Mangwon bakery with brûlée salt bread & melon bread: The Bakerst

Where is The Bakerst bakery in Mangwon?

The Bakerst (BAKERST) Mangwon is a bakery café at 20 Poeun-ro 8-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul, about an 8–10 minute walk from Mangwon Station Exit 2. It's open 11:00–20:00. Right near the lively Mangwon Market, there's a spot full of buttery aromas. I stopped by The Bakerst in Mangwon, a salt bread favorite with a stylish exterior and a great reputation.

It's a popular Mangwon bakery known for its stylish interior, flaky pastries and baked sweets. Walk through the bustling alleys of Mangwon Market, go a little further in, and you reach a calm, refined shop. The wood tones and white work so well together that it catches your eye even from far away.

What breads are in The Bakerst's display cases?

The cases hold stone croissants, fig desserts, sandwich cookie sets, dacquoise roll cakes, butter madeleines, sausage pastries and more. Step inside, where the Christmas mood has just begun, and the smell of freshly baked bread hits your nose and gives you a happy flutter.

The berry stone croissant looks delicious.

The cases make choosing easy, and the many kinds of pastries and baked sweets, all looking so tempting, grab your eye.

There's a fig dessert too, since figs are in season.

As a place famous for sandwich cookies, the set would be a good buy. At The Bakerst Mangwon, popular items often sell out if you come late in the afternoon. The sandwich cookie set also makes a really nice gift.

The dacquoise roll cake looks stylish too.

This is a cute conch-shaped cream pastry. The long pastry reminds me of a Pepero stick.

These are butter madeleines in 3 flavors: red bean, custard cream and Nutella! The stone croissant seems to be the signature, since it keeps showing up.

I'm so curious what they taste like.

There's also a sausage pastry that kids love.

Outside, a Christmas tree looks lovely. Time spent with the baked sweets in the financier and madeleine boxes is beautiful. They're slightly chewy outside, moist inside, with a rich buttery aroma.

Which floors have seating at The Bakerst Mangwon?

At The Bakerst Mangwon, pick your bread on the 1st floor, then head up to the 2nd and 4th floors to enjoy it at leisure. There are plenty of seats of all kinds: tables for 2, 3, 4 and 6.

The area in front of the restroom was so clean and artistic.

What we ordered at The Bakerst

I ordered an egg tart, a bungeoppang (fish-shaped pastry) set, a melon bread and a crème brûlée salt bread. I also looked over the drink menu.

• Egg tart
• Bungeoppang set
• Melon bread
• Crème brûlée salt bread

A generous heap of bread!

I picked out all my usual favorite breads and bakery items.

What does The Bakerst's basalt-like stone croissant look like?

The signature stone croissant at The Bakerst, a Mangwon bakery famous for crisp-outside, moist-inside bread, looks just like its name: as if rugged, rough black basalt (stone) had been moved over as is. Small flakes of gold leaf and herb leaves sit on top of the jam, adding a luxurious dessert feel.

It came in a stylish square box.

Choco stick

Egg tart

Green melon bread

How do The Bakerst's melon bread and crème brûlée salt bread taste?

The Bakerst's melon bread is a classic, topped with a crisp, sweet cookie crust, with a subtle melon aroma and soft, tender crumb. It's full of sweet melon fragrance. The cream was dripping a little, so I dug in right away, and the crisp outside and moist inside go wonderfully together.

Crème brûlée salt bread.

Choux cream and Nutella fill a crisp pastry tart shell to the brim, so you feel the sweetness melt softly in your mouth. It's packed full inside.

What is The Bakerst's egg tart like?

The Bakerst's egg tart is an egg tart that's always good. A crisp pastry or tart shell (dough) is filled with a custard cream of egg yolk, milk, sugar and fresh cream, then baked in the oven. It's charming for its crisp outside and a pudding-soft, moist inside.