Back to Baci

 

Not too long ago, this was my most regular breakfast place. If you wanted to find me on any given weekday morning, this would have been your best bet. People would stop me if they saw me elsewhere and ask why i wasn't at Baci. The staff got to know us - we even had a morning where the barista ran down to get low fat milk just for us.

But mummies who brunch are such fickle things. I think we stopped visiting here because they had changed the menu and didn't offer anything simple for breakfast. Not to mention the opening of Rabbit Carrot Gun (still to be blogged). Then the discovery of Penny University. And places farther afield, probably now serious contenders for our breakfast dollars because i got a car and could zip around to where ever i felt like.

Anyways, in need of a good coffee + Rabbit Carrot being closed + Gastromania suddenly serving bad coffee + being too lazy to get out of the east, i have finally found myself back at Baci and though the service is mediocre, the coffee is good and i enjoy sitting outside, under the fans, with not many other people around, watching the world go by on Joo Chiat Road.

Baci uses Illy beans, which i love and use at home. So the coffee was good. And they have revamped their menu again, this time again offering the basic breakfast. Just eggs and toast with generous amounts of butter, jam and marmalade on the side. Didn't they use to serve a cookie with their coffee? That seems to have disappeared or i'm remembering a different place.

Eggs were perfect. Nice and softly scrambled, though i did have to get up and ask for salt, pepper, a glass of water. Also asked for my latte to be in a cappucino cup and got the latte glass which isn't as bad as the one at Dome so i drank it anyways.  (Yes, it makes a big difference, the vessel the coffee is in. To me at least. Hate those aweful glass things. Love a cup with a nice shape and saucer to go with it. I think i would base my judgement of a cafe by the types of crockery they use to serve up their coffees over the quality of the coffee being served!) 

I think i'll come back to Baci. Maybe not every day like i was. There are just far too many places vieing for attention now adays. But they also do really good sandwiches for lunch and their other offerings look good. i just haven't tried them.

About Baci:

Kid friendly – i suppose so. There's a great kids menu and if you keep the little ones outside on the veranda where not many people sit, they can be quite happy there and not too much of an embarrassment for you.

Opening hours – Mon to Fri: 9am-10pm; Sat and Sun: 8am-10pm

Location – I12 Katong. There's parking here, though impossible on weekend afternoons or during peak lunch hours.

Web – http://www.baci.com.sg/