Goyang bakery café iced latte and pumpkin ciabatta: Boulangerie Tan

Today I'm bringing you my visit to Boulangerie Tan, located inside Hyundai Department Store KINTEX, for anyone looking for a good KINTEX café or bakery-hopping around Goyang. This place is originally famous for its salt bread and baguettes — and while I was ordering and waiting, I actually overheard another customer telling their friend, "This place is really famous for its baguette~" which only raised my expectations even more!

Where is Boulangerie Tan at Hyundai Department Store KINTEX, and what are its hours?

📍 Store info

• Store name: Boulangerie Tan, Hyundai Department Store KINTEX
• Location: 817 Hosu-ro, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, B1 food hall, Hyundai Department Store KINTEX
• Hours: 10:30–20:00 (same on department store holidays)

I wanted something filling enough to count as a full meal, so after some deliberation, I picked my menu.

What I ordered at Boulangerie Tan and what it cost

🥐 Today's order & prices

• Fig cream cheese baguette: ₩6,900
• Sweet pumpkin cream cheese ciabatta: ₩6,200
• Iced café latte: ₩5,000

Boulangerie Tan's iced café latte: the coffee I fell for before the bread

☕ A genuinely moving iced café latte

I came expecting to be won over by the bread, but honestly it was the coffee that got me first! The iced café latte was so rich and nutty that I actually gasped after the first sip. Lately, going around on café tours, it's been surprisingly hard to find a place that nails that classic nutty, full-bodied latte flavor. But Boulangerie Tan's iced latte tasted almost identical to my all-time favorite latte spot — I was genuinely shocked!!! It also pairs beautifully with the bread, so if you visit, I highly recommend ordering the iced latte without fail.

How does the 6,900 won fig cream cheese baguette taste?

🥖 A textbook example of sweet meets savory: fig cream cheese baguette

Next up is the baguette menu, and it truly lives up to the KINTEX bakery's reputation! I immediately understood why that other customer raved about the baguette. Crisp outside, chewy and savory inside — the flavor of the base baguette itself was excellent. What really stood out was that it wasn't just cream cheese inside, but a generous layer of sweet fig jam too, so it wasn't overly sweet, and the sweetness balanced beautifully with the mild savoriness. The chewy texture of the figs against the soft cream cheese was so good that I finished it in no time.

Sweet pumpkin cream cheese ciabatta, 6,200 won and packed with filling

🍞 Generously filled: sweet pumpkin cream cheese ciabatta

The last thing I tried was the sweet pumpkin cream cheese ciabatta. The moment I cut into it and took a bite, I was shocked by just how much real pumpkin was packed inside! It wasn't an artificial sweetness but the natural sweetness that comes from the pumpkin itself, which was really lovely. The natural sweetness of the pumpkin, the nuttiness of the cream cheese, and the chewy texture of the ciabatta dough all came together to fill my mouth with richness.

How Boulangerie Tan bakes: production rules and ingredients

🌿 Trust-building details: Boulangerie Tan's 'production principles' and premium ingredients

When I looked over the display case in the store, I found Boulangerie Tan's own production principles and dedication written out, which made me feel even more at ease enjoying the bread.

• Strict same-day baked, same-day sold, same-day discarded policy
• Naturally fermented, gut-friendly bread made with in-house cultivated levain
• Made only with organic wheat and premium French flour for deep flavor
• Uses only natural butter & premium French LESCURE Charentes-Poitou AOP butter and dairy cream

With LESCURE, known as one of France's top AOP butters, and natural levain instead of artificial additives, I didn't feel heavy or bloated afterward — my stomach felt genuinely comfortable.

Final verdict: would I go back to Boulangerie Tan at KINTEX?

💡 Final thoughts & would I return

This time I went for the savory, satisfying baguette and ciabatta since I wanted something to replace a meal, and with all that filling inside, it really did feel like a full meal. Next time, I plan to try a variety of their other signature menu — the salt breads!

If you're looking for a bakery café near KINTEX station with great bread and coffee, you absolutely have to stop by!!!! The bread is amazing and the iced latte is honestly better than a lot of dedicated cafés out there!!