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Authentic $2 White Coffee Brewed By Ipoh Native At Bishan Kiosk; Tamago Sando Sold Too

The Daily Cup serves both traditional and mod takes on Ipoh white coffee. There’s also good kaya toast from $2 or fancier $4.50 Japanese-inspired egg sarnies.
Authentic $2 White Coffee Brewed By Ipoh Native At Bishan Kiosk; Tamago Sando Sold Too

Ipoh, the capital city of Perak in Malaysia, is a foodie destination with a number of popular dishes like curry mee, hor fun and white coffee. The famous brew gets its characteristic fragrance and hue from coffee beans slow-roasted with margarine so that it’s a lighter beige but not ‘white’ per se (as opposed to the darker blend of typical Malaysian coffee roasted with margarine and also sugar). It made such an impact on hawker Janson Chew (left in pic) on his recent visit to the city that the 35-year-old “immediately decided that it was something [he] wanted to explore”.

“In the very first Ipoh coffeeshop we went to, when my wife and I took our first sips, we looked at each other and I knew we were thinking the same thing,” says the At-Sunrice GlobalChef Academy culinary school grad.

After several more trips to nail down a supplier and months of planning, The Daily Cup was born. The takeaway-only kiosk has been selling both traditional and modern takes on Ipoh white coffee, alongside a simple menu of toast and buns, since January 7 at Bishan North Shopping Mall (which, despite its name, is an open-air complex and not air-conditioned).

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