Banchong cafe is a minimalist hipster white cafe located at Vanguard Campus Kallang Junction. Looking at the interior and alfresco dining concept, we would think that the cafe should be offering the usual English lattes and breakfast brunches. But on the contrary, it offers traditional food like kaya butter toast set and many other local food at very affordable prices.
Banchong is an open air concept cafe, with many power plug points available for one to chill and work at the same time. The cafe only opens on weekdays, from 8.30am to 6pm. We made our way down for brunch this morning and took us a 15mins walk from Lavender MRT. Ordering is done at the counter and food is to be collected after they call for your queue no. We ordered their popular and highly recommended kaya butter toast set ($4.50) and curry chicken with prata set ($6.80).
1. Kaya butter toast set - the soft boil eggs are so runny and lovely. The yolks are huge and juicy and so fresh. Loving it!! The kaya is homemade, so custardy and not overly sweet. The bread is toasted to the right texture and crunch. The coffee is a little diluted and milky for my liking though. Rating: 4.2/5
2. Curry chicken with prata set - generous portion of chicken cooked in Nonya curry. Its rather spicy but it has a great lemongrass taste. The prata was ordinary, think it's the ready made kind from the supermarket. Rating: 3.8/5
Personally would highly recommend their toast set instead of their local food. We enjoyed the ambience but it can be quite warm on a sunny day. Do come down to give their toast a try on a weekday if possible!
A summary of what we had:
Kaya butter toast set
Curry chicken with prata set
My overall ratings:
Food: 4/5
Price: 4/5
Service: 4/5
Ambience: 4/5
You can locate them here:
Banchong Cafe
1 Kallang Jct, Vanguard Campus, Singapore 339263
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