Oaks Coffee Co. has been a reliable haunt for caffeine and brunch fixes since 2013 when it first opened as Kinsmen Coffee. The café has been whisking up solid cups of matcha even before the craze got reignited in late 2024. Here, you can choose between the premium shirakashi (from $5.90) or top up $1 for the ceremonial grade akagashi (from $6.90). Fill up on the usual brunch fare – think big breakfasts ($27), eggs benny ($23), shakshouka ($22), and the like. Or go fusion – which is our recommendation. The tom yum seafood linguine ($21) is no new invention, but it’s got a satisfying house-made spicy tom yum sauce that keeps you going back for more.
Other hits on the fusion menu include the ginger sake clam linguine ($21), full of savoury-umami flavours from black garlic and kombu; as well as the tiger prawn laksa orzo ($22).