It does seem that the cafe scene is saturated. There are not many cafes opening and they are not very interesting. What seems to be interesting, however, are the young hawkerpreneurs reinventing the scene. This month, there is a very interesting baker at a food center.

CAFES

The popular Brawn & Brains cafe has opened a takeaway outlet at Penhas Road. Currently, only coffee and tea are available.

It’s a motorcycle-theme cafe, selling sandwiches and pastas starting from $7.

Coming soon!

[FULL REVIEW] Taking over the space of Rokeby, Fifteen Nine Cafe serves pitzas (toppings on pitas), escargot mac & cheese ($14), and Mee So Chicky Burger ($17), which consists of a minced chicken patty coated and deep-fried with mee goreng.

Japanese fusion cafe, opening soon.

Ice cream parlour by Valerie Cheng and Farrokh Madon.

Acai bowls and specialty coffee. Coming soon.

Serves Japanese tea.

Santap
16 Madras Street Singapore 208413
M-F 12pm-10pm, Sat-Sun 11am-10pm
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Run by the brains behind (working title), Afterwit and The Mad Sailors, Santap is derived from the Malay royalty term, “to eat.” The cafe is halal and Muslim-owned. It serves rice bowls, sandwiches, and pizzas at about $15.

Ice cream!

They serve pastas, burgers, and other classic cafe fares.

HAWKERS

This year, the Michelin Guide has decided to drop Fishball Story off the Bib Gourmand, but hawkerpreneur Douglas Ng is now the boss of a kopitiam! It has moved from Beach Road Golden Mile Food Center to its own kopitiam in Geylang, and has extended its opening hours for supper-eaters. The stall uses his grandmother’s recipe.

The baker has baked bread in New Zealand, New York City and Iceland. He worked at Maison Kayser Singapore for a year before going to New Zealand. At New Zealand, he was offered a Head Baker job at Maison Kayser New York. After New York, he moved over to Iceland.

He specializes in sourdough bread, using wild yeast and lactic acid bacteria for fermentation for 8 to 18 hours, instead of the conventional 45 minutes. The shop also sells sandwiches, smorrebrod, sourdough pizzas.

They specialize in seafood done in a Western style.

You may be interested in…
–New Cafes & Hawkers in Jun 2017
–New Cafes in May 2017
–New Hawkers in May 2017
–New Cafes in Apr 2017

PHOTO CREDIT: Photos without RERG logo are taken from the respective establishments’ facebook pages or websites.

Written by A. Nathanael Ho.