Hongdae dessert café: whole-mango soufflé with a friend, Think Fruit

Getting to Think Fruit near Hongik Univ. Station, and parking

Think Fruit (띵크프룻) is a dessert café at 14-12 Wausan-ro 29-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul, 281 m from Exit 7 of Hongik Univ. Station. It's open daily 11:00 - 22:00, with last order at 21:00.

I'm posting my review of the mango soufflé at Think Fruit, a hot Hongik Univ. Station dessert café that makes fragrant, sweet desserts from premium seasonal fruit. There's no dedicated parking, so I recommend a nearby public car park or coming by public transport, such as Hongik Univ. Station.

When is it easy to get a seat at Think Fruit?

I went in an in-between afternoon slot and got a seat easily. Even among all the pretty cafés and good restaurants around Hongik Univ. Station, this place is genuinely famous for soufflé pancakes and other desserts, popular with Koreans and foreign tourists alike. Every time I came, it was hard to get the seat I wanted, so today was a relief 😌

Think Fruit menu

The soufflés are divided by fruit, such as strawberry and mango, and you can switch coffee to decaf (+₩1,000) or oat milk (+₩700). Here's what's on the menu at this Hongik Univ. Station dessert café.

• Soufflés: Strawberry / Strawberry Premium (homemade cream, shine muscat grapes, blueberries, white chocolate) / Strawberry Banana / Strawberry Valrhona Chocolate / Mango Soufflé
• Fruit desserts: Strawberry parfait / Mango parfait, and more
• Coffee: Americano / Salt Cream Coffee / Café Latte / Condensed Milk Latte / Vanilla Sky / Melo Bianco (Einspänner) / Salt Cream Milk Tea / Häagen-Dazs Coffee Slush / Häagen-Dazs Choco Coffee Slush, and more (decaf +₩1,000, oat milk +₩700)
• Non-coffee: Strawberry latte / Matcha latte / Classic Royal Milk Tea / Classic Cocoa, and more; iced drinks come with Häagen-Dazs ice cream

Think Fruit events and signature bottled drinks

• ✔️ Free Häagen-Dazs or tea bag for writing a review
• ✔️ ₩2,000 off for saving the place / turning on notifications on Naver

There are also signature bottled drinks in cute bottles, like the Strawberry Condensed Milk Latte, Royal Blend Milk Tea and Deep Black Milk Tea. Take one to go and sip it on a walk along Gyeongui Line Forest Park, or give it as a gift, which would be lovely 😉

How long does the Think Fruit mango soufflé take?

The soufflé pancakes take about 20 minutes to bake, so tell them when ordering whether you want your drink first or together with the dessert. Both drinks and desserts are brought to your table.

Yellow, yellow, cheerful just to look at, and the mango soufflé is beautifully plated! The staff are all kind, so Think Fruit puts me in a good mood every time I visit 👏👏

What goes on the Think Fruit mango soufflé?

The mango soufflé comes with Häagen-Dazs vanilla ice cream, whipped cream and one fresh, generous whole mango. The soufflé pancake has a fluffy, cloud-like texture, and it's thick, plump and fairly large, which is good.

Look at a whole mango sitting on top 👍

Sweet on top of sweet is honey-good, isn't it? 😍 Whipped cream + ice cream, plus a sprinkle of maple syrup. It looks so pretty that the photos come out with a lovely mood too 📸

Is the Think Fruit soufflé eggy or dry?

The mango soufflé had no undercooked eggy smell and no overcooked dryness. It was soft and moist. One bite melts in your mouth, and the soufflé texture with the tangy-sweet mango and toppings blends together like art 😍

When you go around soufflé pancake spots, sometimes the batter is undercooked and smells eggy, or it's overcooked and dry, without that signature softness. Here the soufflé is cozy yet moist and the pancake texture is fluffy and tender, so the baking skill seems far from ordinary. My friend and I had both been before, and we said in unison that it seems to get tastier every time 👍

How is the coffee at Think Fruit?

The Americano and café latte had a rich, nutty bean flavor, perfect with dessert. The coffee quality is quite good, so I recommend it to anyone looking for a Hongik Univ. Station café where most things taste good, whatever you order 👍

With the tangy-sweet seasonal mango soufflé pancake, it was a healing dessert time in a comfortable space. I'm looking forward to which delicious fruit will top the soufflé next season 😆

Friendly service and real skill: that's Think Fruit, a Hongik Univ. Station dessert café. The mango soufflé is perfect to eat right now, so I recommend having it before the season passes 💕