Ya Kun Kaya Toast

This is a very famous Singaporean style breakfast/​brunch café. They have locations all over Singapore. Supposedly they have been in business since 1944. Our aunt took us there to try it. Like most of the local markets in Singapore, the place is cramped (although not outdoors). The small wooden chairs and tables are packed tightly together that it is hard to get around when crowded. Yet it is worth the wait, even with the long queue (line).
They have a very strong milk tea that is best served hot. Get the Kaya Toast with butter. You can usually mix it up with two runny eggs, or you can just have it plain. Either way, you will enjoy the lightness of the bread, the crunch of the toast, and the rich full bodied taste of the coffee. Come here if you want to enjoy a good start to the day!

So apparently this is the traditional Singaporean breakfast, coffee brewed in bags (which you can see hanging up), runny eggs and Kaya Toast (coconut jam/​french toast kinda thing) in a stripped back, functional café.
Ya Kun is a franchise, there is a model of the first store in here, but don’t expect anything posh and fancy, half the point is that it’s ‘as was’. Metal tables and chairs, plastic cutlery but hey, who cares as long as the food is good, right?
And it was! Coffee with condensed milk, runny eggs with a dash of soy, and Kaya toast, all delicious! They have a few different options/​combinations, all of which are cheap.
Definitely worth a visit if you get the chance.

hmmm kinda runny for my taste but glad I tried it. Id eat it again and bought Kaya jam? to give out as a present.

Quintessential Singaporean breakfast! Kaya toast, runny eggs, and coffee. Well I don’t drink coffee, so I had tea with milk and sugar instead.
A really nice man asked me if I was eating there or for takeaway, and when I said it was for there, he told me to take a seat anywhere and then brought over a menu. I got the above mentioned breakfast set, which was set A. There was a set B, C, and D, which had different kinds of kaya toast. I remember set D was a kaya peanut butter toast which also sounded amazing.
The kaya butter toast was pretty delicious the bread is very toasted and crispy. At one point, the nice old man sat down with me and showed me how to properly eat kaya toast. He asked to put soy sauce and some black pepper into my runny eggs. Then I mixed it and he told me to dip my toast into the runny egg/​soy sauce mixture. Really tasty! Great hearty way to start the day!

I like coming to Ya Kun when I am in Singapore. Yes, it is overhyped among tourists but I still find myself coming back every time. The food is solid. It’s very filling too. I feel like I could skip lunch after eating the «full breakfast» here. If you come early enough, you may even avoid the tourists (who generally comes later during the day).

How is Ya Kun only 3.5 stars?!?
Kaya toast was a MUST when I visited Singapore. My friends and I first tried kaya toast at Nanyang Old Coffee and thought it was so good that we wanted kaya toast again. We found Ya Kun and now I’m constantly craving it.
We ordered 3 different toast sets:
–KAYA TOAST WITH BUTTER
–BUTTER SUGAR TOAST
–KAYA PEANUT TOAST
The sets come with a stack of 4 toasts, 2 soft boiled eggs and a choice between iced coffee and milk tea.
My favorite toast by miles was the KAYA PEANUT TOAST! SO GOOD. The bread here is thin and crunchy, which I preferred over Nanyang, which was thicker and softer. I think the thin bread makes for a better bread to kaya/​filling ratio, and crunchy food is just better than soft food!
The other two toasts were pretty good as well. Not as memorable compared to the kaya peanut, but I still enjoyed them. There was a little too much butter in the normal kaya toast though. The soft boiled eggs were cooked nicely and the iced coffee was pretty average.
I’d DEFINITELY RECOMMEND coming here for breakfast. Or lunch. Or dinner. Or all three. Try the normal kaya toast but you MUST get the peanut toast as well!

I remember asking everyone about what I should eat or buy when I was in Singapore.
Kaya (toast) came up multiple times.
I was like…“yeah, that sounds so good!“
In reality, I was thinking…“what the eff is kaya?!“
For those of you who don’t know, kaya is a spread made with coconut, eggs, sugar and pandan… or so Wikipedia says.
So I walked into Ya Kun Kaya Toast and of course ordered the kaya toast with butter, and decided on an iced milk tea to go with it. I guess this is a very traditional breakfast for Singaporeans, so I had to try it since breakfast is my absolute favorite meal of the day. I could seriously eat it for every meal. I loved the flavor of the kaya and it meshed really well with the toasted, warm bread. The butter was something I had a hard time with. I felt like when I got to the middle of the toast, I was just eating an entire tablespoon of butter along with the toast/​kaya. I could seriously feel my arteries clogging by the second. However, when I asked a Singaporean if it was supposed to be like that, she said yes, and the butter is the best part! Perhaps I’m not cultured enough to understand all that butter, and next time, I’m just going to get kaya toast, no butter! I mean, the butter was good, I just couldn’t stand eating it, knowing that it was just a chunk of butter. On the other hand, the milk tea here had good flavor, although it was a little too sweet for my liking. However, it was a great drink to drink with my food!
Overall, my first experience with kaya was really good, and I even went to the store later on to purchase a jar of it to bring home. I’m just going to cut down on the butter when I do make my own!

So I like too much butter and I don’t care if it’s melted or not and iced coffee to wash the toast down with was perfect for me.
I didn’t eat enough kaya toast in different places to make proper comparisons and having just gotten off a really long flight and not adjusting well to Singapore’s weather I def didn’t want to eat half boiled eggs with soy but I could see how the contrast with the sweet toast would work well.

I guess everybody has their preference on where to get the best Kaya toast, but Ya Kun is definitely one of my favorites. The thin toast, runny soft-​boiled eggs and teh tarik make a great breakfast and for S$ 4 you just can’t beat it anywhere.

kaya toast overrated. eggs in soy and hard dried out toast with a slab of butter? much better meals to be had.

Ya Kun, which has dozens of outlets across the city, does traditional Singaporean breakfast: kaya toast, soft boiled eggs, coffee.
I’m crazy addicted to soft-​boiled eggs doused in soy sauce, so I’ve been in a lot (or to one of their other shops) for breakfast. Their kaya toast is good too– white bread toasted to the point of crunchiness with a thin spread of kaya in between. And A LOT of butter. Four huge pats of unmelted butter per sandwich, which is way too much for me, so I always request without.
This location is the original, and kind of neat because they still use the traditional marble topped tables and wooden chairs.

This is the original Ya Kun Kaya Toast Shop. It’s just outside of the Far East Square along China Street with a few other great eateries!
If you’re ever visiting Singapore, everyone will tell you to try the famous kaya toast at Ya Kun. I honestly think you should try kaya toast when you’re in Singapore, but not at Ya Kun (I like Toast Box better). I don’t understand the hype of this place. I’m not a fan of over-​toasted, hard bread. With very little kaya jam and way too much butter, I had to go to another kaya toast shop later that day just to make up for the disappointing experience. I just wanted to try one slice of their toast with the kaya jam. But they suckered me in to their pricey combo special: 2 toasts, soft boiled egg, and a drink. Overall, I was super disappointed with my first kaya toast experience here.
Service: 4 stars
Kaya Toast: 1 star
Opening Hours
Monday to Friday: 7.30am to 6.30pm
Saturday and Sunday: 8.30am to 5.00pm
Public Holiday: Closed