# Ikseon-dong bakery gift haul of garlic-soaked baguette: Munhwa - By Hyunwoo Dae (https://superchart.com/en/@jangchung-narrow-booth/) - Written Sep 20, 2026 - Local places › Cafés › Jongno, Seoul - Sponsored: The writer visited on a sponsored basis but notes she had already visited and paid with her own money before that. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@jangchung-narrow-booth/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@jangchung-narrow-booth/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box/index.md) ## In short Munhwa Bakery is a takeout-only bakery on Donhwamun-ro in Ikseon-dong, Seoul, a 6-minute walk from Jongno 3-ga Station Exit 6. On a weekday afternoon with no queue, the writer picked up garlic baguette, mugwort rice cake bread, milk cream bread, condensed milk bread, onion bagel, maple cream cheese bread and coffee bread — once as a big batch of gifts, once just for herself. If you can only buy one thing at Munhwa Bakery, the verdict is the garlic baguette. ## Good to know - **Location**: 65 Donhwamun-ro, 1st floor, Jongno-gu, Seoul - **Getting there**: 6-minute walk from Jongno 3-ga Station Exit 6 (Lines 3 and 5 are closer than Line 1) - **Hours**: Daily 11:00–20:00 - **How it works**: Takeout only - **Wait**: Long line on weekends; no wait on a weekday afternoon - **Good to know**: Sells only bread baked that same day; free samples available *as written by the visitor on Sep 20, 2026* ![Featured photo of bread packed for takeout at Munhwa Bakery in Ikseon-dong](https://img.superchart.com/images/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box-01-q7pkn-1200.webp) Hi everyone! It's Nyamnyam Kirby haha. Does everyone love garlic baguette? Haha, this place sells one of the two best garlic baguettes I've ever eaten 😍😍 (the other one is in Yeonnam-dong, I'll bring that post later ><) I'd already visited and paid with my own money before this sponsored visit — it was so good I'd been itching to write about it 😤💕 ## Where is Munhwa Bakery, and how do you walk there from Jongno 3-ga Station? > ☞ Location) 65 Donhwamun-ro, 1st floor, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea > Hours) Daily 11:00–20:00 > ※ Takeout only Munhwa Bakery is about a 6-minute walk from Exit 6 of Jongno 3-ga Station! Lines 3 and 5 are much closer than Line 1 (that station is huge 😓). ![Munhwa Bakery's storefront on Donhwamun-ro with its 'bread' sign](https://img.superchart.com/images/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box-02-1i7no-900.webp) ![Korean-style entrance to Munhwa Bakery](https://img.superchart.com/images/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box-03-14dn4-900.webp) There are so many foreign visitors around Jongno, but the storefront had such a pretty Korean-style look 🫢🫢 Thanks to the 'bread' sign outside, you can spot the place from far away haha. Last time I visited on a weekend the line was so long I skipped it ㅠㅠ but on a weekday afternoon there was no wait at all! ## Every bread tried at Munhwa Bakery in Ikseon-dong Let me walk you through the ones I actually tried! ![Mugwort rice cake bread displayed at Munhwa Bakery](https://img.superchart.com/images/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box-04-qj4mk-900.webp) ![Milk cream bread and condensed milk bread at Munhwa Bakery](https://img.superchart.com/images/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box-05-934ay-900.webp) ![Large onion bagel from Munhwa Bakery](https://img.superchart.com/images/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box-06-hzakk-900.webp) The mugwort rice cake bread is the kind of flavor older family members love, so I end up buying it whenever it's for a gift. The milk cream and condensed milk breads both have super sweet, delicious cream — a flavor pretty much everyone likes haha. Just the right amount of sweetness 🤍🤍 The onion bagel was bigger than I expected and left me really full... you could basically call it a meal replacement. ![Maple cream cheese bread being packed at Munhwa Bakery](https://img.superchart.com/images/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box-07-1ve6u-900.webp) ![Coffee bread being sliced and packed at Munhwa Bakery](https://img.superchart.com/images/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box-08-cfp0l-900.webp) ![Horizontal