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Geylang Lorong 41! Old school kopitiam(coffeeshop) thats serves excellent eggs, kaya toast with thick butter slices, late into the night! Their milk tea is popular too! Short 5min walk from Paya Lebar MRT!
For coffee without sugar, you can order either Kopi-o Kosong (black coffee without sugar) or Kopi-c Kosong (coffee with evaporated milk without sugar). Also, locals won't buy food first without securing a seat thus we have a 'chope' culture whereby we put random items like packet tissue, lanyard/card, umbrella, and etc on the table to mark our spot lol.
Hi Josie for the Ya Kun eggs, you need to put a little soya sauce (the black sauce that you were holding) and add some pepper as well. Use a teaspoon and mix everything up. Dip your toast. It will bring your experience up a few levels.
As a local, I am always proud of our multi-racial, multi-religion, multi-cultures. You should visit Waterloo Street and you will find a Hindu Temple next to a Taoist Temple, or Upper Serangoon Road where you can need a Muslim Mosque, a Christian Church and a Taoist Temple standing next to one another, and many other locations where we display racial / religion / culture harmony.
Its strange because I lived here all my life but watching you eat those local delicacy still made my mouth water I shall have Ya Kun for breakfast tomorrow! 😂
😂😂😂 I think we all sometimes get used to where we live and forget how different and new it is for others who haven’t seen it before! I’m sure if someone came to Australia and was excited about a BBQ I’d be surprised too 😂😂 eat some ya Kun for me I miss it 😩😩😂🙏🏻
Oooooh I looooove Muah Chee!!! Soooo good with the peanuts! But also yummy with black sesame. I love it so much, I make it at home in Oz hahaha. The texture does take a bit of getting used to but I love all different textures and also mochi, which muah chee is similar to and uses the same glutinous rice flour to make
Hahaha. I think as a child we used to call dipping toast (for runny eggs) 'soldiers', I'm not sure why. Gotta say, those aerial shots are fantastic- well done. Thanks for your efforts in sharing your travels and adventures- always interesting, authentic and well produced. Singapore looks beautiful.
Muah Chee is basically glutinous rice flour mix with water then put in a pot with oil to cook it.. then put it into a peanut and sugar coating.. of course the coating you can always used your own mix like macha or black sesame seeds.. etc... but that one you eat is the traditional type... been having it that way since 40 years ago..
Add a dash of soy sauce to the eggs when you have the eggs and kaya toast... it'll change the profile so you get a sweet + savory combination with each bite.
@@josieliftsthings surely it wouldnt be good, youre right :) which is why millions of Singaporeans add soy sauce in our eggs for generations, we like things 'less good'
Hihi. Thank you for the video, awesome! Just like to let you know, the Indian temple that you saw is call the Sri Mariamman Temple, it is the oldest Hindu temple built in 1827. The temple is currently under consecration, aka "major revamp". It is a ritual for Hindu temple to go under consecration every 12 years, it is performed to consecrate new shrines or re-consecrate existing shrines.
Hi Josie and guy, Aha! U actually relished your Kaya Toast with Half-boiled Eggs breakfast - when U did not complete the whole experience by drenching your eggs in the soy sauce n pepper! Your guy companion is so right - the Kopi (traditional Robusta Coffee with Condensed Milk) has a rich coffee flavour we so love!
You went to Hong Lim market and food centre . The best fried kuay teow Mee (char Kuay teow) in my opinion is at second floor 02-17.Long queue though . Also there is the Tanglin curry puff, grandma pancake and the Hiong Kee dumpling (order the nonya dumpling - my favourite ). All at second floor.
The CKT you refer to is very good. Another good stall is Sungei Road Trishaw Laksa (not to be confused with Sungei Road Laksa). Trishaw has a very good Laksa, and has a great pineapple fruit juice mee siam. The also have mee rebus, which I hope to try on our next trip to Sing (booked for November).
@@stevenelson3515 Try the chicken rice at B1-35 and the hokkien Mee at B1-34 Golden Mile food centre . The chicken rice way better than that "famous" Tian Tian chicken rice .
