Paju Unjeong bakery 3+1 salt bread deal, stock check: Boulangerie Tan

What kind of bakery is Boulangerie Tan?

Boulangerie Tan Unjeong Main Branch (블랑제리 탄 운정본점) is a bakery in Unjeong, Paju that's really famous for its salt bread. It's so hot on Instagram, blogs, YouTube and so on that people also come for brunch, and I visited on a weekday afternoon. It has all kinds of brunch items, breads and desserts, and sells coffee too. This is Boulangerie Tan, the Unjeong, Paju brunch café!! Let me walk you through it!!

Boulangerie Tan

The Unjeong Main Branch is the original, and I heard a new branch recently opened at the Hyundai Department Store Kintex in Ilsan! A branch right inside a department store, so you can feel how popular it is, right?? I come here to buy bread every now and then, and since it's always crowded, the bread is always fresh and tasty. The best part: there's never any leftover bread from the day before, no matter when I come!

Is there a wait at Boulangerie Tan?

At Boulangerie Tan Unjeong Main Branch, a line forms on weekends and in the morning when the bread has just come out. It's so famous that people actually wait in line to buy bread!? Honestly, I can't resist that bread smell when I walk past, haha

The shop is takeout only, with everything from brunch items to the famous salt bread, plain breads like milk loaf and ciabatta, and sweet desserts. I can see why people visiting Unjeong, Paju come here as a date course, haha

Is any salt bread left on a weekday afternoon?

If you go to Boulangerie Tan on a weekday afternoon, the salt bread is almost all sold out! From what was left, I bought 3 gourmet butter salt breads, a rice cake salt bread, a fresh cream salt bread, a milk loaf and a few other things. There wasn't much left so I grabbed them quickly, but the salt bread here is so good that it's worth stocking up and keeping some at home.

But the salt bread really goes fast. There was a 3+1 event on all salt breads this time, so it seems to sell out even sooner.

Are the sandwiches and ciabatta good too, not just the salt bread?

Most people at Boulangerie Tan Unjeong seem to come for the salt bread, but the sandwiches are actually really good too! Last time I had the carrot rapée one and it was seriously delicious!! The ciabatta is great too! I think the dough fermentation itself is just good ♪

The bread smells wonderful, the open kitchen lets you see how clean the inside is, and they sell coffee too, so I think that's why it's so loved as a brunch café.

The sandwich lineup at this European-style bakery

The sandwiches at Boulangerie Tan include a carrot rapée sandwich, jambon-beurre (ham and butter baguette sandwich), jambon-beurre fromage, and a sun-dried tomato sandwich. I wondered, "European-style, how European can it really be?" but with the sandwiches I was like, wow, this quality is on another level.

• Carrot rapée sandwich: very popular because it's the signature
• Jambon-beurre
• Jambon-beurre fromage: packed with Emmental cheese
• Sun-dried tomato sandwich: you can taste the rich, savory depth of tomato

The quality is really high, so I think anyone who likes sandwiches will love them ♥ Restaurant-level sandwiches, honestly? Seriously so, so good, haha

What salt bread flavors does Boulangerie Tan have?

Boulangerie Tan Unjeong Main Branch has five kinds of salt bread. There's a really wide variety:

• Gourmet butter salt bread
• Pollock roe potato salt bread
• Rice cake (chapssal-tteok) salt bread
• Honey garlic salt bread
• Milk cream salt bread

How to check salt bread stock before it sells out

You can check Boulangerie Tan's salt bread stock on a delivery app before you visit. It mostly sells out by the morning, so look up the salt bread you want on a delivery app and then head over quickly, haha

I use the app for quick checks, and there are plenty like Baemin, Yogiyo and Coupang Eats, so check with whichever delivery app you use before you go!

If you could only pick one thing at Boulangerie Tan?

Personally, my top picks are the carrot rapée chicken sandwich and the pollock roe potato salt bread. Boulangerie Tan Unjeong is a trusted spot, and I recommend it as a bakery in Unjeong, Paju!