Bread with lots of butter and sugar that exudes a savory, sweet flavor. When we think of bread in general, we naturally think of high calories as crystals of carbohydrates and sugars. However, there are breads that use rice flour or unrefined whole wheat flour instead of wheat flour, and that use low-GI coconut sugar or unrefined raw sugar instead of sugar. Here is a vegan bakery cafe that boasts relatively low calories with baking that is completely harmless to dieters, patients with diseases such as diabetes and atopic dermatitis, and vegetarians who need to adjust their diet.
1. 100% rice flour dessert cafe, 'Cafe Honista' in Yeonnam-dong
The second branch of “Bread Anista,†an honest bakery that uses rice flour instead of wheat flour, coconut sugar and erythritol instead of sugar or unrefined sugar. In addition to bakery menus such as scones, muffins, and brownies, various cafe menus such as shaved ice, shakes, and lattes are also available. “Matcha shaved ice,†which is popular in summer, is made by adding coconut sugar, Himalayan pink salt, hand-boiled red beans, and roasted almonds to organic matcha made in Japan, and is characterized by its bitterness yet sweet and salty flavor.
*Source: Cafe Honista's official Instagram
*Source: Cafe Honista's official Instagram
â–²Location: 153-13 Seongmisan-ro, Mapo-gu â–²Business hours: Tuesday to Saturday 12:00 to 22:00, Sunday 12:00 to 20:00, closed every Monday â–²Price: Green tea rice brownie 3,500 won, mugwort pound 4,000 won â–²Review (Violet Shikigin): I went to eat rice brownies, and the taste was still very bitter! I really enjoyed it because it was green tea!
2. “Uburaido†in Mangwon-dong, a bakery without worrying about gluten
A place that makes bread without using eggs, milk, or butter, which can cause allergies. It is characterized by using healthy ingredients such as domestic rice, brown rice, red guk rice flour, whole wheat, and organic wheat. The popular bread is the “sweet pumpkin cube,†a dough made from domestic white and black rice without flour, filled with sweet pumpkin puree and red bean paste, and finished with savory almond soboro.
*Source: Cafe Honista's official Instagram
*Source: Cafe Honista's official Instagram
â–²Location: 79, World Cup-ro 13-gil, Mapo-gu â–²Opening hours: 10:30 to 21:00 every day â–²Price range: Pumpkin cube 4,500 won, Mammoth 3,500 won â–²Review (Shikigami F5): It's a vegetarian bakery, but it also has bread with coconut cream and lots of sweet breads lol There are many types of bread and the price is not very expensive!
3. 'Roots on the Plate' in Bukchon, a dessert cafe specializing in brown rice
It is a simple vegetarian cafe located in an alley in Gye-dong, Bukchon, and uses brown rice instead of flour to make all of its desserts. The most popular item on the menu is the “Brown Rice Plain†cake with savory cashew nut cream on a moist sheet. It is characterized by not using sugar, so there is little sweetness, and you can feel the savory flavor of brown rice. The meal menu, which is prepared differently every day, can be found on the official Instagram.
*Source: Root on the Plate's official Instagram
*Source: Root on the Plate's official Instagram
â–²Location: 2nd floor, 57, Gyedong-gil, Jongno-gu â–²Opening hours: Thursday to Saturday 12:00 to 20:00, closed on Sunday to Wednesday â–²Price: Brown rice tofu cream cake 9,500 won, brown rice blueberry muffin 6,000 won â–²Review (shikigin ssooooooo): A place where I was surprised to eat in a relaxed manner by chance. I remember being surprised to hear the source ingredients. Brown rice cakes are still often bought as gifts.
4. Vegetarian baking is also beautiful, Yeonhui-dong's 'Il Ploux Paris'
A small vegetarian baking cafe in Yeonhui-dong where you can find gluten-free cakes that do not use eggs, butter, milk, or flour. The “vegan black sesame cake,†where you can enjoy the savory flavors of tofu and black sesame, is very popular. Vegan muffins are muffins that use brown powder instead of white flour and muffins that use whole wheat, and are prepared slightly differently every day. Note that they are also running a baking class where you can try making your own.
*Source: Illyrrhus Paris's official Instagram
*Source: Illyrrhus Paris's official Instagram
â–²Location: 1F, 170, Yeonhui-ro, Seodaemun-gu â–²Business hours: Tuesday to Saturday 12:00 to 20:00, closed on Sundays and Mondays â–²Price range: Vegan banana pound cake 3,500 won, madeleine 2,500 won â–²Testimonial (sweet corn monica): Milk, butter, and eggs are not all included, so you can enjoy the flavor of the ingredients better. Black sesame sued
5. Itaewon 'Chieri', a cake with a cozy flavor
“Chieri†is a cafe that sells vegetarian cakes and scones. You can enjoy cakes made with Korean ingredients, such as cakes topped with red bean cream on sheets made with ingin mugwort or cakes made with black rice soybean cream. It features a light and refreshing taste that uses minimal sugar and makes the most of the natural flavors of the ingredients. Cheesecake, which has a richer flavor without using butter, oil, or flour, and Little Devil's chocolate cake, which is not sweet, are also popular.
*Source: Chieri's official Instagram
*Source: Chieri's official Instagram
â–²Location: 16-8, Itaewon-ro 26-gil, Yongsan-gu â–²Opening hours: 13:00 to 20:00 on weekdays, 14:00 to 20:00 on weekends â–²Price: Banana cake 7,500 won, lemon scone 2,600 won â–²Review (Shikigami River): I'm glad the cake wasn't sweet, healthy cake flavor!! The texture, which was as fluffy as mochi, was unique, and it was beyond my expectations.