@@bensgoodeats1493 We’ve had the chicken rice at that stall and it’s quite good. Our favorite is a stall on Balestier Road in a food center right next to the Boon Tong Kee outlet on that street. As for Hokkien Mee, I never developed much of a liking for it. Always seemed too heavy a taste.
There is an extremely good claypot rice at the Chinatown center hawker center you went to called lian he Ben ji claypot rice. It’s extremely good but you have to order hours in advance.
Try these 2 place for a different kaya toast experience: 1. Heap Seng Leong, 10 North Bridge Rd, #01-5109, Singapore 190010, 2. YY Kafei Dian, 37 Beach Rd, #01-01, Singapore 189678
Usually, for locals, we add soy sauce and white pepper into the eggs and mix them. Consume as it is. For the toasted bread try to dip it into the coffee, it taste the best
That was my best chicken rice so far for me. Thanks you guys for shared this and made me starving as well haha. ps. I loved your reaction when u tried spicy Thai food
Yes, if you see a queue at a food stall get in it. Nine times out of ten it is worth it. Mind you, one in ten you end up with salty glop in a bowl. Life is dull without risk! But still, you haven't hit the Botanic Gardens yet. Believe me, its worth it and free.
Thank you so so much!!! Well if we duck home really quick before coming back to travel we can do some videos from my own home! I’d love to show you! 😁😁☺️
😻 Really like it that you enjoyed these awesome and fantastic meals in Singapore!!! Looks so tasty and delicious~ Really glad to be part of your 25.7k subs to this amazing channel Do your best
Yakun really have the best toast! As many has mentioned, you can actually asked them to tailor to the kind of coffee to your likings. In singapore, kopi/coffee = milk coffee… for black coffee = kopi O… either one you can ask them to have no sugar or less sugar… so you can either ask for kopi or kopi-O less sweet or no sugar… Recommend you try their peanut butter + kaya toast… kaya + butter toast… For the eggs… we normally eat it either dipped as you did, or alternatively, just add in pepper and soy sauce to enhance the flavour before you dip the toasts! Enjoy! Also… do have a go at some malay food at the hawker centre… such as lontong, mee siam or mee rebus :) Geylang serai market food centre (nearest mrt station : paya lebar)
Thank you for this comment!! 😁😁 hahah I think I think in my head that I’ll order it how it’s meant to be so I can get the most accurate traditional experience but then I forget I don’t like the sugar so I won’t like it anyway 😂😂😂 We had the peanut butter one I think! Both that one and the butter was SO. GOOD. Now I want it again hahah. We didn’t have much time to eat every single type of food there because there was so many! But we decided to save the Malaysian food for Malaysia 😉😉 I’m so excited!
I am sorry, but Ah Heng Curry noodle is a more watered down version of Heng Kee Chicken Curry noodle stationed directly below Ah Heng. You should have tried the Outram Char Kway Teow, Crayfish Hor Fun or the Bak Chor Mee directly opposite the Char Kway Teow. Normally we Singaporean add a teaspoon or two of dark soy sauce into the half boil eggs. The Malaysian would like light soy sauce rather than dark soy sauce. Of course, some white pepper on top completes the ritual.
Haha damn!! Noodle soup isn’t usually my thing anyway, why I’ve only had 1 laksa in my life years and years ago! Haha but Michael literally loved it haha! Next time I’ll add the soy sauce, I wasn’t brave enough at the time but the pepper was 👌🏻👌🏻😂 Thank you for watching!!’ 😁😁
Your boiled eggs, must put pepper and dark sauces, you went to the right places , but came back empty handed, soya sauce chicken, fish soup, black white carrot cake, ba Chor mee, bbq stingray, fried hockien mee, hockien mee soup, char kway teow, rojak,( Chinese/Indian) , ngoh niang prawn fritters, hainan curry rice, Chinese pastries , Malay pastries,mee rebus, lor mee, braised duck, satay bee hoon, fish soup, deserts like ice kachang..
