On Soi Ngam Duphli, where the past lingers in low-rise buildings and tangled wires, a new collaboration has appeared between UNFINISHED Coffee Roaster of Wang Hin and PEPE Bangkok from Sukhumvit. The house they share looks as if someone stopped midway through building it – a brutalist shell, bare concrete and awkward lines left to weather – yet the effect is deliberate. Inside, the same offbeat energy continues, a patchwork of chairs and tables, nothing quite matching but everything seeming to belong. The menu leans Australian in spirit: brunch with a wanderer’s passport, folded through with techniques borrowed from elsewhere. Coffee takes centre stage with two blends, one nutty, one fruity, while for those avoiding caffeine there are thick smoothies and sticky s’mores concoctions that make a morning feel like a holiday.
Address: 8 Ngam Duphli Alley, Thung Maha Mek, Sathon. 082-664-7191. Open daily 8am-5pm