PNB bakery Main — Restaurant in Jeonju-si

This bakery is huge (two floors) with a wide selection of pastries, though it is most known for its choco pies. Like many other bakeries, you fill up your own tray and pay at the counter. They will cut and heat up your pastries for you if you ask. They will also individually bag each pastry if you are taking the food to-go. I went in the morning, and it was not crowded.

I got a choco pie, a hotdog bao, a walnut cookie, and a custard bun, all for less than $10. Choco pie: The chocolate was too sweet, but the inside was light and tasted like custard. However, it was my least favorite. Hotdog bao: The bao had a layer of crusted egg on top, which added a nice crunch. Interestingly, the hotdog was also crunchy. Walnut cookie: It was like eating a cake in cookie form. Very airy but very sweet. Not much filling. Custard bun:...

A solid 3.5. The specialty of PNB is their chocolate pies, they are actually the originator of it. The pies are not too expensive at 1,800KRW and their other pastries are similarly priced.

However, this place is very much a Korean bakery, meaning everything is very sweet. The coffee shop looked quite nice and was very inexpensive, but it doesn't open until after 9am so I couldn't actually patronize it. I'd imagine PNB's breads would be better with a nice cup of black coffee, so maybe try going later in the day (after 10am?) to ensure you can get a cup of coffee. However, then you'll probably have to deal with insane crowds, so you pick your poison; either quiet and calm with no coffee, or loud and nutry...

We went at 8.30 am for breakfast and we're quite disappointed with each of the breads and beverages that we ordered. At 8.30 am, I expected the breads to be warm and soft since they were supposed to freshly baked, but I had to use the microwave in the store to warm them up slightly to prevent them from tasting like the previous day's leftovers. The castella was puffy and dry, and the coffee was not tasty either. We ordered the long sausage bread, the sausage bread, the chocolate soboro bread, the castella, an Americano and a latte. Everything was disappointing but expensive. This bakery ends up being a 1 star-deserving bakery that I wouldn't recommend. The only saving grace was how spacious...