# Chewy potato tteok at a Yullyang-dong rice cake café in Cheongju - By Sua (https://superchart.com/en/@chungcheong-cafe-stops/) - Written Sep 13, 2026 - Local places › Cafés › Cheongju, Chungbuk - Sponsored: This post was written with support from a store visit sponsorship. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@chungcheong-cafe-stops/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@chungcheong-cafe-stops/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/index.md) ## In short Tteokmama Cheongju Yullyang Branch is a tteok (Korean rice cake) café in Yullyang-dong, Cheongju that serves rice cakes with drinks in store. The writer picked fruit mochi tteok, mini pumpkin injeolmi and gamja-tteok (potato rice cake), and the springy, chewy gamja-tteok was the standout. Tteokmama covers everything from thank-you rice cakes to holiday gift sets and plain everyday tteok, with a large parking lot behind the shop. ## Good to know - **Hours**: Daily 09:00–21:00 - **Parking**: Large parking lot behind the shop - **Five-color sesame songpyeon / bean songpyeon**: 18,000 won per 1kg; 2kg gift box 35,000 won - **Mosi songpyeon (ramie leaf)**: 20,000 won per 1kg; 2kg gift box 39,000 won - **Fruit mochi**: About 1,500 won each - **Price reference**: ₩18,000 ≈ $13.5 · ₩35,000 ≈ $26 · ₩20,000 ≈ $15 (2026-09-15) *as written by the visitor on Sep 13, 2026* ![Rice cake purchase spread from Tteokmama Cheongju Yullyang Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake-01-fb1iy-900.webp) ## Where is Tteokmama Cheongju Yullyang Branch, and is parking easy? > A rice cake shop in Yullyang-dong ![Visitor guide for Tteokmama in Yullyang-dong](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake-02-16jy8-900.webp) Tteokmama, a rice cake shop in Yullyang-dong, Cheongju, sits in a spot that's easy to reach — great for anyone living in the neighborhood! Tteokmama Yullyang Branch is located at 94 Gonghang-ro, Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju. It's open daily from 9am to 9pm, so it's also good for grabbing tteok (rice cake) in the morning. ![Business hours signage at Tteokmama Cheongju Yullyang Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake-03-1pajx-900.webp) There's a wide parking area right behind the store, so it's super convenient whether you're stopping by for tteok or using it as a café to enjoy a drink alongside your rice cake. ![Parking area behind the Tteokmama store](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake-04-1j3wp-900.webp) Here's the exterior of Tteokmama Yullyang Branch. Even at a glance, the layout looks clean and spacious. I visited with family last time and the tteok was delicious, so I came back. ![Exterior of Tteokmama Yullyang Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake-05-1p25c-900.webp) If you're looking for thank-you rice cakes (dallaetteok) in Cheongju, Tteokmama Yullyang is apparently the #1 store for them! The owner clearly has skilled hands...! ![Store signage for thank-you rice cakes](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake-06-osem9-900.webp) Tteokmama also has table-setting sets. People tend to buy a lot of tteok for ancestral rites, Chuseok, or Lunar New Year, so having a ready-made spread set makes things easier. ![Tteokmama table-setting rice cake set](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake-07-y6ox0-900.webp) And there's Chuseok songpyeon (half-moon rice cake) too. Ossaek gge songpyeon and kong songpyeon are ₩18,000 per 1kg / ₩35,000 for a 2kg gift box, and mosi songpyeon is ₩20,000 per 1kg / ₩39,000 for a 2kg gift box. ## A rice cake café where you can eat tteok with a drink in store > Tteokmama Yullyang Branch ![Café seating area for enjoying tteok with drinks](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake-08-9ikgb-900.webp) A lot of people use Tteokmama Yullyang as a café too! I've seen older customers order tteok and a drink together several times at the café. Tteok feels more traditional than bread, but it actually pairs really well with drinks! ![Display of rice cakes at Tteokmama](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake-09-8zh0u-900.webp) ## Which Tteokmama rice cakes work as thank-you gifts and gift sets? Next, let me introduce the tteok at Tteokmama, the Yullyang-dong rice cake shop. First, my favorite — fruit mochi! Fruit mochi has gotten so expensive lately, but here you can enjoy it for about ₩1,500 each. ![Fruit mochi rice cake menu](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake-10-u0kjw-900.webp) There's also jeolpyeon (pressed rice cake) and cute five-color tteok, plus yakgwa (honey cookie). Everything is arranged differently by type, so you can pick according to your taste. ![Display