And with good reason: its setting was designed by the Uchronia collective, which needs no introduction. Inspired by hanoks, traditional Korean houses, the architecture and design agency has also chosen to combine modern and unusual materials, such as hammered metal and light-colored wood, with washi paper handmade in Japan. Another architectural element borrowed from the Land of Morning Calm is the jjimjilbang, a traditional South Korean bath. An evocation of this place of ablution can be found at the heart of the establishment, in the form of a small, intimate, tiled niche. In short, Café Shin is the ideal address for those wishing to spend a holiday in South Korea, without affecting their carbon footprint or the price of a plane ticket.
CAFÉ SHIN
47, RUE DES PETITES-ÉCURIES, PARIS 10e
