A Review of Yai Tam Hai Lan Khai, a Rare Traditional Thai Dessert Shop with a Centuries-old Recipe
Today, as Ryoiireview members have an opportunity to taste rare traditional Thai desserts from a centuries-old recipe, we would like to invite people in the new generation to try it.
Granny ‘Somchai Taedolah’ is a person who inherited a century-old recipe of Thai desserts from her ancestors. She has been familiar with Thai desserts and helped her mom make the desserts since she is around 16-17 years old. Granny is the eldest sister and the 2nd generation of the shop. Now, Granny Somchai transferred the recipe to the grandchildren so some of them help her make desserts and others enjoy selling them. All of these are the origin of the dessert shop’s name ‘Yai Tam Hai Lan Khai (Granny Does, Grandchildren Sell)’
Today, as Ryoiireview members have an opportunity to closely see how to make Thai desserts, we can feel that her family warmly welcomed us and know that all of the Thai desserts are delicious and memorable. Hence, those who have never tasted the Thai desserts of this shop must try them!
Cooking Vibes
Granny ‘Somchai Taedolah,’ a Person who Inherited a Century-old Recipe of Thai Desserts from her Ancestors
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Her Grandchild Helping Make Desserts
Her Younger Sister Making Steamed Flour with Coconut Filling
The Thing that Is Warmer than Stoves Is this Place’s Atmosphere as We Can Feel Warm like We Are Really Granny’s Grandchildren.
Branches of Yai Tam Hai Lan Khai Dessert Shop
Now, there are 2 branches selling desserts on their fronts: the Ari branch (in Ari 1 Alley) and the Lat Phrao Wang Hin 14 branch (in front of FamilyMart at the mouth of the alley).
- Open hours of the Ari branch (Ari 1 Alley) are Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday 06.00 a.m. - 02.00 p.m. Moreover, this branch has delivery services through GRAB, Lineman, and Robinhood. For more information, please contact Tel. 063-543-5995.
- Open hours of the Lat Phrao Wang Hin 14 (in front of FamilyMart at the mouth of the alley) are Thursday 06.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. For more information, please contact Tel. 063-543-5995.
If you want to order the desserts for making merit, organizing an event, or souvenir, please tell the shop 2-3 days in advance to let the shop prepare and store the ingredients.
Desserts and their Prices
Although the desserts are sold in the center of the city near BTS Skytrain, their prices are still reasonable and cheap so children and students can buy them without any worries. In each round, the restaurant will make about 15-20 kinds of Thai desserts depending on the ingredients of each day, namely, Thai pandan coconut sweet pudding, Thai taro pudding with coconut topping, and toddy palm cake with starting price of 25 baht.
Granny and her grandchildren will start making the desserts at around 4 a.m. by cutting banana leaves and pandan leaves. The popular desserts that they always make in large quantities are ‘Steamed Flour with Coconut Filling’ (1,000-1,500 pieces per day), ‘Thai Steamed Banana Cake’ (300-500 pieces per day), ‘Bundled Boiled Rice’ (400 pieces per day), and others packed in around 1,000 boxes.
Steamed Flour with Coconut Filling (a Small Set with 9 Pieces (75 Baht) and a Big Set with 15 Pieces (125 Baht))
Steamed Flour with Coconut Filling of this shop is special because how they wrap it is not the same as others. The shop will choose long mature shiny banana leaves to wrap the dessert uniquely without using coconut leaves. Its filling is sweet coconut which is stirred with flour and wrapped with stir-fried coconut milk. Surprisingly, it’s so popular that the dessert is always sold out first and can be kept for 3 days in the refrigerator.
Start with Shaping the Filling into the Ball Shape
Perfect Ball Shapes
Make the Topping of the Dessert
Steamed Flour with Coconut Filling (a Small Set with 9 Pieces (75 Baht) and a Big Set with 15 Pieces (125 Baht))
Stuffed Dough Pyramid (a Small Set with 5 Pieces (60 Baht) and a Big Set with 12 Pieces (140 Baht))
Stuffed Dough Pyramid is another signature of this shop as they wrap it with short young banana leaves and use a skewer to seal it. It has only a salted flavor and can be kept for 3 days in the refrigerator.
Stuffed Dough Pyramid (a Small Set with 5 Pieces (60 Baht) and a Big Set with 12 Pieces (140 Baht))
Thai Coconut Sweet Pudding (35 Baht per a Box)
The shop has Traditional Thai Coconut Sweet Pudding in both black (from burnt coconut shell) and green (from pandan) colors. It’s made and stirred meticulously for 1 hour to make it soft, chewy, and tasty.
