Veggie Holic Bakery (new location)

October 11, 2012 by Mipa | 10 Comments

Remember Veggie Holic bakery (old post here and here)? Well, a few months ago, they relaunched at a new location and I finally got to check out their brand new sparkly space. I was hoping they would move to a more central location in Hongdae, but they moved to an equally obscure spot, hidden in the middle of residential villas and apartment complexes. But if you go once, you’ll be able to easily find it again.

Check out their fanshy new interior and cafe corner.

Now they also have an upstairs seating area which seems really chill and quiet for anyone who wants peace to get work done. I doubt it ever gets filled up, so you can sit for hours in peace.

But most importantly, let’s admire their shelves of vegan baked goodies.

Vegan cookies, 2,000won each~~ not all of their cookies are vegan, so just double check the tags, or ask the kind lady at the counter.

garlic bread

Chestnut bread

Cranberry and chestnut pastries.

Bagels.

The majority of their items are the same ones they had at their old location so you can check my older posts for more photos. They are more like a Korean-style bakery with things like chestnut and sweet potato poundcakes or crunchy cookies… things that you would find at Paris Baguette or Tour Les Jours, only veganized. But I did notice a few new goodies in stock, particularly these:

Vegan pain au chocolat (only one left!) and croissants! O.o

For realz. I honestly never thought I’d live to see the day when I’d eat vegan pain au chocolat in Korea. It seems like the holy grail of veganized pastries, and having it in Korea now feels like we’ve reached a milestone in this country’s vegan-evolution. So what’s next? Vegan doughnuts please. Real doughnuts (not the steamed kind).

This croissant was much larger than most others I’ve had and the dough was so soft and practically melted in the mouth. The buttery layers just peeled off beautifully. If I’m being picky though, the bottom of the croissant was a bit too oily and it could’ve had a little more crispiness on the very outer layer. But really, it’s a vegan pain au chocolat. I’m hardly going to complain.

So now I’ve had vegan pain au chocolat at three different cities: LA, Paris, and Seoul. Woot. We’re getting there!! Well done Veggie Holic, for making this girl’s day.

As for their vegan soy latte, it was aiight. A little watery and bland, but I think I’ve just been completely spoiled from all the amazing lattes and flat whites I’ve been having at Botton.