Dessert · Street food
Sweettime Yaowarat สวีทไทม์ เยาวราช
Best for A 50-baht dessert to finish a Yaowarat street-food night
- Yaowarat (Chinatown)
- MRT Wat Mangkon · 3 min
- $
About
Sweettime is a dessert cart with a neon sign in front of 436 Yaowarat Road at the mouth of Soi Yaowaphanit, which Time Out describes as always drawing a queue of passers-by. There are no seats; you eat standing beside the cart. A Wongnai interview explains the stall has run for more than 30 years since the owner's mother started it, with the son now running the second generation. It began with ginger-syrup bua loi and tao thueng and added items as customers asked. Prices logged in Wongnai reviews are 30 baht for bua loi in ginger syrup, 40 for the fresh-milk version, 50 for ginkgo bua loi in ginger and 55 for black-sesame ginkgo bua loi, whose filling the stall makes itself and which the owner calls the original to try. Foreign reviewers go for the black-sesame and taro dumplings in longan syrup or milk, while Grab lists Nam Dok Mai mango bingsu, blended Thai tea and ice-cream waffles for anyone avoiding hot desserts. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 17:30 to 01:30, closed Monday per Google and Grab. A second branch at Wong Wian 22 scores 3.8 on Wongnai from 300 reviews; the original cart on Yaowarat scores 4.2 on Google from more than 300. The right last stop after a street-food crawl. Three minutes from MRT Wat Mangkon.
What to order
Each pick traces to a source at the end of the page.
- Black-sesame ginkgo bua loi, 55 baht
- Bua loi in ginger syrup, 30 baht, or in fresh milk, 40 baht
- Nam Dok Mai mango bingsu
Bangkok Foodie Selection 2026
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Ranked in 2 Bangkok Foodie guides, best placing first.
No. 6 of 15 · Street Food Bangkok
What the guide says:
Neon-signed dessert cart at 436 Yaowarat Road with no seats at all. Ginger-syrup bua loi 30 baht, black-sesame ginkgo bua loi 55, open 17:30 to 01:30, closed Monday; MRT Wat Mangkon.
No. 10 of 14 · Best Restaurants in Chinatown Bangkok
What the guide says:
Neon-signed dessert cart at 436 Yaowarat, running for more than 30 years. Ginger bua loi 30 baht, black-sesame ginkgo 55, eaten standing until 01:30; closed Mondays.
4 sources · checked 15 October 2026
Google Maps · wongnai.com · timeout.com · grab.com
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