If you come to Korea, Gwangjang Market will already be in your plan. Gwangjang Market has all the Korean food. Tteokbokki, sundae, bindaetteok, puffed rice cake, yukhoe, etc. If you’ve decided on the menu, it’s time to choose the dessert. Koreans often say that there is a different stomach for food and desert. Let’s fill the rest of the stomach with Korean desserts .
# mugwort-sisters hotteok
There are 3 flavors that Koreans like. Mugwort, Black sesame, Matcha. It is healthy but delicious food. This store put mugwort powder in the dough for hotteok. So you can feel the mugwort scent along with the chewy texture. Be careful not to get your tongue caught in the honey inside the hotteok because it gives you fresh hotteok right away. Mugwort is usually used in rice cakes, but this food tastes better because it has a fried taste of mugwort rice cake. The price is 2,000 won($1.5) per piece.
# Onion
Onion is a famous coffee shop in Korea. Branch offices located throughout Seoul are operated according to the characteristics of the surrounding neighborhood. Anguk branch is a hanok style, and Seongsu branch is a editorial shop concept. It is already famous for foreigners, so I think I saw more people than Koreans the last time I went there. But Onion, located in Gwangjang Market, is something different. The bakery product is only one pastry pizza. To eat, you can apply red strawberry jam on top of a piece of pastry. That way, it looks like pizza. It is a store that continues the old era of the market and the current era of gen Z sensibility. The price is 4,000 won($2.95) per piece.
# ABEBE BAKERY
Abebe is originally a famous doughnut shop in Jeju Island. They sell cream bread. Since it is from Jeju Island, it consists of products that utilize the characteristics of Jeju Island’s neighborhood. Udo is famous for peanuts, so there is Udo Peanut Cream Donut. There is also a menu called Jeju Omegi Tteok Soboro using Omegi Tteok, a traditional rice cake of Jeju Island. For your information, the Omegi Tteok menu has 4 flavors. I think it will be a new taste with no regrets even if you buy any of these. There are so many types of doughnuts in this store that you’ll be worried about what to buy. It would be good to buy sweet Omaegi rice cake products, refreshing Apple and Hallabong-flavored doughnuts that can be enjoyed lightly, together. The price is approximately 3,000 won($2.2) per piece.
# APPLEDANG
Yesan, Chungcheongnam-do is famous for apples. A TV program about saving a dying market created a dessert using apples from the Yesan. It was a hit right away. Apple pie, which could only be seen in Yesan, entered Seoul. There are three flavors. Basic apple pie, vanilla apple pie, milk cream apple pie. If it’s hard to choose, there’s a small tasting corner next door, so try it. A set of 4 or 6 is also useful for late-night snacks in the evening. The basic price is 3,300 won.
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