Search for kaya toast Singapore online and Tong Ah Eating House will surely pop up at the top. Established in 1939, Tong Ah Eating House kopitiam in Singapore is best-known for its iconic crispy kaya toast.
Here, it is toasted three times, resulting in a biscuit-like texture that customers queue each morning for.
Charred bits are scraped off skilfully with the lid of a condensed can. The toast is then thinly sliced in two before fragrant kaya and salted butter from New Zealand is generously slathered between them.
If crispy toast is not something you like, Tong Ah Eating House also offers soft and fluffy steamed bread or traditional toast that are similarly filled with kaya and butter.
To complete your typical Singaporean breakfast, grab a cup of coffee or tea. Just like at Heap Seng Leong, you can order your kopi with a slab a butter in it.
The tea here, however, is what sets is apart from other coffeeshops in Singapore. The owner of Tong Ah Eating House has been getting his Sri Lankan tea from the same supplier ever since he started his business. The tea leaves are then aged for nine months before being brewed resulting in a rich, smooth, and deep flavour.
That alone makes it worthy of the title of one of the best kopitiams in Singapore.
