I went out to Paju for the day and found that a ton of big bakery cafes had opened up.. so I went and had a look around.

A place like this

Looks like they converted a seriously big factory.

Inside

It really is huge in there. I suppose you need to be about this big before people will bother making the trip.

Like this

Nice and roomy.

The light

They’ve done it well.. though I do wonder whether there aren’t far too many places with this same concept by now..

The breads

It must be popular — the line was long.

The breads

Hmm.. the bread is fairly mainstream stuff, though. These days I feel like you get much the same lineup at any big bakery cafe~

On the way upstairs

This much space is surely plenty.

The breads

All far too familiar-looking..

Breads like these..

Makes me suspect there’s some consultant behind it all.

The breads..

Otherwise it’d be hard to end up quite this cookie-cutter..

The kitchen

Doing meals as well as bread seems to be the trend these days. It is nice to get everything sorted in one go.

Shot from above..

They’ve pulled the space off nicely..

Further in

They’ve made it look like a bookstore.

Anyway.. if you’re going purely for the food, there’s no real need to stop by.. but it’s a good spot for a family outing on the weekend.. that said, the big bakery cafe boom does feel a little overheated at this point.. it’ll probably keep going for a while yet, though..

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