For those of you familiar with our YouTube travel channel, you'll remember our many visits
to cat cafes while we were teaching English in South Korea.
As cat lovers, we simply adored visiting cat cafes with an opportunity to play, pet and
interact with them.
When we found out Bangkok had a cat cafe we simply had to go.
For those unaware, a cat cafe is a type of themed cafe where cats are the main attraction.
When visiting you pay a cover fee (usually in the form of a dessert or a beverage) for
the opportunity to watch and pet the cats.
Cat cafes are most famous in Japan; however, many may be surprised to know that the first
cat cafe was opened in Taipei, Taiwan back in 1998.
One of the reasons cat cafes have become so popular in recent years has to do with laws
forbidding pets in certain apartment buildings and the fact that a demanding urban lifestyle
doesn't cater towards owning a pet.
We noticed immediately that there are a number of rules in place to help protect the welfare
of the kitties.
Before entering a cat cafe you must wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water, and
put on slippers to ensure the environment is as clean as possible.
You can pet the cats but holding them or disturbing them while they are sleeping is not acceptable.
Generally speaking taking photos is fine; however, using your flash is forbidden.
The cat cafe we visited in Bangkok, Purr Cat Cafe is located on Soi Sukhumvit 53 just off
of Sukhumvit Road.
It's the purrrrfect escape from the hustle and bustle of the city offering a place to
relax with cats.
The drinks and desserts available for purchase are more expensive than those at a regular
cafe.
For cat lovers, this is a small price to pay when you consider the comfort and joy that
spending time with cats offers.
We can't help but notice all of the ear to ear grins of satisfied customers.
We've certainly always felt happy after spending time in a cat cafe.
If you haven't had a chance to visit one we highly recommend it.
We know for certain this won't be our last time visiting one as we continue gallivanting
around the world.
Today we're going to visit one of our favorite places, the cat cafe.
MEOW!
This one is in Hongdae.
Yes it is.
It's a great place too.
Cats making noises.
Well someone is sure popular.
I am.
What are you feeding them?
I'm giving them some chicken breast.
Owe!
Feed me now!
It's got sharp teeth.
Owe They're like hurry up, I'll take it from you.
So today we're at one of our favorite places in Seoul, it's called the Cat Cafe.
It's located in Hongdae which is a popular university area.
And what the deal is about this place is you come here, you pay for your drinks and then
you get the opportunity to roam around and pet with a whole bunch of different cats.
As you can see there is one sleeping right against my jacket.
Oh, that's cute.
Cute kitty!
And this little one was sleeping a second ago.
Prrrr!
And here is a cute little kitty in a box.
It's wearing a little taekwondo outfit.
Music playing He who has the chicken bits is the popular
one.
This is Sam in his element playing with all of the cats.
So popular!
Hello beautiful.
One of the reasons I really like this place is because of the cat to person ratio.
There is a lot of cats and just a few people.
I like this place because it is really easy to find cats affection.
Even if you just go to the counter and get some chicken or beef jerky.
And in an instant voila best friend.
You're surrounded by like 10 cats, so it's great.
And here is a wall of the different kitties you can meet.
They all have names and background information.
Your face is hilarious!
I'm feeding a lion here!
And there is some kitties hanging out up top here.
Hello!
We're going to go try to feed the kitty that is up top.
Let's see if it wakes him up.
There we go.
Hungry fella!
Kicking and rolling sound of the ball.
This one is pre-occupied with my bag.
What are you looking for?
This one looks like my cat Tommy back home.
Let's get a close up.
Tommy?
Hey Tommy!
This one has been here the whole time and now it is curled up and sleeping.
Today we're back at the cat cafe and as you can see.
Oh no!
Hahahahaha!
There is a fight.
Oh my gosh!
And what are we doing at the cat cafe?
Feeding them when they are not fighting.
Hahahaha!
That's awesome.
Meow.
Behave!
Behave little kitties.
That's so mean.
The other one was nice.
I'm going to go feed him.
We were just given some cat food on our hands and now my job is to get this off.
How does my hair look?
Marvelous!
Cat cafes seem like a novelty to most but certainly not for us.
Visiting Purrfect Cat Cafe in Georgetown - Penang, Malaysia - marked our third cat cafe outing
in Asia.
Previously we had visited one in Seoul, South Korea and another one in Bangkok, Thailand.
The format for this recently opened cat cafe is similar to the two others we visited.
For the opportunity to spend time with cats you have to purchase 18 Ringgit (the equivalent
of six dollars) worth of snacks, desserts and/or drinks.
You can freely pet and play with the cats but picking them up or entering their sleep
zone is not permitted.
This particular cat cafe had its strong and weak points.
A smaller and more intimate space was certainly a bonus; however, there were less cats to
play with and many of them were sleeping in the no people zone.
Overall, we'd recommend the Purrfect Cat Cafe as a fun afternoon outing to escape the stifling
heat and humidity of typical day in George Town.
Shhhhhhhh Today we are at a cat cafe in Seoul.
We've come here to play with all of the kittens.
Ooooh!
Hahahahaha It's the alien cat baby!
Meow Meow!
Jumping sounds.
It's having a bit of chicken.
Where did you get the chicken from?
One of the girls gave it to me.
It was nice of her.
You hungry?
Meow meow!
There are some cute ones over here.
Well, now he is cleaning himself.
That's not so cute.
Background noise.
Today we're at a special cafe called the Cat Cafe in Hongdae, Seoul.
It's called Koyangi cafe.
Koyangi is cat in Korean.
And we're having a great time just hanging out playing with cats.
When you come into the cat cafe it only costs 8000 Won and what you do is pay that fee get
a drink.
Choose almost any kind of different drink you want.
So this is one of our drinks here and you get to hang out and play with the cats as
long as you want.
Wait cats, wait.
What do you got?
No.
Look who is popular.
What do you got on your hand?
Let's see.
Show us.
Just a little bit of cat food.
Mmmmm...delicious.
Look at everyone around.
Meow meow.
There is an alien on my table.
Haaahhahaha.
Alien puddy.
Oooh!
What is it doing?
It's taking a little nap in the box.
Hahahaha It's a hungry one.
Meow Meow.
Hahahaha It's like whatever.
You have no food for me.
We've visited cat cafes in three different countries - one in Korea, one in Thailand
and one in Malaysia.
This is going to be our first in Germany.
This one is called Pee Pees Katzencafé.
As soon as we walked into Pee Pee's Katzencafe, two very energetic young cats greeted us.
As friendly as could be they came over to sniff our bags, clothes and shoes before turning
their attention to what was going on outside of the window.
Although it was just the two of them, they certainly gave us enough attention while providing
plenty of entertainment as we sipped on tea and ate cake.
It wasn't soon before they started to play with one another tearing around the room and
leaping from pole to pole.
Soon play turned to fighting.
They really went at it for a while - blue versus red.
For anyone who has had a young cat as a pet this is certainly normal behavior and it made
us laugh.
Not long after they started to settle down a bit for an afternoon nap.
This cafe was quite different from the ones we have visited in Asia.
For starters it was quite small and they only had two cats to play with us.
Also they didn't have a lot of toys which makes it a little difficult to be interactive
with the cats because it is difficult to lure them your way.
Overall it was a nice little place to drink some tea and have cake with some cats for
company.
The total cost of the cat cafe was 8 Euros that allowed us to get two teas and a slice
of cake, which was quite affordable we thought.