Toh Soon Cafe

it was a windy Saturday morning,

and we decided to bring our barista to have some local coffee at Toh Soon Cafe

this is the place where a lot of Penangnites will have breakfast and this place had established years way ahead of Starbucks

no fancy Frap, Capuccino nor latte 

BUT, the you can find the hidden gem here

one cup of piping hot homemade Hainan coffee o

although i din have it that day, but i remember it being thick, aromatic the last time i had it and my barista was addicted to it at that point of time

but its Robusta roasted with a fat (butter, marjerin, pork lord?? maybe??)

you can always opt for the milk version wan, but she always fancy her coffee 'black'

but we were a bit unlucky that day as they were out of charcoal, so we need to missed out on their famous toasted bread with homemade kaya and substitute it with the steam bread and we had both kaya and the sugar version

i still prefer toasted bread especially when they had it charcoal toasted instead of doing it electrically like most ppl doing it now.. 

and their charcoal toaster was super old as it was modified from an oil drum where you hardly find not even at the heritage state itself..they have three compartments, the top part is for brewing coffee, the middle part is for charcoal burning, and the lower part was merely for toasting bread..don't have a picture of that, as the counter was so busy..

nevermind that, it only give me more excuses to travel back there

having breakfast there was fun, you don't only see old folks there, expect to find quite a number of youngster sipping coffee before heading back to office..impressive..save a lot of money too from fancy fancy frap.haha

ahh..not to be forgotten, half boiled egg in plastic cup, a must have when you have breakfast at local joints right..a dash of soya and pepper..yummyyyyyy....

see, i meant it when i said it was windy..really windy,,

my hair was super messy but wonder why their hair stay so still

and in such a windy day, my face was blushing and i almost look like a roast pig..aiks..not going to post that pic for sure.

lovely morning and we had a very funny and attentive server :)

sinny

photos courtesy of hyuan

Toh Soon Cafe,

Campbell Street,

Off Penang Road

Georgetown, 10100 Penang

open from 8am to 6 pm (closed on Sunday)