With the Thai New Year approaching, you’re probably contemplating ways to celebrate Songkran this year. We say go dessert hopping over the holidays to savor some traditional Thai sweets. Think palm sugar caramel ice-cream, foi thong, or even exquisite afternoon tea sets.

Indulge your Thai roots at Cher Cheeva in Ratchaburi, a cafe specializing in photo-worthy traditional Thai desserts. We recommend the exquisitely-presented yama high tea set, which features treats like thong yib (pinched gold egg yolks) and foi thong (sweet egg yolk threads). The flour dumpling stuffed with mung bean is another highlight.

22 Bang Tanot, Photharam District, Ratchaburi
Open Thursday-Tuesday noon-7pm
fb.com/chercheeva, 062-339-8685

Thongyoy is a floral-themed cafe offering a variety of traditional Thai desserts. Order the combo set for a sampler of five desserts served on golden dishes for that palace feast feeling. Very grammable.

88/2 Arisamphan Soi 7 
Open daily 10am–5:30pm
fb.com/thongyoycafe, 098-748-4661

Nestled in leafy Ari, V’Lacha Siam Dessert & Tea Room is built into an old house with cozy interiors of deep blue, wooden walls, bare cement, and patterned tiles. If you’re a tea lover, you’ll love V’Lacha’s colorful tea drip bar and multi-tiered dessert stands.

2, 3 Soi Ari 1
Open Tuesday–Sunday 10am–7pm
fb.com/vlacha, 061-404-8887

Serving traditional Thai sweets with a twist, Onedee Cafe is an ice cream parlor that offers unique homemade ice cream flavors like palm sugar caramel, rum and sun dried banana, southern Thai milk tea, and more. Emphasizing a light interior and wooden floor, you’ll find a circular window allowing natural light to shimmer through the cafe.

29 Soi Ari 1
Open Monday–Saturday 8am–10pm
Sunday 10am–10pm
IG @onedeecafe, 092-146-4049

Huddled around Khao San Road, Sane Cafe & Workshop is a homey Thai dessert cafe that not only offers auspicious desserts, but also teaches Thai dessert workshops (starting from 1,499 baht). Customers are free to take photos of the process and even ask questions of the helpful staff. Decorated with traditional wicker baskets and classic cooking material, Sane Cafe & Workshop is a must visit.

225 3 Phet Kasem 4
Open Tuesday–Sunday 8am–4pm
fb.com/sane.workshop, 063-541-4964