Birthday Cake

[Michael W]

Looking for a birthday cake on short notice, preferably in the Sukhumvit/Nana or Prathunam/Petchaburi areas. Ideally I would like a rectangular cake large enough to serve 10 or more people, but so far in checking Big C and Foodland they both only had fairly small circular ones. The ones at Foodland were 500 baht or more. Is that what I should expect to pay, roughly, or are there more Thai oriented bakeries in the area with better prices? I know Thais are very into birthday parties so there's obviously a market.

[Lacoste]

Swensens is you best bet, call 1112 for free delivery.

If you have a UBC magazine, the ad is on the back.

[N47HAN]

S & P have a large selection m8

not on the cheap side but very nice

[bangkapiboy]

Yeah S&P is a popular choice for bakery. All you need to do is go to a mall and you will likely find a birthday cake at the nearest bakery. S&P is 20% off on Wed I think?

[jdinasia]

S&P cakes are small

They DO make sheet cakes at Carre4 Lotus/Tesco etc ... order in advance

[fxm88]

If it's for a dear friend (or you want to gain some face in the office) don't go with a chain-store cake -- inevitably the icing will be too sweet and the rest of it will be tasteless. Some of these places look delicious, but maybe it's too much on short notice.

[kalaminsa]

Emporium , top floor , think you will find what you are after there.

Much better than Swensens or S&P .

[naturalpoints]

Looking for a birthday cake on short notice, preferably in the Sukhumvit/Nana or Prathunam/Petchaburi areas. Ideally I would like a rectangular cake large enough to serve 10 or more people, but so far in checking Big C and Foodland they both only had fairly small circular ones. The ones at Foodland were 500 baht or more. Is that what I should expect to pay, roughly, or are there more Thai oriented bakeries in the area with better prices? I know Thais are very into birthday parties so there's obviously a market.

Robinsons Basement...............opposite Sheraton next to Westin...........after Soi 15.

[Sunbelt Asia]

Secret Recipe

Top floor Emporium

or at Siam Paragon.

Mousses & Meringues

245 Sukhumvit Soi 31

Bangkok, Thailand

02 662-1290

www.sunbeltasiagroup.com

[OldAsiaHand]

Unless you're on a tight budget, I'd say the Oriental is really the only choice. Most of the other suggestions above (other than Mousses & Meringue, which is pretty good) are more or less on the fast food level. Unless you'd serve Big Macs at a birthday party, go to the Oriental shop on the top floor of the Emporium and they will fix you up.

[mouse]

If you do not find what you need use this one. After all it is the thought that counts!

[Michael W]

Thanks everyone for all the suggestions, but as it turned out all I had time for in the end was a run to Big C. Not to worry, though, this affair was strictly urban banoke: sticky rice, som tom, and four cases of large bottle Leo beer to go with the rather melted birthday cake -- all consumed on straw mats next to a parking lot. A fun time was had by all, or as much as I can remember.