Address : 204 E Coast Rd, Singapore 428903
Opening hours : Tuesday - Sunday, 0830 hrs - 1530 hrs
This is one of the last remaining Hainanese coffee shops in Singapore. Can you find out what is so unique about it?
Chin Mee Chin Confectionery is a famous and one of the last standing hainanese coffee shop here in Joo Chiat. The confectionery is famous for its kaya, a kind of custard jam. Unfortunately, the shop is closed during the day of our visit. According to the Singapore Infopedia, the baroque interior is accentuated by its defining floor tiles. The shop uses ceiling fans and marble tops, bringing us back to the feel of a coffee shop back in the 1950s. The confectionery has a unique way of making their kaya. They were made in "huge cauldrons heated over slow burning charcoals, releasing a sweet aroma". Bread toast and kaya, called "kaya toast", is still considered the traditional breakfast of Singaporeans. Other specialities of the confectionery include eggs, coffee, curry puffs, sausage rolls and fruit cakes. The confectionery roasts its own coffee beans and bakes its own bread. In pre-independent Singapore, it was the Eurasian community that frequently patronised the shop before many migrated to Canada and Australia in the 1950s to 1960. The shop is a stone's throw away to the Church of the Holy Family. We believe that many Catholic worshippers going to the church every Sunday will definitely make some time to stop by to buy their signature kaya. It was a pity that we didn't get to taste their 'kaya toast'.
References:
"Chin Mee Chin Confectionary," National Library Board Singapore, accessed October 12, 2016,
http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_618_2004-12-15.html
Chin Mee Chin Confectionery is a famous and one of the last standing hainanese coffee shop here in Joo Chiat. The confectionery is famous for its kaya, a kind of custard jam. Unfortunately, the shop is closed during the day of our visit. According to the Singapore Infopedia, the baroque interior is accentuated by its defining floor tiles. The shop uses ceiling fans and marble tops, bringing us back to the feel of a coffee shop back in the 1950s. The confectionery has a unique way of making their kaya. They were made in "huge cauldrons heated over slow burning charcoals, releasing a sweet aroma". Bread toast and kaya, called "kaya toast", is still considered the traditional breakfast of Singaporeans. Other specialities of the confectionery include eggs, coffee, curry puffs, sausage rolls and fruit cakes. The confectionery roasts its own coffee beans and bakes its own bread. In pre-independent Singapore, it was the Eurasian community that frequently patronised the shop before many migrated to Canada and Australia in the 1950s to 1960. The shop is a stone's throw away to the Church of the Holy Family. We believe that many Catholic worshippers going to the church every Sunday will definitely make some time to stop by to buy their signature kaya. It was a pity that we didn't get to taste their 'kaya toast'.
References:
"Chin Mee Chin Confectionary," National Library Board Singapore, accessed October 12, 2016,
http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_618_2004-12-15.html
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