Jingjok
บาร์ของหวาน: the dessert bar
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The dessert bar is part of the price, and the clock keeps running while you stand at it. Shabushi has an ice-cream cabinet and, in newer branches, soft serve with toppings and a bingsu bar. Hot Pot and Nai Pran do build-your-own shaved ice: a mountain of น้ำแข็งใส, sweetened condensed milk, red syrup, jelly, corn and sweet beans. MK sells unlimited ice cream for a small extra and has Thai sweets like บัวลอย. Thai tea and the soft-drink refill station round it off. Take a small cup first: a plate of melting ice cream that comes back uneaten is a leftover like any other, and the leftover fee does not care that it was dessert.
Try this today
Order your shaved ice in Thai: น้ำแข็งใส, then name two toppings.
Your first 90 days of Thai
Culture cards in Jingjok are tied to the words that carry them, each ending in one thing to try today.
- WEEKS 1–2 · SURVIVEGreet anyone, pay, and order food and 7-Eleven exactly how you like it.
- WEEKS 3–6 · SETTLE INGet around by taxi, Grab and skytrain, find anything, and handle your landlord.
- WEEKS 7–12 · RUN YOUR LIFEPharmacy, bank, SIM and apps, how you feel, and a weekend away, all in Thai.
The first week is free.