kaya toast

 

 

White bread (charcoal toasted) and spread with kaya jam and top with a thin slice of butter...that's kaya toast for you. Kaya toast used to be just a breakfast item and sold mainly in coffee shops but now it's consumed throughout the day as a popular snack and served in many up- market coffee shops (Ya Kun and Toast Box) specialising in kaya toast. Kaya (a Malay word) is actually a coconut jam made with coconut milk, eggs, pandan leaf and sugar. Singaporeans like to have their kaya toast with a cup of traditional coffee (kopi) or tea (teh) and sometimes with 2 half boiled eggs.