Ikseon-dong bakery: ₩13,000 three-bread takeout after lunch, Munhwa
In short
Munhwa Bakery is a takeout bakery on the hanok street of Ikseon-dong in Jongno, Seoul. After lunch nearby, the writer packed mugwort rice cake bread at ₩5,700, white bean paste bread at ₩3,800 and walnut bread at ₩3,500 for ₩13,000 in total, then tasted them at home in that order, starting with the walnut bread. The mugwort rice cake bread, layering herbal mugwort aroma, chewy rice cake and nutty richness, was the top pick at Munhwa Bakery.
Good to know
- Mugwort rice cake bread
- ₩5,700
- White bean paste bread (baekangeum)
- ₩3,800
- Walnut bread
- ₩3,500
- Total paid
- ₩13,000
- How to order
- Takeout
- Address
- 1st floor, 65 Donhwamun-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- Price reference
- ₩13,000 ≈ $9.6 · ₩5,700 ≈ $4.2 · ₩3,800 ≈ $2.8 (2026-09-15)
as written by the visitor on Sep 13, 2026
Munhwa Bakery in Ikseon-dong: why mugwort rice cake bread is the top pick
My top pick this time at Munhwa Bakery in Ikseon-dong was the mugwort rice cake bread for ₩5,700. That vivid green color grabs your eye right away — just looking at it, the mugwort scent seems to drift up to your nose.
If plain bread is coffee, mugwort rice cake bread is TOP...
The outside is a plain, savory bread, but as you get toward the center, the chewy, sticky texture of the rice cake is fully alive, seriously.
The more you chew, the more the subtle mugwort aroma and sweetness spread, and with the nutty crunch on top, every bite is pretty fun.
Once you try it, you get why someone thought to turn mugwort and rice cake into bread. Slurp... is there a good mugwort rice cake bread place in my neighborhood?
What Munhwa Bakery's hanok-tiled exterior and shop look like
Munhwa Bakery is a cozy little bakery at 65 Donhwamun-ro, 1st floor, over toward the Ikseon-dong hanok alley. It's small but tidy, topped with hanok roof tiles, and a full-height window lets you see right into this bread paradise.
All you bread lovers, gather round~!
How much are the mugwort rice cake, white bean paste and walnut breads?
What I picked up at Munhwa Bakery that day was three items — mugwort rice cake bread, baekangeum bread, and walnut bread — for ₩13,000 total. What to eat? Don't overthink it!
- Mugwort rice cake bread ₩5,700
- Baekangeum bread ₩3,800
- Walnut bread ₩3,500
- Total ₩13,000
Before the first bite: what was in the ₩13,000 bag
Dear readers of the travel encyclopedia, do you like mugwort rice cake bread? I really love baekangeum bread too. Let me go try one.
1st taste: Munhwa Bakery is takeout only
Munhwa Bakery is takeout only, no question. Home we go before the bread gets cold!
2nd taste: walnut bread, ₩3,500
First up is Munhwa Bakery's walnut bread for ₩3,500. I just had lunch, but one bite of walnut bread is fine, right?
Lumpy and rough-looking, which somehow makes it tastier — the crunchy, gritty texture is the kicker!
3rd taste: mugwort rice cake bread, ₩5,700
Munhwa Bakery's mugwort rice cake bread for ₩5,700 is a mugwort bread that really brings out the chewiness of the rice cake.
Generously scattered with nuts, so the nuttiness and mugwort fragrance explode in your mouth!!
4th item: white bean paste bread, ₩3,800
Last up is Munhwa Bakery's baekangeum bread for ₩3,800. Try it and let the soft white sweet bean paste melt right on your tongue.
Grabbed the very last piece for myself. Heh.
Munhwa Bakery breads, before and after
So gooood!
I learned that a good restaurant is verified with an empty plate!!
Time to write my Naver review and go get some salt bread~!!
Where it is
65 Donhwamun-ro, 1st floor, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea서울특별시 종로구 돈화문로 65 1층
