Sun-woo (Kim Hee-ae) goes to this tea house to pick up the customized birthday cake for her husband Tae-oh (Park Hae-joon) in episode 1 of The World of The Married/A World of Married Couple (부부의 세계) (JTBC, 2020).

— The Housemaid (하녀) (2010)

Suyeon Sanbang Tea House [수연산방], sometimes also simply Suyeonsanbang, is a traditional teahouse run by the granddaughter of South Korean author Yi Tae-jun (이태준), who lived in this house. Yi, who wrote under the nom de plume Sang-heo (상허/尙虛), is considered to be South Korea’s answer to French author Guy de Maupassant.

The tea house is located in Seoul’s neighborhood Seongbuk [Seongbuk-dong/성북동], in the Seongbuk District [Seongbuk-gu/성북구], just vis-à-vis Cafe 256 [카페256] and in short walking distance to Ducksoo Presbyterian Church [덕수교회].

Address
8 Seongbuk-ro 26-gil, Seongbuk-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea
서울 성북구 성북로26길 8
(성북동 248)
Geolocation: 37.595028, 126.994849

Getting here
Hansung University Station [한성대입구역], Seoul Subway Line 4, Exit 5
(20 min walk)

— submitted by Chelle