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Singapore Breakfast: Butter Kopi and Charcoal Kaya Toast Old-Shop Pilgrimage

Morning

4 stops · Morning

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Locals' breakfast is kopi, soft-boiled eggs, and kaya toast. A morning route through kopitiams unchanged since the 1970s, the symbol of kaya toast, an old newspaper-building shop, and a morning hawker.

Morning4 stopsEst. budget 22,000 KRW

Itinerary

  1. 1

    Heap Seng Leong合成龙 (Heap Seng Leong)

    Cafe · 30 min stay

    A kopitiam preserved exactly as it was in the 1970s. 'Kopi gu you' floated with butter and charcoal-grilled kaya toast are the signature. A breakfast like time travel.

    08:00

  2. Walk 10 min
    2

    Ya Kun Kaya Toast (Original)亚坤 (Ya Kun)

    Cafe · 30 min stay

    The symbol of kaya toast, started in 1944. Kaya jam and butter between thin charcoal-grilled toast, with soft-boiled eggs, soy sauce, and pepper. The chain's original shop.

    08:50

  3. Transit 12 min
    3

    Tong Ah Eating House东亚餐室 (Tong Ah)

    Cafe · 30 min stay

    An old shop in a former newspaper building. Crisp thin kaya toast and rich kopi, with the mood of the Keong Saik shophouse street.

    09:50

  4. Taxi 8 min
    4

    Tiong Bahru Market中峇鲁巴刹 (Tiong Bahru Market)

    Tiong Bahru · Street food · 40 min stay

    The essence of the morning hawker. Chwee kueh (steamed rice cakes), lor mee, and wonton noodles with kopi -- the real morning scene of a local neighbourhood.

    10:40

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