Plain Vanilla Telok Ayer is a bakery cafe on Telok Ayer Street in Singapore's Chinatown and CBD fringe. It holds a 4.2 Google rating from 787 reviews, and customers often mention the cupcakes, banana bread and avocado toast. The website says this was the group's first store with a deli-style menu, with hot mains cooked to order and a weekday deli offering that rotates every two weeks.
Bakery cafes usually do best in the morning, when the pastries are fresh, and by late afternoon the selection can be thinner. Deli-style menus suit a quick lunch, so a sandwich or salad is often the easiest choice on a busy workday. Seating in small cafes like this can be limited, so a takeaway order is a sensible plan at peak times. Bakery cafes also tend to vary between branches, so it is worth knowing which one you are visiting.
It is a handy spot for a coffee and a bake, or a weekday lunch, for anyone working or wandering around Telok Ayer.