Oedaeap Station bakery: loaf cut to your thickness, Easy White Bread

What kind of bakery is Easy White Bread?

Easy White Bread (이지화이트 브레드) is a bakery café near Oedaeap Station that has a word-of-mouth reputation for its saenngsikppang (white loaf bread). These days I find myself drawn less to merely sweet bread and more to solid, everyday loaves. Especially bread that stays moist for a long time and has a clear flavor that comes from its ingredients. Those are the ones I remember, haha. So this time I visited Easy White Bread!

I found it while searching for a good café near Oedaeap Station, and I was curious because it's so well known for its loaf bread.

Where is Easy White Bread near Oedaeap Station?

The address of Easy White Bread is 120 Imun-ro, Sangga-dong 1st floor, Unit A120, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea.

It wasn't hard to find from the Oedaeap Station side, and I thought it would also work well for anyone near Kyung Hee University looking for take-out bread or coffee.

What I ordered at Easy White Bread

Here is what I ordered at Easy White Bread this time.

• 1 half Golden Beurre loaf
• 2 brewed coffees, Gosohan (nutty) (1 iced, 1 hot)

How does the Golden Beurre loaf taste?

The Golden Beurre loaf at Easy White Bread was really impressive: the crumb is very moist yet still dense. Loaf bread is sometimes just soft, or sometimes too sweet, but Easy White Bread was different, haha.

Can you choose how thick the loaf is sliced?

Yes, at Easy White Bread you can choose how thick the loaf is sliced. This time I asked for a slightly thick 2cm cut, and I liked that the thickness was up to me!

The Golden Beurre loaf pulls apart in soft layers, and I loved how it goes down moist, with nothing dry or crumbly, haha. It's tasty enough on its own, and even with nothing spread on it you get a faint butter flavor, so I knew right away this was a bread with solid fundamentals :)

What ingredients does Easy White Bread use?

One reason Easy White Bread felt like a good place is that its ingredient standards are clear. They reportedly use AOP-certified French natural fermented butter, and no margarine or vegetable cream, only 100% butter and animal cream!

Knowing that as I ate, I could kind of see why the flavor felt different. The outside is mildly nutty and the inside is moist, so the balance was really good. When people talk about a great café near Oedaeap Station they usually think of atmosphere, but at Easy White Bread it was the quality of the bread itself that stuck with me. They also reportedly keep to a same-day baking, same-day selling policy, which made me trust it even more.

Does Goso brewed coffee pair well with the loaf?

The Gosohan (nutty) brewed coffee I took away together from Easy White Bread went really well with the Golden Beurre loaf. As the name says, it leans nutty rather than sharply acidic, so it supports the bread's butter flavor naturally without overpowering it.

I felt a coffee like this suits loaf bread better than a sweet drink^^! Take a bite of bread, then a sip of coffee, and the nutty aroma gets cleanly wrapped up so you keep going back for more, haha.

So to me this wasn't just one bread and one coffee, it felt like a set that goes together. If you're looking for a good café near Oedaeap Station, this basic combo is worth trying first.

Verdict: is Easy White Bread worth a visit?

Easy White Bread also seems like a good place to stop and pick something up on the way to work or before a morning appointment. Overall, what I felt is that Easy White Bread competes on basic ingredients and texture rather than loading on flashy toppings. That's why you don't get tired of it, and after one visit you find yourself thinking about it again.

• The moist, soft crumb of the Golden Beurre loaf
• A butter flavor that's subtle rather than overpowering
• A clean, well-matched pairing with the Gosohan brewed coffee
• The same-day baking, same-day selling policy, which makes it feel fresher

If you're looking for a bakery to take bread home from, Easy White Bread is worth a visit :)