Seongsu café pairing low-gluten salt bread with milk bingsu: Childish

Salt bread meets taiyaki: Childish 🥐✨ I want my desserts to taste good, but the ingredients often nag at me. These days I check what's in something before I pick it, haha.

Childish in Seongsu, which I visited this time, is a place where you can enjoy healthy desserts that are tasty and good value. The menu is varied, so I ordered a bit of everything 💚

Does Childish make its bread in-store?

Childish makes every bakery item in the store itself. That meant I could trust what went into it. Just knowing it's all made by hand makes the place feel full of care 👌

What does the signature Salt Bread X Taiyaki taste like?

Salt Bread X Taiyaki is Childish's proud signature item. It's said to be made with rice flour, 100% milk-fat butter and a low-gluten dough. You get the nutty richness of salt bread in a taiyaki shape, which is fun to look at too 😊

Thanks to the rice flour, it felt light inside rather than heavy. So if it's your first time at Childish, I recommend starting with the Salt Bread X Taiyaki.

Taiwanese-style mango bingsu, a cool bowl

Childish's Taiwanese-style mango bingsu (shaved ice dessert) is said to be made with 100% milk, not condensed milk. So the sweetness isn't overdone and the milk's nutty flavor really comes through 💫

What salt bread sandwiches does Childish have?

I tried three Childish salt bread sandwiches: jambon-beurre, egg mayo and anbutter. It's fun to pick and choose.

Kyaa, the amazing desserts have arrived~~

Jambon-beurre salt bread sandwich

Salty ham with butter makes this the most filling, meal-like option!

Egg mayo salt bread sandwich & anbutter sandwich

The soft egg mayo goes really well with the salt bread. It's also good for sharing with a kid. The anbutter sandwich is the classic sweet and nutty combo.

Childish's salt bread itself is made with rice flour and unsalted butter, so it paired well with any filling 😋

How was Childish's mango bingsu?

Kyaa, the mango bingsu looks amazing from the first glance~~

The freshness of the mango and the milk ice blended together and stayed clean to the very end. Alternating it with the warm salt bread items kept my mouth feeling fresh the whole time.

Salt Bread X Taiyaki is just as good the second time

Kyaa~~ Childish's signature Salt Bread X Taiyaki

As expected, it's sweet and so delicious~~

What's inside the Mammoth Chewy Salted Taiyaki?

The Mammoth Chewy Salted Taiyaki is a salted taiyaki filled with mugwort rice cake, chewy glutinous rice cake and anbutter. True to the name, it's packed full, and one was filling enough on its own.

With chewy rice cake and anbutter it's sweet and nutty, and a faint mugwort aroma makes it taste like autumn 👍 It's rather heavy inside, though, so it's even better with an Americano.

When I'd recommend Childish

• 👍 When you want a snack to share with your kid
• 👍 When you're curious about the signature salted taiyaki
• 👍 When you want a milk bingsu that isn't too sweet
• 👍 When you're looking for a sandwich for a light meal

How should you combine Childish's menu?

Childish's salt bread items are nutty and filling, so the combination mattered. I alternated sweet-and-salty items with cool ones and never got tired of it 😊

• For something hearty: a jambon-beurre or egg mayo salt bread sandwich with an iced Americano
• For something sweet: Salt Bread X Taiyaki with a matcha latte
• To finish cool: Taiwanese-style mango bingsu

Especially, taking a bite of cold bingsu while eating warm salted taiyaki leaves your mouth feeling fresh. And when bingsu alone feels a bit empty, the nutty salt bread backs it up nicely 👍

What I liked most personally is that one salt bread lets you enjoy everything from dessert to a proper meal. I also trusted that they're open about their ingredients.

If you want healthy desserts in a café with a nice atmosphere, I recommend Childish in Seongsu. Definitely try the Salt Bread X Taiyaki 🤍