When I feel like ice-cream!!!

Often I crave for ice-cream. Swensen's is usually the typical joint that can be found anywhere and it is decent enough, I have to admit. Technology these days seems to go beyond our imagination. Not the ingredients and technique it supposed to be but yield similar result. Salute. However, there are 2 small places in Bangkok that I from time to time have to stop by to fill by blood vein with more sugar and fat. One is in Soi Sukhumvit 39 called Ampersand and the other one is tucked in a small Soi on Charoen Krung Road which is Gelato Finale. Both are delicious but different in someway.

Map: Ampersand Boutique @ Sukhumvit 39, Bangkok

Charged Price: THB79 per scoop

Visited: 2 May 2016

Food: 7/10

Atmosphere: 6/10

Value for money: 6/10

Services: 5/10
Scale: [1=poor ---- 5=average/standard ---- 10=outstanding/exceptional]

Ampersand Boutique is just a small joint in Baan Prompong Building in Soi Sukhumvit 39. This ice-cream parlour seems to position itself a little bit towards homemade/high-end stuff. I have to say it is wonderful enough to keep insulin keeps working. Texture wise they are firm and full. Not too sweet is a plus point for me. Personally, smoothness is the point they could improve to make their ice-cream beyond satisfaction. Recommend to try their classic range to start off.

Pistachio

Mango & Sticky Rice with Chocolate

Ampersand Boutique @ Sukhumvit 39, Bangkok

Floor 1, Baan Prompong
147 Soi Sukhumvit 39
Khlong Tan Nuea, Watthana
Bangkok 10110
Thailand

Open Hours: daily from 12:00pm - 10:00pm (from 10:00am during weekend)

Tel: +66 (0) 2662 0351
Web: http://www.ampersandgelato.com/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/theampersandboutique/

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Map: Gelato Finale @ Charoen Krung 46, Bangkok

Charged Price: THB60 per scoop

Visited: 2 May 2016

Food: 8/10

Atmosphere: 7/10

Value for money: 10/10

Services: 6/10
Scale: [1=poor ---- 5=average/standard ---- 10=outstanding/exceptional]

Gelato Finale is perhaps my favourite found of the year. Tucked in a small Soi of Charoen Krung 46 where anybody would expect nothing like this to be there. It is right next to Bang Rak Market. Driving there can be hassle in finding parking lots. However, BTS can be convenient enough.

I gotta say that this place has decorated to bring the ambient to a friendly point. It is comfy too. For a delicious scoop of gelato at the price of THB60 in Bangkok, I would say it is a bargain. This is Bangkok, not Italy. Usually expect something expensive not for value. But it is not the case here. Texture of each scoop is just soft, tender, smooth, and most of all creamy. If it is near my house, I could drop by daily. I would recommend you to try just anything here. Finale, it is!!!

Ferrero Rocher and Amaretto

Gelato Finale @ Charoen Krung 46, Bangkok

20-26 Soi Charoen Krung 46

Bang Rak

Bangkok 10500
Thailand

Open Hours: daily from 09:301m - 09:30pm except Monday

Tel: +66 (0) 2237 6815-6
Web: http://gelatofinale.com/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/GelatoFinaleIceCream%20/

Cream Studio @ The Mercury Ville, Bangkok - ครีมสตูดิโอ @ เดอะ เมอร์คิวรี่ วิลล์ กรุงเทพ

Cuisine: Ice-cream

Map: Cream Studio @ The Mercury Ville, Bangkok - ครีมสตูดิโอ @ เดอะ เมอร์คิวรี่ วิลล์ กรุงเทพ

Price: see menu below

Visited: 19 June 2014

Food: 7/10

Atmosphere: 6/10

Value for money: 7/10

Services: n.m.
Scale: [1=poor ---- 5=average/standard ---- 10=outstanding/exceptional]

The Mercury Ville is the new concept of Mercury Tower that was refurbished after years of failure. The lower floors of Mercury Tower was lauched in 2014 as dining destination and named Mercury Ville. Cream Studio is an ice-cream boot that is located on the 3rd floor of this Mercury Ville. It is a rookie of ice-cream industry in Thailand. The place is tiny with only ice-cream counter and a few of tiny tables.

