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[Lois]

i feel silly asking this question...but in my 3 years in korea i've never really cared about BREAD, but now i'm trying a health program that includes eating only whole grain breads. how am i going to find out if any of the breads in wal-mart, paris baquette etc. are whole grain? just because they are brown doesn't mean they are made with whole grains? (and something tells me that since most of them are candy-coated, the chances of them being at all healthy are not good...)

i once saw an organic food shop in bangbae, does anyone know if they carry whole-grain bread there? or any other specialty bakery in seoul? or maybe paris baquette really DOES have whole grain? anyone know?

[RobinH]

The Hyatt hotel has whole grain as does Hannam Supermarket. I'm sure other posters will have places too.

[Rteacher]

Paris Baggette used to carry some nice whole-grain, thin-sliced sandwich bread, but they pretty much stopped making or carrying it due to slow demand...I could never find any at the other major bakeries...

I either get mine from Hannam Supermarket or SM Ching hai (or their Vege-love bakery...) Most of the "Country Life" restaurants (run by Seventh Day Adventists) also sell it. For addresses and phone numbers check the "Attention All Vegetarians..." thread on this forum...

[4 months left]

What about the bread in the green bag in the supermarket - it says natural grain bread and is brown in color w900 - w1300. Is this whole wheat or just dyed white bread?

[Doogie]

Don't feel silly asking the question. Whole wheat bread isn't easy to find. I discovered that Crown Bakery sells whole wheat bread. They're all over the place, so you should be able to find one in your area.

[rothkowitz]

Its a darn sensible question.

I really miss the stuff.I've seen "grainy" breads plenty of times in the Itaewon supermarkets-Hannam,Fresh Market- but I rarely go there.

Costco and Paris Baguette carry sourdough breads.PB has a rye bread but its nutty

Anybody in Bundang know of a good bakery?

There's always making my own...but then where do i get yeast from?yada yada....

[ShaneM]

Haven't found any good whole grain bread in Bundang. I love the wheat bread that is dense as a brick..hard to find around here.

Real natural peanut butter is too...I assumed CostCo would have it, but no dice

[the eye]

CROWN BAKERY franchises have multi-grain bread.
They don't have english signs but the hangeul translation is.... 잡곡빵

Paris Baguette has barley bread, which is a whole grain... 보리빵

빵 = bread


And major department store bakeries have the multi grain stuff.

[Qinella]

I get 보리빵 at HomePlus, actually. It's the best bread I've had in Korea.

[pet lover]

My breadmaker is my most beloved appliance. I'm more willing to forgo the a/c than the breadmaker. Thanks to it, I can have whole grain bread with any amount of seeds and or nuts (or none at all) added to it. I can be assured that nothing nasty was added to it and that no one with dirty hands was making it. I know it's fresh and it's never candy coated or stuffed with cream.

If you are really serious about your bread, make your own.

[Troll_Bait]

[HamuHamu]

For the person asking about where to go in Bundang --there are some really good bakeries down cafe alley in Jeongja dong. The road that runs parallel the the road the station is on, but one block away from Tancheon River.

There is one in particular that carries a large variety of European breads - big, round heavy loaves like you would find in Denmark, Germany, Holland, etc. They do taste quite nice, and quite authentic....but, I've been in Korea so long that I may just forget what good bread should taste like.

Anyway it's the BREAD CAFE also called AMAPOLA DELI. Lots of things are expensive in there, but I think I recall the big round loves being about 3,500 - 5,000 won.

[rothkowitz]

Sweet,cheers~~

[willardmusa]

The bakery corner in supermarket in Samsung Plaza at Seo Hyeon station has some good breads baked onsite; it's a Shilla bakery, same as the one in the Hotel Shilla - - which Samsung Group owns.

One - - I forget what they call it (it is named only on the shelf tab) - - something like "Grain Bread" - - is quite nice: heavy for its volume, very moist, very nice taste. Another called "Sugar Free White Bread" is great, especially if you can get an unsliced loaf (they set out a few unsliced, thanks to my urging; and which, to their surprise, are popular they tell me now). I used the unsliced Sugar Free to slice nice thick slices for French toast or to make sandwiches; also use it in place of hamburger buns when I make my own burgers.

(Ever notice you can't find good burger buns in Korea; they make something like burger buns, but they're usually sweetened. Even the ones sold at Hannam Supermarket, made by Shilla bakery and which are supposed to be hamburger buns, aren't quite right, too light and a bit sweet.)

They make several fruit and nut breads, nice baguettes (spell?), okay croissants, not so great bagels, quite good pound cakes.

[inthewild]