Popular Singaporean breakfast and all day dining coffee shop specialising in Kaya toast

If you are a fan of Kaya toast (which I am), then you could do a lot worse than choose here. The clue is obviously in the title of what is focussed on here and it is much the same formula as that served in its arch-rival Toast Box. They are very much the same and in case you do not have time to read the difference in the two reviews and are new to kaya toast: kaya is a sweet jam (green in colour) made from pandas leaves and sometimes includes coconut as well and this is spread on buttered toast which is then used to dip in to softly cooked eggs with a mix of dark and light soy sauces with white pepper (to taste). Customers are given the eggs in the shells and crack open themselves when sat down and mix in their preference of soy and pepper. This comes with a choice of tea or coffee, usually with condensed milk in a choice of combinations as a set menu for around £3.

I would actually opt for Toast Box myself if I had to choose between the two, but certainly wouldn’t say no to here if nothing else close was available. I find the toast too thin at Yakun which means it is not as good a vehicle to scoop up the egg and soy which is absolutely essential at combing with the sweet and rich buttered kay toast ‘mops’ which is their function. However, if I could, I would substitute the soy sauces as Yakun’s I felt were far better (less watery for the light soy). So, in conclusion, go to Toast Box armed with better soy sauce or go to Yakun with Toast Box’s toast, for the perfect fit, but I think the latter would be a stretch too far. They are much the like in terms of outlets – Google states that Yakun has around 80 outlets and Toast Box just over 100 outlets in Singapore and I have perused their store locator options on both their websites and that looks about right – the bottom line is, yo are never too far away from either of these for a decent kaya toast fix. Enjoy!

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