Maria Guyomar de Pinha

Maria Guyomar de Pina (Thai: มารีอา กียูมาร์ ดึ ปีญา; 1664 – 1728) (also known as Maria Guiomar de Pina, Dona Maria del Pifia or as Marie Guimar and Madame Constance in French), Thao Thong Kip Ma (Thai: ท้าวทองกีบม้า), was a Siamese woman of mixed Japanese-Portuguese-Bengali ancestry who lived in Ayutthaya in the 17th century. She became the wife of Greek adventurer Constantine Phaulkon.

Thao Thong Kip Ma

Maria Guyomar de Pina
มารีอา กียูมาร์ ดึ ปีญา
Born1664 (1664)
Died1728 (aged 6364)
NationalitySiamese
Occupationcook
Spouse
(m. 1682; died 1688)
ChildrenJorge Phaulkon (son)
João Phaulkon (son)
Parents
  • Fanik Guyomar (father)
  • Ursula Yamada (mother)
Culinary career
Cooking stylePortuguese-Siamese cuisine

Maria Guyomar is known in Thailand for having introduced new dessert recipes in Siamese cuisine at the Ayutthaya court. Some of her dishes were influenced by Portuguese cuisine, especially egg yolk-based sweets such as foi thong, sangkhaya fakthong and sangkhaya.

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