40 Hands Coffee

I love breakfast. So does FQ. And after my Antoinette experience, I fell in love with poached eggs. I first visited Forty Hands when we wanted to give XP a treat for his thesis submission, and found out that every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, all-day breakfast is served til 3pm (I think). Since then, we will hike over to Forty Hands on Fridays whenever we have the breakfast food craving.

Forty hands have very good coffee, which can also be found in Tiong Bahru Bakery. They are both under the same management. And what's breakfast without a good coffee or tea? So I got myself a latte.

Latte

XP went for the lamb sandwich. Nicely toasted sandwiches with lamb and vegetables. Their sandwiches looks attractive, but I was always enticed by the breakfast food. Their gourmet hotdogs are also supposed to be signatures but I've never tried them.

Lamb sandwich

So breakfast food. I got their eggs cocotte. I don't think it fits the proper definition of eggs cocotte I found online, which were supposedly eggs cooked in a ramekin of some sort. Theirs is actually beautifully poached eggs served on a bed of truffled sautéed spinach and mushroom in a stone bowl. Toasts are served on the side and I used them as vehicles for bringing the gooey yummy egg yolks into my mouth. This is the one dish I have a biggest weakness for and have ordered at least thrice by now. Poached eggs and truffle, who can resist?

Eggs Cocotte

The Big Boy's breakfast. A generous platter of different breakfast foods. Eggs done your way, sausages, pita, grilled tomato, mesclun salad, and bolognaise sauce. It's a very food coma inducing meal - do take note. They serve it on the very old-school metal plates. East crockery meets west food. Very fusion indeed.

Big Boy's Breakfast

Classic Eggs Benedict. Poached eggs served on bread and Canadian bacon, flooded in Hollandaise sauce. The make or break of this dish is the eggs and the sauce. The eggs I have said earlier are beautiful. J said the sauce was good too.

Eggs Benedict

And I love their truffle fries. We always order a serving to share. Shoestring fries fried to a perfect crisp and served with just the right note of truffle flavor. Ok, maybe I wouldn't mind more truffle flavor. But it's still a good truffle fries. 

Truffle Fries

I've also had their salmon hash which was more of a salmon chowder. Liked it too, but I only had it becos I had reached my eggs quota for that week. Otherwise I'll be automatically drawn to the eggs cocotte.

We still come back frequently whenever the breakfast mood hits. It's quite a hike, but so worth the effort. Do note that they don't have a huge seating capacity so big groups may be a problem.

40 Hands Coffee

78 Yong Siak Street

#01-12

Singapore 163078

Tel: 6225 8545

Tiong Shian Porridge Centre

I walk pass this place every morning to get from my bus drop-off point to my work place. So it became a potential breakfast place along the way. Plus I saw a lot of old folks eating there. That's a good indication right? I love congee for breakfast, so I was awaiting a not-so-hot morning to try it.

I ordered a century egg pork congee. The wait wasn't too long, so I was eating in no time. I was pretty disappointed. I found the porridge lacked depth. It was salty, but otherwise bland. Wasn't what I was looking for in a congee. I prefer Ah Chang's one that we frequent for lunch. So this one was tossed out of the equation in that one-off incident.