Last week I talked about an innovative Nanyang Kopi stall in ABC. This week, we explore how another traditional kopi tiam has taken innovation and modernized their offerings.
Situated in a restored shophouse in Kandahar, nestled just a few doors away from Sabar Menanti and Rumah Minang. The shop is rather quaint, with a name like Dong Po Colonial Cafe, it certainly looks the part. The interior is air conditioned, with tables and chairs reminiscent of the good old days.
An old, Flying Pigeon bicycle is used as a decorative prop by the five foot way and one can certainly sit outdoors. I cycled there on one of my visits there, and sat outside by my bike.
The coffee is a rather standard offering of Nanyang Kopi. Pleasantly aromatic, with a good mouthfeel and body, but not strikingly unusual.
The toast I have next to the coffee, is something quite special, and which I adore
Called the Bostock, this is usually made with brioche, but the innovation here is it is made with freshly baked (in-house) local style bread. Topped with an almond syrup and toasted almond flakes and dusted with castor sugar. The taste is rather mild...with the toasted almonds providing most of the flavour and aroma. I rather liked it.
On another occassion, we tried the huge French toast with ice cream
This is truly enourmous. The bread is baked in-situ, and lightly coated with egg, lightly toasted,
and stuffed with butter, topped with a vanilla ice cream, a dollop of fresh cream on the side and drizzled with honey. Quite nice. The bread was crusty, slight crispy outside but remained soft and moist within. Very nice contrasting textures between the bread crust, bread inside, the ice cream and the fresh cream.
Nice, quaint place for a cuppa. Highly recommended.
Dong Po Colonial Cafe
56 Kandahar Street
Tue-Thurs 930am-830pm
Fri-Sun 930am-930pm
Closed on Monday
56 Kandahar Street
Tue-Thurs 930am-830pm
Fri-Sun 930am-930pm
Closed on Monday
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