Dunchon-dong egg shop for Chuseok grocery shopping: Fresh Farmer

Eggs are always in my fridge. I make rolled egg omelets as a side for my kid and whip up a quick fried egg in the morning too, so I buy them often. Especially once my child got a bit older and started eating solid foods, the moment came to try eggs for the first time — and as a mom, I really started thinking harder about what standard to choose by. Freshness picked by former national gymnast Son Yeon-jae! These are eggs where I checked even the eggshell number carefully.

Where is Fresh Farmer Olympic Park Foreon Direct Store, and when is it open?

• 📌 Location: B122, B1F Park Foreon, 1360 Yangjae-daero, Gangdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea (12m from Exit 1, Dunchon-dong Station, Line 5)
• 📌 Hours: Open 24 hours, every day (unmanned store)
• 📌 Menu: Organic free-range fertilized eggs, animal-welfare fertilized eggs, and more
• 📌 Other: Parking available, delivery, takeout

How should you choose eggs for kids' side dishes?

If it's something you eat every day, check freshness first!

Since eggs show up as a side dish at almost every meal, freshness was the thing I cared about most.

Especially once we started my baby's solid food journey and were introducing new foods one by one, I had to watch for allergic reactions to eggs too — and I didn't want to feed my child eggs from some unknown source, so I wanted to be extra careful about choosing.

Fresh Farmer, picked by model Son Yeon-jae, lets you check both the raising environment and the freshness of the eggs together — really great for households with babies, pregnant women, or elderly family members.

Since it's something we eat every day, real peace of mind means checking the laying date, eggshell number, and storage condition too — not just the price!

Fresh Farmer eggs and NON-GMO feed

If you want the freshness of eggs laid that very day, I recommend visiting Tuesdays or Thursdays after 6pm!!!! (They're so popular they sometimes sell out fast.)

When there's an important occasion coming up — a baby's first allergy test, starting solids, or getting ready for Chuseok — reserving ahead at this Dunchon-dong egg shop is a great idea!

Eggshell code 1 vs code 2: what is the difference?

A standard for choosing eggs by checking the raising environment!

Have you ever just walked past the number stamped on an eggshell without a second thought? I only just learned, through raising my kid, that the last digit of the eggshell number tells you the raising environment of the egg..

Fresh Farmer carries eggs where the last digit of the eggshell number is either 1 or 2!!

Eggshell code 1: free-range hens

This is also sold at department stores — grade-1 fertilized eggs feature a low ratio of corn feed and a high ratio of organic feed, with free-range raising as the key point.

Eggshell code 2: barn-floor hens

The difference is that grade 1 hens can move around outdoors while grade 2 hens move around inside the barn — but grade 2 eggs are still animal-welfare fertilized eggs from a welfare-conscious raising environment!!

From now on, when choosing eggs for our family, I'm going to check what kind of raising environment they came from~

Do premium eggs really taste different?

A tasting review, checking freshness directly through fried and soft-boiled eggs!

After visiting Fresh Farmer, I came home and cooked them myself.

Fried egg test: cooking and tasting unsalted

First, to fry them, I cracked an egg into the pan — and rather than spreading out watery and thin, the egg white stayed relatively thick and gathered together.

The colors were clearly different, right? Orange for eggshell number 1, yellow for eggshell number 2!

A fresh egg has whites that gather firmly and a yolk that stands up nice and round, so it looked really appetizing!

I pressed on it and the membrane was so firm it didn't easily break while cooking. Normally I sprinkle at least a bit of salt when I eat fried eggs, but this time I wanted to taste the egg itself, so I ate it completely unsalted.

But it was nuttier and cleaner-tasting than I expected!! Above all, there was no trace of that typical fishy egg smell, so there was nothing off-putting about it.

It wasn't just the yolk that was nutty — the white felt cleaner-tasting than usual too? Since the flavor was good even unsalted, I thought just a simple fried egg for breakfast would be plenty satisfying and fresh.

7-minute soft-boiled test: cooking and tasting

Next, I checked whether soft-boiling would give a firm white and a moist, properly cooked yolk.

Tasting it, the fishy smell wasn't strong and I could taste a nutty flavor — I found the soft-boiled version pretty good too.

What makes eggs taste fishy? The feed

I cooked them on low heat for about 7 minutes, and the white came out springy yet soft, while the yolk was perfectly soft-boiled and moist!

Rather than a fully runny soft-boiled texture, there was a slightly crumbly bite added, which I think made the nutty flavor come through even more.

Taking a small bite of the yolk, it went down smoothly, so it was easy to eat without feeling heavy.

If the fried egg impressed me with its clean flavor, the soft-boiled version let the nutty richness of the moist yolk come through a bit more, I'd say, haha.

Whether you eat eggs plain, fried, rolled into an omelet, or soft-boiled, the flavor shifts a little each time, so there's real enjoyment in trying different ways of eating them~

Why Fresh Farmer suits Chuseok grocery runs in Dunchon-dong

Recommended for everyone from Gangdong locals to Foreon residents!

For Chuseok, when you're making a lot of pancakes and fried dishes, you end up needing more eggs than usual, right? You need them for meatball patties and pancakes, and there's a lot of use for them in holiday morning meals and kids' side dishes too.

So during a season like this, being able to buy fresh eggs right nearby is a real advantage.

Fresh Farmer Olympic Park Foreon Direct Store is located in the Park Foreon 5 commercial complex, connected to Dunchon-dong Station, and open year-round without a day off, so—

—it's convenient for anyone shopping around Dunchon-dong or Foreon to stop by before Chuseok! (Foreon residents can even get delivery right to their door~)

Especially for an ingredient you eat every day, it matters to choose not just by price but by your own standards for freshness and raising environment too.

If you're like me and often use eggs for your kid's side dishes, or wondered what to look for when picking premium eggs, give Son Yeon-jae's eggs a try!