Breakfast at Babba .
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Babba is a new addition to Jalan Riang, a stretch of eateries hidden within an enclave of landed houses nearby Serangoon MRT Station. Cafe by day and Peranakan restaurant by night, I popped by for breakfast.
The breakfast/ brunch menu is pretty lean, with only six items on offer. The Homemade Kaya Butter Toast & Eggs has been doing the rounds on social media, but I was loathe to pay $12 for something you can get at a kopi tiam for under $4. It's just kaya, folks, not Japanese A5 Wagyu beef.
I picked the ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ ($8), which came with a choice of toast (I had the Sourdough) and eggs (I chose scrambled). The ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต was well toasted, with crispy edges and a fluffy centre. The ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ด๐ด๐ were divine, fantastically fragrant and creamy.
To beef it up, I added a ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ($6), ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ ๐๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ๐ ($5) and some ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป (3 pcs, $5.50). The sausage was ok, while I liked the earthiness of the mushrooms. The undisputed star, however, was the bacon. Other places serve paper-thin slices of bacon that are overly greasy, but Babba's bacon was THICK and not oily at all. It was seductively scrumptious.
I also ordered the ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ผ ($4.50) but it was too acidic and sour for my liking. Overall I loved the food at @babba.sg and would like to try the dinner menu, although the prices tend to be on the steeper side.
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15-9 Jalan Riang
Singapore 358987