With every order made by the patrons, we observed the Barista meticulously preparing the beverages at the counter. Her skillsets are so perfect and well trained that we observed that everything goes in a smooth procedural way without hiccups.
With such an open concept table, it gave patrons moments in appreciating how cups of beverages were prepared.
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| Professionalism at work |
If you are looking for a hearty and complete breakfast meal, the Papa's Breakfast is a good choice. The plate was filled with Pork Sausage, egg, portobello mushrooms, tomato jam, homemade toasted bread, butter and rocket salad. The egg can be chosen to be served in scrambled, sunny side up, over easy or sous vide. Personally, I find that this breakfast is tummy satisfying. The Tomato Jam is both sweet and tangy, a good item on the plate to go with the rest.
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| Papa's Breakfast - $24 |
Shrooms & Toast packs a savoury taste. It was mixed creamy mushrooms, multigrain toast, crispy bacon, sun-dried tomatoes and grated parmesan sprinkled all over the plate.
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| Shrooms & Toast - $19 |
The bacon streak and the toast lends a crispy texture for the breakfast while the creamy mixed mushrooms complement this crispiness with its soft and mushy texture.
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| Textural Bites |
Despite revisiting, I'm still there for breakfast only. The mains on the menu are rather interesting and available from 11am onwards. I hope that I can be back some other time for their dishes too.
Posted on 19th October 2014
Do not mislead by the run-down appearance of this hardware shop if you happen to pass by in Tyrwhitt Road. In fact, Chye Seng Huat Hardware (CSHH) is one of the popular cafes right today, famous for their brewing Coffee.
The place is owned by Papa Palheta, an independent coffee boutique, specializing in roasting coffee in Singapore and Malaysia.
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| Chye Seng Huat Hardware |
Initially, I was misled by its quiet surroundings from the facade and thought that it was closed on a Sunday but as I walked further into the side gate, I realised that it's just another heaven.
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| CSHH (Chye Seng Huat Hardware) Coffee Bar |
The dining place was divided into 2 portions, indoor and outdoor. Furniture are pretty interesting at the outdoor, with old school kind of coffee shop tables, welded strongly to durable metals, even its stools too.
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| Seatings |
For the curious ones who pass by the outdoor sittings, there is a glasshouse in the middle featuring their roastery by Papa Palheta.
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| The Roastery |
I had a look through the glass panels and saw big roasting machines. Too bad I wasn't in the luck to see its process. However, if you are keen on their roastery tour, you can check up on the C-Platfrom via
Papa Palheta Website.
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| Roasting Machines |
With such stuff around, it definitely feels more like a hardware place, matching its business name, CSHH.
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| Machine |
Just right beside, there is another room with machines exposing its wiring and electronics. Look's like someone was trying to fix and figure something out or even to the extent of repairing their faulty machines.
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| Repair Workshop |
The interior was cosy showing an island bar situated in the centre of the cafe with interesting hardware items hanging around the walls. With limited seating, I would say one has to be careful while walking by the aisles as it was rather narrow.
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| Interior Dining |
Just at the counter, I was drawn away by the odd size and colourful Ang Gu kuay in the display cabinets. I had the thought "hey, what are these traditional queues doing here among the muffins / western pastries? ".
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| Weird Encounter |
A simple and straightforward menu was attached to the clipboard are available near the cashier counters.
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| Menu |
Coffee lovers perhaps will be taken away by the Hand-Brewed with Love portion on the menu. One can select the standard of brewing in terms of brightness, balance and bold. However, some waiting time is required and you will be notified by the counter.
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| What's Brewing? |
Making up part of their hardware displays, they have some old school music players (turntables) with The Beatles disc by the side.
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| Old School Stuff |
Hot chocolate was foamy and came with a good choco fragrance, perhaps the only letdown was its latte art which was some kind of out of shape.
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| Hot Chocolate - $6.50 |
Impressive breakfast with a nice colour presentation on a grey IKEA plate. The Huat Breakfast consists of 2 pork sausages, ham steak, potato salad roasted tomato, croissant and egg of our choice (scrambled, sunny side up or over easy). Totally an energy booster. I love its flaking butter croissant and pillow-soft texture with my air pockets internally. Well, if this style floats your boat!
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| The Huat Breakfast - $17 |
While I thought pancakes were uninteresting in all breakfast menu and boy I was wrong. The banana pancakes were out of my expectations. Fluffy and soft texture topped with roasted almonds flakes and refreshing strawberry. And where's the banana?
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| Banana Pancakes - $12 |
Instead of having slices of banana topped the pancakes, they have them done together with the pancake mixture, thus with every bite lending its fragrant and satisfying bite!
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| Banana Fillings |
Ta-Da! Our semi-complete breakfast meal while waiting for the brew beverage.
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| Breakfast Table |
Last but not least, the long-awaited 20 minutes of balanced brew coffee. It comes in a tall glass and a scarf on its bottleneck. Coffee was smooth and the taste was definitely as stated, striking a good balance between a not so sweet and not so bitter after taste.
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| Tobing Estate - $6 |
Those who decide to buy something off their retail shop can go further into the Annex.
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| The Annex |
From coffee beans to souvenirs, do have a walk-in there.
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| The Annex |
The service in overall is polite and commendable. It's not easy to grab a seat during the weekends, so if you want to skip the crowd, visit them at other timings.
Overall, the food was tasty and with such a rustic environment, it's hard not to come back again.
Rating: 3.5 / 5
Chye Seng Huat Hardware
Location: 150 Tyrwhitt Road Singapore 207563
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