im not a morning person but i’d totally get out of bed for breakfast.
okay so what if i dont belong in the privileged group of women who have their breakfasts served to them in bed? WAKE UP CALL (no pun intended): that crazy scene only happens in movies!
so anyway, yeah, i love breakfast. the mere thought of having a stacked plate smelling of sausagey, tomatoey, eggy, baconey greasy-grilled goodness really gets me going nutters. im the sort who, when on a vacation, regardless of whether i stumbled back into the hotel room just barely a coupla hours before from a night’s worth of hardcore partying, would drag myself outta slumber just so i can shuffle down to the buffet restaurant for my breakfast. lol! i’d stuff my face and then head back to sleep. sloth, much? haha!
when im back in singapore, bearing in mind once again that im not a morning person, im totally appreciative of places that serve ALL-DAY BREAKFAST. even if its not all-day, at least til 5pm!
i used to hate it when i wake up a little too late to order my Mcdonald’s breakie set online. like FIVE minutes also cannot! breakfast ends at 12noon yes.. so i’ll call up the restaurant at 12:05pm and BEG them to do up a hotcakes+sausage meal for me… and i’d always get a flat “NO” in return 
or showing up at a restaurant a little over the “official” breakfast hour only to be told “sorry, breakfast is over, kitchen’s doing up lunch now.”
SERRRIOUSLY.
ive been working odd hours for pretty much the most of my adult life. “odd” as in i start work later than the usual flock. okay so im not really one who has to get up at frickin 7am… big effing deal! hello! my radio show only starts at 8pm! plus there are people who work at night like me! the people who serve you booze, run your news network + tv/radio stations, bake your bread, empty your rubbish bins and clean the roads…. sorry for sounding like a bitch but not everyone works 9-to frickin-5.
rigid cafes/restaurants are seriously living in the past man! we’re evolving into a society thats becoming more 24-7 as each day passes: supermarkets (mustafa, cold storage @ HV, shop & save), convenience stores (7-11, Cheers), brothels in geylang… hehe. they’re all making money what! if those establishments can do it and thrive, why cant these Nazi-esque F&B joints follow suit?
whats so difficult about doing up a breakie for someone (i.e: ME) who arrives just FIVE/TEN MINUTES after the “official” breakfast hours? doode, you can bang up a Pasta Aglio Olio and Roast Chicken for your lunch menu but you cant do up a simple eggs, toast and bacon combo for me? all you need is stove and ingredients and they’re both right there in the kitchen what… tsk tsk.
plus the fact that breakfast is such an amaaazing/comforting meal! i dont understand why we cant have that option to have it at anytime we want right? anyhoos, over the years, ive done my research the hard way and found these gems that never fail to satiate that spur-of-the-moment craving for breakfast.
my top favs for all-day breakies: WILDHONEY and HATCHED.
my top favs for breakies served til late (about 4pm-5pm): CAFE HACIENDA and PRIVE (Bakery Cafe).
of course im not all haute and atas when it comes to breakies. i do love my local breakfast fare too! some awesome all-day local favs: steamed fluffy Chwee Kuey with extra Chai Po from Tiong Bahru Market AND/OR Kaya Toastwith soft-boiled eggs and Milo combo from Ya Kun Kaya Toast outlets island-wide.
i took my cousin out on a breakfast “date” this morning and got my wishlist of food items on my dream breakfast plate at PRIVE:
STREAKY BACON – slightly burnt and crispy on the edges and no, turkey bacon wont do.
TWO EGGS – glossy, wobbly sunny-side-ups.
TOMATOES – grilled, fried or oven-baked, doesn’t matter, as long as they're not raw or overly gooey.
BAKED BEANS – i love canned baked beans.. Heinz gets my vote, hands down. baked beans are just one of those things that should never be "home-made", it just doesnt have the tomatoey taste that i love that the canned variety offers.
SAUSAGES – hell yeah! i love fat juicy pork ones, bratwursts if possible. no offence intended towards anyone (religious or vegetarianous) but sausages that are not made of pork, are NOT sausages.
MUSHROOMS - button shrooms sauteed in butter, rosemary and black pepper.
THE PERFECT PLATE: served with toasted whole wheat bread slices, a generous handful of arugula salad and pure butter. ultimate comfort plate.
i asked my radio partner shan about his dream breakfast plate…:
“no breads involved. i want several hashbrowns forming a base or a floor of sorts on the plate. two bratwurst pork sausages. 2 poached eggs with hollandaise sauce. two tall mounds of sauteed mushrooms on the side. and some breaded onion rings.”
RYAN LEE
