Seoulsup dessert café gift set prices, Valrhona madeleine: Notldun

What kind of dessert café is Notldun in Seoulsup?

Notldun (노틀던) is a dessert café near Seoulsup and Ttukseom Station. It's a Seoulsup café with a great atmosphere behind its big windows, and a famous stop on the Seongsu bakery tour. I'm a total cake nerd, and since Notldun is known as a top Seongsu cake spot, I went without a second thought!

Notldun in Seongsu is a premium dessert café. It sells hotel-grade cakes and baked sweets made in-store by a pâtissier. Actually, the owner is a well-known figure (psst, whisper whisper), so if you pack these up as a Seongsu dessert gift, the person receiving it will be thrilled, I bet!? Whole cakes can be pre-ordered too, so I'd recommend it for a year-end cake as well.

What are Notldun's atmosphere and seats like?

Notldun is a Seoulsup café that gets lots of sunlight through its big windows. The mood is bright and cheerful, and the clean white tones overall make for great photos! It's a small space, but there's quite a lot of seating inside, so it works well for two or three people.

It's a good Seoulsup café for a Seongsu bakery tour, but because the interior is so nicely done, it's also a place to relax over tasty desserts and coffee. The drinks menu has a variety of coffee and non-coffee options.

How much are Notldun's gift sets?

Notldun's gift sets are ₩28,000 for the madeleine set, ₩32,000 for the financier (almond butter cake) set, and ₩35,000 for the Valrhona madeleine set. The price includes the package and shopping bag, so you don't need to think about extra costs :)

The Valrhona madeleine selection in particular was released to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Guanaja, the most iconic dark chocolate from the French premium chocolate brand Valrhona. It's a special item you can't easily find anywhere else, so it's the one I'd recommend most as a dessert gift.

Can desserts outside the gift sets be packaged as gifts?

For desserts outside the gift sets, Notldun sells gift boxes separately. Since these are luxury desserts, the boxes are classy too, a great way to show you put thought into the gift.

Which Notldun cake should you pick on a first visit?

If it's your first time at Notldun, I recommend the signature cakes. Notldun, counted among the top Seongsu cake spots and a Seongsu bakery tour stop, has two signatures.

• Notldun Signature Blanc: white chocolate + raspberry
• Notldun Signature Noix: milk chocolate + almond

There are other cakes too.

• Pistachio Festival
• Salted Caramel Millefeuille
• Forêt Noire
• Guanaja
• Maska Berry

Don't the cakes look like works of art? They look so obviously expensive, which makes them perfect as gift desserts. There's often a wait here, so the giver gets to feel proud and the receiver feels great too.

Notldun's madeleines come in several flavors too. If you want a small dessert, I'd recommend the madeleines. Every dessert here is made with care, so it's a must-visit on the Seongsu bakery tour!

Is the cooler bag free for Notldun cake takeout?

Notldun packs desserts in a cooler bag for free! Maybe because it's a Seoulsup café specializing in premium desserts, but the service and attitude were definitely good. Little details like this can quietly make or break a shop's image, right? The staff were super kind too, so this is a place I'll probably remember for a long time.

I bought two kinds of Notldun cake, and they wrapped each one neatly and separately. (What I bought was not a gift box!)

What does Notldun's Guanaja cake taste like?

Notldun's Guanaja is a cake where you really taste the dark chocolate. It is really small, honestly..? But it's worth more than the money, it earns its high price. It's somewhere between chocolate and cake, and I thought, so this is why people buy hotel desserts, haha. If you're looking for a Seongsu bakery tour stop or a top Seongsu cake spot, I strongly recommend Notldun, the Seoulsup café.

What does Notldun's Pistachio Festival taste like?

Notldun's Pistachio Festival is a cake that turns dessert into art. You have to try this one, the sweet-salty balance is insane. I don't like cakes with lots of cream, but this place is different, totally different.. You can tell it's a high-end dessert the moment you eat it. Even with plenty of cream it's never cloying, and all the ingredients work together beautifully.

It's absolutely not a cheap Baskin-Robbins-style pistachio flavor. It brings out the real pistachio, nutty, with a touch of saltiness here and there, which makes it seriously upscale.

For premium handmade cakes, a Seongsu dessert gift, and a must-visit Seongsu bakery tour stop, I recommend Notldun, the Seoulsup café!