iberry homemade, Bangkok

I know that many of you are waiting patiently for more Vietnam posts, they are coming I promise, but Pikelet and Pie is going to experience a brief Bangkok interlude, starting now.

L-R Taro, pumpkin and almond, mafi, mangosteen sorbet and paradise tea

I dislike the appleisation of names as a rule but not iberry. I find the name of this Thai ice creamery as charming as its quirkily designed spaces and novel flavours. There are iberry outlets dotted around Bangkok from counters in food courts to cafes, but unfortunately the area I stayed in was devoid of delicious ice cream treats or else I would have visited daily.

What is so good about iberry homemade? A huge and ever changing selection of well made sorbets and ice creams in creative, unusual and stunningly bright flavours. My first taste was two small scoops, a marbled creamy green tea and red bean mix earthy and dense, as well as a scoop of coconut with mixed fruits. The coconut was tamed by the delicious salty sweet crunch of corn kernels and what appeared to be pandan noodles. These little tastes are texturally interesting, not too sweet and sing with wonderful asian flavours. But some varieties simply don’t mesh with my western palate, for example salted plum or spicy green mango which is the asian snack of slivered green mango dipped in a mixture of salt, sugar and chilli powder translated into a sorbet. Salty, spicy and a just plain strange tasting dessert.

But there is one very unusual flavour that was surprisingly moreish was Mafi sorbet. Does anyone know what this is? My questions were answered with giggles and “its a Thai food”, well thanks for straightening that out. It was sweet, salty, with some citrus notes and an underlying peanuttyness, refreshing and engaging. We order it as a part of our little tastes but could easily enjoy a full scoop of this savoury sweet.

A wonderfully dense taro is the best I’ve ever tasted and the paradise tea flavour manages to be strong without overpowering its spiced subtlety. The pumpkin and almond enhances the sweetness of the vegetable and turns it into something more than the usual cinnamon accented ‘pumpkin pie’. My vote for delicious green tea is overruled as we already have a tea flavour, this version is better than passionflower’s by a mile. The unadorned fruit sorbets are fresh, light and bright and on all my visits I never encountered the quotidian choices of chocolate, vanilla or pistachio. Different outlets stock diverse and every changing varieties. This is the kind of ice cream shop I wished for when I worked in an ice cream shop, and it was what I wished Passionflower was every time I visited. A smart, quirky shop making delicious, interesting and unique flavour combinations, I just want to know when they’re going to open in Hanoi.

iberry homemade,
locations around Bangkok.

I visited them on the ground floor of Siam Paragon, and on soi 2 Siam Square (every chance I got).