shot of Munhwa Bakery's garlic baguette](https://img.superchart.com/images/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box-09-1y9wc-900.webp) The maple cream cheese bread barely shed any crumbs, so you can eat it while walking around lol. I was so hungry I tore into it the second I bought it... the cream inside was delicious too ㅠ, gone in seconds. The coffee bread is long so they cut it for you, but if you don't like coffee you might not love it! As for the garlic baguette... you absolutely must buy it. If you can only get one thing, it's the garlic baguette, hands down!! ![Full view of the bread display case at Munhwa Bakery](https://img.superchart.com/images/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box-10-1pr1j-900.webp) ![Breads lined up for easy browsing at Munhwa Bakery](https://img.superchart.com/images/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box-11-1734e-900.webp) Everything was lined up nicely, so it was easy to browse and choose. There's sample bread to taste too! ![Sample bread next to the register at Munhwa Bakery](https://img.superchart.com/images/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box-12-5fl10-900.webp) ![Bag of gift bread packed from Munhwa Bakery](https://img.superchart.com/images/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box-13-gf3ay-900.webp) ## A big batch for gifts, then a second run just for myself I visited Munhwa Bakery twice — once buying a big haul as gifts, and once just to eat myself haha. ![Munhwa Bakery bread spread out at home](https://img.superchart.com/images/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box-14-15rz5-900.webp) ![Munhwa Bakery garlic baguette sliced into portions](https://img.superchart.com/images/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box-15-1vezo-900.webp) The loaves are big, so it's nice to slice them up and eat in portions haha. Since they're baked same-day, if you keep them somewhere cool they'll last a day or two (be careful with the cream bread though!!). With coffee, I honestly don't need rice — it works as a whole meal 😍❤️❤️ (though of course I still ate rice afterward too). Eye mask baby~~ not for you 🤍🤍🤍 Close-up shot! ## Why Munhwa Bakery's garlic baguette is the best version of garlic bread I think this is the ultimate version of Munhwa Bakery's garlic baguette — can you tell from the photo? Haha. It's literally soaked in garlic sauce; I can't live without garlic anymore... It's completely moist, and when you pick up the bread you can feel how much sauce it's absorbed — it's heavy. If you're Korean, you pretty much can't dislike garlic baguette~ It's great as a gift, and it disappears in seconds when shared with family too ♥️♥️ Munhwa Bakery is the best. ## An Ikseon-dong bakery that sells only same-day bread Munhwa Bakery only sells bread baked that day, and any unsold bread goes to underprivileged groups — children facing food insecurity, seniors living alone, people with disabilities living at home, free meal centers, homeless shelters, and social welfare facilities! Such a great system. I used to work part-time at a bakery, and bread noticeably loses its flavor after even one day... bread spoils surprisingly fast as a food! Seeing it officially stated that they only sell same-day bread really boosted my trust haha. By the way, when choosing bread, the one that looks delicious to the eye really is the tastiest, so look closely and choose well~~ (once time passes, bread can look soggy or a bit less shiny even just by looking at it!!) And do you know what the most delicious bread in the world is haha? The answer is~~~~ bread that just came out of the oven!!! Freshly baked bread is the best, no cap. A baker once told me — no matter which bakery, freshly baked bread is always the tastiest haha 🥖🍞🥪🤎 ## Where it is - Munhwa Bakery (문화제빵) - 65 Donhwamun-ro, 1st floor, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea - 서울특별시 종로구 돈화문로 65 1층 - 37.5742708, 126.9908703 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EB%AC%B8%ED%99%94%EC%A0%9C%EB%B9%B5/@37.5742708,126.9908703,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@jangchung-narrow-booth/ikseondong-bakery-garlic-baguette-gift-box/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt