Bangkok, Thailand: Inside the gilded rooms of Cafe Dior
A full look around Cafe Dior in Bangkok: the gold facade, a hand-woven rattan wall, signature desserts under glass domes, and yes, even the restroom.
Cafe Dior in Bangkok isn't really a cafe so much as a set. The whole frontage is gold, which does set expectations, and everything behind it is just as deliberate.
Every corner of Cafe Dior in Bangkok, inside and out. Watch on YouTube
We filmed the lot: the interiors, the signature desserts, the quietly extravagant details, right down to the restroom. It's the only sensible response to a building like this.
Outside first. The whole frontage is gold, which does set expectations.The rattan wall, gold lettering and all. Every leaf on it is woven by hand.Walls of hand-woven rattan, every leaf and bird made of straw. We spent half the meal just staring.Desserts under glass domes, arranged like a florist's window.Even the napkin gets a monogram. We kept the paper band, obviously.Dessert in the gilded dining room. The matcha pastry looked like a tiny topiary and didn't survive long.The matcha one, built like a tiny hedge. It tasted better than it photographed, which is saying something.The cannage weave copied in cake. Cutting it felt like vandalism.
You pay for the room as much as the pastry, and we'd argue that's a fair trade. Go for the dessert, stay for the walls.
More from this trip is on the Bangkok story, and the rest of Thailand is under Thailand.
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