Toh Soon Roti Bakar
Written on 7:59 PM by Penang Tua Pui
Tucked in a small alley that looked like escape path when you need to ‘chau lor”, is this small coffee shop that specialized in everyone’s favorite breakfast.. Roti bakar!
It is not exactly a coffee shop but rather a portion outside a shoplot that had been converted into coffee shop like structure.
Toh Soon Café is at the front end of Campbell Street which served nostalgic roti bakar and half-boiled eggs. It is easy to miss out this place despite you trying to search for it.
The café is on the left side small alley, the moment you turn into Campbell Street from Penang Road.
We keep saying nostalgic because that is how those roti bakar are prepared, under the charcoal fire. Yup, the roti bakar here has a more conventional, old style of toast, unlike the one at Sungai Tiram.
An oil drum was used with middle section cut to make holes that allow breads to be toasted directly under the charcoal while the top portion is used to boil the water. Occasionally, the charcoal ash may fall down but they will brush it off immediately.
The roti bakar here is thicker and toasted to perfection. You can choose from either having butter spread or the kaya spread. Yummy…. Tam Ciak loved them so much that he ordered three sets of kaya spread roti bakar.
The half boiled eggs came in transparent cups, just like how it used to be. (Told you, we really felt nostalgic coming to this place.) The eggs were more than just half boiled but with soy sauce and pepper, they tasted excellent!
This place is open from 8am till 6pm, daily. From what we know, this is also a favorite hangout for newspaper reporters. Even the current Penang CM, Mr Lim Guan Eng was seen patronizing this place too.
Wow, so famous till they can get a VIP guest. Perhaps next time if you want to know some insider stories or you want to get your autograph with the CM, you may get lucky here…hehehe
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