Toast Box - Mediocre Fare

The portions served at Pasta De Gohan is rather petite for big eaters like Mr HB and myself, so we adjorned to waffles world for dessert and followed by Toast Box.
My good friend has affectionately termed me as "The Pig" for my voracious appettite.

The toast box here is adjacent to breadtalk, to give you a bigger breadth of the offering.
We ordered

1. Thick toast with butter and peanut butter
The thick toast is not exactly thick as you can see in my picture below.


Toast is spreaded with peanut butter and cut into 9 small cubes for easy consumption.
This toast is quite ordinary, this is not something I'll come back for.

2. Soft bun with butter and kaya
The bun is lightly toasted but not as fluffy as I'd like it to be. It would taste better if they are more generous with the kaya.

3. Kopi
The kopi here is quite aromatic. I do enjoy the cup of coffe, it was creamy and delicious.
Unfortunately my daughter spilled some of it, causing some wastage.




Toast Box
Sunway Pyramid
LG2

Good Morning Nanyang Cafe - Traditional Food with a Twist

I'm a lover of flour derivatives - bread, pastries, cakes and my most recent love, scones.

We happened to be in Chinatown area over the weekend and I recalled reading from a blog that this place serves scones and kaya on ciabatta bread, I knew I had to check it out.

We arrived here about 630pm on a Saturday evening.
At the back of my mind, I actually have only 1 thing in mind and that was scones. Imagine my dismay when I was informed that they had sold out all the scones!

Determined to make the best of my visit, I ordered the following which I thought was interesting and that you will not find elsewhere
1. Ciabatta with kaya set (comes with 2 eggs and coffee/tea)
2. Orange ciabatta
3. Additional coffee

This is the first time ever in my entire life that I have the traditional kaya on chic ciabatta bread. I actually did not have any expectations but when I took my first bite, I was hooked.

The bread is soft and fluffy with a generous spread of kaya and butter. The kaya is fregrant and does not threaten to numb your taste buds with overwhemling sweetness.
The orange ciabatta is more crispy and has a tinge of orange flavour.

Coffee is milky and creamy, I find this very enjoyable as well.


Mr HB loves it too and wanted to come the following morning for breakfast. But after checking their operation hours, they only start at 1030am on weekends so our breakfast plan goes out of the windows.

Must Tries: Kaya on Ciabatta bread

Good Morning Nanyang Cafe
133 New Bridge Road
#03-01 Chinatown Point

YY Kafei Dian - Great Tasting Kaya Buns

We paid a visit to YY Kafei Dian after our little ice-cream treat at Tom's Palette since it is just a stone's throw away and we heard some good things about the kaya buns they offered.

It was pretty late at night (~9pm) and I was quite worried that there would be no more buns since this is more of a breakfast thingy. But lucky me, they do! So me and Mr HB ordered 2 buns and coffee and tea. It's just like having breakfast items for supper.With great anticipation, I waited while watching them toast the buns.After a short wait, we were served piping hot coffee/tea and freshly toasted kaya buns.

Without further adieu, I grab one of them and sink my teeth into it.The bun is cripsy on the outside and soft on the inside. Sinking my teeth in further, the kaya and butter simply melts in my mouth. One word to sum it up - heavenly!Mr HB then commented that the kaya reminds him of the kaya his grandma used to make.

I can't wait to go back for breakfast this coming weekend.

Must Tries: Kaya Bun

YY Kafei Dian
37 Beach Road,
#01-01 ,
Singapore

Chin Bee Chin Confectionary - Eat in a 50s Coffee Shop

This little shop is located at a corner along East Coast Road.

I simply love the feel of this coffee shop.
Set foot into this place and you will feel as if you have been transported back to the 50s. Everything here reeks of the 50s - the furniture, the utensils to the way they make the coffee and toast (over charcoal fire).

We visited on a rainy Saturday morning and are a little surprised to see non chinese patrons having kaya toast with half boiled eggs and sipping kopi.

We were lucky to find an empty table and promptly place our orders.

Orders are kaya buns with half boiled eggs and coffee (what else?).

It was a pleasure to see the way they work, toasting buns and heating coffee over charcoal fire. It is just so nostagic as if you have stepped into a time machine to go back to the good old days when live was much simpler.

Back to reality, our orders finally came.
The much raved about kaya buns - the buns were crispy and slapped with generous serving of kaya and a thick slab of butter.
However, I found the kaya to sweet. A little below my expectation. Half boiled eggs were pretty good, cooked to near perfection, together with lots of dark soy sauce and pepper - great!

Kopi - aromatic and flavourful.

Overall, the setting and vibe of this coffee shop is excellent esp if you want to experience a little of the good old days when tv was still in black and white.

But the kaya toast was a little disappointing as I was expecting much better esp after reading so many positive review about it's popularity.

Chin Bee Chin Confectionary
204 East Coast Road, Singapore