Breakfast secrets
My move to Melbourne has not helped my sometimes frivolous fixation with bread. Well okay, my blog is an obvious testament as to how much passion I have for food but mmm bread, I just go crazy for bread. I could be heading to one of my dream locations in the world: the Louvre or the Blue Mosque in Turkey, but if by some half-baked chance (baha a pun!), I see a bakery just short of entering the Louvre – sorry Titian, Caravaggio and Da Vinci, you guys gotta wait 15 more minutes before I get my art appreciation skillz on.
It gives me the kicks to pick a loaf of bread from the local bakery I’ve never tried before. I guess I’m still not used to the exceptional range of breads we get here. It’s a nice change from the mass manufactured sliced white bread I get back home. Singapore definitely needs more artisan bakeries that don’t extort money for a simple loaf of rustic sourdough. It’s just one of life’s essentials, you know? Pick a beautiful loaf of bread and already, the thought of waking up early for breakfast becomes quite appealing.
Cut two slices off your pane di casa, melt some tasty cheese sprinkled with italian herbs (cheap and quickest way to making your own herbed cheese!), bulk it up with some baby spinach + rocket leaves and top it off with slices of smoked salmon. I was introduced to sliced beetroot here and while I would normally shirk at the idea of stuffing a vegetable I’m unfamiliar with in a sandwich, dayumm it tastes fine. My Singaporean readers, you should try it some time ;p I always find it hard to limit myself to one slice of smoked salmon per sandwich but when money is tight, you gotta do what you gotta do girl.
Still, I must confess: even when I’m down to my last few dollars, I will fork out everything I’ve got for a small bottle of Japanese matcha powder. Once you’ve figured out the right ratio of matcha, sugar and milk – you can say goodbye to Starbucks forever. A cup of warm green tea latte and a sandwich made with my bread du jour. This is my ideal breakfast, what’s yours? 
a full, well cooked american breakfast (at countrypatch) or eggs florentine (from fleur de lys), both served with coffee
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AND OMG I’M FIRST AH?! WHOOO
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June 21st, 2011 at 2:15 pm
Yes you are bb <333333333
Dude when I eventually head to Brunei someday, you have to take me to both places for breakfast, I'm dying for some eggs florentine rn.
p.s never knew you drank black coffee in the mornings! x
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Wow, I’m a bread-lover too! It’s my staple (while everyone else rice and noodles and all things Asian).
And my mother introduced to me a similar breakfast recipe as a healthy alternative to my addiction for greasy American breakfasts (Eggs; sunny-side up, a side of bacon/ham/sausages, scrambled eggs and buttered toast. Or a stack of pancakes)
I usually put my smoked salmon (or trout) in foccacia bread, some cheese, tomatoes and fresh basil. Sometimes I add honey mustard (though it’s considered to be an acquired taste).
Gosh you always make me feel famished, and it’s only midnight here on the Red Dot! >.<
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June 23rd, 2011 at 9:00 pm
Yum I love Western breakfasts, they are the best! I love smoked salmon and poached eggs on my toasts
I LOVE HONEY MUSTARD! Simply the best condiment ever.
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This is my kind of breakfast! I love breakfast, it’s like my favourite meal of the day!
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June 23rd, 2011 at 9:00 pm
Mine too, except I love dinners as well because that’s when I get to meet most of my friends ;p
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I love matchas!!
I have it in powdered form too 
My ideal breakfast is Italian Grilled Chicken Panini.. Made with grilled chicken, pesto, fresh tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, provolone, and mayo… Served with iced mocha cafe and sometimes with caramel latte and I specifically ask to pour a rosetta..Little bit of art eh? Hehehe It would be a dream come true if all baristas know how to do that! Haha
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June 23rd, 2011 at 9:02 pm
Mmm I love paninis here, especially the ones with lots of mushrooms and cheese – nothing like some grilled cheese on bread don’t you think? 8D My best friend and I love caramel lattes as well! It’s good for every meal.
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Oh god Ilyana, that sounds AMAZING! It makes me want to wake up early to have breakfast haha. I don’t. Usually I have a bagel, poppyseed, with cream cheese while I’m sitting at the shuttle stop waiting for the shuttle, from the coffee stand across the way. Some mornings I’ll take an 8oz tub of honey flavored greek yogurt.
My ideal breakfast though… would really be a lot like the one you’ve just described here. Perfect matcha latte, a great loaf of bread (I’m quite partial to sourdough but I *love* kalamata olive loaves) with some spinach, pancetta, brie and some warm butter, and maybe some persian cucumbers and tomatoes too. I’m also quite fond of the perfect latte with an almond croissant. One of these mornings I’ll wake up early and have a nice breakfast, and I’ll take a pic hehe. I really want to start buying bread again. I usually don’t because I can’t eat it fast enough before it goes bad… but maybe I’ll just try to buy smaller loaves or something.
Also, please share your recipe for matcha latte with me!!! I bought one, recently, with toasted brown rice in it at my favorite tea shop, and while it is absolutely divine, it’s really ridiculously expensive for what it is (matcha powder, powdered milk and toasted rice). So I’ve decided I’m going to try to make it myself next time around. =)
Hope you’re well!
