Songdo café for a meal-replacement diet smoothie: Ugly Tongue

A healthy meal-replacement smoothie made from fruit and vegetables blended fresh, plus a lineup of organic, gluten-free, and vegan menu items — that's Ugly Tongue.

Want to eat healthy without giving up on taste? I went to Ugly Tongue in Songdo, a place where you can get smoothies made from properly blended fresh fruit. The vibe is hip too, and it seemed like a good café to drop into for something simple in Songdo's academy district.

Where is Ugly Tongue in Songdo? Parking and hours

Ugly Tongue is a health smoothie café in Songdo, located at 160-14 Haedoji-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, South Korea. There's underground parking available with 1 hour free. Hours run Monday to Saturday 10:00–20:00, closed on Sundays. Ugly Tongue is a Songdo café where you can enjoy healthy smoothies balanced in both taste and nutrition.

Inside the Ugly Tongue shop

The space feels clean yet trendy — holding a smoothie here kind of makes you feel a little hip yourself, haha. Maybe because it's a health-minded Songdo café, the white, tidy interior has a healing kind of feel to it.

You can see the smoothies being made, and they really do blend the fruit right there on the spot. Watching the ingredients in front of you makes it feel extra trustworthy. 😋

What is on the Ugly Tongue menu?

There were a lot of smoothies with unique names. Just the menu names alone are like this.

• Relax (stress-down) smoothie
• Diet smoothie
• Brain Booster smoothie
• Anti-Aging (youthful-look secret) smoothie
• Immunity (immune-boosting) smoothie
• Circulation (blood-flow) smoothie
• Body Build (protein) smoothie

The menu names feel like reading a health checkup report (?), but you pick a smoothie according to whatever health need you're after.

You order at a kiosk inside the store, and besides smoothies there's a wide range including coffee, lattes, tea, ice cream, salads, and sandwiches. There are organic, gluten-free, and vegan options too, and takeout and delivery are both available. I also liked that they use microplastic-free eco-friendly containers.

How does the Diet smoothie taste, and is it filling enough for a meal?

What I ordered was the Diet smoothie and the Sanghamokjang blue ice cream. I'm starting a diet now, so — TMI about ordering the diet smoothie, haha.

A very deep purple smoothie!! The diet smoothie has blueberry, banana, fig, lemon, coconut water, maple, and kale in it.

Honestly, the first sip of the diet smoothie tasted more bland than I expected. But after a couple more sips, the blueberry and banana flavors started coming through, and the fruit's natural sweetness rose up!

✔️ Not artificial sweetness but the real taste of fruit!! It's not intense, but as you drink it you start picking out the flavor of each ingredient, and it grows on you. If it's like this, I feel like I could drink it a hundred times while dieting! Since the smoothie is basically a cup full of blended fruit, it was more filling than I expected — good enough to work as a light meal replacement around Songdo's academy district.

Sanghamokjang blue ice cream at Ugly Tongue

And do I even need to say anything about the Sanghamokjang ice cream? It melts away so smoothly, and the cone that comes with it has chocolate inside, sweet and crunchy — this would be great as a kids' snack too. Drinking the diet smoothie and then eating the ice cream made me suddenly feel like my whole life got healthier.

The verdict on Ugly Tongue

If you want a cup of smoothie made from properly blended fruit that gives you health and taste at once, I recommend Ugly Tongue as a Songdo café worth visiting. If you're craving a detox or want something light and filling near Songdo's academy district, give it a try. If you want dessert but want it to be healthy too, Songdo's smoothie spot Ugly Tongue will satisfy you!