Bâton, Yongsan: An Egg-Topped Burger and Shrimp Avocado Toast on a Weekday Lunch

In a side street behind Yongsan Station there is a low, one-story building with a corrugated slate roof.

The sign is easy to miss. All you get is a paper menu taped to the wooden door, with Bâton meal cafe printed at the bottom.

Another lunch break as a Yongsan office worker, and this time it's Bâton. Wednesday, a little before noon, I opened that door. Spoiler: Bâton's club sandwich is seriously good. I want to go back.

The name is in the glass case

Next to the order counter, two jars of jam stand in a glass case. The labels say with Bâton; the shelf tags say Raspberry & Strawberry Jam and Passion fruit & Mango Jam. Beside them are two granola bags with SAMPLE stickers: one almond, oatmeal, sunflower seed and pecan, the other with banana chips and dark chocolate.

The lower shelf holds a row of brown bottles labeled THE GREAT BITTER. On the blue countertop, paper cups are stacked into towers, with spoons and tongs standing in a caddy.

Iced tea, and a carrot-colored juice

The drinks arrived first. A glass of iced tea packed with ice and a straw, with a white paper cup and a napkin beside it. I also ordered a carrot-colored juice with a sprig of herb.

A burger wearing a fried egg like a hat

Soon both plates came out together. First, a burger on a white plate with a navy rim. A round bun with a cracked, crusty top wears a sunny-side-up egg with the yolk unbroken, finished with black pepper.

Pink ham, arugula, microgreens and a thin slice of something green poke out between the buns. The egg is wider than the bun, so its edges drape toward the plate.

Shrimp, egg and avocado open toast

Second, on a grey plate, an open toast: one big slice of bread with a deeply browned crust, stacked in layers.

• At the bottom, mashed avocado and thin green slices
• On top, several plump shrimp and a pink sauce
• In the middle, a boiled egg cut in half, yolk almost fully set
• To finish, red chili flakes, black pepper and a thread of olive oil
• Around the edges, a handful of microgreens

There are so many greens that the bread nearly disappears. A knife and fork wait on the side plate.

Everything on one table

Two plates, two drinks and two empty side plates. Even the napkin has meal cafe printed on it.

From above, another thin green slice is tucked into the burger. If egg-hatted burgers are your thing, the The Back Food Truck burger in Haebangchon comes out the same way.

Still, my top pick at Bâton is the club sandwich. It is seriously good, and it is the reason I want to go back.

On the way out, under the slate roof

I stepped out a little after 12:30. In front of a brick apartment building sits the low one-story building with a slate roof. On the left, a wooden door; on the right, a glass front with the blinds half down. The paper menu on the door has Bâton meal cafe printed at the bottom, and four blue ribbon-shaped stickers run down the glass door.

A 2020 Marie Claire Korea article introduced Bâton as a meal cafe opened in a converted one-story house, noting that some dishes come with a stick-shaped bread called a bâton.

Visitor info

📍 Bâton (바통) · 33 Hangang-daero 15-gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul (Hangangno 3-ga)

• 🚇 Getting there: a side street in Hangangno 3-ga, south of Yongsan Station. About 400 m in a straight line from Yongsan Station and about 550 m from Sinyongsan Station (Line 4), so it is an easy walk from either.
• 🍽️ What I ordered: fried-egg burger, shrimp, egg and avocado open toast, iced tea, carrot-colored juice
• 🗺️ Map: Open in Google Maps

Jayden's verdict

Bâton's club sandwich is seriously good. I want to go back.

• What to order: the club sandwich
• Would I go back?: Yes.
• When I went: Wednesday, September 23, 2026, a weekday lunch break
• Tip: get there before noon and lunch fits easily into a one-hour break.