# Yeonnam-dong bakery: last chestnut-red bean-mugwort loaf, Mandong

- By Daon (https://superchart.com/en/@rice-then-coffee/)
- Written Sep 15, 2026
- Local places › Cafés › Seodaemun, Seoul
- Sponsored: This visit was sponsored by the business.
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## In short

Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch is a bake-daily, sell-daily bakery on Yeonhui-ro in Seodaemun, Seoul. On this visit the last chestnut-red bean-mugwort bread (7,200 won) on the shelf went into the bag along with salty soboro, sweet potato bread and fig campagne, all four carried home in a 100-won paper shopping bag. The soybean-flour-dusted chestnut-red bean-mugwort bread and the fig campagne were the two worth buying again.

## Good to know

- **Address**: 32 Yeonhui-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul (Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch)
- **Hours**: Daily 11:00–21:00
- **Getting there**: 10-minute walk from Hongik Univ. Station Exit 3
- **Parking**: No parking; use nearby paid public parking lots
- **Entry rule**: Groups of 3 or fewer due to the small interior; group orders, takeout and reservations available
- **Packaging**: Paper bag included; paper shopping bag 100 won
- **Chestnut-red bean-mugwort bread**: 7,200 won
- **Salty soboro**: 3,600 won
- **Sweet potato bread**: 3,500 won
- **Fig campagne**: 5,800 won
- **Price reference**: ₩7,200 ≈ $5.3 (2026-09-15)

*as written by the visitor on Sep 15, 2026*

![Bread packaged and taken home from Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk-01-xgeku-1200.webp)

Walking through Hongdae and into Yeonnam-dong, I stopped by a bakery everyone raves about — Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch.

![Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch seen from the Yeonnam-dong street](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk-02-1ha8p-900.webp)

## Where is Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch, and what does the entrance look like?

Mandong Jegwa, which I visited while out in Yeonnam-dong, has a sign to the left of the entrance with the word 'bread' in big letters. There was no mistaking it for anything but a bakery.

![Bread-lettered sign to the left of the Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch entrance](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk-03-ma0sa-900.webp)

![Exterior of Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch on the main street](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk-04-1j9g5-m-900.webp)

It sits right on the main street with no dedicated parking lot, so you'd need to use a nearby paid public parking lot. It's the kind of specialty bakery you spot after a short walk from Hongik Univ. Station.

![Wood-toned entrance of Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk-05-1el07-900.webp)

- Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch
- Address: 32 Yeonhui-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- Hours: Daily 11:00–21:00
- 10-minute walk from Hongik Univ. Station Exit 3
- Groups, takeout, and reservations available
- No parking

Customers kept streaming in and out — plenty of foreign visitors too, and the flow never let up. The entrance is built in an antique-feeling wood, giving Mandong Jegwa a mix of coziness and warmth.

![Customers coming and going at the Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch entrance](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk-06-18uqy-900.webp)

![Interior atmosphere of Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk-07-9rnsx-900.webp)

## Only 3 people inside at a time, and a shelf that empties while you choose

Because the interior at Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch is small, entry is limited to groups of 3 or fewer. It's a real hotspot with long waits near Hongik Univ. Station and around Yeonnam-dong. While I was still picking out bread, two more customers suddenly walked in saying they wanted to eat a lot, and the shelf kept emptying out as they grabbed this and that.

![Bread shelf at Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch thinning out](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk-08-15gh0-900.webp)

This Yeonnam-dong bakery, a Hongdae favorite, is packed with delicious bread. Beyond the shop's most famous garlic baguette, there's the popular mugwort rice-cake campagne, tortilla walnut bread, pretzels, and more — a bakery brimming with variety and flavor.

![Garlic baguette and campagne on display at Mandong Jegwa](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk-09-oh9nl-900.webp)

The staff moved with quick, systematic hands, each person handling their own task smoothly. Even with a steady stream of customers, they seemed to handle it all with ease.

The store that first found popularity as Mandong Jegwa in Gangneung has now extended all the way to Yeonnam-dong, where it's earning plenty of love.

![Bread display case at Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk-10-1ralt-900.webp)

This is Yeonnam-dong's Mandong Jegwa, a leading name among Hongdae bakeries. The friendly staff explained the breads for sale in detail whenever I had questions. I grabbed the last remaining chestnut-red bean-mugwort bread.

