Maria Guyomar de Pinha
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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 from Ayutthaya. She was of mixed Japanese, Portuguese and Bengali Indian ancestry[1] and became the wife of Greek adventurer Constantine Phaulkon.[2]
Thao Thong Kip Ma Maria Guyomar de Pina | |
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มารีอา กียูมาร์ ดึ ปีญา | |
Born | 1664 (1664) |
Died | 1728 (aged 63–64) |
Nationality | Siamese |
Occupation | cook |
Spouse | |
Children | Jorge Phaulkon (son) João Phaulkon (son) |
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Culinary career | |
Cooking style | Portuguese-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,[3] sangkhaya fakthong[4] and sangkhaya.