Tea Time ...
... not only did Kopitiam do some mean Thai dishes, they also offered an afternoon tea, with a nice assortment of Asian pastries. The highlights were the great little peanut cookies on the top tier, reminiscent of buttery crumbly Chinese almond cookies, and on the bottom tier, the hollow and chewy puff pastry, and the fried pastry strands that were dipped in sweet condensed milk. The lowlights were the weird take on Chinese moon cakes on the top tier, with an almost pudding like pastry texture, and the grilled banana leaves stuffed with sticky rice and coconut on the bottom tier - for some strange reason, they almost tasted a bit fishy. The goji berry ginseng tea also wasn't the best accompaniment, since it wasn't very tasty, and the hot temperature set off another fire on our tongues, reactivating spice remnants. Phuket Town has a rich history of Chinese immigrants, which is clear for all to see when sampling the influence they've had on the cuisine of the region.
A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more 
