Kaya is
coconut and pandan jam. See that goopy
green stuff she’s pouring into the bucket?
That’s kaya.
For kaya
toast, they cut a piece of bread in half, spread kaya on it, then place thick
pats of butter on top of the kaya for a crispy and creamy bite of joy.
I wanted it
and I wanted to know which one was the best. In my limited time, I tried three
popular chain’s kaya toasts. I regret
not trying Wang Something’s kaya toast in the airport. Now I’ll never know how theirs ranks.
Toast Box
Toast Box
adds honey to their kaya. In my opinion,
the honey overpowers the coconut and pandan flavors and it just tastes like
honey toast. It was satisfying, but not
exactly what I was looking for. The
peanut butter toast was fun.
Ya Kun Kaya Toast
Since Time
Out Singapore listed this one as a top pick for kaya toast and since it’s named
after kaya toast, I expected this one to be the best. I was a little disappointed. There wasn’t enough kaya in the toast for me
to tell what the kaya itself actually tasted like. I guess I should have expected this, the way
you can be disappointed when “Quality Computers” are not very high quality
after all.
Not to say I
didn’t enjoy it. The soft boiled eggs
were very good.
Coffee and
Toast
Another
establishment named after toast, this one was my favorite. The toast is thin and crisp, they give a
generous spread of coconutty kaya, and the butter plops round out the
combination nicely. I went back to
Coffee and Toast for one last hurrah to solidify that it was the actual
winner. It was.
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