Bangsan Baking Market

Bangsan Baking Market is a traditional wholesale market where you can find some of the best baking and cooking supplies used by chefs all across Seoul. Over 500 stores supply professional chefs and home cooks with various baking and cooking items at competitive bulk prices.

Other items sold here include packaging, shipping, printing, and manufacturing goods.

During the Joseon Dynasty, this area was neglected and became well-known for its horrible smells. People started calling the area bangsan, which is how the market got its name. Ironically, bang is the Korean word for “fragrant.”

Bangsan Baking Market may not be as large as nearby Dongdaemun Market or Gwangjang Market. Still, you can find unique baking items and supplies that are tough or impossible to find anywhere else in Seoul or Korea.

You can find anything related to baking or cooking here, or it probably does not exist.

The market has become especially popular with chefs. They come here looking for cooking pans, blenders, measuring cups, and cutting boards. Other popular items include decorating tips, pastry bags, knives, ovens, microwaves, and mixers.

Pastry chefs will find various baking chocolate, flour, baking soda, and pastry molds. They will also find cookies, chocolate, sprinkles, and dried fruits such as raisins, cocoa, nuts, and muffins.

Some items you would not expect to find in Korea include stone ground whole wheat flour, tartar, pumpkin puree, molasses, flavorings, extracts, and dark rye flour.

Prices here are competitive. When you buy in bulk or purchase something expensive, make sure you haggle the price down to try to get the best deal possible.

D&B “Baking Mall” offers pastry tips, oven mitts, measuring cups, spoons, scales, spatulas, and other utensils. It also has a large variety of pans, molds, and cutters for cakes, cupcakes, and cookies. They also specialize in more expensive mixers such as KitchenAid. Mixers are about 500,000 won each, but the friendly staff is usually more than happy to lower the price on big-ticket items.

Saero offers a small but good selection of cake and cupcake boxes and packages. Most boxes have handles for easier transport or windows to peek inside. They also offer box decorations and ribbons. Happy Baking runs a shop that delivers baking supplies and ingredients.

In 2011, the Seoul Metropolitan Government designated Bangsan Baking Market as a tourist destination. The designation has helped preserve the traditional market and improved its image for locals and tourists.

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Last Updated on Feb 9, 2025