Egg Mayo Toast @ The Toast in Taman Johor Jaya 土司坊 Updated 2019

Oftentimes, I want nothing more than a nice reliable cup of no frills, old school Nanyang coffee. The Toast cafe have never failed me, since I first visited them back in 2012.

My kopi O siew tim (known as siew tai in Singapore) had nice, smooth round body. I can smell the sweet aroma of coffee when the cup was brought to our table. It had a quite robust bitter taste which was well balanced with just a pinch of sugar. The taste was consistent, so when I need a good shot of caffeine from Nanyang kopi, I check in at The Toast.

Besides coffee and toast, typical of Malaysian style cafes, The Toast has the full range of Malaysian local delights like nasi lemak, mee siam, fried kueh teow, chee cheong fun, chwee kueh, roti canai etc.

If I am feeling peckish, I will get The Toast's mee siam with a fried egg and one fried chicken wing. (There are also choices of fried chicken nugget or otak otak with the mee siam.)

In JB, mee siam is served dry by default (in Singapore, the default version is with spicy soup). The Toast's mee siam has quite robust spicy savoury sweet flavours. The bee hoon is moist (I wish it is drier).

I like The Toast's fried chicken wing. The batter is thin, the outside is fried to a deep golden brown crisp while the inside is tender and juicy. The thin crispy batter has a savoury taste while the juicy meat has a natural fresh chicken sweetness.

The nasi lemak was an excuse to eat another fried chicken wing 😄 The rice had a nice coconut milk flavour and aroma, though it was slightly on the soft, wet, and lumpy side.

They were quite generous with the sambal chili which had a nice savoury/ salty, spicy, sweet taste.

The Toast is a JB homegrown brand with outlets in Mount Austin, Johor Jaya, Taman Ungku Tun Aminah, Permas Jaya etc. They are often packed but we can usually get a seat quickly as the outlets are large and turnover is fast.

Recommended for you 👍 Reliable place to get a nice good ol' Nanyang kopi. Wide, diverse range of multi ethnic Malaysian style dishes. Most are good to above average. My favourite is their mee siam with fried chicken wings. Prices are competitive.

Restaurant name: The Toast 土司坊

Address: 108 and 110, Jalan Dedap 13, Taman Johor Jaya, Johor Bahru

GPS: 1.542459, 103.801918
Tel: 07 351 6880
Hours: 8:00am to 9:00pm

Non Halal

Date visited: 4 Apr 2019

Egg Mayo Toast @ The Toast in Taman Johor Jaya

Modern kaya toast and coffee cafés are sprouting up like mushrooms in the morning, in every taman (residential precinct) in Johor.

Friends recommended that I visit The Toast and suggested that I try their signature egg mayo toast.

I visited their branch in Taman Johor Jaya and found it really popular with the morning tea crowd. (Their main outlet is in Taman Mount Austin.) The café was packed with people like an old time kopitiam in contemporary white themed décor and setting. The cheery, convivial chatter punctuated by the occasional laughter that make kopitiams such happy gathering places has not change – just brought up to date with air conditioning and modern décor 😄

Egg mayo toast RM2.80 and coffee black RM1.50

Like many contemporary cafés, The Toast too had an easy to use electronic waiter paging system. The system worked really well for efficient, no fuss service even during peak hours.

Their much touted egg mayo toast was good indeed. It was freshly made – rich with eggs and mayonnaise whipped into a thick, creamy, smooth and tasty spread laid over a slice of thick, lightly toasted white bread.