• kacang pool

    Euginia Tan Issue 4: TOAST, September 2025 on saturday morningsthe boy and his fatherwould go for breakfast his father would ordera bowl of kacang pool“too jelak, come, son” they would sharea boisterous meal ofclustered foul medammas banded cooked beanssimmered with ground beefheld hand in hand with spices, green chillis, gheecrowned with a fried egg,sunny side…

  • campbell’s mushroom chicken soup

    Felicia Zhuang Issue 4: TOAST, September 2025 contrary to popular belief, a house can indeed survive on nothing but takeaway. chicken rice and fish burgers and beef bowls and spaghetti. cleanup is easy, for the plastic piles well by the kitchen door and can be thrown down the chute without much further thought. our metal…

  • Don’t forget to buy bread

    Melizarani T.Selva Issue 4: TOAST, September 2025 Each time I return from Singapore, my father looks at my hands first. They are hardly ever empty but my hands only matter when they are carrying the one item he pines for, longs for, dreams about and swears that Malaysia does not have. California Raisin Gardenia Bread.…

  • Sock-coffee and Shoeshine

    Theophilus Kwek Issue 4: TOAST, September 2025 Set A breakfast: Kaya toast, two soft-boiled eggs, coffee  The lockdown had a way of making us dream of food. Hawker stalls and coffeeshops long faded into sepia-toned habit resurfaced in our minds with a vengeance, branded now as “essentials”. Invited to write this piece by a commercial…