At a certain point during Carnival season, after the third or fourth or tenth king cake, you may be looking to break out of the traditional box. Enter Thao Smith and her baking business Nola Bun Mi.

Mocha buns, the once-popular sweet treat with a crispy outside and abundant cream filling, seem to have all but disappeared from Seoul’s streets in recent years, perhaps pushed out by the ...

At Standard Bun, a cafe in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, that opened in early October, mocha buns have been transformed in a surprising way. Each bun's crispy coffee layer is decorated with a topping ...