Small-portion injeolmi rice cakes for breakfast in Cheongju: Tteokmama

📍 Location: 13 Bokdae-ro, 1st floor unit 101, Seowon-gu, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea ⏰ Hours: Daily 08:30–21:00 🅿️ Parking: In-building parking or roadside parking

With the holidays coming up, I wanted to introduce Tteokmama Cheongju Gaesin Branch, a great place to visit whenever you need custom event rice cakes in Cheongju. You can order gift rice cakes in person, but they're also available through Coupang Eats and Baemin delivery. From baekseolgi (steamed white rice cake) to songpyeon (half-moon rice cake), pretty much everything can be delivered — let's get into Tteokmama Cheongju Gaesin Branch.

Finding Tteokmama Cheongju Gaesin Branch

This Cheongju rice cake shop, great for gift rice cakes, is near Motaean Hospital 👶🏻 I actually gave birth at Motaean, and I remember craving rice cakes so badly back then that I made my husband go buy me some! It's right on the main road so it's easy to find 🍡

The seating inside isn't huge, but there's still room to sit down and eat. It seems like a good spot when a full meal feels like too much and you just want a rice cake instead. Also good as a snack stop between kids' academy runs.

A rice cake shop with drinks too? Sikhye, coffee, ades

Tteokmama Cheongju Gaesin Branch doesn't just sell rice cakes — they have a whole drinks menu too. Rice cake with sikhye (sweet rice punch) is a classic combo, but sweet rice cake with a cold Americano is really good too 🩵 Beyond coffee and sikhye, they also have smoothies, iced tea, ades, juices, and teas, so there's something for every taste. Is a rice cake shop even allowed to be this trendy?

Gift rice cakes, 100-day and first-birthday sets, holiday gift sets

For Cheongju 100-day (baegil) and first-birthday (doljanchi) rice cake sets, Tteokmama Cheongju Gaesin Branch has everything from gift rice cakes to rice cake cakes. With Chuseok coming up, they also have holiday gift sets, so it's worth considering Tteokmama Cheongju Gaesin Branch for a family rice cake order! People often order rice cake cakes for parents' birthdays too, and this place seems like a solid option for that.

They even have Pororo drinks for kids, perfect as a children's snack 👶🏻🩵 Maybe it's because I'm in the thick of parenting now, but seeing kids' drinks just makes me so happy ㅠㅠ

With so many rice cakes and so many types of sikhye, I honestly couldn't decide what to pick 🥹 Frozen rice cakes taste the same once thawed, so it might actually be smarter to buy them frozen and steam them whenever you need them.

Pumpkin injeolmi, black sesame injeolmi... there were so many kinds of rice cake it was almost exhausting to list them all. I guess I have grandma taste buds, because I really couldn't decide what to choose.

When a full doe is too much: small-portion packs

Tteokmama Cheongju Gaesin Branch, a go-to for Cheongju event rice cake orders, really does package all kinds of rice cakes into portions good for a single sitting. Honestly, ordering a full doe (traditional rice cake measure) can sometimes be way more than you need 🥹 If you often want to try a little of many different kinds, this seems like the perfect place.

Jeolpyeon comes with a jocheong set

You know jeolpyeon (pounded rice cake) isn't complete without dipping it in jocheong (rice syrup), right? At Tteokmama Cheongju Gaesin Branch, jeolpyeon comes paired with a jocheong set, so you can enjoy every bit of it. Also great as a snack after a meal 👍🏻

Isn't the jeolpyeon so colorful and pretty? The old saying that food that looks good tastes good really applies here. Great as a snack, and also good enough to stand in for a full meal.

Fruit mochi too

They also sell fruit mochi, which is quite trendy these days. At dedicated mochi shops each piece can run over ₩5,000, but at Tteokmama Cheongju Gaesin Branch you can get them for much less. The balance of rice cake, fruit, and sweet bean paste has to be just right, and these looked really delicious.

What about parking?

You can also register for in-building parking. If you park inside the building, don't forget to register your car before you leave!

Rice cakes are often given as gifts, and there are products packaged this beautifully for that purpose. The packaging is quite upscale, making it a great gift option 😊

What I bought and how it tasted

I bought jeolpyeon, black sesame injeolmi, pumpkin injeolmi, and baekseolgi. My husband, son, and I ate them as a breakfast substitute, and they disappeared in the blink of an eye!! If you're looking for a recommended gift rice cake shop in Cheongju, give Tteokmama Cheongju Gaesin Branch a visit!