Good Morning Nanyang Cafe

July 11, 2010

Having been in the mood for good Kaya Toast lately, I have been scouring Singapore high and low to add to my list of good kaya toast places. Recently, this place called Good Morning Nanyang Cafe kept popping up whenever I asked for tips on where to find good Kaya Toast. I’d heard of the place before, but for some reason or another, I’ve never had the chance to sample the kaya toast there. I did a brief search on Google and discovered that they had just opened their second branch along Robinson Road.

So it sounded like the perfect opportunity to go see their new branch. But more importantly, I wanted to know what on earth Ciabatta Kaya Toast is! We are all familiar with kaya on toasted white bread or toasted baguette (loaf bread). Practically every neighbourhood coffee shop has the toasted white bread in addition to the ubiquitous Yakun and Killeney, but ciabatta? This I had to see.

So yesterday, we drove through the business district trying to find Good Morning Nanyang Cafe. Finally found it opposite the Robinson Road Yakun, inside the Melior International College, how cool is that? I wish we had more coffee and toast options apart from Yakun, when I was working in Shenton Way.

GMNC Byron ShohByron, the owner of Good Morning Nanyang Cafe was there since it was only the 3rd week of business here. That’s Byron posing for us in the picture up there!

GMNC Plain Ciabatta Kaya ToastWe first tried the plain ciabatta kaya toast $2.30. I was very pleasantly surprised to find that the  butter had been well spread on the toast such that you get the wonderful butter taste with every bite. (This is a really important step which most kaya toast stalls fail to do. What they do is plop a huge chunk of cold butter on the cold toasted bread hoping that it will miraculously spread itself.) The kaya also tasted divine, and you can just tell from the picture that there was such a generous amount. Really I wonder why it is the slipshod coffee chains that proliferate, and not the businesses that serve quality food.

GMNC Orange Ciabatta Kaya ToastWe also sampled the orange ciabatta kaya toast $2.70, which was equally if not more delicious.  You would think that orange and kaya might be a weird combination, but Byron must obviously have done his homework well to come up with such a unique but tasty treat! If I wasn’t already quite full from breakfast earlier, I would have finished the whole plate. Gotta come back again specially for breakfast next time.

GMNC Handmade KayaGood Morning Nanyang Cafe makes its own kaya everyday.

GMNC Seating AreaSeating area

GMNC Melior International College Good Morning Nanyang Cafe is located at the lobby area of Melior International College. They also serve traditional kaya toast $1.60 and thick toast $2 as well for those who are, well, traditional.

Good Morning Nanyang Cafe (Shenton Way branch)

108 Robinson Road #01-00

Singapore 068900

Monday — Friday 7.30am — 7pm

Saturday 7.30am — 2.30pm

Good Morning Nanyang Cafe (Chinatown branch)

133 New Bridge Road

Chinatown Point #03-01

Singapore 059413

Monday — Friday 8am — 7pm

Saturday 10.30am — 6pm

Mobile: 8133-1882

Email: byronshoh@hotmail.com

11 Comments

  1. I love orange with chocolate and I am sure it must taste really good with butter and kaya too. I love that photo of the yummy orange kaya…yummy!

  2. I love orange with chocolate and I am sure it must taste really good with butter and kaya too. I love that photo of the yummy orange kaya…yummy!

  3. There was a coffee & toast feature on today’s Lifestyle food section. If I remember correctly its was good morning nanyang cafe that won the toast/bread test. Good choice of cafe!

  4. There was a coffee & toast feature on today’s Lifestyle food section. If I remember correctly its was good morning nanyang cafe that won the toast/bread test. Good choice of cafe!

  5. Thanks for dropping by my outlet awhile back Dawn!
    My new adress as follows…

    20 Upper Pickering Street, Telok Ayer Hong Lim Green Community Centre at Speaker’s Corner.

    We are open Mon to Fri 7:30am to 7:30pm
    Sat and Sun 8:30am to 5:30pm

    Regards
    Byron

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