Pang Cha Thai Tea & Bread Ice Dessert • Don't Leave Thailand without Tasting

I mean, I had Pang Cha before when it was served as an after dinner dessert at Luk Kai Thong restaurant two years ago.

During my recent trip in 2026, I realised that Pang Cha stalls by Luk Kai Thong have blossomed in many places in Bangkok and many Thais are truly in love with it.

I think I caught the bug too 😂

I mean, at my age, I am not naturally drawn to food fads especially empty calories and sugar.

But, Pang Cha is now mainstream and iconically Thai, and I think I can treat myself to the indulgence once in a while and in moderation 😀

Otherwise, what is life and living, right?

Treats of ice and sugar are joyful things that reconnect us with our own versions of past shaved ice joys such as ais bola (ice balls)......

..... and ais kacang in Singapore and Malaysia.

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Pang Cha is Luk Kai Thong's elevated version of traditional Pang Yen or "cold bread" in Thai. Pang Yen is shaved ice sweetened with sweet syrups, milk and eaten with cubes of soft bread.

Luk Kai Thong's Pang Cha is shaved ice pumped with high quality brewed Thai milk tea and eaten with soft bread.

Pang Cha literally means "bread tea" in Thai. High quality brewed Thai tea is the key and defining ingredient in Pang Cha.

Besides high quality Thai tea leaves and bread, Pang Cha has ice cream, tapioca pearls / balls, nuts (e.g. almond), fresh milk, condensed milk, whipped cream, etc.

Melts in the mouth, cotton soft shaved ice saturated with the sweetness and fragrance of quality Thai milk tea complemented with pillowy spongy bread soaked in Thai tea, crunchy tapioca balls and nuts.

Textures, flavours, fragrance and ice, heaven on any sizzling Thai day.

This uniquely Thai creation is addictive!

If your country don't have Pang Cha, trying it in Thailand is great training for willpower when you get home 🤣

Pang Cha was introduced as a dessert at Luk Kai Thong restaurants in 2009. It became so popular that LKT later opened several separate stalls just to serve Pang Cha. Now people may eat at other restaurants and have their dessert at a Pang Cha stall.