Bangkok

Cannabis and pandan Thai sweets to be added to Bangkok dessert shop’s menu

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3 weeks ago

Monday, February 8, 2021

Caitlin Ashworth

Cannabis and pandan Thai sweets to be added to Bangkok dessert shop’s menu | The Thaiger

Photo by Kanom Siam via Facebook

Cannabis will soon be on the menu at a Bangkok dessert shop. Kanom Siam is adding cannabis leaves to their pandan and coconut pancakes. And no, the pancakes won’t get you high.

The shop posted a photo on Facebook of the bright green desserts with a cannabis leaf on top. They say the dessert has an aroma of pandan mixed with the best selection of cannabis. The snacks will be available at Kanom Siam stores at Siam Paragon, Emquartier and Suan Plern Market.

Parts of the cannabis plant with low levels of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, which causes the euphoric effects, were removed from Thailand’s narcotics list in December. The parts that are high in THC, like the buds, are still classified as a Category 5 drug under the Narcotics Act.

Meals with cannabis are also being served at a cafe in Prachin Buri. “Ganja Ros,” meaning “Taste of Ganja,” serves spicy salad with fried cannabis leaves, bread with cannabis leaves and meat stir fried with basil and cannabis leaves. The cafe is affiliated with Chao Phraya Abhaibhubejhr Hospital which has been active in promoting cannabis for medical use and opened a medical marijuana clinic in 2019 distributing cannabis oil with low THC content to patients.

SOURCE: Coconuts Bangkok

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5 Comments

Jesus Monroe
Monday, February 8, 2021 at 7:17 pm
A Cannabis Sweet doesn’t sound appetising to me……unless of course I could get out of it……..and then I couldn’t stop eating em
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Toby Andrews
Monday, February 8, 2021 at 11:23 pm
Here in Phnom Penh is a pizza place they sell a happy milk shake. $2.
If I can be bothered I might buy a takeaway.
There really is no demand. There are no queues.
I have tried it three times, and I am clearly not suited to this drug . . .
Amsterdam,
Texas, and Laos.
My brother loves the stuff because it kills the pain of arthritis.
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- Jesus Monroe
  Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 5:04 am
  It was always my poison toby but alas Im a reformed addict these days………bit like an old lover, ya miss for a second before you slap yourself in the face and smell the roses lol
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- Gosport
  Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 8:08 am
  Why not try Yaba, perfect for the condition in Phnom Penh.
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James Pate
Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 5:09 am
The 1970s called. They want their weed cookbook back.
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Caitlin Ashworth is a writer from the United States who has lived in Thailand since 2018. She graduated from the University of South Florida St. Petersburg with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and media studies in 2016. She was a reporter for the Daily Hampshire Gazette In Massachusetts. She also interned at the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia and Sarasota Herald-Tribune in Florida.

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Saturday, February 27, 2021

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PM to receive AstraZeneca vaccine on Sunday

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