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June 23rd, 2011 at 9:05 pm
Dude. I FRICKING LOVE HONEY GREEK YOGHURT! I don’t like greek yoghurt on its own but add in some strawberry compote, any fruit etc and wow, what an amazing treat in the morning. I haven’t seen any kalamata olive loaves here but mmm yes, I am very happy with my sourdough :3 Oh please do take a photo, I’d love to see what everyone has for breakfast!
Also, I don’t really have a recipe for my matcha latte omg. I just eyeball the amount of sugar I want (usually depends on my mood) and dissolve it in some hot water, then add in my 2% milk.
Miss you love x
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I LOVEEEEE bread too!!! Actually cedele/choupinette has really delicious and relatively affordable bread and swiss sth also at cold storage.
breakfast is my favourite topic. and theres a few favourite combis.
Pain au chocolat (chocolate croissant), baguette with jam and LOTS of butter, orange juice and HOT CHOCOLATE, one boiled egg. and cheese. like http://daisydianainparadise.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/img_1489-1.jpg?w=604&h=453 !
orrr, the mee siam that i can get behind my house. YUMMMYYYYYY.
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June 23rd, 2011 at 9:09 pm
Ah I love bread from Cedele! I just wish these breads were available in all our kedai-kedai runcit you know LOL It’ll be nice to grab a loaf of sourdough from our neighbourhood shop instead of going all the way to these specialty bakeries.
AH YOU ARE KILLING ME WITH THAT PHOTO! Where’s the best place to get a pain au chocolat in Singapore? We should totally have brunch some time!!
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Your ideal breakfast looks pretty heavenly. I bought some matcha powder a couple months ago and I’ve made it ONCE only once, too lazy. I love cinnamon toast and chai latte.
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June 23rd, 2011 at 9:11 pm
LOL I know what you mean, but hey try finding some instant matcha latte mix sachets? I think they sell some here and they should probably have them in Sydney fingers crossed! Cinnamon toast sounds awesome and what more if you add a tiny bit of honey
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Oh my god BREAD. The restaurant I work at bakes dozens of fresh loaves of the best bread I’ve had since France for lunch and dinner every day, and when nobody’s looking I just sit behind the bar and eat my weight in it
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June 23rd, 2011 at 9:13 pm
OMG EMMA, are you by chance THE AMAZING EMMA ROBERTS from my Hollywood tutorial?? ;p Dude, where are you working at? Simone tells me the place you work at is extremely posh lol (assuming you ARE Emma Roberts lol)
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June 23rd, 2011 at 9:49 pm
Tell me more about this Emma Roberts in your Hollywood tutorial! She sounds like an amazing person who could possibly get a job as a charismatic television personality or modelling for David Jones catalogues. She is certainly not me what are you talking about.
I work at Va Tutto restaurant in Ivanhoe! It’s pretty posh but it’s not like three-beans-artfully-arranged-on-a-plate-for-$70-posh. That said, some guy complained that his main meal was too small today. It was pretty smallish but his opinion lost some ground with me because the way he actually phrased it was “This meal is too small for A MAN to eat” and I thought of replying “I’m sorry you feel that way sir, would it make you feel better if I went into the kitchen and made you a sandwich?” but then I decided this would be a bad idea.
Unlike in an extremely posh restaurant, I have to bite my tongue when these thoughts occur to me
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rocket + brie + choice of meat (personally i love ham. any kind) = SO GOOD
DD
i wish imported goods weren’t so ex here haha
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June 23rd, 2011 at 9:17 pm
Brie is one of my fave cheeses in the world! I like it on its own with bread and your combination sounds awesome.
IKR! It’s crazy how expensive sourdough is in Singapore but well, I guess there is a price to pay for everything. Hope you’re doing well! x
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Hahaha your posts never fail to crack me up (in a good way of course!) Plus I am so very jealous of your beautiful beautiful photos
Also, fellow bread lover fan here!! And Louvre museum (or simply PARIS) is in my travel wishlist too!
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July 7th, 2011 at 7:41 pm
Thanks Humairah, I love your blog too – you have great style
YAY FOR BREAD and Paris!
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I love bread too hehe xD Maybe not to that extent, but fresh baked bread is one of the best foods ever. My ideal breakfast is some Fage yogurt with cold (I have no idea why it tastes better this way) honey and a cup of hot black coffee. Except I have now been banned from coffee as well as green tea because my mom observed that they are staining my teeth GAHHH I don’t care. But now my beverage ‘of choice’ is a cold glass of fat free milk *sigh*
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July 7th, 2011 at 7:42 pm
Oooh what’s Fage yogurt? Is that a brand of yogurt? It sounds exotic and most importantly, delicious! Oh what green tea is staining as well?? Oh my gosh, I have been drinking a ton!
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July 8th, 2011 at 4:54 am
Yup, it’s a brand of greek yogurt. I love it because it has more of a creamy/smooth flavor than other greek yogurts I’ve tried in the past, pairs really well with honey!
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