At 12:00 mark, that's "muah chee". Made by steaming glutinous rice and then repeatedly pounding it while it is hot to form this gluteny, starchy dough. Locally, it is often served with crushed peanuts and sugar. Has to be eaten while warm. Similar dessert like this can be found throughout asia, from china to Thailand to Laos to Japan, Korea and Taiwan. The difference would be the coating, some use soya powder, others matcha. There is always a joke about never eat this when you are old, either you have your dentures mashed up with the dough, or you choke! 🤣🤣🤣
@@josieliftsthings most durians in Singapore actually comes from Malaysia because they are considered superior and we prefer them here. Most Thai durians end up going to China as they are still new to the fruit. lol
You know, at 10:12 when you were walking past the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, they actually have a small vegetarian canteen at the basement, iirc it was a $3 donation for a full meal.
Josie, you did not eat the Kaya toast with eggs right, specifically, the half boiled egg needs to be added with the dark sauce that you said you don’t know what that was, just a bit will do. The dark sauce totally change the flavour of the egg and the toast dip into the egg will bring it up another level.
The best way to eat those eggs is to add pepper and dark soy sauce and then mix it all and use it as a dip or drink it! Also the durians in Singapore are kinda different to the thai ones, ours mostly come from malaysia with the famous musang king that is a local fav
Great you tried the tian tian chicken rice! Now you need to try briyani, and also Satay, Lau pa sat is great for satay. Please DONT go to Newton food centre, it's a tourist trap.
the food looks amazing! i love hainese chicken rice, im gonna get alot of hate but my favorite hainese chicken rice is in this small shop near target in the melbourne china town lol XD i know its an unpopular opinion but many great memories there after saturday sports in highschool lol
Do try some satay (skewered meat like kebabs), you can usually get it at hawker centers. You can dip it in the peanut sauce and eat it together with the vegetables they serve. Also do check out the desserts like chendol!
I definitely like it strong 😂😍 I think I wanted to taste what it’s supposed to be like (sweet) but then I forget I won’t like it because it’s sweet 🤦🏼♀️ 😂😂
Good sampling of Singaporean foods! Yummy! "Pulling" coffee or tea creates bubbles to make them frothy (much like frothy milk in cappucino)..I believe the rice used in Chicken Rice is Thai jasmine rice, cooked in chicken broth (with chicken fat), garlic and fragrant pandan leaves. Muah Chee/ Mochi originated in China (you can read the wikipedia link for Mochi en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mochi). Hence the similarity in pronounciations.
@@josieliftsthings actually, pulled tea is the more common drink (called Teh Tarik), and is normally done several times over between two cups. Can be quite a spectacle. ;)
If you want to try durian, you have to change the way you think of it as a fruit. Throw away all connotations of juicy or sweet... think of it instead as a custard. A complex custard that may be sweet, bitter, bittersweet/alocholic etc(depending on which durian you get). And of course, the cheaper durians dont cut it, we locals usually spend quite a large sum on good quality Mao Shan Wang durians which can be expensive. However it taste sweet and slight bitter and complex and flavorful. If you are still cautious, try to find Red Prawn durian, its is usually slight redder and much sweeter... more palatable for people trying it for the first time.
We stayed 3 full days, and it didn’t seem like enough but we spent most of that time making RU-vid videos 😂 if you were just exploring, doing your own thing etc then I think 3-4 full days is enough to shop, explore, see the bay, visit the gardens by the bay, and a couple of other things with some rest. Especially because of the price of things 😂 but if it was your only holiday and could spurge a little it would be okay! 😁😁🙏🏻❤️
It will be nice to explore in a slow pace for a week if you have time. But if you do not have time here’s my suggestion for a 4days stay: 1) Jewel - this is next to the airport where you can see the tallest indoor waterfall in the world. There’s a lot of interesting shops, restaurants and cinema. You either visit when touch down or before flying off. 2) Gardens By The Bay + Marina Bay Sands. These 2 are actually within walking distance, so it saves time and transport to visit both on the same day. 3) Little India + Arab Street + Chinatown. They are not exactly close but can be reached by bus/train within 25mins. 4) Sentosa island - lots of activities, normally it’s cheaper to purchase tickets online. Or Mandai Zoo. Either one one requires a full day ✌🏻
The coffee, eggs and toast cost only half the price at Hawker centres and at neighbourhood coffeeshop. For coffee without sugar you could order kopi-o kosong.
