Kopi at Wang's

Kopi, kaya toast and those wet, soy drenched eggs....

The Wang House! http://www.wangcafe.com/

The line can be very long.
Small selection but big business
Off to work with kopi on a string.

It's the local brew - strong, sweet and at a price that can't be beat. I'm talking about Kopi. It's coffee with an attitude. Forget the $5 Starbucks burnt tasting designer coffee - try the $1.20 (Singapore Dollars, that is) kopi C.

http://staff.science.nus.edu.sg/~sivasothi/etc/makanminum/kopiNteh/text/kopi.html

This stuff is made by putting coffee grounds in a little fish net and pouring hot water through about 5 times. The kopi maker also "pulls" the kopi by pouring it back and forth between two pitchers. For kopi C they pour some evaporated milk and sugar into a metal cup, add the strong kopi and then a splash of hot water to cut it a bit. It is stirred up and then transferred to a paper cup. The kopi helper slips a little plastic loop around the cup, caps it and hands it to the customer. You can walk off hanging your kopi on your finger - no spills or slips!

It packs a jolt that keeps you going all day. Several of us got into the habit of having an iced kopi after lunch. I had to give it up as it was keeping me up nights. My new rule is no kopi after 10

AM.

Wang's and the many other well known Kopitiam places in Singapore are also famous for their kaya toast. Kaya is a jam made from coconut that tastes great. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaya_(jam)

The toast maker cooks a thick slice of bread on a grill, then slices the bread in half (to make it thinner), puts on a couple of big pads of butter and then slathers on the kaya. Quite a treat enjoyed by Singaporeans and visitors alike. The locals also like to have it as part of a breakfast set with a couple of soft boiled eggs they then mush up and add soy sauce. A little too watery and slippery for my taste....