Heard all about the new Aunty Fatso Coffee & Toast 肥嫂咖啡，吐司 that had recently opened at PLUS. For those whom are unfamiliar with the building, PLUS is an office building with a retail element where one will also find other F&B concepts such as that of an outlet of The Salad Corner, an outlet of Fishery Pot and Hantol Toast & Dosirak — just to name a few. Aunty Fatso Coffee & Toast has taken over a shop unit which previously housed an outlet of Fun Toast; Aunty Fatso Coffee & Toast had moved into the premises quite soon after Fun Toast had vacated the space. Aunty Fatso Coffee & Toast has quite an interesting shop layout; the ordering counter is through a small cut-out via a window that faces Collyer Quay — the queue to order being situated outside the establishment itself. The food preparation area extends to the interior, with the self-service utensil area being located at the end of the counter; there is a small area for dine-in seating that comprises of tables that would sit between two to four diners per group — the dine-in seating area catered to a maximum seating capacity of under 20 pax. Primarily an establishment that is set-up as a casual eatery serving up local breakfast and quick, comforting meals similar to the likes of Ya Kun Family Cafe, Toast Box and Fun Toast, Aunty Fatso Coffee & Toast serves up a variety of toast, sandwich and breakfast offerings, as well as that of porridge, Nasi Lemak and Crystal Bee Hoon amongst other items which are more substantially-sizes; suitable for lunch. Beverages available at Aunty Fatso Coffee & Toast includes local Nanyang-style Kopi and Teh, though one can also expect more modern offerings such as that of Fruits Tea, Honey, soda (under the “Fizzy Dizzy” category) and special concoctions unique to Aunty Fatso Coffee & Toast (under the “Aunty Fatso Special” category).

Dropping by Aunty Fatso Coffee & Toast on a weekday morning, we were looking to settle on one of the toast sets that Aunty Fatso Coffee & Toast has to offer; this is especially considering so that there seems to be much emphasis placed on the breakfast toast items at Aunty Fatso Coffee & Toast as its namesake suggests (or so, it seems). We went for the Kaya Butter Toast Set eventually; the set coming with the Kaya Butter Toast, two (2) soft-boiled eggs and the patron’s choice of beverage. For our order, we went for the Kopi — it is noted that we were served up with a Kopi O by mistake instead even though the staff had confirmed our order once more whilst we were waiting for the food to be prepared. Patrons would be issued with an electronic buzzer once their orders are placed and payment has been made; they would then page the patrons to collect their food from the self-service area once the food is ready. We liked how some attention to detail has been placed in how the items are being served at Aunty Fatso Coffee & Toast; the two (2) soft-boiled eggs already comes with the soft-boiled eggs cracked to the convenience of the patrons — the consistency of the eggs are fairly on-point, and went predictably well with a dash of dark sauce and a slight sprinkle of pepper over the top. The Kaya Butter Toast was something which we found ourselves sitting on the fence about — the toast came crisp as what we would have expected minimally; all that with quite a thick slab of butter. That being said, it came with a thinly-spread layer of kaya where those flavours of Pandan and coconut weren’t quite as detectable given how there wasn’t quite enough of it to carry a significant flavour. We were looking forward to having their Kopi to see if they do serve up a good one with a balance of coffee and milk, though we found out that they had served us Kopi O by mistake upon stirring the coffee — the Kopi O lacked a punchy bitter undertone that one would associate with coffee, whilst it was also a little too sweet for our preferences.

For an establishment that seems to be individually-run, Aunty Fatso Coffee & Toast does seem like they have taken quite a bold move to open up in a commercial retail space that is relatively centralised in the Central Business District. Putting that aside though, we did feel that Aunty Fatso Coffee & Toast’s offerings are a little lacklustre — whilst we had only given their Kaya Butter Toast Set a try during our visit there, the quality of their Kaya Butter Toast and Kopi O did not really seem to be set to impress; we would say that we are likely to go with the rendition served up by the various commercial brands which do have plenty of outlets within the Central Business District though credit is ought to be given where they do serve their soft-boiled eggs with the egg yolk cracked. That being said, they might perhaps do better when it comes to items which they are serving that are more substantially-sized meal that is well-suited for lunch; perhaps only something that we can tell if we were to make a subsequent visit to Aunty Fatso Coffee & Toast again some other time. Whilst Aunty Fatso Coffee & Toast is still a newly-opened business, their operations do seem quite messy for a spot where its patrons can be quite demanding about how efficiently the food is to be served; we did notice that there are some confusion amongst the counter staff and kitchen staff at times, whilst orders are sometimes missed or served up wrongly just like with the case of our order of the Kopi that was supposed to accompany the Kaya Butter Toast Set — we do wish that they are able to smooth out their operations as time goes along for them. Considering how our experience with the food was at Aunty Fatso Coffee & Toast, we probably would not be in a rush to revisit Aunty Fatso Coffee & Toast for their other offerings soon; that being said, a new F&B option in the Central Business District is always welcomed — a spot that would likely do well for those whom are not particularly picky about their food in general.