Soybeans are the star of the show at Nam Tao Huu, a Thai dessert shop that recently opened on Northwest 23rd Avenue. It’s hard to miss the bright yellow shop with green trimmed windows, red benches and a striped awning.

Inside, the vibrant decor embodies the shop’s motto: Joy in every cup of soy. Cartoon soybeans dot the walls, Chinese and Thai figurines decorate a shelf behind the counter and intricate pillows with Chinese symbols including a lion’s head and koi fish decorate a yellow booth.

Chinese lion head and koi fish pillows line the yellow booth seating at Nam Tao Huu, where a wall of mahjong tiles nods to the shop’s cultural roots. Chiara Profenna

Jirat and Pat Tantipattanawong are the husband and wife owners behind Nam Tao Huu. The shop is just a short walk from the couple’s

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