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Charcoal or grill toasted bread spread with kaya, a coconut and egg jam, and a slab of cold butter, eaten with soft-boiled eggs and coffee. The Hainanese kopitiam breakfast of Kuala Lumpur.
Kaya toast is the breakfast of the Hainanese kopitiam. Hainanese cooks who had worked in British kitchens and on ships opened coffee shops across the peninsula and served toast with kaya, a jam of coconut milk, eggs, sugar and pandan cooked slowly until thick. The set comes with two soft-boiled eggs cracked into a saucer and seasoned with soy and white pepper, and a cup of thick coffee roasted with sugar and margarine. In Kuala Lumpur, Ah Weng Koh has poured Hainanese coffee with kaya butter toast since 1964 and moved with the old market into ICC Pudu, while Ho Kow in Chinatown, open since 1956, keeps the style going.
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Ho Kow Hainam Kopitiam, open since 1956 and now run by a fourth generation, serves Hainanese breakfast on Jalan Balai Polis in Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur.
OrderOrder the kaya butter toast with soft boiled eggs and a cup of cham.
TipTake a ticket and scan the QR code for the virtual queue, then walk Petaling Street until your number is called.
Ah Weng Koh Hainan Tea & Coffee inside ICC Pudu in Kuala Lumpur has poured Hainanese coffee and kaya toast since 1964, moved from the old market.
OrderHainanese coffee with kaya butter toast
TipCome early, the kaya butter toast sells fastest in the first two hours after opening.
Old KL Kopitiam serves a heritage breakfast of kaya toast and soft boiled eggs in Maluri, Kuala Lumpur, a ten minute walk from the Maluri MRT.
OrderOrder the charcoal toast mini bun with soft boiled eggs and a mug of local coffee.
TipThe yam cake and salted lime drink are worth ordering alongside the toast set.
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