The fig campagne, a healthy bread I usually like anyway, also looked delicious. With generously packed ingredients you can sample and take home at good value, it's a great stop for a Yeonnam-dong bakery crawl.

![Four kinds of Mandong Jegwa bread on a tray](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk-11-w0tx2-900.webp)

## Packaging at Mandong Jegwa: paper bag free, shopping bag 100 won

At this Yeonnam-dong bakery in Hongdae, breads come wrapped in a paper bag by default, and a paper shopping bag is ₩100 if you need one. I don't usually bother packaging bread separately, but since I had no bags or luggage on me, I paid the ₩100 and got a shopping bag too.

- Chestnut-red bean-mugwort bread ₩7,200
- Salty soboro ₩3,600
- Sweet potato bread ₩3,500
- Fig campagne ₩5,800

### Sweet potato bread, 3,500 won

First up is the sweet potato bread. It's a walnut-dough bread filled with sweet potato paste and chestnut dice — sweet, with the sweet potato and walnut working nicely together.

![Sweet potato bread with walnut dough and sweet potato filling](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk-12-1v46v-900.webp)

### Salty soboro, 3,600 won

Second is the salty soboro. It's a mochi dough with butter mixed in, giving it a crisp-outside, soft-inside feel like a classic soboro bread. The combination of mochi dough and butter makes it feel much more special than an ordinary bread.

![Salty soboro with mochi dough and butter inside](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk-13-rqz4m-900.webp)

![Cross-section of the crisp-outside, soft-inside salty soboro](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk-14-n98qo-900.webp)

![Mandong Jegwa salty soboro plated](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk-15-n9xs9-900.webp)

### Chestnut-red bean-mugwort bread, 7,200 won — the last one on the shelf

I quickly picked up the last chestnut-red bean-mugwort bread. Sure, more would be baked for the afternoon batch, but there's a sense that if you don't grab it now, you might miss it — a real lesson in scarcity value. I hurried it onto my tray, and it turned out to be the priciest item at ₩7,200... but no regrets. It tasted great, crisp on the outside, tasty inside, and above all, it had healthy mugwort in it, which made it all the more appealing.

![The last chestnut-red bean-mugwort bread on the shelf, now taken](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk-16-2tdqz-900.webp)

The chestnuts and red beans blended beautifully, with a filling packed full of ingredients.

![Filling packed with chestnuts and red beans in the mugwort bread](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk-17-ayihk-900.webp)

![Soybean-flour dusted exterior of the chestnut-red bean-mugwort bread](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk-18-1j9tx-900.webp)

The outside is full of crispness, plus a delicious dusting of soybean flour on top — a premium-feeling bread. I kept reaching for more as a snack.

### Fig campagne, 5,800 won

Last up, the fig campagne. Sweet figs inside make the flavor a real thumbs-up.

![Mandong Jegwa fig campagne with figs inside](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk-19-hj09r-900.webp)

The harmony of moist figs and campagne bread lingers throughout the eating — the nutty, sweet flavor and texture keep resonating in your mouth long after.

![Cross-section of the fig campagne](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk-20-1j6b3-900.webp)

It's healthy yet has a subtle sweetness and lovely aroma, so I recommend it. Since it's made the same day, the crust was nicely crisp too — good good..

![Fig campagne baked the same day with a crisp crust](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk-21-15c6b-900.webp)

It's a bread you can't help but savor slowly, bringing a distinct kind of healthiness different from ordinary bread — the fig campagne I'd want to eat again.

![A slice of Mandong Jegwa fig campagne plated](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk-22-p2frb-900.webp)

## Is Mandong Jegwa worth a second Yeonnam-dong bakery run?

Mandong Jegwa, a Yeonnam-dong favorite, has all sorts of products, all baked and sold the same day, and it's hugely popular in Hongdae — so make sure to stop by this Yeonnam-dong bakery, this Hongdae favorite, for some delicious bread.

![Bread lineup taken home from Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk-23-lfxxt-900.webp)

This Yeonnam-dong bakery in Hongdae, Mandong Jegwa, is the kind of place that makes you want to come back — and today's bakery crawl at Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch was, once again, delicious.

![Bread packed into the paper shopping bag from Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-bampatssuk-24-17q5b-900.webp)

## Where it is

- Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch (만동제과 연남점)
- 32 Yeonhui-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- 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

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