Coconut Jam Toast with Poached Eggs and Dark Soy Sauce

Ya Kun Kaya, the ultimate Singaporean kopitiam (coffee shop) focuses on tradition. Through a back window, I spied the old man, effortlessly toasting bread over glowing charcoal. Nuances of woodsy flavor can impregnate bread from the essence of smoke. Next, he slathers on creamy coconut custard. The aroma of pandan and coconut waft through the open window. He adds a generous helping of butter to the warm sandwich before closing it up, halving it, and sending it out to it’s lucky owner.