Stir It for 1 Hour to Make It Soft and Chewy
The Black Color of Thai Coconut Sweet Pudding Coming from Burnt Coconut Shells
Thai Black Coconut Sweet Pudding (35 Baht per a Box)
Thai Steamed Layer Cake (35 Baht per a Box)
Flavorful Thai Steamed Layer Cake is in a beautiful flower shape and has pandan and blue butterfly pea layers.
Thai Pandan Steamed Layer Cake (35 Baht per a Box)
Thai Blue Butterfly Pea Steamed Layer Cake (35 Baht per a Box)
Thai Steamed Banana Cake (a Small Set with 9 Pieces (75 Baht) and a Big Set with 15 Pieces (125 Baht))
Thai Steamed Banana Cake is wrapped with medium-sized shiny banana leaves, stuffed with steamed banana, and topped with young coconuts to make it smell good and allow customers to eat it continuously.
Thai Steamed Banana Cake (a Small Set with 9 Pieces (75 Baht) and a Big Set with 15 Pieces (125 Baht))
Bundled Boiled Rice (a Small Set with 4 Pieces (90 Baht), a Big Set with 7 Pieces (160 Baht), and 20 Baht per each Piece for Sale Separately)
The shop always wraps Bundled Boiled Rice with specially selected young banana leaves. Before wrapping, they will stir the sticky rice first and then mix it with coconut milk, sugar, and salt until it’s chewy, creamy, and sweet. There are 2 flavors to choose from: a banana flavor made from cultivated bananas and a taro flavor. The shop will make about 400 pieces of bundled boiled rice per day and steam it for 3 hours.
Bundled Boiled Rice (a Small Set with 4 Pieces (90 Baht), a Big Set with 7 Pieces (160 Baht), and 20 Baht per each Piece for Sale Separately)
Taste Summary
Steamed Flour with Coconut Filling (a Small Set (75 Baht) and a Big Set (125 Baht)): Its stir-fried coconut milk is sweet, salty, and creamy at the same time. Moreover, the taste of the coconut milk extremely goes well with its filling, which is soft flour and sweet and crispy coconut.
Stuffed Dough Pyramid (a Small Set (60 Baht) and a Big Set (140 Baht)): The taste of each stuffed dough pyramid is not too spicy, and its texture is so soft.
Thai Coconut Sweet Pudding (35 Baht per a Box): The pandan flavor contains the rich taste of pandan while the black one will serve the strong good smell of burnt coconut shell. As it’s chewy, you can chew it continuously without any boring feelings.
Thai Steamed Layer Cake (35 Baht per a Box): The steamed layer cake is flavorful and chewy and has a good smell of pandan.
Thai Steamed Banana Cake (a Small Set (75 Baht) and a Big Set (125 Baht)): We can taste bananas, which go well with the flour.
Thai Custard Cake (35 Baht per a Box): It’s soft and sweet and will be more delicious if you eat the lotus seed inside.
Outstanding Points of Yai Tam Hai Lan Khai Dessert Shop
1. Each Thai dessert in this shop has different uniqueness and charm that Thai people should be proud of. Importantly, it comes from a century-old recipe passed down from one generation to another generation so some desserts are hard to find these days like Steamed Flour with Coconut Filling and are not too sweet and creamy but mellow.
2. The shop always makes every dessert meticulously from cleaning and cutting banana leaves to shaping the filling. Also, they will use only fresh ingredients, namely, freshly toasted sesame, good-smelling sweet coconut filling grated by hand, and coconut milk from freshly grated coconut.
3. Proceeds that the shop receives will be donated to a mosque.
Additional Information and Recommendations
1. As all desserts can be sold out quickly someday, customers should contact and ask them in advance before going to the shop not to miss the delicious taste of Thai desserts.
2. Open hours of the Ari branch (Ari 1 Alley) are Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday 06.00 a.m. - 02.00 p.m. This branch has delivery services through GRAB, Lineman, and Robinhood. For more information, please contact Tel. 063-543-5995.
3. Open hours of the Lat Phrao Wang Hin 14 (in front of FamilyMart at the mouth of the alley) are Thursday 06.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. For more information, please contact Tel. 063-543-5995. (At this branch, there is no delivery service.)
How you make Thai desserts with your family does not only allow you to put your heart into the delicious dessert and make it for lovers but strengthens your relationship with your family as well. Nowadays, Granny has done what she loves since she was young and has been closed to her grandchildren as everyone makes desserts together by heart. Additionally, Granny is also proud that people in the new generation can eat rare traditional Thai desserts from the Yai Tam Hai Lan Khai dessert shop.
-หน้าร้าน สาขาลาดพร้าววังหิน 14 (หน้า FamilyMart ปากซอย) เปิดบริการ พฤหัสบดี 06.00 - 12.00 น.