@@josieliftsthings Ya kun started off as a normal hawker centre stall as well. It is not that they are particularly good....they just took the bold step to modernise their trade, while most others remained as humble stalls. Hence the quality of the dish is fairly standard across Singapore, but at different price points. But I am glad they helped to make our humble breakfast more accessible to tourists who may be put off from ordering at hawker centres without a clear menu. ;)
Kopi is black coffee with condensed milk. If you want it unsweetened, try ordering kopi C, which is black coffee with evaporated milk. And you can ask for kopi gao (for a stronger coffee). Shall stop here now hahahaha! Is that just butter and sugar toast or kaya and butter toast? As you did not mention kaya....don't tell me you missed out eating kaya and butter?! Kaya is a egg and coconut custard/jam. You should have added the soy sauce as well into the soft boiled eggs. Then you would have the salty and sweet combi. FYI if unsure, just look around to see how the locals eat :D Thailand durian and Malaysian durian are totally different. Durian lovers only have love for one or the other. That spongy stuff in the curry mee is called a fried tofu puff. In Asia, we eat our rice with the spoon, if you are give a spoon and fork and plate :D
you were raving about kaya toast..but it looks like you just had toast with butter..didnt think you had any kaya on your toast at all..haha..the irony..kaya is a coconut and egg jam ..so maybe you can try actual kaya toast the next time.. enjoyed your video..safe travels guys!
@@josieliftsthings Hahahahaha.. I wish i was kidding.. But im not.. Lol.. Please come back to try the real kaya toast.. I wouldn't mind showing you guys around too.. ✌🏽🤗
@@josieliftsthings hmm I think you guys did have kaya. Heard you guys ordering Set A, which is Kaya with butter. The one with peanut will be set B, which you guys ordered as well. And that has kaya in it too. When you were describing the toast you mentioned it was sweet, but could not quite put a finger to it. Yeap, that is probably the kaya, which tastes like sweet custard.
The food in Singapore is AMAZING! We stayed in Hong Kong street and we thought it was a really good location! We walked most places, to the Merlion, marina bay sands, there’s a mall a 5 min walk away, we liked it! But you did have to get a grab/taxi to the bigger malls! 😁😁
You're supposed to put soya sauce and white pepper into the eggs. Otherwise you're just dipping it into any runny eggs. Also, I recommend the kaya french toast next time. I prefer it to the toast.
My cousin went to eat Ya Kun toast with her friends and while chatting, they ordered more and more toasts, they ended up paying almost $40 on those toast alone.
I think I spent more than that after having it there! If we didn’t have to film other places I just would’ve eaten there all day 😂 We were leaving and at the airport saw Killarney and had to have it as our last meal too 😂😂
@@josieliftsthings yea kaya is a green or brown jam depending on the ingredient. The green is from pandan leaves the brown is from gula melaka. Ya kun do serves toast that are non kaya as well like the one you had as well as those with kaya haha. Its alright. Do get it if you have an opportunity next time! It's supposed to be with kaya jam and butter, if not its not a kaya toast 😂
Kaya toast is a western adaptation. Chinese immgrants from hainan used to work for British in the colonial era. Laksa noodle chinese adaptation of malay food.
To be slightly more specific, kaya is actually Peranakan (Nonya), as is Laksa. They are the earlier waves of ethnic Chinese who migrated to Malaya before the British did and mixed Malay and Chinese culture over generations.
@@kennySg101 the greenish kaya is Peranakan / Nonya, while the brownish one is Hainanese. Laksa is undoubtedly a Peranakan / Nonya dish, regardless of its variation.
As a drone flyer since 2017, be careful when flying drone in singapore now. the rules are stricter this time, and national day(august) is around the corner. So do not fly especially on saturdays at the marina bay area. Try to stick to the 61m rule...
