MICRO | bakery kitchen is a small batch bakery on Yong Siak Street in Tiong Bahru — the Tiong Bahru chapter of a Singapore bakery story that began in a tiny shop at Serene Centre, where the founders set out to bake and cook as if they were doing so in their own kitchen. Hence the name: Micro.
Rather than chase quantity, the team is committed to producing quality loaves that highlight the best characteristics of the flours and ingredients they use. Their sourdough breads are hand crafted and baked fresh daily, using sustainable whole grain flour and a naturally leavened process that makes the bread both flavourful and nutritious.
The philosophy is simple: food that is natural, honest and true to its taste, served with professionalism, pride and joy — be it bread, coffee or a simple toast. Every shop in the Micro family has its own individual sense of identity and style, and the Tiong Bahru branch brings that original spirit to its own corner of the neighbourhood. Order online for pickup, or ask the team about catering and corporate orders.
Walk down Yong Siak Street and you'll find Micro Bakery Kitchen quietly doing what it does best: baking bread in small batches, the way it would be done in someone's own kitchen. The Tiong Bahru shop is one of the newer chapters in the Micro story, and it carries the same spirit that has defined the team since the beginning — quality loaves, honest food, and service delivered with professionalism, pride and joy.
Micro began in a tiny space at Serene Centre, where the founders set out to bake and cook as if they were doing so in their own kitchen — hence the name. The idea was to create a sense of home and belonging for the team, and to serve customers what they love, in a simple manner. That founding intention still shapes everything the bakery does today.
As demand for fresh baked goods grew, the little shop was pushed to the limits of what it could handle, and Micro found more room in the iconic Red House, former home of the Katong confectionary & bakery — which the team saw as a perfect extension of Micro and its community bakery culture. Then Tiong Bahru came along. For Micro, this was about challenging the status quo: finding ways to improve their products while creating new opportunities.
Each shop in the family has its own individual sense of identity and style, but all of them stay true to the original spirit. Tiong Bahru's version of that spirit is what you'll experience at 78 Yong Siak Street.
Micro describes itself as a small batch bakery, and it shows. Rather than focus on quantity, the team is committed to producing quality loaves that highlight the best characteristics of the flours and ingredients they use. The sourdough breads are hand crafted and baked fresh daily, built on sustainable whole grain flour and a naturally leavened process that makes the bread both flavourful and nutritious.
That philosophy runs deeper than technique. The team serves food that is close to their hearts, keeping things natural, honest and true to its taste. They believe every shop should have a soul, and that people are a big part of what they do. It is not only about what is served, but how it is served — that, for Micro, is hospitality.
So what does that look like in practice? Bread, coffee and a simple toast — the everyday staples the team name-check when they talk about their craft — treated with the same care as anything else that leaves the kitchen. The hope is that when you come to Micro, you leave with a smile, a connection, or food for thought, and that what they do makes a bit of impact within their chosen community.
The atmosphere is deliberately unpretentious. Micro set out to serve people what they love in a simple manner, and the Tiong Bahru shop follows that lead: good bread, honest flavours and a team that treats hospitality as a craft in its own right.
If you have your heart set on a particular loaf, the website offers an order online option, so you can arrange your bakes ahead of a trip to Yong Siak Street. For larger occasions — office mornings, events, corporate gifting — Micro also takes catering & corporate orders through its site. General enquiries go to [email protected].
And if you fall for the bread, know that the family is bigger than one shop: Micro also runs the original Serene Centre bakery, Micro Red House in Katong, and TwoFold, a neighbourhood pizza spot from the same crew at Serene Centre serving slow-fermented, 24-hour dough by the slice or as a whole pie.
Where to from here? It's anyone's guess, the team admits. In the meantime, you'll find them baking — and asking how they can do better and more, but stay true to themselves.