Our Story
A kitchen, two pairs of hands.
The story behind every box you carry home — and why we still do it the slow way.
Meet May
The daughter, the maker, the one at the counter.
May is the second-generation custodian of this kitchen. After years working in hospitality in Bangkok, she came home to Chiang Mai to be near her mother — and to make sure these recipes did not slip away when the next generation moved on. She is the one who answers your messages, fills your order boxes, and styles every dessert table for weddings and ceremonies. An independent female entrepreneur, she built this shop from a single street stall into a quiet local favorite.
Meet Mae
The mother, the teacher, the keeper of the recipes.
Mae learned to make Thai sweets from her own grandmother in a village outside Lampang. She opened her first stall in 1987, selling khanom chan and look choup from a wooden tray by the roadside. Forty years later, her hands still shape every mango, mangosteen and chili of our signature look choup. She teaches May — and, soon, you — that there is no shortcut for patience.
A small timeline
Three generations, one tray at a time
1962
A grandmother's recipe book.
In a Lampang village, Mae's grandmother teaches her how to wrap coconut and pandan into khanom sai sai for the temple festival.
1987
The first wooden tray.
Mae sets up a roadside stall in Chiang Mai, selling look choup and khanom chan to neighbors and passing songthaews.
2004
May, growing up at the table.
May spends every school holiday at her mother's side, weighing pandan, breaking eggs, learning to spin foi thong.
2019
Coming home to Chiang Mai.
After years in hospitality, May moves back from Bangkok to help Mae take orders, design boxes, and bring the shop online.
Today
A small kitchen near Maya Mall.
Pickup and pre-orders for residents, cafés, weddings and events — a quiet, modern home for very old recipes.
come taste the story
Order a small box, or a big one.
However you find us — for an afternoon at home, a café you run, or a wedding you're planning — we'd love to be part of it.