Hi, I'm Milk from Phuket, Thailand. I create things people love — I created and run baan125 hangout, a café in Phuket Old Town, and I founded Phathoongnoongdai, a handmade clothing brand cut from batik. I'm a foodie — I love to eat, love to cook, and love making drinks for friends — and when I'm not home, I'm skiing, hiking, or off exploring somewhere new.
My café on Thalang Road, in the heart of Phuket Old Town — a Sino-Portuguese shophouse turned into a place to slow down.
baan125 is where my days start. It's a small café crafted with care — good coffee pulled properly, matcha whisked to order, and cakes we bake ourselves.
Old Town has a rhythm of its own — shophouses, Sunday markets, people wandering in off the street. I wanted a place that belongs to that rhythm: unhurried, handmade, easy to love. Baan means home in Thai — and that's exactly what I wanted: a home away from home.
Everything here started as an idea I couldn't shake, and became something real, one decision at a time. I put this room together the way I make everything — piece by piece, by hand. Every chair, table and decoration is one I chose myself, until the room felt like home. People ask about the furniture almost as much as the coffee.
We also make room for local artists — pieces we create together, sold right here. Coffee and sunshine, wine at sunset. A place to begin and end the day.
125 Thalang Road — Phuket Old Town, open every day.
Coffee & matcha — espresso, pour-over V60, and seasonal specials.
Made in-house — cakes, bakes and little souvenirs, all by hand, with heart.
Pottery & postcards — little souvenirs we're known for.
My handmade clothing brand — batik cloth, designed and made in Phuket — pieces a modern woman actually wants to wear, every day.
The name says it all: ผ้าถุงนุ่งได้ — a sarong you can really wear. I design with batik — cranes, orchids, bright joyful prints — cut into wrap skirts, camisole dresses and hoodies, all made in Phuket.
It all started with my own style. I first made these pieces for myself, simply because I loved wearing them. Then people kept asking about them, and loved them too — so I started making them to share with others.
Every piece is a limited piece, made by hand in small runs — when a fabric is gone, it's gone. I shoot most of the collection right here at baan125, because to me the café and the clothes have always been one story: heritage craft, styled for modern life.
Designed & made in Phuket — batik, handmade, limited pieces.
Away from the café, I'm usually eating something wonderful, cooking something new — or on my way somewhere I've never been.
Food is my favourite way to understand a place. I plan trips around markets and meals, I cook at home because I love it, and I collect flavours the way other people collect postcards. Travel feeds everything else I make.
In winter you'll find me chasing snow — skiing is my happy place — and the rest of the year I'm happiest on a trail, hiking somewhere green with a camera in hand.
Foodie — loves to eat
Loves to cook
Skier in winter
Hiker & explorer
Utah, USADolomites, Italy
Snow in winter, trails the rest of the year — always off exploring somewhere new.
Alongside the café and the brand, I've spent years coordinating projects here in Phuket and Bangkok — the quiet, behind-the-scenes work of bringing people, paperwork and plans together until things get done.
Say hi — I'd love to hear what you're making.
This page is just an introduction. If you're creating something of your own — a café, a small brand, a room that needs furnishing, an idea you can't shake — and want to compare notes, message me. I read everything myself.
