Jeju café for yuzu oranda office gifts: Cheongchuni Oranda

I come to Jeju often, so I’d run out of snacks to bring back for my coworkers. Tangerine chocolate and tangerine chips are way too common now—nothing exciting about them anymore. Then I heard there was a place at Jeju Dongmun Market selling oranda and gwajul, two traditional snacks, and thought, wait, these would make great souvenirs?? So off I went.

The verdict: the snacks were delicious, the owner was incredibly kind, and it was a huge success! Hahaha.

Where is Cheongchuni Oranda at Dongmun Market?

Cheongchuni Oranda Dongmun Market Main Branch is near Gate 9 of Dongmun Market, but honestly, saying that will not help anyone find their way around that complicated market.

On the map, the lower-left corner is the Dongmun Market public parking lot, and No. 1 marks the Jeju Dongmun Traditional Market Night Market. Once the night market ends, there is an intersection between Dongmun Olle Fisheries and the night market. Follow the No. 2 arrow, then head toward the final arrow: Cheongchuni Oranda Dongmun Market Main Branch is at an outdoor stall along that outer road!!!

Then you’ll spot Cheongchuni Oranda just like this. There are rows and rows of oranda spread across the stall, so I think it should be easy to find even from a distance haha.

I sampled gwajul and oranda

There was a tasting station at the entrance! This one was for gwajul. Gwajul is a traditional Jeju confection made by frying a glutinous-rice-flour or wheat-flour dough, coating it in rice syrup, honey, or syrup, then covering it with puffed grains. It was crisp, chewy, and sweet—sort of like a chewier version of yugwa, another traditional Korean snack, haha.

This was the oranda tasting station. Oranda is an old-fashioned snack made by binding puffed rice or grains with ingredients such as rice syrup and sugar syrup! It was my first time trying it, and it was so nutty and crunchy, pleasantly sweet rather than overly sweet, with a lovely aroma in every flavor.

And what I loved most of all: the owner was sooooo kind hahaha. When I tried only one or two kinds at the tasting station, they told me to try everything else too. As more people arrived, they kept busily refilling the gwajul and oranda so there was always enough to sample. There was zero pressure or side-eye for tasting, and they explained the oranda varieties and prices so, so kindly!! After getting worn down by aggressive sales pitches and inflated prices at the market, this place felt so relaxing...ㅠㅠ Of course that should be normal, but apparently I’m now touched even by things like this.

What flavors of gwajul and oranda are there?

The various snack souvenirs were displayed prettily in all sorts of packaging, haha. As I saw at the tasting station, they were broadly divided into gwajul and oranda.

The gwajul came in white rice, brown rice, and buckwheat. I loved the clean, gentle sweetness of all three! They had a more traditional Korean confection flavor that older people might especially enjoy.

There were four kinds of oranda in total: yuzu, nut, gamtae seaweed, and Udo peanut! I especially liked that so many flavors felt distinctly Jeju. After tasting all four, I decided on yuzu because its fresh aroma was the most delicious.

By the way, there were oranda doughnuts beside them too. Honestly, they looked so, so pretty and delicious that I really wanted one.... But I was absolutely stuffed that day and had barely managed the samples, so I couldn’t bring myself to buy one hahaha. Please still be there next time—I will definitely eat one.

Gwajul, oranda, and doughnuts all come in different packages at different prices, so it is worth choosing based on whether you want a snack for yourself or a gift.

I bought a gift set for the office, along with three packs of oranda for my parents! One thing to note: oranda should never be refrigerated. It has a reasonable shelf life, so store it at room temperature, and eat it as soon as possible after opening for the best taste.

A yuzu oranda gift set customized for the office

First, this is the gift-set box. It was just perfect for gifting, so I had no choice but to get it.

Because the inside is neatly individually wrapped like this..!! Normally it contains the four oranda flavors from earlier—yuzu, nut, gamtae, and Udo peanut—but I asked them to fill all four sections with yuzu. You can customize the gift set this way too, so sample them first and ask the owner for what you want!

The small oranda pieces even have their expiration dates printed individually. They are small, but they contain yuzu pieces and everything that was in the large oranda, haha. I took them to the office, and everyone in my department said they were delicious and finished them so quickly that they were gone! Hahaha.

Yuzu and nut oranda eaten at home

These were the regular oranda packs I took home: two yuzu packs and one nut pack, three packs total for ₩10,000! A pretty affordable price, haha.

I already knew from the tasting that I would like them, haha, but the gently fresh yuzu aroma went so well with the lightly sweet oranda that it was my No. 1 pick. I hear that oranda can be hard at some places, but these were soft while still keeping that crisp crunch. So delicious!

This is the nut-flavored oranda. My parents enjoyed it, which made me proud! They said they had not expected much, but as I mentioned above, it was not hard and not too sweet, so they really liked it haha.

It looked as though the yuzu oranda comes from their separate Cheongchun Foods factory, and seeing that the factory is based in Aewol, Jeju felt very reassuring hahaha. You buy Jeju souvenirs all the time only to find they were made in Chungcheong-do... Gyeonggi-do... But this was a real Jeju souvenir, actually made in Jeju!!

Final thoughts on these Jeju souvenir gifts

Cheongchuni Oranda Dongmun Market Main Branch had both such a kind owner and delicious snacks! They were meaningful as real Jeju souvenir snacks made in Jeju, and tasty too, so they were perfect gifts haha. If you are visiting Jeju Dongmun Market and need souvenirs or snack gifts, I highly recommend Cheongchuni Oranda. I ate well and gave some very pretty gifts~~