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But the daily breakfast from the humble street-side stores a short walk away… The warmth of the Taiwanese people, the hot piping Taiwanese Egg Pancake Rolls 蛋餅, Baked Pastries with YouTiao 燒餅油條, and of course Soy Milk豆漿. (Also read: 10 Taiwanese Cafes In Singapore) Most people would recommend stores like Fu Hang Dou Jiang 阜杭豆漿 or World Soymilk King 世界豆漿大王 (better known as Yonghe), but I enjoyed many breakfast experiences in the mum-and-pop shops. After I discovered about True Breakfast 初早餐 in Singapore, I went back 4 times (decided not to write about it yet for various reasons). Every time I visited, there was just more and more Taiwanese (can hear from the accent) and office workers from the vicinity visiting, and you know there is just that ....
Last month, I picked up breakfast from Today Starts Here in Chinatown and spread out the haul on a table at home. Where to start? Daikon cakes flecked with shiitakes and fried shallots, or oblong shao bing filled with scrambled eggs, or dan bing, the rolled Taiwanese egg crepe filled with cabbage and corn? We’d get to them, but first my partner and I lunged for the purple sticky rice fan tuan. I’d cut the roll in half to reveal its center: crackling youtiao, revealing caverns of fried dough and a braised egg squeezed into one corner. Pork floss and specks of preserved greens hid in the crevices. ....