March in Thailand means you get to see almost every bakery selling their marian plum treats. But where should you go? With a harvest season that only lasts a few weeks, here are a few options to get you this fleeting fruit.

Chutie is Baking

Chutima “Ae” Bovonratanachote from Sweet Pista just recently opened her new baking lab at Charoen 43. Among those sweet bites is her mayongchid tartlet (B195), a mouthful of Thailand’s rare seasonal fruit sold one time a year. Ae places a generous portion of mayongchid atop the tartlet, caramelizes some slices of mayongchid in Cointreau, and then stuffs them inside. It’s light and creamy, and the fresh tang from mayongchid balances that sweetness well.  

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Ba Hao Tian Mi

Chinatown’s dessert specialists never stop churning out creativity when it comes to the seasonal pudding menu. Order their wobbly jiggling cheese pie pudding topped with crunchy crumble bits and those fresh mayongchid slices.

The Rolling Pinn

Set aside your calorie counting because this mayongchid cheese pie (B180) is the mother of all guilty pleasures. Indulge in this decadent dessert where multilayering marian plums are met with a fresh, tangy cream cheese. If that isn’t enough to pacify your mayongchid desire, it also comes with citrusy mayongchid sauce to splash on it. 

Huus of Bread

After blessing Bangkok with its “sho-nuts” creations, this Japanese-Scandinavian bakery is whipping out its mayongchid cheese pie jar (B220). It’s packed with three layers of housemade crumbles, mildly sweet and tender cream cheese, and whole mayongchid topped with their homemade tangy marian plum sauce.