Sunday, January 25, 2009

Soft-boiled eggs the Singapore way

If you thought that boiled eggs are boiled eggs, and couldn't possibly be exciting, you clearly haven't been to one of Singapore's kopitiams¹. Order eggs and you'll get a big plastic cup covered with a saucer. You'll also get soy sauce and pepper. Hep, before you say, "I didn't order this!" let me assure you that you did order that. That's soft-boiled eggs served the Singapore way.

Intimidated by the whole plastic cup, and pepper and soy sauce thing? Don't worry. I'll tell you everything you need to know, you'll look like a pro!


To eat soft-boiled eggs the Singapore way:

  1. Well, first you've got to wait. Two minutes if you want a really watery yolk. Four to five minutes if you want the yolk a bit firmer.
  2. Take the eggs out of the cup one at a time and crack them open.
  3. Pour the egg white and yolk into the saucer provided.
  4. Add a little dark soy sauce.
  5. Sprinkle a little love, errmm, pepper.
  6. Mix.
  7. Mix really well!
  8. Enjoy!

It's really easy! But if you still can't picture the whole process and you're still feeling a bit insecure about the whole thing, watch this lovely video by Aram Pan for a short demonstration:


Eggs And Toast - Singapore Style Breakfast from Aram Pan on Vimeo.



Footnotes


¹ I'm referring here to the local coffee and breakfast shops in general and not specifically to Kopitiam the brand.

4 comments:

phoenix February 10, 2009 at 8:27 PM  

yup tried that and its yummy!!!

fab February 10, 2009 at 9:39 PM  

phoenix! nice of you to leave a comment! finally, may nagcomment na rin!

sabi ko na nga magugustuhan mo soft-boiled eggs dito! did you try the soft-boiled eggs when you were here in Singapore? i don't remember bringing you guys to a kopitiam..

phoenix February 13, 2009 at 12:41 PM  

Nope. Not in singapore. There is a kopitiam in the airport. So when I travel I drop by there to eat soft boiled egg with toast.

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