Was scrolling around social media and got to learn about a new hawker stall that has opened up at Amoy Street Food Centre in the turn of the new year. Located at the second level of the hawker centre would be that Pan’s Kopi — these folks are finally becoming an actual hawker stall after having operated as a home-based business for a period of time; these folks are located in the row across other notable tenants such as the likes of the very first outlet of Mad Roaster that is also situated in the food centre. Pan’s Kopi takes the direction of being more akin to the old-school coffee stall that one can find within the hawker centre — the menu here revolves around the usual Nanyang-style Kopi & Teh offering as well as breakfast toasts featuring different spreads, though Pan’s Kopi also does serve up a range of Specialty Drinks as well which includes a line-up of Classic drinks and some listed under as part of an “Oreo Series”.
It was a shame that we didn’t get to try out their Taro Toast as the said item was already sold out by the time we reached Amoy Street Food Centre slightly before the weekday lunch peak period — we found ourselves settling for the standard Kaya Butter Toast instead during our visit to Pan’s Kopi. Thought that the Kaya Butter Toast at Pan’s Kopi is actually quite well-executed for a newly-opened stall and could rival that of more established beverages stalls in hawker centre settings; Pan’s Kopi does slice their white bread thin to achieve that lightly crisp texture that is desired after being toasted — toast also does come with a beautiful, slightly browned hue from the toasting process as well. Whilst many establishments tend to lather a generous spread of Kaya to compensate for the amount of butter that they serve up in the Kaya Butter Toast, Pan’s Kopi keep things manageable with a proportionate spread of both where the portion of Nonya Kaya is just about right — not too overwhelming, but gives the right amount of coconut-y sweetness and a slight fragrance of pandan to the slab of butter that comes in between.
