Bakery:
Tarr Tarr
Address:
21 Wausan-ro 29-gil, Seogyo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul
Website:
n/a
Style:
Korean, Cake
Price:
$$$
Among the ridiculously many cafes scattered through Hongdae, there are a number of dessert cafes that serve homemade cake and pastries. One of these is Tarr Tarr, a more upscale cafe and cake shop that sells pretty little individual cakes and tarts in unique flavours; labels do include an English description. Unlike many dessert cafes, Tarr Tarr has everything laid out on two counters and you pick it yourself: bakery style. Prices are definitely up there and they do happen to be quite expensive. I guess pretty doesn't come cheap.
The matcha chocolate tart (6,700 won) sounded like a good flavour combination. In truth, it was probably more cupcake than tart with the cake bottom and swirl of green tea icing that was studded with chunks of cake - I guess you don't see it when it's in its little cardboard square. Biting into it, I found the dough very dense, very much resembling a brownie. The green tea topping, with its fluffier, more whipped texture, was very good; I was definitely happier with that than had it turned out to be frosting, which I didn't want. The two components together were tasty. I'm just not sure if it was necessarily worth paying that much for what was, in truth, green tea brownie.... It didn't feel all that special in the end, though it was one of the trip's "splurges".
Rating: ***
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