There are cafes in Bangkok with river views, and there are cafes with antiques. Hong Sieng Kong (ฮงเซียงกง) is one of the few with both at the same address, plus a 200-year history built into the walls, a gallery full of Chinese antiques, and a carrot cake that sells out early. The cafe opened in […]

Walk into almost any Bangkok street market, shopping mall, food court, or neighbourhood cafe, and you will see it: a tall plastic cup of brilliant orange tea, layered with creamy condensed milk and beads of ice. That is cha yen (ชาเย็น), Thai iced tea, and it is as much a part of the city’s drinking […]

If you’ve been scrolling menus in Bangkok’s growing coffee shop scene and spotted “dirty chai latte” alongside the lattes and flat whites, you’re not alone in wondering what it is. It sounds a little mysterious — a little rebellious, even. But the drink itself is beautifully simple: a dirty chai latte is a classic chai […]