Cream Studio presents daily just less than 10 flavours of ice-cream. I believe that this gets changed from time to time. At my first visit, I was rather impressed with this place. Their ice-creams were smooth, thick and flavoursome. I had Sapporo Brownie (6/10) and Honey Purple Sweet Potato (7/10). The Sapporo Brownie tasted like ordinary chocolate but Honey Purple Sweet Potato was an interesting one. The sweet flavour of honey did not overwhelm the overall picture, that was what I like. My only concern was the texture of ice-cream. Though it was smooth and creamy, I still found some icy bits. My guess, this could be because of wrong temperature during process or storing. Well, let see during future visit how they would manage this.

Pricing wise, it is in the same range as Swensen's but the scoop size is a bit smaller. You may see in a picture below for range of other menu and beverage. To me, this is a good destination for ice-cream for those in Chidlom area like me. I won't be surprise if I find myself visiting this Cream Studio often.

Sapporo Brownie + Honey Purple Sweet Potato

Cream Studio @ The Mercury Ville, Bangkok

tiny spaces for eating in

the creamy menu

less than 10 flavours but changed occasionally

the contact

Cream Studio @ The Mercury Ville, Bangkok - ครีมสตูดิโอ @ เดอะ เมอร์คิวรี่ วิลล์ กรุงเทพ
Floor 3, Mercury Ville
540 Phloen Chit Road
Lumpini, Pathum Wan
Bangkok 10330

Thailand

Open Hours: 11:00am - 10:00pm daily

Tel: +66 (0) 2658 5556
FB: https://www.facebook.com/creamstudiofanpage

Me & Ice-cream @ CDC, Bangkok

Cuisine: Ice-cream

Map: Me & Ice-cream @ CDC, Bangkok

Price: THB49 per scoop (what I paid for)

Visited: 26 June 2011

Ice-cream: 3/10

Atmosphere: 5/10

Value for money: 3/10

Services: n.m.

Skimming through my record to see what to post, I somehow found this Me & Ice-cream @ CDC which I did give it a visit a while ago and forgot to post. This little tiny ice-cream shop produces home-made ice-cream to sell at CDC. So you can expect to see some different flavour each time you come by except the basic flavours. Though we did not find this place interesting in term of its taste, the lovely style of this tiny shop can also attract some visitors to pop by. This place has very limited place to eat in and it is outdoor, hence, forget about it when raining.

Me & Ice-cream @ CDC

The Tiny Shop

Price Board

Ice-cream Variety

At the time, we had a chance to try 6 flavours in total: Thai Tea, Vanilla, Double Chocolate, Coffee, Lactobacillus (Yakult and Jelly), and Banoffee. All of which were ok to eat. Texture was acceptable but with icy bits, not completely smooth and creamy. To be honest, vanailla, double chocolate, and coffee are below standard from our perspective. They could be more rich in taste. Out of all six, we found that Lactobacillus was the best one. Easy to eat and interesting: guess that kids will love this one. Unfortunately, we did not try the signature "Earl Grey" though.

Thai Tea Ice-cream

Vanilla Flavour Ice-cream

Double Chocolate Ice-cream

Coffee Ice-cream (middle)

Lactobacillus Ice-cream

Banoffee Ice-cream

Me & Ice-cream @ CDC, Bangkok

1420/1 Crystal Design Center

Pradist Manudham Road

Khlong Kum, Bang Kapi

Bangkok 10240

Open Hours: Monday – Thursday 12:00pm – 09:00pm and Friday – Sunday 11:00am – 11:30pm

Tel: +66 (0) 81 833 3849

Web: http://www.facebook.com/meandicecreamhomemade