# Seodaemun bakery bread dinner after a taste test: Mandong Jegwa - By Seorin (https://superchart.com/en/@mirror-window-stops/) - Written Sep 9, 2026 - Updated Sep 14, 2026 - Local places › Cafés › Seodaemun, Seoul - Sponsored: This visit was sponsored by the business. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@mirror-window-stops/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@mirror-window-stops/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party/index.md) · [日本語](https://superchart.com/ja/@mirror-window-stops/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party/index.md) · [简体中文](https://superchart.com/zh-cn/@mirror-window-stops/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party/index.md) · [繁體中文](https://superchart.com/zh-tw/@mirror-window-stops/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party/index.md) · [Tiếng Việt](https://superchart.com/vi/@mirror-window-stops/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party/index.md) · [ไทย](https://superchart.com/th/@mirror-window-stops/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party/index.md) · [Bahasa Indonesia](https://superchart.com/id/@mirror-window-stops/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party/index.md) · [Bahasa Melayu](https://superchart.com/ms/@mirror-window-stops/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party/index.md) · [Español](https://superchart.com/es/@mirror-window-stops/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party/index.md) ## In short Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch is a takeaway bakery in Seodaemun, Seoul. A taste test led to an unplanned shrimp baguette and pretzel alongside garlic baguette and maple bread for a four-bread dinner. Verdict: all four were satisfyingly balanced rather than overly sweet or intense. ## Good to know - **Breads purchased**: Garlic baguette, shrimp baguette, pretzel, maple bread - **Eating in**: No seats for eating right away in the store - **Partnership**: Partnered with Ediya Coffee Yeonnam-dong Branch *as written by the visitor on Sep 9, 2026* I visited Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch, a bakery in Yeonnam-dong. A few years ago, I bought a huge pile of bread here and ate it deliciously with my family, and when I happened to be back in Yeonnam-dong after so long, it was still right there in the same spot! I was weirdly happy to see it, so I immediately went in to buy bread haha. ## Back at Mandong Jegwa after a long time ![Exterior of Mandong Jegwa in Yeonnam-dong](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party-01-1vnf2-900.webp) Mandong Jegwa, reunited after a long time. Memories of my previous visit came rushing back, and the exterior still had the same lovely vibe. ## More bread than expected—and samples There were more kinds of bread than I expected, honestly—it was hard to look away! ![Display of the many breads at Mandong Jegwa](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party-02-kfdda-900.webp) ![Bread selection at Mandong Jegwa in Yeonnam-dong](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party-03-18poe-900.webp) Before going, I had looked through reviews and roughly decided which breads to buy. But once I got inside, there were quite generous-sized samples ready to try! Sometimes a staff member even placed one in my hand, and the funny thing is, if it tastes good, that bread ends up on your tray hahaha. I ended up leaving with completely different breads from the ones I had originally planned to buy ^^... ![Bread samples prepared at Mandong Jegwa](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party-04-1tiq7-900.webp) ![Mandong Jegwa breads chosen after sampling](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party-05-1dsjl-900.webp) For packaged breads, you can place them on your tray yourself. For breads displayed separately, such as the garlic baguette, just let the staff know when you buy them and they will get them for you. ![How to buy packaged breads by placing them on a tray](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party-06-saqo4-900.webp) It was a little disappointing that Mandong Jegwa has no place to sit and eat right away, but it is partnered with Ediya Coffee Yeonnam-dong Branch! If you want to eat your bread immediately, it could be nice to enjoy it there with a coffee. ![Notice about the partnership with Ediya Coffee Yeonnam-dong Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party-07-1nybz-900.webp) ## Packing up a whole lot after falling for the samples The samples totally got me, so I piled all sorts of things onto my tray hahaha—but I did not forget to get the garlic baguette my husband said he wanted! Mandong Jegwa's garlic bread is famously good, after all. ![A large takeaway order of breads chosen after sampling](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party-08-mzss2-900.webp) And there it was: my satisfyingly hefty bag of bread 💛 Let’s get home already 💛 ![A satisfyingly heavy bag filled with bread](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party-09-teqqg-900.webp) On the way home, the warm, nutty smell coming from the bread bag was seriously no joke hahaha. Especially the bread at the very top: the shrimp baguette. This thing is truly dangerous...!! Just from the name, I was not especially interested, but I absentmindedly accepted a sample and immediately went, “What bread is this???” before grabbing one hahaha. That is the terrifying power of Mandong Jegwa’s samples—they make you buy bread you never planned on buying hahaha. ![The selection of breads brought home from Mandong Jegwa](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party-10-difuz-900.webp) The breads I brought home were garlic baguette, shrimp baguette, pretzel, and maple bread! To give you the conclusion first, all four were delicious in their own different ways. Overall, I think Mandong Jegwa is really good at balancing flavors. Even breads with sauce or cream were not blindly sweet or overpowering, so I kept reaching for them. ## The signature garlic baguette ![Mandong Jegwa's signature garlic baguette](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party-11-1xqxe-900.webp) First, Mandong Jegwa’s most famous garlic baguette! It has loads of an extra-thick garlic sauce spread between the slices of bread. It is moist and deeply flavored, with a slightly similar feel to the garlic bread from Bong Bread, which is famous in Sokcho. If you love garlic bread, this is absolutely a menu item worth putting on your tray at Mandong Jegwa! ## An unexpected favorite: the shrimp baguette ![Mandong Jegwa shrimp baguette that won me over through a sample](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party-12-17tyt-900.webp) And unexpectedly, my favorite was the shrimp baguette!! There is a savory cream sauce spread through the middle, and it seems to contain shrimp. That does not mean the first bite screams, “Shrimp!!!” though hahaha. It just gently gives the savoriness a real boost? The amount of sauce was not excessive but just right, and with the soboro-like crumb topping on top, the overall balance was seriously so good. I bought it after falling for a sample with no expectations at all, and it ended up disappearing first out of the four hahaha. Next time I go to Mandong Jegwa, I am definitely buying this again! ## A pretzel filled with cream cheese ![Pretzel bread filled with cream cheese](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party-13-1tggx-900.webp) This is the pretzel. It has cream cheese inside, and this was another bread I had not planned to buy... until I tried a sample and immediately picked one up hahaha. Rather than having a flashy, intensely punchy flavor, it feels like a bread that does the basics faithfully—and does those basics really well. The bread and cream cheese are nicely balanced, so I kept reaching for it without feeling weighed down. ## Gently sweet maple bread Last is the maple bread! I personally love the scent of maple, so I picked it up as soon as I saw the name. I wondered whether it might be too sweet because it was maple, but once again, it was not overly sweet. The lightly sweet maple aroma and the soboro crumb attached to the outside were so delicious too. I think people who like sweet bread but find very sweet things a bit much would enjoy this. ## A Mandong Jegwa bread party for dinner ![Takeaway breads prepared for a dinner bread party](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party-14-5y5xe-900.webp) And that was my happy bread party for dinner~~!!! It had been a long time since I visited Mandong Jegwa, but just like my memory of eating there deliciously before, I was satisfied again this time. Especially because there were so many breads to sample, it was fun to try breads I would not normally choose and discover a new favorite hahaha. If there are samples, just try one of each. You might discover an unplanned favorite bread like I did hahaha. ## Where it is - Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch (만동제과 연남점) - 32 Yeonhui-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea (서울특별시 서대문구 연희로 32) - 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/@mirror-window-stops/yeonnam-bakery-tasting-bread-party/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt