Charoen 43, another up-and-coming space in Charoen Krung showcasing artists and restaurateurs, is not your average hipster spot.
Between bites and sips from desserts at a place called Chutie is Baking, visitors will find themselves spellbound.
“We want our cakes to bewitch customers when they eat them,” owner Chutima “Ae” Bovonratanachote said, referring to the brewing witch illustration in the window. Before opening the shop, Chutima’s cafe Sweet Pista built a solid reputation for both home cooking and sweets.
After it relocated to Warehouse 30, she wanted to build her own baking lab where she could pour her heart into her pastries.
She found a 60-year-old jewelry shop’s safehouse and began renovating while keeping its essential structure intact, from protruding metal lines and naked concrete walls to a second floor that can double as an art…
