Blendies, one of Bangkok's most talked-about gelato brands, has opened its first store outside Thailand at K11 Art Mall in Tsim Sha Tsui — a Hong Kong debut backed by Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) and marked with an exclusive Napoleon egg tart flavour created specially for the launch. It's a notable choice: rather than testing a bigger regional market first, Blendies picked Hong Kong for its global-first overseas expansion.
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What is Blendies?
Blendies is a Bangkok gelato brand founded in 2023 by Chef Bam, Thanachot Thammapeera, built around an exceptionally smooth, dense, slow-melting style of gelato entirely free of ice crystals. According to K11's own listing for the Tsim Sha Tsui store, the brand uses premium ingredients sourced from France and is helmed by a chef trained at Le Cordon Bleu with advanced gelato study in Italy — a French-technique, Italian-craft pairing the brand sums up as "more than gelato." Blendies' wider founding team also draws on experience in Michelin-starred kitchens in Paris, and the brand emphasises natural ingredients throughout, with no artificial colouring, flavourings or preservatives.
Since 2023, Blendies has grown to seven outlets across some of Bangkok's busiest retail destinations, including Siam Square One, One Bangkok and ICONSIAM, building a cult following for its rich texture and its rotating, often elaborate flavours. On 10 July 2026, InvestHK confirmed in an official press release that Blendies had chosen Hong Kong — specifically K11 Art Mall — for its first store outside Thailand, ahead of other regional markets that might have seemed like more obvious first stops.
Brand owner Chef Bam said the move reflected Hong Kong's strength as "one of Asia's leading food and beverage markets, with a strong café culture, a large international customer base, and high demand for innovative concepts," positioning the city as a springboard for further expansion across Asia. It's a similar logic to what's drawn other buzzy F&B openings to Tsim Sha Tsui this year, including Korea's Abebe Bakery a few streets away on Mody Road.
What flavours does Blendies Hong Kong offer?
To mark its Hong Kong debut, Blendies created an exclusive Napoleon egg tart gelato — a nod to the layered custard tart that's a fixture of Hong Kong's own bakery culture, and a flavour that, per InvestHK, exists nowhere else in the brand's line-up. It sits alongside Blendies' regular Bangkok signatures, headlined by a charcoal-roasted pistachio gelato that's known to sell out quickly, plus a pistachio-and-macadamia creation that InvestHK singles out as one of the brand's calling cards.
The wider appeal, according to Blendies itself, is less about novelty flavours and more about texture: a dense, creamy consistency that resists the fast-melting, icy quality common to mass-market gelato, achieved through French technique and a no-artificial-additives approach to ingredients. For more of the city's dessert scene, see our guide to Hong Kong's best dessert cafés and bakeries.
How much does gelato cost at Blendies?
At the time of writing, no official Hong Kong dollar pricing for Blendies' scoops or cones had been published in the English-language coverage of the opening, including InvestHK's own announcement and K11's store listing. Readers keen to know exact prices before visiting should check Blendies' Instagram (@blendieshongkong) or its listing on K11's own website, both more likely to reflect current menu pricing than a launch-week news report.
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This is Blendies' first store outside Thailand, and its first anywhere in Hong Kong. The brand can also be found on Instagram at @blendieshongkong and on Facebook at facebook.com/BlendiesHongKong.
Getting there
Blendies sits in the basement level of K11 Art Mall, the smaller and more design-focused sibling of K11 MUSEA in Tsim Sha Tsui's Victoria Dockside precinct — itself currently hosting the free jewellery exhibition Precious Coral, from Curiosity to Treasures. From Tsim Sha Tsui MTR Station, Exit D3 is the exit most commonly cited as nearest; from East Tsim Sha Tsui Station, look for Exit N4. Both put you within a short walk of Hanoi Road. Blendies' arrival adds another reason to linger in the neighbourhood, alongside a run of other 2026 openings such as Thai newcomer Song Wat Thai Cuisine on Cameron Road. For more of the area's newest tables, browse our restaurant listings.
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Good to know
Blendies' charcoal-roasted pistachio gelato has a reputation for selling out in Bangkok, so it's worth getting to the Tsim Sha Tsui counter early if that's the flavour you're after. And it's worth pausing on the bigger picture too: rather than testing a larger regional market first, a viral Bangkok brand chose Hong Kong as the launch pad for its very first store outside Thailand.