Add Apollo Coffe Bar to your café-hopping list the next time you’re visiting the hipster food enclave of Serangoon Gardens. It is opened by the same people behind Atlas Coffeehouse, Columbus Coffee Co, and Lunar Coffee Brewers, so you can expect good grub and brews. The space, like most cafés, is simple, modern, and clean. Grab a seat surrounding the central coffee bar, or head out to the well-lit backyard.
But it's in the food where things get different. Try the special tofu hummus ($12.50) served with honeyed fried beancurd skin, or share the honey butter-coasted tatter tots ($12.50). For mains, switch out your usual order of avocado toast with Apollo Coffee Bar’s umami-packed version, which comes with seaweed jam and topped with crispy kale ($18.50). Other unique items include the farro risotto ($22) with miso bacon and oyster mushroom, pork and pear tartine ($19.50), and the cereal prawn pasta ($20).