Da Zhong Cafe

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I came to know about Da Zhong cafe after reading ieatishootipost review on it. A unique point of this coffee stall is that the uncle still uses the super traditional brass pots instead of the stainless steel ones to make kopi! Although stainless steel pots are more hardy than brass pots, the uncle still insist on using brass pots as it is a better conductor of heat and he feels that the kopi tasted better. After knowing all that, I had to try it!! I got a cup of Kopi C and true enough, it was g

For the full review and more photos, please visit http://makanarts.com/2014/01/17/da-zhong-cafe-block-105-hougang-ave-1-hainanese-village-centre/Ever thought how does the coffee shops and hawker centres produces coffee at affordable prices? It is via the old and traditional method of brewing coffee and filtering it through the “socks”, attached to the flasks. As most places has already switched to using steel flasks, Da Zhong Cafe continue to use brass flasks.The Kopi-O ($0.60) is excellent as i

There are two types of toasts available and we took both. The Steamed Bread with Kaya & Butter ($1.00) was delivered warm and fluffy, with a generous amount of kaya and butter spread. It tasted pretty nostalgic, with a very sinful yet pleasant buttery taste to the toast that it is rare to find these days.The(Toasted Bread with Kaya & Butter ($1.00) comes similar except that the bread was being toasted. It was not toasted excessively, and retained the fluff with the added crustiness on the top.No

I was here on a Sunday afternoon, so I decided to treat myself to some traditional coffee. There was a queue at Da Zhong Cafe as usual, with many people buying more than a cup for their families and I had to wait a couple of minutes for my turn. I took a look around the food centre and I saw almost every table in the surrounding area with their signature white kopi cups on most of the tables. I bought a cup of kopi C for myself and I was treated to a really aromatic cup of coffee, that was full

You never miss this stall, as you will notice long Q forming every minutes. You will tot that they are selling cook food but no....they are selling drink and coffee/tea.Everytime I there for my breakfast. I will head to this stall.For 70cents you will have a small cup and for 80cents you have a big cup just like the one you get in coffee shop.The quality of the coffee and fight with those you find in Toastbox,Ya Kun or Killney Kopitiam.You can smell the aroma of the coffee once the coffee is s

I am very impressed by the coffee served here. For 70 cents, you can get a medium cup of coffee (above) that offers quality comparable to that served at Ya kun, for almost half the price of a cup of Ya Kun! The coffee here really tastes very similar to that of Ya Kun and it also has a similar strong aroma and flavour intensity. Coffee lovers would would be happy to know that for just another mere 10 cents, (80 cents) you can get a large cup of coffee (glass cup served in coffee shops). Coffee is