Bakery:
Fuhaha Cream Bun
Address:
22-25 Yanghwa-ro 19-gil, Seogyo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul
Website:
n/a
Style:
Korean
Price:
$$
One of the more unique baked good destinations, at least in the Hongdae area, Fuhaha specializes in one single thing: the cream bun. Though they have a few other items if you're lucky, that cream bun is the star of the show. Really, it doesn't even look like all that much from the outside; it's just a simple round bun, somewhat like a hamburger bun.
The focus, however, is that rich, creamy inside, available in a couple of flavours like red bean, green tea and sweet salt. What makes it even more unique is that, unlike sweet buns from a bakery, it's sold cold and is to be eaten cold as well. At least that's what the instructions say. I guess so that the filling has almost the consistency of ice cream.
Well, I walked in with the plan to try just one bun. To see what the evil laughter was all about. I walked out with two: one green tea (2200 won) and one "real" strawberry (2300 won). Biting into it, I was overwhelmed with the amount of cream filling. Flavourful whipped cream with the perfect texture was just oozing on all sides - it was indeed a beautiful thing! *-* The one downside, I would say, was the actual bun itself, which had no real taste. Personally, I actually enjoyed it more once it warmed up a little to room temperature. You didn't have that ice cream filling, but it was soft and fluffy, like biting into a cloud. The bread was also better; a cold bun felt a bit bizarre.
Ahem, and yes, *cue the maniacal laughter*
Rating: ***
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