Danyang market bakery: two handled gift bags of original salt bread

While wandering the Gugyeong Market alleys on my Danyang trip, looking for gifts for friends, a toasty, buttery smell stopped me in my tracks. That's Black Garlic Salt Bread (흑마늘소금빵)! There was a line, you know? It had to be a great spot, so I hopped in line right away ^^*

Black Garlic Salt Bread is a salt bread bakery in Danyang's Gugyeong Market that carefully bakes its bread with Danyang garlic, a local specialty.

Where is Black Garlic Salt Bread? Location, hours and parking

Black Garlic Salt Bread is at 36 Dojeon 4-gil, Danyang-eup, Danyang-gun, Chungbuk (109-ho), near the Gugyeong Market entrance, right next to Yeomyeong Pharmacy. It's open Thursday to Monday, 10:00-20:00, and closed every Tuesday and Wednesday.

• Address: 36 Dojeon 4-gil, Danyang-eup, Danyang-gun, Chungbuk (109-ho) (near the Gugyeong Market entrance, right next to Yeomyeong Pharmacy!)
• Hours: Thursday to Monday, 10:00-20:00
• Regular closing days: every Tuesday and Wednesday

For parking, the free Gugyeong Market public car park right across from the market is the easiest on your route! If it's full on a weekend, park at the nearby Hasang Free Car Park or the Sangsang-ui Georii public car park and enjoy a short walk over haha. It's a takeout-only shop, so it's easy to carry your bread around too!!

How long is the wait at Black Garlic Salt Bread?

I went around weekday lunchtime and the wait was under 5 minutes. There were quite a few people, but luckily the bread comes out right as you order, so I didn't wait long!! Turnover seems really fast haha.

How is the salt bread at Black Garlic Salt Bread made?

They say the shop ages native Danyang six-clove garlic (육쪽마늘) in-house, in rice cookers and the like, and uses the extract they make that way in the dough!!!

On top of that, they use no chemical additives, artificial colors or preservatives, only top-grade French gourmet butter and Taean/Sinan sun-dried sea salt, and bake fresh every morning on a same-day-made, same-day-sold principle. So of course it's delicious, no question haha.

Black Garlic Salt Bread menu and set prices

There are flavors from original salt bread to soboro (crumble-topped) salt bread, garlic salt bread and black garlic salt bread! Sets run from ₩11,000 for Set 1 to ₩14,800 for Set 4.

• Set 1 (4 originals): ₩11,000
• Set 2 (2 originals + 1 garlic + 1 black garlic): ₩13,000
• Set 3 (1 original + 1 soboro + 1 garlic + 1 black garlic): ₩14,000
• Set 4 (2 garlic + 2 black garlic): ₩14,800

They also have a cool, sweet ice cream salt bread, so take note!

How to get a set discount with a receipt from another Gugyeong Market shop

If you already have a receipt from Danbbang Bakery (단빵제빵소) or Black Garlic Nurungji Dakgangjeong (흑마늘누룽지닭강정, crispy fried chicken), you can get a discount on a Black Garlic Salt Bread set!!!! They're all very close to each other anyway, so chicken, garlic bread and this salt bread make a perfect Danyang Gugyeong Market course.

How does the original salt bread taste?

The original salt bread here has salt that doesn't clump, so it isn't salty, and the bottom is baked crisp in butter, making it plain and nutty. I usually prefer the clean, mild flavor of the ingredients themselves over anything too strong, so I stocked up mostly on the original!

I bought 2 bags in total, one for me and one for a friend, and they even put a handle on top of the wrapping so it was easy to carry haha.

Maybe because there's so much French gourmet butter in it, the whole car smelled of buttery goodness.. I held out because I was driving, but I was drooling.

The bottom is baked super crisp in butter, so golden and gorgeous.....

The salt isn't clumped in one spot being salty, it's evenly spread throughout, so it's not salty at all, and the plain, nutty flavor fills your mouth. With coffee it's amazingly good.

How to store and reheat leftover salt bread

If you'll eat it the same day, let it cool completely, seal it and keep it at room temperature, and it stays moist until the next day! If you want to keep it longer, be sure to seal it and freeze it!

Take frozen salt bread out 30 minutes before eating and thaw it naturally at room temperature, then warm it for just about 3 minutes in an oven or air fryer preheated to 180°C, and it tastes freshly baked, just like when you bought it!!

Is Black Garlic Salt Bread a good Danyang travel gift?

If you're wondering what to bring back from Danyang, nothing's as safe as food like Black Garlic Salt Bread. Salt bread especially is something almost everyone likes, right? I gave it to a friend too and they said it was delicious haha. I recommend Black Garlic Salt Bread as a Danyang salt bread gift!!!!