Gingerbread House Bangkok: Thai Desserts in a Century-Old Wooden House

Hi everyone! Today Meeting Point is taking you to try a well-known Thai-style dessert shop: Gingerbread House (Baan Khanom Pang Khing), a place with a history of more than 106 years.

If you live in Bangkok or are visiting the Giant Swing (Sao Chingcha) area, don't forget to stop by Gingerbread House for tasty sweets and an old-world atmosphere. It is an old wooden house dating back to 1913 (B.E. 2456), with distinctive fretwork patterns that later earned it the name of a Western-style Thai house. It has since been restored from an old wooden home into a cafe that is half museum, and people keep dropping in to soak up the atmosphere.

Besides Thai desserts, the menu at Gingerbread House also has cakes and drinks, both hot and cold. This time we came with a friend and ordered the mango sticky rice set, which includes:

Mango sticky rice

It starts with soft sticky rice rich with coconut cream, glossy and moist, topped with salted toasted mung beans whose slight saltiness balances the sweet rice nicely. It comes with a whole golden, juicy Nam Dok Mai mango that is just sweet enough, halved and scored into a neat grid, all served on a two-tier golden cage tray. Very impressive.

Coconut ice cream with lod chong (can be swapped for another Thai dessert)

We really wanted lod chong, so we kept this one, and we loved it. The coconut ice cream is creamy, rich and refreshing, topped with soft, fluffy golden egg threads (foi thong) that are not overly sweet, a great way to cool down. It comes with green lod chong noodles that are chewy without being mushy, served in a pale palm sugar syrup that is fragrant and well balanced, never cloying.

Strawberry cheesecake (flavor can be changed)

The set comes with strawberry cheesecake, but if you prefer another cake, just tell the staff. We wanted to try the original, so we did not swap it, and it did not disappoint. The cheesecake is soft and smooth, slightly tangy and sweet, and really refreshing. We visited during the Christmas season, so it came with a bell-shaped sugar decoration on top, very festive. Chatting with friends while eating, it was gone in no time.

Hot tea

The tea is very fragrant and brewed just right, not so strong that it turns bitter or astringent. You can keep sipping it, and it doesn't clash with the desserts, so the whole tasting goes smoothly.

The mango sticky rice set we ordered costs 599 baht, which we think is great value, especially when you split it with friends. The shop also has several other recommended sets to choose from. If you would like to come and taste the desserts like we did, here are the details:

Gingerbread House (Baan Khanom Pang Khing)

• Address: 47 Soi Lang Bot Phram, Dinso Road, Sao Chingcha, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200
• Phone: 097 229 7021
• Hours: Open daily. Monday to Friday 11:00-20:00 / Saturday to Sunday 09:00-20:00
• Facebook: Baan Khanom Pang Khing Sao Chingcha

Getting there

There is no parking in front of the shop. If you are driving, you can park at:

• The paid parking at Chao Pho Suea Shrine
• The paid parking next to Krua Apsorn
• The paid parking at Sri Krungthep Hotel (next to Bangkok City Hall)
• The paid parking at Rungrueang Phanit shop
• The car park at Wat Thepthidaram

By MRT, get off at Sam Yot station and walk about 700 meters toward the Giant Swing.

Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/EJg34

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