10 quintessential hipster foods you need to eat in S'pore in order to achieve hipster nirvana

A wannabe merely partakes of the food during different meals. A real hipster will ask to be made one with everything.

Belmont Lay| April 26, 04:36 AM

Now that you have successfully identified what makes a cafe a hipster cafe in Singapore, here are 10 quintessential hipster foods you are expected to know by heart and consume regularly if you ever wanted to become a bona fide hipster.

 

1. Nutella tart

Everything With Fries - 40 Lorong Mambong, Singapore 277695

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Normal people: Buy a jar of Nutella for $4 at the supermarket.

Hipsters: Work part-time to earn money. Walk into eatery. Buy a slice of Nutella tart for $6. Savour small quantity of Nutella baked into pastry. Feel emo. Take photo. Filter. Emote on Instagram about cherishing what you have.

 

2. Truffle fries

SPRMKT - 2 McCallum Street, Singapore 069043

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Because normal fries is too mainstream. Hipsters somehow don't feel bothered that truffle oil from a bottle is synthetic and can be bought off the shelf at any good supermarket.

Thinks liquefied petroleum gas smell of truffle oil is "earthy scent".

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3. All-day breakfast

Bread Yard -  20 Dover Dr, Singapore 138682

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Mainstream people: Eat breakfast during breakfast time, eat lunch during lunch time and eat dinner during dinner time.

Hipsters: Eat breakfast the whole day.

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4. Waffles

Strangers Reunion - 37 Kampong Bahru Rd, Singapore 169356

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A food that has been served as a dessert for the longest time has been turned into a kind of bread by hipsters.

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5. Pancakes

Strictly Pancakes - 44A Prinsep Street, Singapore 188674

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Pancakes eaten with maple syrup is so Y2k. Now it is made more palatable with hipster ingredients like Nutella, salted caramel and garlic butter prawn.

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6. Eggs Benedict

Riders Cafe - 51 Fairways Dr, Singapore 286965

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Poached eggs cannot be too hard. Cannot be too soft. Must be just nice. Perfect balance. So quaint.

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7. Coffee art

Nylon Coffee Roasters - #01-40 4 Everton Park Singapore 080004

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Art that doesn't have permanence is real art. It is as fleeting as a hipster's chances of landing a real job.

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8. Craft beer

79 Brighton Crescent, Singapore 559218

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Drinking beer is not to get high or get drunk. It is to feel quaint.

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9. Rainbow cake

W39 Bistro & Bakery - 39 Jalan Mas Puteh, Singapore 128637

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Time taken to make rainbow cake: 5 hours

Time taken to eat it: 3 minutes

Yup, as impractical as a real hipster.

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10. Cupcakes and muffins

Fluffy Bakery - 12 Jalan Pisang, Singapore 199079

Normal people: Staple diet consists of carbohydrates, protein and fibre.

Hipsters: Staple diet consists of sugar, flour, cream and butter.

This explains why some hipster cafes only sell coffee, waffles and cake.

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