Yeonnam-dong café for matcha bread with peach cream cheese: Noknok

Noknok (녹녹) is a big café in Yeonnam-dong where you get a wide-open, airy feeling even in the middle of the cramped city, and where you can enjoy drinks and bakery items at reasonable prices. They say parking is available too.

It had been a while since I'd had plans with a friend near Hongdae, so I searched for cafés in Yeonnam-dong. I found a café with the kind of wide-open feel that's hard to come by in Yeonnam-dong and went straight there.

Parking at Noknok and how to get there

Everyone has a hard time with parking when they come out to Yeonnam-dong, right? Noknok has parking in the space beside the front of the café! On top of that, they say it's a dog-friendly café, so if you'd like to make memories together with your beloved pet, you're welcome to come along too.

Noknok's menu and the combo we ordered

If you look up Noknok's menu on Naver, this is the menu image that comes up. But once you actually walk into the café, there are far more menu items and breads.

• Peach cream cheese matcha milk bread ₩6,000
• Noknok Cream Coconut Water (matcha) ₩7,000
• Decaf americano ₩4,300
• Total ₩17,300

I visited after lunchtime. The breads were almost all sold out. Just how good must they be to have sold out already?!!! Curious, I quickly picked out some bread.

Among them, they said a new Topping Wareureu Jjondeuk Sikppang (a chewy milk bread heaped with toppings) had just been released!! They recommended I definitely try it, but after much deliberation I went for the peach cream cheese matcha milk bread, which wasn't in that menu photo.

How the peach cream cheese matcha milk bread tastes

Doesn't it look absolutely delicious? It looked so good I wanted it in my mouth right away, so I cut into it and ate it... and ended up not taking a photo of the cross-section!! Inside the green, green matcha milk bread there was plenty of sweet peach cream cheese. Matcha + peach + cream cheese, delicious things combined with more delicious things!! It was a combination that couldn't possibly taste bad.

Noknok's signature drink, the Noknok Cream Coconut drink, comes with a choice of matcha or mango. I went with matcha. There was none of the bitterness you get when matcha is ordered wrong, and drinking it with the sweetness of the coconut, it honestly put the big franchise cafés to shame. And I have a lot to say about the americano too.

A takeout americano for ₩1,900, visible right from the entrance??!? At a price that low for Yeonnam-dong I had my slight doubts about the beans... but sure enough, it was a coffee full of flavor that brought out the natural taste of the beans.

Floors 1 and 2: Noknok's spacious interior

Noknok has a 1st floor and a 2nd floor. The 1st floor was this spacious, and the green, leafy atmosphere left an impression. There were also a lot of people working on their computers.

The 2nd floor had an even brighter feel. Sure enough, the 2nd floor was spacious too, and it has more tables than the 1st floor, so if there are no seats on the 1st floor you can head up to the 2nd.

There are both men's and women's restrooms, but the women's is on the 1st floor and the men's is on the 2nd, so keep that in mind.

The 2nd floor's opening hours differ by day of the week, so take note~

Bank transfer is accepted and you can connect to the Wi-Fi too. And peeking out from behind, a prize giveaway!!

It's easy to enter, so join in and go home with a coupon~~ If you're looking for a spacious café in the cramped city center that is Yeonnam-dong, Noknok is the place to come. Highly recommended for anyone who wants guaranteed high-quality flavor at a low price.