Pandan & coconut-stuffed croissants

As I’ve already written, I backpacked through South-East Asia and other regions back in the late ’80s for a year. In Thailand, I teamed up with an Australian, Stephen Smith, who remains a good friend to this day. While we were hitching along the Mekong River, on the Thai side but near the Laos capital of Vientiane, I came across the most delicious coconut-filled croissants. Now this may seem a somewhat odd thing to find on sale in Thailand, but bear in mind that the French