Island to Table: Where Koh Chang Comes Alive on Your Plate at Sylvie Cafe

Why Local Ingredients from Koh Chang?

Koh Chang is Thailand's third-largest island, blanketed by evergreen rainforest, waterfalls, and a rich coastline. On the island's southwest side sits Baan Bang Bao, a fishing village with over 100 years of history. The locals here have lived off coastal fishing for generations, passing down their craft of making shrimp paste, fish sauce, dried shrimp, and salted fish — all renowned for their exceptional flavor.

The land and sea of Trat Province are also home to the Trad Srithong Pineapple — a Queen variety widely regarded as the finest pineapple in Southeast Asia. It carries a distinctive floral aroma, a crisp texture, and a naturally balanced sweet-tart flavor.

Our signature menu is designed to celebrate these ingredients, so that every bite feels like a journey around the island.

Signature Dessert: Sweets from the Island

🥥 Koh Chang Coconut Cake

A soft, fragrant cake made with fresh Koh Chang coconut — naturally sweet and utterly genuine.

A dessert born from the simplest of ingredients, yet impossible to replicate — Koh Chang coconut is prized for its rich flesh and intensely creamy milk, a result of the island's unique soil and climate that allows coconut palms to thrive naturally and organically. That deep, buttery coconut flavor is woven into every crumb of this cake. The texture is moist and tender, with a gentle sweetness that needs no heavy-handed sugar — because Koh Chang coconut is naturally rich and sweet on its own.

The perfect way to end a meal on a soft note, or to enjoy alongside a coffee or tea on a lazy afternoon by the sea.

Signature Dishes: From Island to Plate

⭐🌶️ Gaeng Phed Nure Supparos Trad Srithong | Red Curry Beef with Trad Srithong Pineapple

298 THB

Authentic Thai red curry with tender beef and Trad Srithong pineapple, served with crispy roti.

This dish is the heart of Island to Table, bringing together two of the region's most outstanding ingredients: premium beef in an authentic Thai red curry, and Trad Srithong Pineapple — the most celebrated Queen variety from Trat Province.

Trad Srithong pineapple has a signature floral fragrance, firm and juicy flesh, and a sweetness noticeably higher than other varieties. When simmered in coconut curry, its sweet-tart notes cut through the richness and add layers of depth and complexity to the dish.

Served with house-baked crispy roti — a Thai-Eastern fusion that's surprisingly delicious.

🦐⭐ Khoa Kayam Goong | Hand-Pressed Shrimp Rice

220 THB

Fragrant rice pressed together with fresh shrimp, seasoned with fish sauce, garlic, and chili — bold and authentic Koh Chang flavor.

Khao Kayam is a coastal dish you'll rarely find in most restaurants. At Sylvie Cafe, we've reimagined this traditional recipe with better ingredients — fresh shrimp from Koh Chang, sweet and snappy, hand-pressed into fragrant rice and seasoned with Koh Chang fish sauce, garlic, and chili in just the right proportions for a punchy yet well-rounded taste.

This is the food that Koh Chang fishermen have eaten for generations. Simple, honest, no frills.

🐷🌶️⭐ Moo Tod Nam Pla Koh Chang | Fish Sauce Fried Pork Collar

238 THB

Pork collar marinated in Koh Chang fish sauce, deep-fried until golden, served with green mango salad.

This dish lets the ingredients speak for themselves. Tender pork collar is marinated in authentic Koh Chang fish sauce, produced by the fishermen of Baan Bang Bao using fresh sea fish and traditional fermentation methods. It has a deep, mellow aroma and a gentle saltiness — nothing like the sharpness of factory-made fish sauce.

Fried to a golden crisp on the outside, served alongside a green mango salad that cuts through the richness with a bright, refreshing tang. A pairing rooted in true Thai culinary wisdom.

🦐 Ink Spaghetti Fat Shrimp Cream

378 THB

Squid ink spaghetti tossed in a rich shrimp cream sauce — silky, savory, and full of ocean flavor.

Where West meets local with style — jet-black spaghetti made with real squid ink, coated in a rich cream sauce made from plump shrimp sourced from the waters around Koh Chang, hand-selected for quality. The shrimp are naturally sweet and need very little seasoning. The cream sauce simply adds a velvety smoothness to every forkful.

This dish proves that "fresh seafood from the island" doesn't have to be cooked Thai-style to shine.

Signature Drink: A Taste of Trat in a Glass

🍍 Trat Pineapple Matcha

150 THB

A drink that bridges two worlds — matcha tea from Nishio, Japan, with its gentle bitterness, blended with freshly pressed Trad Srithong pineapple juice. The floral aroma and natural sweet-tart flavor of the pineapple balance perfectly against the earthy matcha, creating a drink that's both refreshing and truly one-of-a-kind — available only here.

Trad Srithong pineapple isn't just a fruit — it's a symbol of this province. At Sylvie Cafe, we're proud to make it part of every glass we serve.

Souvenirs from Koh Chang: Take the Taste of the Sea Home

🦐 Koh Chang Shrimp Paste

Authentic shrimp paste from Baan Bang Bao, made from fresh krill and fermented using time-honored methods — ready to take home and cook with.

Koh Chang shrimp paste is the ultimate souvenir. Made by the fishermen of Baan Bang Bao from fresh krill caught in the waters surrounding the island, it's cured with sea salt and sun-dried using methods passed down for over 100 years.

The aroma is deep and complex — nothing like the harsh, pungent smell of factory-made shrimp paste. Its natural reddish-purple color is beautiful. Use it in chili paste, curry paste, or stir-fries — you'll taste the difference immediately.

Available at Sylvie Cafe — a Koh Chang souvenir you can actually eat, one that tells the story of the sea every time you open the jar.

Our Local Ingredients

What Does Island to Table Mean to Us?

Island to Table isn't just a tagline — it's a promise we make to both our customers and the Koh Chang community.

We believe that choosing local ingredients isn't only about flavor. It's about supporting the fishermen, farmers, and communities of this island so they can thrive for the long term. Every baht you spend on our menu flows back, in part, to the hands that harvested, fermented, and caught what's on your plate today.

Come to Sylvie Cafe — not just to eat, but to become part of the story of Koh Chang 🐘