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“Pinched gold egg yolks brought to Ayutthaya by Portuguese influence, reserved for weddings, ordinations, and housewarmings.”

Thong yip

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Thong yip (Thai: ทองหยิบ, pronounced [tʰɔ̄ːŋ jìp]) or pinched gold egg yolks is one of the nine auspicious traditional Thai desserts. It is usually made for important occasions and ceremonies such as weddings, ordinations, and housewarmings. Thong yip was brought to Ayutthaya Kingdom by Maria Guyomar de Pinha who was eventually enslaved in the royal kitchens after Phetracha gained power in the Siamese revolution of 1688. Thong yip originates from the Portuguese sweet trouxas das caldas.

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Thong yip arrives on the table as delicate pinched strands of egg yolk, their name—"golden plucks"—describing exactly what your spoon does. Born when Portuguese influence met Thai royal kitchens in 17th-century Ayutthaya, this dessert carries the weight of ceremony: it appears at weddings, ordinations, housewarmings, the moments that matter. Each piece is labor-intensive refinement, one of nine traditional sweets deemed auspicious enough to mark life's thresholds.

Order it here when it has

  • auspicious tradition
  • reserved for important occasions
  • cross-cultural heritage

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