Kor Panich (Thai: ก.พานิช) is a Thai sweet shop in Bangkok, Thailand. Founded in 1932 by Kab and Sarapee Chiabchalard in a shophouse on Tanao Road, the bakery is renowned for its sticky rice desserts, including mango sticky rice. The restaurant uses sticky rice from Chiang Rai, and Nam Dok Mai and Ok Rong mangoes, along with coconuts from Chumphon.
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Si Kak Sao Chingcha is a four-way intersection located at the tripoint of San Chao Pho Suea, Sao Chingcha, and Wat Ratchabophit sub-districts within Phra Nakhon district, Bangkok. It connects Thanao, Bamrung Mueang, and Fueang Nakhon roads and marks the starting point of Thanao Road. From this intersection, the Giant Swing is clearly visible along Bamrung Mueang Road.
This intersection is one of only two in Bangkok that still retain the term "Si Kak" in their names, the other being nearby Si Kak Phraya Si. Both are linked by Fueang Nakhon Road, which is just 0.5 km long. Fueang Nakhon was constructed alongside Charoen Krung and Bamrung Mueang Roads during the reign of King Mongkut, making these three among the earliest formal roads in Thailand.
The phrase "Si Kak" comes from the Teochew dialect, meaning "four-way intersection". "Sao Chingcha" is a Thai term referring to the Giant Swing, a Hindu religious structure located in front of Wat Suthat. Historically, the Triyampawai ceremony, held during the Songkran festival, began its procession at this very intersection.
The area surrounding Si Kak Sao Chingcha is rich with historic charm, featuring old shophouses that house a variety of establishments such as a Rolex dealer, a traditional teahouse, workshops for Buddha statues and religious idols, souvenir shops, restaurants, and a branch of the Siam Commercial Bank. The Ministry of Interior building is also located nearby.
Just off Thanao Road near this intersection are three smaller streets known as Sam Praeng, named after three members of the royal family who once had palaces in this area. Sam Praeng is renowned for its historical and architectural significance, showcasing Sino-Portuguese style shophouses inspired by Singaporean designs dating back to the reign of King Vajiravudh.
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Nattaporn Ice Cream is a homemade ice cream parlor that produces and serves its ice cream in a small, historic two-story shophouse built in the Sino-Portuguese architectural style, located in Phraeng Phuthon, one of the three phraeng in the Sam Phraeng area of Phra Nakhon district, Bangkok.
Situated within Rattanakosin Island, the historic old town of Bangkok, the parlor specializes in traditional Thai-style ice cream and has been in operation for over 80 years, dating back to around the time of World War II. The current owner, Nattaporn Rungrotesuwan, explains that her family is of Chinese descent and has been selling food in the Sam Phraeng area for many generations, dating back to her grandmother's time. She represents the second generation. Although the family has a long history in the neighborhood, the ice cream parlor itself officially began full-scale operations in 1989
The parlor's ice cream is distinctive for its texture, which is crumbly like sand and contains tiny ice crystals that give a pleasant crunch when eaten. Unlike typical ice cream parlors, scoops are not served using a traditional ice cream scoop but rather with a regular rice-serving ladle. The ice cream is served with a variety of toppings, such as luk chit, corn, job's tears, barley, roasted peanuts, sticky rice, black beans, and red beans. Flavors include fresh coconut, fresh milk, fresh strawberry, chocolate, coffee, Japanese black sesame, Thai green tea, and Japanese teas such as matcha, hojicha, and genmaicha. A special offering is the Mahachanok mango ice cream, made from a variety of large, premium-priced mangoes.
Nattaporn Ice Cream has received numerous awards and recognitions, including being featured in the Louis Vuitton City Guide as a recommended ice cream parlor in Bangkok.
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Chotechitr is a cozy Thai restaurant tucked into a small, two-story shophouse with charming historic Sino-Portuguese architecture. It sits in Phraeng Phuthon, within the Sam Praeng area, close to the intersection leading out to Tanao Road on Rattanakosin Island, Bangkok.
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San Chaopho Suea is a khwaeng of Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok.
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Bamrungchat Satsana Yathai or familiarly known as Ban Mowaan is a traditional Thai medicine store and historic building located at 9, Soi Thesa, Bamrung Mueang Road, Wat Ratchabophit Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok.
It was created by Wan Rodmuang or Mo Waan under the traditional Thai medicine who lived in the reigns of King Chulalongkorn to Ananda Mahidol. In the past, Mo Waan lived at the intersection of Unakan Road and Charoen Krung Road and later moved near to the Sao Chingcha on the current location. It's a colonial-style old building, which is a house as well as a traditional Thai medicine shop that has been inherited for more than four generations. The building is still filled with antiquities that tell the story of the past as well as the ancient medicine over a hundred years. It has been very popular in the past and the medicine production process is still being relayed in a traditional way by the old equipments with the age of hundred over years.
At present, it's open to visitors who are interested in visiting as a museum for tourism and selling traditional Thai medicine as well.
The building received the ASA Architectural Conservation Award in 2014.
Freshly grated coconut flesh is kneaded to produce coconut cream and coconut milk. Sugar, salt, and other ingredients are measured by weight and mixed by machine and weighed by scale. Independent vendors sell mangoes in front of the shop.