Bangkok · ice cream
อ.ประทิน ไอศกรีม (Ao Prathin Ice Cream)
A hawker-to-shophouse trajectory documented from a named founder still working the counter, forty years on from carrying baskets of coconut ice cream through an open-air market — the clearest street-to-storefront story on record here, with the specific, slightly absurd origin detail (the fortune-teller's 'Ao') that marks it as a real interview rather than a listicle entry.
What to order
กะทิสด (fresh coconut), the founding flavour, per Gourmet & Cuisine and Noo-Hin
What we know
- Began as a street hawker carrying fresh coconut ice cream through an open-air market starting in 1985, before the current fixed storefront, per Noo-Hin
- The 'Ao' (อ.) prefix in the shop's name was added on a fortune-teller's advice for luck, not as a professional title — an origin story the owner tells visitors directly, per Noo-Hin
- Toppings — sticky rice, mashed sweetened taro, candied sweet potato, roasted peanuts — are all made in-house, a point the owner specifically highlights, per Noo-Hin
- Grew from a single fresh-coconut flavour to more than 24 flavours today, including contemporary additions such as a fresh yuzu sorbet and a Yakult-and-Pipo soda flavour, per Gourmet & Cuisine
- Status
- open
- Address
- 16/10 ตลาดเตาปูน ถนนกรุงเทพ-นนทบุรี เขตบางซื่อ กรุงเทพฯ (Tao Poon Market, Krung Thep-Nonthaburi Road, Bang Sue, Bangkok)
- Maker
- Founded and still run by Prathin (คุณประทิน), per Noo-Hin, who visited and photographed the owner in person
- Opened
- 1985
- Last checked
- 2026-08-21
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