# First visit to a Yeonnam-dong bakery: milk cream bun at Mandong Jegwa - By Isol (https://superchart.com/en/@bupyeong-side-table/) - Written Sep 16, 2026 - Local places › Cafés › Seodaemun, Seoul - Sponsored: This post was written after visiting as a provided sponsorship. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@bupyeong-side-table/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@bupyeong-side-table/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/index.md) ## In short Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch is a bakery at 32 Yeonhui-ro in Seodaemun, Seoul, just off the main Yeonnam-dong street. On a first visit at around noon on a weekday, the picks were mugwort bread, a basil tomato baguette and ungdungi-bbang (round milk cream bun), which held plenty of milk cream inside soft, chewy dough. Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch has no parking, but ordering one item per person lets you eat the bread at the nearby Ediya, making it a solid stop on a Yeonnam-dong bakery-hopping route. ## Good to know - **Location**: 32 Yeonhui-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul (Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch) - **Hours**: Daily 11am–9pm; bread can sell out later in the day - **Branches**: One in Gangneung, one in Seoul (Yeonnam) - **Parking**: Not available - **Seating**: Available at the nearby Ediya with one item ordered per person - **Signature menu**: Garlic baguette - **Visit time**: Weekday, around noon *as written by the visitor on Sep 16, 2026* ![Cover photo of Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch, a Yeonnam-dong bakery](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread-01-mcyda-1200.webp) ## Where is Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch, and what are the hours? Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch is at 32 Yeonhui-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, and it's open daily from 11am to 9pm. Apparently the bread can sell out later in the day though. I visited on a weekday around noon! I went to Yeonnam-dong and stopped by Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch, a place any bread lover has probably heard of 🥐🤎 I love bread and tend to hunt down good bakeries whenever I'm in Yeonnam-dong, and Mandong Jegwa was somewhere I'd been curious about for a while, so I finally paid a visit. There's one Mandong Jegwa in Gangneung and one at the Seoul Yeonnam branch! It's a bit off the main Yeonnam-dong street, so you kind of discover it while strolling around. I finally made it here!!!! Mandong Jegwa!!!!! ![Exterior of Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread-02-1gmsx-900.webp) ### Parking and seating: eat your bread at the nearby Ediya There's no parking at Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch, but if you order one item per person, you can sit at the nearby Ediya and enjoy your Mandong Jegwa bread there. A collab between Ediya and Mandong Jegwa, hehe. ![Store entrance and signage at Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread-03-1sa8l-900.webp) ## Bread lineup at Mandong Jegwa, from garlic baguette to mugwort rice-cake bread Walking into the store, so many different breads were on display that I spent ages deciding what to pick haha. I wanted to eat everything!!!!!! Mandong Jegwa is especially known for its garlic baguette as the signature item, but they also sell cappuccino bread, basil tomato, onion bagel, cucumber baguette, kaya coconut, mugwort rice cake, and red bean cream buns, among others. Every single bread looked different, so just browsing was fun ❤️ Looking at all the breads on display, it felt like such a shame to only pick one 😂 ![Various breads on display at Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread-04-1jdsi-900.webp) For a few of the breads, if you just told them which ones you wanted, they'd bag them up right away without putting them on a tray. ![Mandong Jegwa breads on a tray](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread-05-18n8s-900.webp) Wow, a tray full of breads I love, hahaha. ![Tray of selected breads](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread-06-jxtva-900.webp) This is the mugwort bread, and honestly the mugwort aroma paired really well with the soft dough. ![Mugwort bread with mugwort aroma](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread-07-1rii6-900.webp) A crispy baguette with tomato 🍅 - Chili sausage red bean cream bread - Tortilla - Jalapeño ciabatta - Bacon ciabatta - Sweet pumpkin - Chestnut red bean mugwort injeolmi ![Basil tomato baguette and other breads](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread-08-18gbw-900.webp) ## How does the ungdungi-bbang milk cream bun taste? I bought Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam's ungdungi-bbang ("butt bread") because the name was so funny, and when I cut it in half, it was packed with milk cream inside. The round, cute shape of ungdungi-bbang 🍑🤎 caught my eye from the start. It looked soft on the outside, and when I tasted it, the dough was moist and chewy — tastier than I expected! Satisfying just to look at 😍 The cream was soft and sweet, and eating it together with the bread made for a really good combo. It didn't feel like a heavy or dry cream bread — it was light and easy to eat, and it went perfectly with coffee ☕️ The name is cute and the shape is cute, so it seems like it would make a good gift too. If you like cream bread, this is one worth trying at least once 💕 It was fun to photograph because it's so cute, and the taste held up too, so I was satisfied!! ![Ungdungi-bbang cut in half showing milk cream inside](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread-09-1nxb3-900.webp) ## More breads on the display counter at Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch - Fig campagne - Cucumber baguette basil tomato - Garlic baguette - Yakbap (sweet rice) bread ![Fig campagne on display](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread-10-zevuk-m-900.webp) ![Cucumber baguette on display](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread-11-1roxn-900.webp) ![Basil tomato bread on display](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread-12-1ahy4-900.webp) ![Mandong Jegwa's signature garlic baguette](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread-13-1mrsy-900.webp) ![Yakbap bread on display](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread-14-17ffz-900.webp) ![Bread display at Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread-15-k7pia-900.webp) ![Assorted breads on display at Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread-16-132q9-900.webp) ![Bread display corner at Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread-17-udu70-900.webp) ![Close-up of bread display at Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread-18-191mt-m-900.webp) ![Bread display at Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread-19-17gll-900.webp) ![Breads arranged on the display shelf](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread-20-3irh2-900.webp) ![Bread display shelf at Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread-21-1w505-900.webp) There were all sorts of other breads too. They gave out samples, and after tasting them I wanted to try everything. ![Display shelf with sample breads](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread-22-uia2h-900.webp) ![Full view of the bread display at Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread-23-pt69g-900.webp) My eyes were seriously spinning 👀 ![Refrigerated showcase with bread](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread-24-1gsy7-900.webp) ## Is Mandong Jegwa worth a Yeonnam-dong bakery-hopping stop? With some breads even kept refrigerated, this is a Yeonnam-dong bread spot and bakery favorite — Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch. It's a great stop if you're on a date in Yeonnam-dong and suddenly crave good bread, or if you're looking for a Yeonnam-dong bakery-hopping course. Next time I visit, I want to try the breads I missed out on this time, one by one, hehe 😋 If you're a bread lover in Yeonnam-dong, give Mandong Jegwa a try 🥐🤎 ## Where it is - Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch (만동제과 연남점) - 32 Yeonhui-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea - 서울특별시 서대문구 연희로 32 - 37.561526, 126.9272585 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EB%A7%8C%EB%8F%99%EC%A0%9C%EA%B3%BC%20%EC%97%B0%EB%82%A8%EC%A0%90/@37.561526,126.9272585,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@bupyeong-side-table/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-first-visit-butt-bread/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt