The very first thing I would grab at Bangkok is always the Thai Ice Tea, otherwise known as Cha Yen, made from strongly brewed Ceylon Tea mixed with evaporated milk poured over crushed ice.
That orange-brown colour, creamy taste and touch of bitterness lingering over sweetness. So much pleasure when drank during hot weather.
Here are 5 places where you can get Thai Iced Tea in Singapore. There are many many many Thai restaurants with rather decent versions, if you know any, comment below (And I will expand the selection to 10).
Café Pal
43 Middle Road #01-00, Singapore 188952 (Bugis MRT)
Tel: +65 6335400
Opening hours: 12pm – 9pm (Mon-Thu, Sun), 12pm – 10pm (Fri-Sat)
Modern Thai Cafeteria Café Pal at Middle Road wins hands down for my favourite Iced Thai Milk Tea in Singapore. Many students from nearby art schools come packing Café Pal’s Cha Yen in bottles ($3), brewed from the familiar Thai Number One Brand.
Café Pal’s Ice Milk Tea was a version quite unlike others – rather milky, not too sweet, without that deep bitter aftertaste of Ceylon tea.
You can include add ons such as pearls, sago, aloe vera and homemade grass jelly made from scratch for 50 cents extra. Please get the grass jelly because it is so smooth and yummy
The only thing I did not understand was that the dine-in cup (with 2 toppings) was a whopping $5.80. Considering yes, it was a taller glass, but not that much bigger. (Read: Café Pal Middle Road)
Nam’s Brewing Thai Tea and Coffee
137 Amoy Street, #01-05, Singapore 049965 (Telok Ayer MRT)
Tel: +65 9383 0419
Opening hours: 9am – 6pm (Mon-Fri), Closed on Sat, Sun
Nam’s seemed to have captured the hearts of CBD OLs, with long queues ta-baoing their tall cups every weekday lunch. They also use the ‘Cha Tra Mue’ Number One Brand Thai Tea brand, which they cleverly used for the design of their takeaway cups.
At $2.50 for a tall cup, Nam’s also offers the ‘extra gold’ version at the same price. The taste belongs to a ‘safe’ region – not too sweet, not too bitter, not too diluted, not too milky, just nice for office executives. I preferred something more intense with less ice though.
Soi 55
50 Market Street, Golden Shoe Food Centre Address: #02-19, Singapore 048940
Tel: +65 9429 6538
Opening hours: 11am – 5pm (Mon-Fri), Closed on Sat, Sun
The stall is so named due to the famous Sukhumvit Soi 55 street known for its exciting nightlife and cafe cultre, and 55 means ‘haha’ in Thai.
There are 4 basic drinks on sale, Thai Milk Tea, Milk Coffee, Rose Milk Tea, and Green Milk Tea ($2.50) with various toppings of sago (50c), pearls (30c) and red ruby (70c). Red rubies are chestnut in tapioca flour.
Soi 55’s version is less milky, a lot less sweet, and no crushed ice. Many customers would request for ‘siu dai’, or less sugar (waan noi / mai waan maag). My guess is they wanted to suit the taste to local markets. Though that’s not quite the real thing. (Read: Soi 55 Golden Shoe)
Sunday Market
Address: 22 Lim Tua Tow Road, Singapore 547772
Tel: +65 6287 8880
Opening hours: 12pm – 10pm (Mon-Tue, Thu), 12pm – 11pm (Fri), 9.30am – 11pm (Sat-Sun)
$7! $7 for Thai Iced Milk tea served in a café, and there I was reminiscing those in Bangkok that cost me 25 baht.
Sunday Market known for their Bangkok Toast and Thai Tea ice cream served a pretty neat cup of Thai Milk Tea, coming in a cutesy bottle and a ceramic glass on the side. Guess we are paying for that plastic bottle which we cannot take away, and its aesthetic value.
The taste is agreeably smooth, milky and sweet enough. Still, it is $7.
Noodle Cafe
Address: 5001 Beach Road Golden Mile Complex #B1-08, Singapore 199588;
1 Rocher Canal Rd #01-06 Sim Lim Square
Tel: +65 3113 2003
Opening hours: 12pm – 9pm (Mon-Sun)
Want to find the most authentic Thai food in Singapore? The answer: Golden Mile.
The other restaurants at Golden Milk tend to serve Thai Milk Tea (though I haven’t tried ALL yet) that was one-dimensionally sweet or diluted, such that Noodle’s Café’s version ($1.80) turned out to be quite close to what I would get from the streets of Thailand. Yes, too much ice too. (Read: Noodle Cafe Golden Mile)
Daniel’s Food Diary will also be doing a Thai Tea Desserts series – cakes, cupcakes, ice cream, waffles, macaron etc made with Thai Tea. I am almost done, but if you have any, let me know!
Other Related Entries
Café Pal (Middle Road)
Soi 55 (Golden Shoe)
Noodle Cafe (Golden Mile)
Soi 60 (Robertson Quay)
Long Chim (MBS)
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