Ops Bakery, Haeundae, Busan, Korea

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Situated just round the corner from the Riviera Hotel, this European-style bakery is a bit of a saviour if you can't manage Korean food for breakfast, lunch *and* dinner. They sell a range of very tasty Italian breads, pastries (French, Danish), and savoury snacks like baguette pizzas, and it wouldn't be at all out of place in a fashionable area of a major European city.

Don't be fooled by the things that have lables only in Korean and look like oval jam doughnuts (you wish!), even if they're in amongst other sweet things; the one I tried was actually filled with a mild curry filling that may or may not have been vegetarian (think British-style curry pasty, in a doughnut rather than pastry). It was not at all what I expected but actually very tasty.

The system seems to be (at least it worked for me) to help yourself by taking a tray and set of tongs from by the door, putting the things you want on your tray and taking them to the till for wrapping. Receipts are possible if you need them; pointing at the part of the till where they are printed and smiling seems to do the job.

It's not particularly cheap, but decent enough value for money and compares favourably to paying for a hotel breakfast. There's a tea shop inside as well off to one side. I didn't try it but it looks decent enough.

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