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Taste Jeonbuk<br />
82, Jeonjugaeksa 2-gil, Wansan-gu, Jeonju<br />
전주시 완산구 전주객사2길<br />
11:00-22:00<br />
010-2449-4002<br />
Instagram: @5rupee<br />
전주 객리단길에 위치한 인도음료 수제요거트 라씨와 밀크티 짜이 그리고 맛있는<br />
커피와 디저트가 있는 색깔이 다양한 주인장의 개성이 살아있는 인도풍카페<br />
매주 월요일은 쉽니다<br />
Of Coffee, Tea, and Culture<br />
This cafe is one man's mission to educate<br />
and serve some of India's best brews.<br />
Words byDianne Pineda-Kim<br />
Photos bySeong Jin Kim and Park Moon-Soo<br />
Kyungridan-gil is a<br />
relatively new street that is<br />
burgeoning with restaurants<br />
and stylish cafés that adhere to the<br />
so-called “hipster aesthetic,” a trend in<br />
interior design that is marked by the<br />
usual settings: reclaimed wood, exposed<br />
pipes on the ceilings, Edison bulbs,<br />
pendant lighting, and the ubiquitous<br />
mason jars. These dining spots have<br />
filled the carefully curated Instagram<br />
feeds of the stylish youth of Jeonju, but<br />
one café seems to defy this bandwagon.<br />
Standing out in the midst of bland<br />
colors and ready-made generic spaces<br />
is 5Rupee, an Indian-themed café that is<br />
named after the price of the Chai tea that<br />
the owner bought for the very first time.<br />
Its bright yellow exterior, turquoise<br />
paneled glass windows, and Indian<br />
caricatures make the café easy to find,<br />
while entering it is an entirely different<br />
experience. Kitschy mismatched chairs,<br />
bright colored handmade fabrics, and<br />
mysterious Indian paintings hung on the<br />
walls greet and fill every customer with<br />
curiosity.<br />
A piece of India in Jeonju<br />
Sitting surreptitiously behind the<br />
counter is owner and lone café operator<br />
Park Moon-soo, who says his travel to<br />
India is one that he will never forget,<br />
which is why he wanted to bring a piece<br />
of it back home. “There are moments<br />
when I would like to have Indian drinks,<br />
but there was no place to quench that<br />
thirst,” he says, “And I wanted to share<br />
information about India to people who<br />
haven’t been there; and at the same time<br />
make those who traveled there relive their<br />
memories.”<br />
46 Jeonbuk Life! <strong>Magazine</strong> / <strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2018</strong> • Issue 10
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