Eating Our Way Through Gunja — Part 2 | Yoonsup Bakery & a Very Serious Dessert Stop
We had already eaten enough food for two very reasonable people.
Unfortunately, Nyang has never claimed to be reasonable around bakeries. 🐱🥐
So instead of going home after Haenam Jjamppong, we walked about four minutes to Yoonsup Bakery in Gunja.
And this is where our Gunja food date became significantly sweeter.
Yoonsup Bakery is one of several bakery names that has become increasingly popular among dessert lovers in Korea, especially through Instagram and other social media.
It’s the kind of place people visit not because there is a famous tourist attraction nearby, but because they saw a beautiful loaf, a chocolate-covered bread, or a fruit sandwich online and decided that was reason enough to get on the subway.
A decision Nyang fully understands. 🐱
If you are already in Gunja, we genuinely think this is one of those places worth adding to your food route.
And if you like desserts?
You may want to arrive hungry.
Or, at the very least, with a fully operational dessert stomach.
1. Yoonsup Bakery — Four Minutes from Lunch
Quick Info
- Address: 40 Neungdong-ro 37-gil, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul
- Hours: 8:00 AM–8:00 PM
- From Haenam Jjamppong: About a 4-minute walk
- Our visit: Weekday, around 2:00 p.m.
- Wait: No wait at Yoonsup Bakery
- Best for: Chocolate breads, chestnut breads, sweet pastries
- Also nearby: Yoonsup Fruit Sando, about a 1-minute walk away
Yoonsup Bakery in Gunja is easy to spot thanks to its red-brick exterior and cute red awning.
Nyang liked it immediately.
Which was not especially surprising.
Put a small bakery behind a cute awning and Nyang’s critical thinking skills begin to weaken. 🐱
We visited at around 2:00 p.m. on a weekday and were able to walk straight in without waiting.
Inside, there were more breads than we expected, and even the names were fun enough that browsing felt like part of the experience.
Nyang had actually arrived with one very specific target in mind:
Wangbampang Wangbam Sikppang, a chestnut-packed loaf filled with plenty of large chestnut pieces.
Unfortunately, it was already sold out.
At 2:00 p.m.
On a weekday.
This was treated as a minor personal tragedy. 🐱🌰
So if that particular bread is on your list, we would recommend coming earlier.
Still, we were obviously not leaving empty-handed.
When chestnut plans fail, chocolate is a very reliable emergency backup.
2. What We Bought
We ended up choosing three breads:
- Choco Sorapang — ₩4,200 (about $3)
A soft spiral-shaped bread generously coated with thick chocolate. - Jjokkobudeuri — ₩7,400 (about $5.50)
A soft, sweet chocolate bread with a rich cocoa flavor. - Gongju Chestnut Campagne — ₩3,800 (about $3)
A rustic-style bread filled with large pieces of sweet chestnut.
USD prices are approximate and may vary depending on the exchange rate.
Before we made our final choices, we spent a while just looking around.
There were more breads than we expected, and the display was exactly the kind of thing that makes it very easy to forget you had just finished lunch.
Nyang was especially interested in anything involving chocolate or chestnuts.
Which, conveniently, was a large portion of the bakery. 🐱🍫🌰
Here’s a look at some of the breads we found inside.
The selection was, admittedly, heavily influenced by Nyang.
There was chocolate.
There were chestnuts.
Meong understood that resistance would be unproductive. 🐶
We had missed the chestnut loaf Nyang originally wanted, but that did not mean we were leaving disappointed.
Chocolate had stepped in as a very reliable Plan B.
3. Full Stomach, Separate Bread Stomach
Technically, we were still very full from lunch.
Very full.
But newly purchased bread cannot simply be placed in the freezer without inspection.
That would be irresponsible.
So we cut each bread into three pieces and decided to “just taste a little.”
This is how many questionable dessert decisions begin.
We ate one portion of each and wrapped the remaining pieces individually for the freezer.
If you do the same, letting them thaw naturally for an hour or two works nicely when you want one later.
And when it came to the Choco Sorapang, Nyang made sure to choose the piece with the most chocolate on it.
Because if you are only going to eat one-third of a bread, clearly you should choose the most strategically valuable third. 🐱🍫
4. The Winner: Choco Sorapang
After trying all three breads, Meong and Nyang agreed on the winner:
Choco Sorapang.
It was marked as one of the bakery’s popular items, and after one bite, we understood why.
The bread itself was soft, but the important part was the chocolate.
Not a thin decorative layer.
Not a polite little drizzle.
A proper, thick layer of chocolate.
Exactly the kind of detail that makes two people with very unserious dessert preferences suddenly become extremely serious.
The chocolate was sweet, rich, and thick enough that you could really taste it with every bite.
Nyang immediately began planning the next visit.
This time: tasting.
Next time: stockpiling. 🐱🍫
The Jjokkobudeuri, a soft chocolate bread with a rich cocoa flavor, was also sweet and satisfying.
It had a deeper chocolate taste and felt like the kind of bread you could keep in the freezer for those emergency “I need something sweet right now” moments.
Very useful information, according to Nyang.
The Gongju Chestnut Campagne had large pieces of chestnut throughout the bread, giving it a mild sweetness and a nice nutty bite.
Nyang eats a lot of chestnut bread, though, so her official review was basically:
Good. Lots of chestnuts. Not life-changing.
A harsh but fair chestnut standard. 🐱🌰
All three were enjoyable, but the Choco Sorapang was the one we kept talking about afterward.
So yes.
Next time, one Choco Sorapang may not be enough.
5. One More Stop You Should Know About: Yoonsup Fruit Sando
There is one more place nearby that we really want to mention.
About one minute on foot from Yoonsup Bakery is Yoonsup Fruit Sando, a separate shop known especially for its fruit sandwiches.
This is one of the more talked-about dessert stops in the area, and it has become especially popular with people who follow cafés and dessert spots on Instagram and other social media.
We tried to go this time.
We also failed.
There was a wait, and after jjamppong, jjajangmyeon, tangsuyuk, dumplings, and bakery bread, even Meong and Nyang were forced to admit that perhaps enough food had happened for one afternoon.
Barely.
But we have tried their fruit sando before.
And this is one of the few moments where we are going to be slightly bossy:
If you see the fruit sando, get it.
Really.
Fresh fruit, soft bread, and cream sounds simple, but when it is done well, it is dangerously easy to finish.
The one we tried before was genuinely delicious, and if you are already making the trip to Gunja, we think it is absolutely worth checking out.
Especially if you like fruit desserts.
Especially if Nyang is giving the recommendation. 🐱🍓
Meong & Nyang’s Take
Our Gunja date started with smoky jjamppong and jjajangmyeon at Haenam Jjamppong and ended with chocolate bread from Yoonsup Bakery.
Which is, in our opinion, a very respectable way to spend an afternoon.
Yoonsup Bakery is exactly the kind of place we like finding in neighborhoods like Gunja.
It is not attached to some huge tourist attraction.
It is simply a bakery that became popular because people like the food, share it online, and tell other dessert lovers to go.
And increasingly, that is part of what makes neighborhoods like Gunja interesting.
You come for one restaurant.
Then you discover a bakery.
Then someone tells you there is a famous fruit sando shop one minute away.
And suddenly your “quick lunch” has become an entire food route.
Nyang still wants the chestnut bread that was sold out.
Meong and Nyang both want more Choco Sorapang.
And Yoonsup Fruit Sando is already on the list for another visit.
So if you are coming to Gunja:
come hungry.
And if possible, bring a second stomach.
Apparently Nyang has one reserved specifically for bread. 🐱🥐
