Economic Beehoon Mee

Either it is a beehoon only or beehoon mee, it is one of my favourites and the most common breakfast options for me every morning. It is conveniently available at any hawker stalls or food courts in Singapore. Usually, the stalls sell other types of fried noodles too, and it serves with other dishes such as fried eggs, sausages, luncheon meats, fried chicken wings, fish cakes or fish fillets, vegetables and many more.

Everyone has their own preferences when it comes to types of noodles and their ingredients. I had my usual fried egg as default ingredients along with vegetables or a meat selection. This stall that I usually get my economic fried noodle sells vegetarian goose, one of my favourites. Personally, I think the chilli paste is sweet-spicy type.

Address: 477 Tampines Street 43, Singapore 520477.

Porridge

I used to buy the porridge from the Old Chang Kee stall near the MRT station when I was working. It can be quite filling after finishing a bowl of porridge with yao tiao. Personally, I liked their porridge texture. It is almost the same as the silky smooth Cantonese porridge type. The portion and the taste are just right for me, and I can have a lighter lunch later. Since I am working from home, I seldom go out to get one.

Roti Prata

I crave roti canai (it is called roti prata in Singapore). I will head to the nearby hawker centre for a piece of roti telur, which means prata with egg. I will go with fish curry as default because it is flavourful compared to dhal curry (vegetarian curry).

Address: Mohammad's Teh Tarik Eating House, 503 Tampines Central 1, Singapore 520503.

Kaya Toast and Egg

Another choice for breakfast will be kaya toast or kaya bun, depending on whether I want to have something crispy or soft. Sometimes, I will just go with or without the eggs. In most hawker centres or food courts, they do sell it as a set breakfast consisting of kaya toast/bun, 2 soft boiled eggs, and a cup of hot coffee or tea.

It is a very filling breakfast, and I usually will eat this kind of breakfast if I have any outdoor activities or am very hungry in the morning.

Kopi-C Kosong

On any other normal day when I do not feel hungry in the morning and do not want to have a heavy breakfast, drinking a coffee cup is enough to kick start my day. I do not drink coffee daily. Usually, I go to the office (I am working from home now since the Covid-19 pandemic) or on the weekends.

To order a coffee or tea in Singapore, you need to learn some of the keywords. The below screenshot shows how to order coffee.

  • Kopi = coffee with milk
  • O = without any milk, be it condensed milk or evaporated milk
  • C = is used to represent evaporated milk.
  • Kosong = no sugar
  • Siew Dai = less sugar
  • Ga Dai = more sugar
  • Gao = thick coffee
  • Poh = diluted coffee
  • Peng = ice

Most of the coffees serve in the hawker centres are hot, unless I specify it, using the word ice (peng). Some hawkers stalls serve kopi gu yu that they put in butter into the coffee to enhance the flavour and add some buttery taste into your drink.

My choice for a local kopi will be at the Hong Lim food court because it is nearby to my office.

Address: Block 531A, Upper Cross Street, Hong Lim Food Centre, #01-62, Singapore.

This blog is part of the food blog series I am writing to share some of the common breakfasts in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Singapore.

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