Some might think the low tourist season means boredom, but Thairath Online introduces "Guide Tan," Sasithorn Onkliang, a hardworking female tour guide from Satun who turned a period of unemployment into a side business by transforming a three-wheeled cart into a mobile fresh bua loi stall that customers love, sometimes selling out in just three hours.
The idea started purely from her love of eating. Guide Tan studied recipes on YouTube and experimented until she perfected a fresh bua loi recipe made right on the cart, which keeps customers coming back.
The highlight is the homemade dough—chewy and soft with a fragrant pandan aroma—that pairs perfectly with the well-balanced, mildly sweet coconut milk sauce. Generously packed with toppings, the "topped bua loi" includes corn, ginkgo nuts, taro, and young coconut, all for an affordable 25 baht per bag (30 baht with egg).
A special "sweet egg" recipe without any fishy smell. For those who like sweet egg bua loi but worry about fishy odors, Guide Tan uses a special technique to make the sweet egg tasty, aromatic, and free of any unpleasant smell.
She also caters to health-conscious customers by keeping the sweetness low by default, but those with a sweet tooth can request extra sweetness as desired.
Besides coconut milk bua loi, the stall offers "ginger water bua loi," a moderately spicy favorite among adults, and the popular cooling "three-flavor jelly" (coconut, egg, and red syrup) sold chilled at a friendly price of 7 baht per piece (3 pieces for 20 baht). These are especially popular in hot weather.
The stall mainly operates along the road near Satun Hospital (in front of MR. D.I.Y.) in Satun Municipality, open from 14:00 to 18:00. Since Guide Tan’s main job is tour guiding, the stall is not open daily—it may be closed for three days or even a whole week when she has guiding work. On free days, she promptly brings out the cart to sell to meet customers’ expectations.
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