Rice flour salted bread with a baby in tow at Seongsu café Childish

While looking for a café in Seongsu that I could take my baby to, I found Childish. This is a place that makes all its bakery items in-house, with rice flour salted bread and Taiwanese-style shaved mango bingsu (shaved ice dessert) as its signature menu.

What we ordered at Childish and what it cost

Here's what we ordered that day.

• Taiwanese mango bingsu ₩22,900
• Salted bread ₩2,500
• Milky cream latte
• Decaf latte
• Milk for the baby

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One reason I liked Childish was that it's not just a café selling pretty-looking desserts — it's a bakery café that actually cares about ingredients.

All the bakery items are made in-house, and the salted bread items use rice flour and 100% butterfat unsalted butter, made low gluten. The bingsu is also made with 100% milk instead of condensed milk.

So this seems like a solid option for anyone looking for a dessert or bakery to enjoy with their kid in Seongsu. Plus, these days a lot of Seongsu dessert spots can get pretty pricey, but the salted bread here was only ₩2,500, so it didn't feel like a burden at all.

Milky cream latte, decaf latte and milk for the baby

For drinks, we ordered a milky cream latte and a decaf latte. Pairing sweet, soft desserts with coffee made for a nice combo. Especially when you order the mango bingsu together with the salted bread, you get to go back and forth between something sweet and something salty-savory, which made the menu combo really satisfying.

They gave the baby milk separately, which we ordered — and honestly, when you're out at a café with a baby, it kind of matters a lot that there's a drink or bakery item the baby can actually have.

Childish's rice flour salted bread, 2,500 won

Another must-try item at Childish is the salted bread. It's ₩2,500 each. All of Childish's salted bread items are made with rice flour and 100% butterfat unsalted butter, and made low gluten. Trying it myself, I could tell it had a chewier texture than typical salted bread — I liked that. You can really taste the savory richness of the butter too.

I tend to look closely at ingredients when picking bakery items as a snack for a young child, so the fact that everything's made in-house without additives made me like it even more.

Childish also has a salted taiyaki (fish-shaped pastry). It's a signature item made with rice flour and 100% butterfat butter, and it was genuinely delicious when I tried it. They say if you don't eat leftover bread right away, freezing it and then reheating it in an air fryer makes it even better.

Taiwanese-style shaved mango bingsu in Seongsu, 22,900 won

Honestly, the menu item I was most looking forward to that day was the Taiwanese mango bingsu! It's ₩22,900, and Childish confidently describes it as their 'Taiwanese-style shaved mango bingsu that's said to taste better than the real thing in Taiwan.'

Unlike typical milk bingsu, it's shaved into thin, layered ribbons, so it really looks like proper Taiwanese-style mango bingsu from the moment it arrives. What I especially liked was that they don't use condensed milk — it's made with 100% milk. So it's not just sweet; you get to enjoy the soft milk flavor alongside the mango's sweetness, which made it feel like less of a burden to share with the baby too.

Who Childish suits best

Childish let us enjoy a Taiwanese-style shaved mango bingsu that's not common in Seongsu, along with chewy rice flour salted bread.

• Anyone looking for a great mango bingsu spot in Seongsu
• Anyone looking for a great salted bread spot in Seongsu
• Anyone looking for a Seongsu café to visit with a baby
• Anyone who likes bakeries that care about their ingredients

I went for the mango bingsu but ended up loving the salted bread too, so next time I want to try Childish's signature salted taiyaki as well :)