Ttukseom bakery takeout reheated: pan-fried levain, Forest Oven Lab
In short
Forest Oven Lab is a bakery café in Seongdong, Seoul, on Seoulsup 4-gil, within walking distance of Ttukseom Station and Seoulsup, that bakes with natural sourdough starter and organic flour. The writer stopped by around 5pm on a Friday, took home salt bread, a croissant, olive ciabatta, a salt butter baguette and levain (₩3,500 to ₩6,500), and enjoyed them at home using a microwave, a frying pan and balsamic sauce. Forest Oven Lab is a Seoulsup bakery for everyday bread that still satisfies when taken home and reheated.
Good to know
- Getting there
- Ttukseom Station Exit 8 · 7-min walk (store listing, Nov 1, 2026)
- Location
- 201, 20 Seoulsup 4-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul (walkable from Seoulsup and Ttukseom Station)
- Hours
- Daily 8am–7pm, last order 6:30pm
- Closed
- Tuesdays
- Parking
- No parking; use a nearby public lot
- Ordering
- Takeout and dine-in available; Face Pay accepted
- About the bread
- Made with organic flour and natural sourdough starter; reportedly baked and sold the same day
- Breads bought and prices
- Salt bread ₩3,500, croissant ₩3,900, olive ciabatta ₩4,200, salt butter baguette ₩5,000, levain ₩6,500
- When visited
- Around 5pm on a Friday, during the soft opening
- Price reference
- ₩3,500 ≈ $2.6 · ₩6,500 ≈ $4.9 · ₩3,900 ≈ $2.9 (2026-11-12)
as written by the visitor on Nov 13, 2026 · not checked with the business
Today I found a bakery that uses natural sourdough and organic flour and the bread is so good. Here's my takeout review of Forest Oven Lab, a new café near Seoulsup, from one total bread lover!
Where is Forest Oven Lab, and what are the hours and parking?
Forest Oven Lab is at 201, 20 Seoulsup 4-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It is open daily 08:00–19:00 (last order 18:30) and closed on Tuesdays. There's no parking, so use a nearby public lot. Takeout is available and Face Pay works too.
- 📍 201, 20 Seoulsup 4-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul
- 🕖 Daily 08:00–19:00 / last order 18:30
- Closed Tuesdays
- 🅿️ No parking – use a nearby public lot
- ✔️ Takeout available, Face Pay accepted
Forest Oven Lab storefront
Eek, this is Forest Oven Lab, a brand-new dessert café that just opened near Seoulsup and Ttukseom 🫶🏻 You can walk here from Seoulsup or Ttukseom Station, so just follow the map 🥺 It's on the Seoulsup café street side, so it's nice for a wander while you're here. I walked in with my bread-lover eyes spinning.. ( º﹃º )
How is the bread made? Natural sourdough and organic flour
Forest Oven Lab uses organic flour and carefully selected ingredients, and the healthy breads are made with natural sourdough starter, baked and sold on a same-day basis, they said 🫶🏻 The owner kindly explained it all. Oh my.. I love super sweet breads too, but I also really love healthy meal breads like these 🥺
The sign says it opened in October, but it's currently in a soft-opening period, so they're still developing and making new menu items! I vowed to try the levain with its faint sour aroma and the salt butter baguette..‼️ (They even let me smell the bread myself 👍🏻) Now let's look at some of the dessert breads too.. 💟
Ahh.. the looks are insane, right.. ⸝⸝ʚ̴̶̷̆ ̯ʚ̴̶̷̆⸝⸝ I wanted to try everything, but I've put on a bit of weight lately so I held back ㅠㅠ I mostly picked the healthy breads..🥺 I visited around 5pm on a Friday, haha. I introduced the breads first, but let's take a quick look inside the shop too.
Can you eat inside Forest Oven Lab?
Yes, dining in is possible at Forest Oven Lab. The interior isn't huge, but it's a space where you can enjoy tasty bread and coffee! It was cozy and smelled amazing of bread. Next time I'll bring my boyfriend for a cup of coffee 🫶🏻
The 5 breads I took home from Forest Oven Lab, with prices
So the items I picked at Forest Oven Lab were..!
- Salt bread ₩3,500
- Croissant ₩3,900
- Olive ciabatta ₩4,200
- Salt butter baguette ₩5,000
- Levain ₩6,500
I picked them myself, but.. don't these breads look so delicious ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
Breads I spotted on the way down (?) I can't tell if they're models or real 🥺
How did I eat the Forest Oven Lab takeout bread at home?
Salt butter baguette ₩5,000: a quick microwave
I heated the Forest Oven Lab salt butter baguette briefly in the microwave and it was so good. A subtle sweet-salty combo, true to the salt butter name..🥺 The kind of taste you keep reaching for!
Olive ciabatta ₩4,200: dipped in balsamic sauce
I dipped the Forest Oven Lab olive ciabatta in balsamic sauce. I love ciabatta so much! It's generously filled with olives, and dipped in balsamic it was so good ㅠㅠ I think it would also be great sliced in half as a sandwich.
Croissant ₩3,900: microwaved the next day, with coffee
I reheated the Forest Oven Lab croissant in the microwave the next day, and it was so good.. It would have been even better in an air fryer, but microwaved and paired with coffee it was instant heaven.. hehe
Salt bread ₩3,500: the crispy salt bread
Forest Oven Lab had other kinds of salt bread too, but I brought home the crispy one..! Crispy outside and moist inside, so delicious ㅠㅠㅠ
Levain ₩6,500: pan-fried in olive oil
And the grand finale, the Forest Oven Lab levain..! I wondered how to eat this one, then lightly pan-fried it in olive oil and the flavor came out even more ㅠㅠ It's a healthy bread that's easy to digest.. so I ate without worry and it vanished in a flash..(?);;
That was my very satisfied takeout review of Forest Oven Lab, a Seoulsup café bakery I loved.
Where it is
201, 20 Seoulsup 4-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea서울특별시 성동구 서울숲4길 20 201호
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