Khanom House, Chippendale review: Thai themed baked goods like honey cake, cookies and scrolls.

Tucked away in the backstreets of Chippendale, Khanom House is a Thai inspired bakery and cafe known for its pandan forward desserts, matcha drinks and striking blue exterior. Find out what to order here!

It's a warm and sunny Saturday afternoon when Mr NQN, Teddy and Milo and I arrive at Khanom House and we spot its distinctive blue exterior from afar. Khanom House is a Thai themed bakery and cafe tucked away in the backstreets of Chippendale. Think desserts made with pandan, coconut or Thai milk tea flavours.

There are plenty of outdoor seating, although when we arrive every table but one is taken. We grab one table under the umbrella and I go in and order.

Gulp.

There is only one slice of the pandan honey cake left so I quickly order it.

The menu has a range of hot and cold beverages plus a display of cakes, cookies and scrolls. The menu is predominantly sweet with many baked good flavoured with pandan, that gorgeously aromatic leaf from south east Asia.

There are two savoury offerings – scrolls with either ham and cheese or ham and kimchi. We ordered the latter plus a range of the most popular cakes. Service is friendly and helpful and I pay and take a number to the table.

I start with a savoury ham and kimchi scroll. It's surprisingly sweet but very tasty. I think they just use the same dough as they do for the cinnamon rolls which accounts for sweetness.

There are two types of honey cakes: the plain or original honey cake as well as a pandan version. While I love the regular honey cake I am more intrigued by the pandan version and it does not disappoint. It is my favourite cake - soft and light with the herbaceous and sweet aroma of pandan. I see why it is so popular.

Mr NQN's favourite is the bannoffee pie (no surprise there). The banoffee pie is made in the style of June's Khaoyoi so that the banana is chunky and it's not as sweet as other ones that I've had even though there is a layer of caramel on the pie crust and mascarpone cream.

Another best seller is the coconut chiffon cake with ribbons of young coconut and a salted whipped cream on top. The cake is light and fluffy and has a fairly even texture although there are a couple of really large air bubbles.

We also try the pandan burnt basque cheesecake. It's not bad although I think I would love a bit more pandan flavour to it. It is topped with a matcha frosting which takes away some of the sweetness of the cake.

Our drinks arrive last and the problem with starting with the sweet cakes is that the drinks taste less sweet after the cakes. They're much a strawberry has a layer of strawberry compote on the bottom with matcha on top. The coconut pandan is my pick out of the two with the fragrant pine foam on top hitting as soon as you take a sip.

So tell me Dear Reader, do you like pandan as a flavour? And which cake would you choose?

This meal was independently paid for.