It is not on Songnidan-gil itself but just nearby (you could probably call it the extended Songnidan-gil..), and I had heard there was a tea-centred dessert and bakery shop there called présent, so I went to see for myself.

The exterior

You have to look closely to work out whether this is the right place..

Bread

You can tell at a glance that the quality is good. There were plenty of people queueing, too.

A room like this

It all looks good.

The display

The baked sweets

Even at a glance, the financiers look like the thing to get..

The packaging

Pretty.

Today’s haul

Looks like I bought rather a lot..

Squid ink sausage jalapeño financier

The look of this thing is straight out of the Cthulhu Mythos, so there was no way I was not buying it.. As for the taste, well.. it has a slightly spicy sausage in it so it could stand in for a meal, but it is a financier, so it is sweet.. hmm.. it is a bit of an odd one.

Salt bread

Not bad at all, but there are so many great salt bread places around these days..

Financier

Hazelnut baci di dama chocolat

A sweet little finger snack. I was more curious about the plain version than the chocolate one, but they did not have it that day.

Almond tuile

As tea food, this is a superb little biscuit.

Overall it is a place operating at a high level. I am not much of a tea drinker myself, but I think I will have to pay it another visit sometime.

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