Unique Korean-Style Desserts at Jeonju Hanok Village: Chagyeong and Gucafe

What better way to enjoy a warm spring day than slowly strolling around Jeonju Hanok Village and discovering a nice café? This week, I’ll introduce two venues in the Haonk Village that serve unique Korean-style desserts.

Chagyeong

The first destination is Chagyeong. The entrance really attracts people’s gaze. Let’s step inside.

‘Chagyeong’ means ‘to borrow a scenery’. The name is motivated by the windows and doors of the hanok (Korean traditional building) which function as ‘frames that convey the scenery’ inside. The sunlight pouring through the big windows made me flutter.

The inside is warm and cosy.

The unique dessert of Chagyeong is ‘homemade yanggaeng’. ‘Yanggaeng’ is a dessert that has firm jelly-like texture and usually made from red bean and sugar.

The homemade yanggaeng at Chagyeong uses less sugar and preservative-free. On the menu were yanggaeng made from red bean, black sesame, pumpkin, or mugwort. I ordered the black sesame yanggaeng, omija-ade, and cube pound cake. Also on the menu were also red bean latte and jujube tea.

I loved the presentation of the black sesame yanggaeng cube.

The texture of the yanggaeng is soft but thick. I liked that it wasn’t too sweet like other factory-produced yanggaeng.

I loved the beautiful scenery through the windows and the variety of homemade yanggaeng in the menu.

Chagyeong

Address: Gyeonggijeongil 61, Wansangu, Jeonju

Contact: 0507-1328-4820

Opening hours: weekdays 12:00 – 19:00 (closed on Mondays and Tuesdays); Saturday 11:00 – 20:00; Sunday 11:00 – 19:00

Gucafe

My second destination is Gucafe, close to the Hanok Village entrance.

It’s a cosy café with many traditional Korean props.

I loved the different types of tables to choose from. The most popular seats were the ones with the soban (Korean traditional small dining table) and cushion.

What’s the special dissert of Gucafe?

Gucafe is known for its rice cake dessert menu. On the menu were: glutinous rice cake with whipped cream filling, injeolmi (glutinous rice cake tossed on powdered dried beans), and other Korean rice cakes. I ordered the glutinous rice cake with whipped cream filling.

Glutinous rice cakes usually have sweet red bean paste filling. I wondered what the whipped cream filling would do.

The chewy glutinous rice cake and the cold and sweet whipped cream go surprisingly well. I loved the light texture of the cream. It was even better with coffee.

I recommend Gucafe for the rice cakes!

Gucafe

Address: Taejoro 54, Wansangu, Jeonju

Contact: 0507-1498-9993

Opening hours: every day 10:00 – 22:00

Although the dessert menus are offered year-round, I think they really heighten the spring mood. Come visit Jeonju Hanok Village this spring for the unique desserts too!