Nuttawan “Yui” Supapong discovered that there is more to honey than the locally grown amber-colored sweetener she would take as a child after trying different kinds of honey on a study trip in the north. Inspired by her knowledge on the sugary food product, she decided to open a specialty cafe offering food and drinks made from honey she sourced herself from around the world.
Tucked in Soi Sukhumvit 24, Honeyful boasts warm and welcoming interiors featuring wood furniture and flooring, and white beehive-shaped tiles. Green plants liven up the place, while big windows bring in natural light.
At Honeyful, Yui wants to emphasize that honey, aside from being delicious, also carries tons of health benefits. “I want people to be able to incorporate honey in their everyday life,” she says. “Taking honey every morning helps strengthen your immune system. When the weather is bad, especially, the best thing you can do is to be healthy. Take it every day as part of your routine. Substitute table sugar with honey. It’s natural and is made of monosaccharides or single-molecule sugars, which the body can process more easily.”
Honey is incorporated in every drink and dish at Honeyful. The selection of honeys are changed every so often and, this season, the cafe offers collection of “monofloral honeys” in a menu called Honeyful Remedies. These honeys are produced by bees that mostly collect nectar from one floral species, thus giving the honey a distinct flavor. Yui says that each honey tastes different depending on, apart from the species of the flower, the place it’s sourced.
The Honeyful Remedies menu includes, among others, fresh-pressed almond milk with Honeyful honey (B185), fresh-pressed apple juice with apple blossom honey and Aomori apple cider vinegar (B195), and Manuka latte (B160), a drink that combines Australian Manuka honey with locally sourced coffee and fresh milk.
The cakes and pastries are just as good as the drinks. Don’t miss the crazy good Japanese-style cheesecake (B150) that’s topped with coulis made of orange blossom honey, yuzu and orange juice. Or try one of their Sqruff puff pastries, a buttery, flaky creation similar to mille-feuille. Our fave is the Raspberry Sqruff (B75), which is topped with lemon zest-infused cream cheese and tangy raspberry jam infused with wild Thai honey.
For those who’d like to have their pastries with tea, Honeyful Cafe carries a selection of leafy brews from noted tea house Peace Oriental. Each cup of tea comes with a well-thought-out honey pairing.