of jeolpyeon and five-color rice cakes](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake-11-1dqsk-900.webp) ![Yakgwa and assorted rice cake selection](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake-12-6857k-900.webp) There's pumpkin injeolmi and chocolate injeolmi too, plus a 'posul' (fluffy) series. The injeolmi (bean-powder-coated rice cake) here is delicious. ![Pumpkin injeolmi and chocolate injeolmi](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake-13-1ijtz-1200.webp) ![Injeolmi and the fluffy 'posul' series](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake-14-20kv5-900.webp) There's basic baekseolgi (white steamed rice cake), plus chocolate seolgi, pumpkin seolgi, and honey seolgi. There's also patsirutteok (red bean layered rice cake). Seolgi and sirutteok like these definitely appeal across age groups, so they'd make great thank-you gifts! There was also mugwort gaetteok, dongbu mosi songpyeon, and red bean jeungpyeon (fermented rice cake) among others. Since I went on a weekend late afternoon, some items were already a bit sold out. If you want a wider variety, I'd recommend visiting earlier in the day. ![Assorted seolgi and sirutteok rice cakes](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake-15-8p396-900.webp) Beyond thank-you tteok, these also make great gifts since they can be wrapped in an elegant bojagi (wrapping cloth). ![Rice cakes wrapped in bojagi gift cloth](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake-16-1nsax-900.webp) There are also types that keep a bit longer. There were many kinds of yakgwa, too — pastry salt yakgwa, regular handmade yakgwa, and salt yakgwa. There's also old-style chapssal kkwabaegi (sweet rice twist). ![Yakgwa and chapssal kkwabaegi selection](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake-17-18snj-900.webp) There's also a lot of refrigerated tteok. Since you can't always eat rice cake right away, these are good for gifts too. There are plenty of hot, popular items like chaptteok sandwiches, mugwort orangi, green tea cream tteok, and Dubai chocolate chapssaltteok. ![Refrigerated rice cake menu selection](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake-18-7m7u1-900.webp) ## Taste test: fruit mochi tteok, pumpkin injeolmi and gamja-tteok > Menu review ![Purchased rice cake menu spread](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake-19-yibm3-900.webp) I bought fruit mochi tteok, mini pumpkin injeolmi, and gamja-tteok (potato rice cake). The owner even threw in extra tteok for the review... ♥ Every time I visit, I'm reminded how kind the owner is. ![Fruit mochi and injeolmi rice cakes purchased](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake-20-yokhp-900.webp) ### Fruit mochi tteok filled with fresh fruit First up is the fruit mochi tteok. The mochi is pleasantly sweet, with fresh fruit tucked inside. ![Mochi rice cake with fresh fruit inside](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake-21-d078h-900.webp) The mochi is wonderfully chewy, giving it great texture, and the fruit is so fresh and delicious!! Elsewhere these often run ₩4,000–5,000 each, so this is great value. ![Cross-section of chewy fruit mochi tteok](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake-22-yu6ph-900.webp) ### Mini pumpkin injeolmi with a soft, powdery bite The pumpkin injeolmi is also pleasantly sweet. The powder coating on top is fluffy and sweet, which is delicious with the rice cake. ![Fluffy pumpkin injeolmi](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake-23-2ku74-900.webp) ### Gamja-tteok: the springy, chewy potato rice cake to order Doesn't the gamja-tteok look chewy at a glance? The container was packed full of them! One bite in, the chewy texture is really charming! I loved the springy, chewy texture unique to potato starch. The outside is chewy while the inside stays soft. The more you chew, the more you notice a nutty flavor. ![Chewy gamja-tteok in a container](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake-24-k863v-787.webp) For anyone who prefers mild, nutty tteok over intensely sweet ones, this flavor is one I'd recommend! I'd also recommend picking these up for thank-you gifts or just everyday tteok. ## Where it is - Tteokmama Cheongju Yullyang Branch (떡마마 청주율량점) - 94 Gonghang-ro, Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea - 충청북도 청주시 청원구 공항로 94 1층 - 36.6655659, 127.4868654 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EB%96%A1%EB%A7%88%EB%A7%88%20%EC%B2%AD%EC%A3%BC%EC%9C%A8%EB%9F%89%EC%A0%90/@36.6655659,127.4868654,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@chungcheong-cafe-stops/cheongju-yullyang-potato-ricecake/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt