# Yeonnam-dong bakery salty soboro and yakbap pound cake: Mandong Jegwa - By Dami (https://superchart.com/en/@seoul-coffee-interval/) - Written Sep 6, 2026 - Local places › Cafés › Seodaemun, Seoul - Sponsored: This post was written as a sponsored store visit. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@seoul-coffee-interval/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@seoul-coffee-interval/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/index.md) ## In short Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch is a takeout-only bakery in Yeonnam-dong, Seoul, near Exit 3 of Hongik University Station. Five breads went into the bag — shrimp baguette, cheese bread, salty soboro, yakbap (sweet rice) pound cake and mugwort rice-cake bread — and the sweet-salty salty soboro plus the barely sweet yakbap pound cake, a hit with mom, were the standouts. Every bread at Mandong Jegwa is individually wrapped, so it is an easy place to buy several and share. ## Good to know - **Location**: Near Exit 3 of Hongik University Station, Yeonnam-dong (32 Yeonhui-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul) - **Hours**: Daily 11:00–21:00 - **Format**: Takeout only; every bread individually wrapped - **Breads taken home**: Shrimp baguette, cheese bread, salty soboro, yakbap (sweet rice) pound cake, mugwort rice-cake bread - **Bread lineup**: Cappuccino, basil tomato, onion bagel, garlic baguette, cucumber baguette, sweet potato, kaya coconut, tortilla, chestnut loaf, cheese malang, yakbap bread, walnut bread, squid ink bread *as written by the visitor on Sep 6, 2026* Today I visited a Yeonnam-dong bakery near Hongdae — the breads were seriously so good and huge in size, totally satisfying. Let me introduce it right now! ## Where is Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch, and what is the shop like? > Mandong Jegwa exterior ![Exterior view of Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch in Yeonnam-dong](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap-01-12v9w-900.webp) *Mandong Jegwa exterior* Mandong Jegwa is located in Yeonnam-dong, near Exit 3 of Hongik University Station! > Mandong Jegwa interior ![Bread display shelves inside Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap-02-cnsfd-900.webp) *Mandong Jegwa interior* ![Interior of Mandong Jegwa with individually wrapped breads](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap-03-1j35f-900.webp) ![Store display view of Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap-04-v4a77-900.webp) ![Interior of the takeout-only Mandong Jegwa store](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap-05-4eyr9-900.webp) ![Wide view of the bread corner at Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap-06-hkjhf-900.webp) Mandong Jegwa is a takeout-only spot, and all the breads are individually wrapped, which made it feel really clean and nice haha. ## What breads does Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch sell? > Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam menu ![Sign showing the bread lineup at Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap-07-zm94u-900.webp) *Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam menu* ![Menu list at Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap-08-4k70w-900.webp) The menu at Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam includes cappuccino / basil tomato / onion bagel / garlic baguette / cucumber baguette / sweet potato / kaya coconut / tortilla / chestnut loaf / cheese malang / yakbap bread / walnut bread / squid ink. It's a Yeonnam-dong bakery known for its wide variety of breads. ![Individually wrapped breads displayed at Mandong Jegwa](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap-09-4lher-900.webp) All the breads are individually wrapped, which was super convenient haha. ![Five breads packed to go from Mandong Jegwa](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap-10-1vj47-1200.webp) I packed up 5 breads — shrimp baguette + cheese bread + salty soboro + yakbap pound cake + mugwort rice-cake bread — and they looked so delicious I was really excited haha. ## Cheese bread: chewy and packed with cream cheese ![Round cheese bread from Mandong Jegwa](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap-11-gpt57-900.webp) Cheese bread. It has this round, super cute look, and the bread itself has a really chewy, springy texture. ![Cross-section of cheese bread showing cream cheese filling](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap-12-12tco-900.webp) It's packed with cream cheese inside, so it's super soft and sweet with a nutty note too ㅜㅜ The bread's texture is so good too — a real Yeonnam-dong bakery hit near Hongdae. ![Exterior of Mandong Jegwa's salty soboro](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap-13-5wg05-900.webp) ## Salty soboro: sweet-salty crumble over salted dough I bought the salty soboro wondering what it even was, and it's so unique and delicious ㅜㅜ The top tastes just like regular soboro. ![Salty soboro piled high with soboro topping](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap-14-zh16o-900.webp) Piled high with soboro, it's crisp and sweet and just melts in your mouth,, the best,, ![Cross-section of salty soboro showing salt dough center](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap-15-1bynu-900.webp) When you cut it in half, the moist part in the center is the salt dough! The sweet-salty balance in the salty soboro is truly perfect ㅜㅜ The bread's fluffy-chewy texture is on point too haha. ![Yakbap pound cake from Mandong Jegwa topped with nuts](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap-16-vkqb9-900.webp) ## Yakbap pound cake: barely sweet, and mom's favorite The yakbap (sweet rice) pound cake is topped with a ton of nuts and seeds like sunflower and pumpkin seeds, and it's a really dense pound cake — the yakbap aroma comes through really strongly haha. ![Cross-section of the dense yakbap pound cake](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap-17-zuoge-900.webp) Even though it's on the dense side, it's moist so it doesn't feel dry, and you can really taste that nutty, mildly sweet flavor unique to yakbap — so good! ![A cut slice of yakbap pound cake](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap-18-a1h70-900.webp) It's especially not too sweet, so my mom really enjoyed it haha. ![Well-baked exterior of the yakbap pound cake](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap-19-eunpo-900.webp) The outside is baked just right, so you get fluffy-moist inside and a chewy texture outside. ![Shrimp baguette topped with a sweet coating](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap-20-jqp0i-900.webp) ## Shrimp baguette: the savory pick worth ordering Shrimp baguette bursting with umami,, coated on top with something sweet, like soboro. ![Cross-section of shrimp baguette showing shrimp sauce](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap-21-q5dju-900.webp) That coating is actually a shrimp-based sauce, sweet with a rich shrimp aroma and that distinctive savory depth — genuinely so good,, a must-try at this Yeonnam-dong bakery near Hongdae!! ![Mugwort rice-cake bread from Mandong Jegwa topped with almonds](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap-22-4j0wp-900.webp) ## Mugwort rice-cake bread: rice cake and bread in one bite Mugwort rice-cake bread, full of mugwort aroma. Topped with almonds, it has both a mugwort scent and a sweet one. ![Chewy interior cross-section of mugwort rice-cake bread](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap-23-dhq8u-900.webp) Super chewy, like rice cake, and the bread part is chewy too — so good,, the fragrant mugwort flavor rounds it all out nicely. ![A piece of mugwort rice-cake bread with a rice-cake-like texture](https://img.superchart.com/images/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap-24-10p6r-900.webp) With its moist, chewy texture, it feels like eating rice cake and bread at the same time haha. Such a delicious pick, highly recommend this Yeonnam-dong bakery near Hongdae. ## Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch opening hours Mandong Jegwa Yeonnam Branch is open daily from 11:00 to 21:00. A Yeonnam-dong bakery near Hongdae that's open every single day. ## 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 --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@seoul-coffee-interval/mandong-bakery-yeonnam-salt-soboro-yakbap/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt