Maria Guyomar de Pina or Thao Thong Kip Ma (1664 – 1728), also known as Maria Guiomar de Pina, Dona Maria del Pifia or as Marie Guimar and Madame Constance in French, was a Siamese woman of mixed Japanese-Portuguese-Bengali ancestry[1] who lived in Ayutthaya in the 17th century. She became the wife of Greek adventurer Constantine Phaulkon.[2]
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 byPortuguese cuisine, especially egg yolk-based sweets such as foi thong ("golden threads")[3] and sangkhaya.
Maria Guyomar took the position of cook in the palace in the period of King Narai andintroduced many new desserts into theSiamese cuisine such as curry puff, Khanom mo kaeng