Eat Kaya toast and half-boiled eggs in Singapore

📍 Singapore, Singapore🔄 Repeatable👤 All ages

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Start your day like a true Singaporean with this beloved breakfast combo: crispy toast slathered with sweet-salty kaya (coconut jam) and butter, paired with perfectly soft-boiled eggs that you crack into a bowl and season with soy sauce and white pepper. The art is in the timing—the eggs should be just set enough to dip your toast but still creamy. Find the best versions at traditional kopitiams (coffee shops) in Chinatown or Little India where locals have perfected this simple pleasure for generations.

Difficulty

5/100Easy

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Cost

$5 – $15

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Time

30min

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People

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Setting

indoor

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Season

any

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Equipment

None needed

People who tried this

“I tasted kaya toast a few trips ago, and now I make it a point of having it for breakfast on the first morning of every visit. I then try to have it on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th mornings too! My favourite order is always the traditional “Set A”, which pairs two kaya toast “sandwiches” with two half-boiled eggs and a cup of kopi or teh all for just a few dollars. I then sit happily dipping my toast into the egg and declaring for the five-hundredth time how well these unlikely items go together.”

positive— Josie Kelsh · Josie Wanderssource ↗