Seongsu café for ube bingsu and fresh salted taiyaki: Childish

Walking from Seongsu Station to Childish

About 10 minutes from Seongsu Station Exit 3, Childish comes into view as you stroll around the neighborhood. Head up to the second floor. I finally visited this Seongsu hot spot that has been all over social media for its fresh mango bingsu and taiyaki baked right when you order +_+

I arrived almost right when it opened, so I filled my camera roll with photos of the pretty interior 😍

A spacious, cozy interior full of taiyaki décor

Since its signature dessert is freshly baked salt-bread taiyaki, it makes sense that this is such a pretty café filled with taiyaki décor. Cute little taiyaki-themed pieces are arranged throughout the shop, making it so fun to look around, and every corner was basically a perfect photo zone where great shots just kept coming. Such a wonderful Seongsu café for photos 💕

The spacious, cozy interior and even the music selection were so good—it really is the perfect Seongsu café to visit with friends! There are quite a few sandwiches too, so you can have both a meal and coffee at Childish 😍

Google review event and what we ordered

There is also currently an event where you get a cute taiyaki keyring for writing a Google review, so make sure to pick up the merch. It is sooo pretty haha—everyone who sees it wants one 💕

Drinks and bingsu menu

We ordered the signature Fireplay Cream Coffee, along with a café latte and a matcha latte.

Cup bingsu is available for takeout only. There are two kinds of bingsu—ube bingsu and mango bingsu—and both looked so good that I agonized over it before ordering the new ube bingsu haha. Once I saw “really delicious” written next to it, I simply could not not order it hahaha. You can also order it as part of the signature popular set.

Childish offers healthy desserts at good value. The bingsu is made by freezing 100% milk, while the salt bread uses rice flour and is said to be low-gluten.

There are three varieties of salt-bread taiyaki baked in-house. I was curious, so I ordered one of each! They are baked as soon as you order.

I think everyone would love these boxed up as a Seongsu dessert gift!

Salt bread and sandwiches made in-house

The reason Childish is known as a great Seongsu dessert spot is that every bakery item is made in-house. In particular, all of the salt-bread items are low-gluten products made with rice flour and 100% milk-fat unsalted butter, making this a café that considers health too—enough that they can be enjoyed with peace of mind as snacks for little children.

I had heard that Childish’s sandwiches are really delicious, so I also ordered the egg mayo salt-bread sandwich and the jambon beurre salt-bread sandwich 😍 I picked one salt-bread rusk too. It was such a genuinely delicious dessert paradise that I could barely think straight haha.

Salted taiyaki baked to order

The salt-bread taiyaki we ordered was baked right on the spot. The nutty aroma spread through the entire shop 💕 This is an absolute must-order menu item. (●'◡'●)

Enjoying Childish desserts

The desserts were pretty and Childish was pretty, so every photo turned out beautifully (●'◡'●)

Jambon beurre salt-bread sandwich and salt-bread rusk

It was packed with jambon ham and spread with sauce, and it paired so well with the crisp, savory salt bread. Since the rusk is made with delicious salt bread, it could not possibly be anything but delicious 💕

Pizza salt-bread taiyaki and salt-bread taiyaki

I could immediately see why these are popular menu items. The salt bread is incredible when it comes out freshly baked and piping hot.. I think I will be eating it often hahaha. The combination of fragrant melted butter on top of the salt-bread taiyaki was wonderful, and the pizza salt-bread taiyaki was packed with cheese, like eating a mini pizza—such a super tasty taiyaki that could even stand in for a meal ><

Egg mayo salt-bread sandwich and Mammoth salt bread

My favorite was the egg mayo salt-bread sandwich! It was filled with rich, soft egg, which went so well with the chewy salt bread. The Mammoth salt bread is a mugwort rice-cake, red-bean-butter salt-bread taiyaki, and I wondered how I should even cut it to eat it haha. The filling is incredibly generous. As I cut it, I ended up slicing only the mugwort rice cake and red-bean butter, without getting the chewy rice cake underneath haha.

Fireplay Cream Latte, matcha latte, and café latte

What I ordered was the Fireplay Cream Latte: a lightly toasted marshmallow on top, with plenty of soft cream over a sweet latte. Chocolate flakes coated the rim of the cup, so even at first glance it was clearly a proper signature drink 💕

The latte had a rich flavor, and the matcha latte was full of matcha, so everyone I was with was satisfied and said everything here was so delicious 💕

Ube bingsu said to taste like the Philippines

Here is the dessert I was most looking forward to today: ube bingsu. It is said to be ube bingsu researched directly in the Philippines. Homemade milk ice and ube jelly give it a local Filipino flavor! Isn’t the vivid purple color so pretty? It was so pretty that I took tons of photos before digging in hahaha. It was generously sprinkled with fragrant peanuts, and they gave us ube syrup to enjoy with it.

I enjoyed the savory ube bingsu with ube jelly and syrup. The soft milk bingsu had a subtle sweet-potato aroma; it was a dessert that pleased both the eyes and the palate, ending the visit on such a happy note 😍

Childish was a place that made it easy to understand why it is such a hot spot in Seongsu these days. It is pretty, comfortable, has delicious desserts, and a great atmosphere, so I think it may become my number-one Seongsu café recommendation! If you want to experience a Seongsu dessert spot with a different kind of charm and unusual Seongsu-dong taiyaki, do not hesitate to visit Childish. You will definitely get compliments on your great taste, with people asking how you found this place.