Butter Town, founded by two sisters, is a popular Singaporean bakery that specialises in Japanese-inspired shio pan (salted butter bread) and other baked goods, including unique sourdough cakes and curry sets. Started as a home-based business, it now operates at a stall in Holland Drive Market & Food Centre, since 2022. It also setup another outlet in CT HUB 2 (Lavender).
Great News! Butter Town has opened its first flagship cafe in Chinatown, on 5 July 2026, named “Butter Town Breakfast Club”. See address and map below.
Butter Town offers several flavours of the Japanese shio pan and sourdough cakes. When the stall opens at 10am, all its range of shio pan can be purchased individually. When lunch-hour approaches, and long queue starts to form, the shio pan will be sold in pre-packed bags of 3 pieces per flavour — original flavour is available in 3 or 5 pieces per bag. There is an in-store purchase limit of 12 shio pan per person.
The OG (Original) Shio Pan has a golden-brown crust, with some coarse salt on top, and is soft and fluffy inside. The bun is savoury, with a buttery interior, and is nice to munch on its own or after stuffing it with a slice of baked ham and fresh salad.
The Garlic Cheese Shio Pan has a very tempting garlicky-cheesy aroma. The bun is filled with fresh, crunchy garlic bits and minced parsley in melted butter. The crust is light-crispy with some baked cheese on it. This bun is tasty in addition to the savoury and buttery note of shio pan — one piece is definitely not enough.
The Kopi-C Shio Pan has a coffee-infused cookie crust layered on top of the buttery shio pan. It is mildly bitter from coffee with slight sweetness and savoury flavour from the butter within — “kopi-C” probably refers to the bitter-sweetness of the crispy crust rather than real kopi-C being added.
Top: The Banana Walnut Sourdough Cake — sold either as 8-inch round cake / 16-piece square / small box of 2 pieces — is more than just a walnut cake. The cakes are baked individually and have a light hint of banana aroma on crumbly cakes that are filled with crunchy walnuts within, not just on top of the cake. It is of low sweetness and with nice crunchiness on every bite.
Bottom-left: The Lemon Sourdough Cake has a moist, crumbly sourdough cake topped with white cream and some dried flower petals. The cream has intense lemony flavour giving the cake a citrusy-sweetness and subtle fragrance from the dried petals.
Bottom-right: The Spooky Sourdough Brownies, sold in 2 pieces, are ghastly-designed for Halloween. The dark brownies are lightly-dense and soft with a chocolaty flavour that is not too intense nor too sweet. The sugar icings on top give some crispiness to the brownies without increasing the overall sweetness.
Butter Town’s shio pan and other items sell out quickly within couple of hours and it is better to get them before lunch time to avoid disappointment.
Shio Pan ATMs
Aside from the two stalls, Butter Town’s shio pan are also available via a number of HYPHA vending machines (or ATMs) in Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre, Hillion Mall (at basement exit to MRT) and Our Tampines Hub. Several flavours of freshly-baked shio pan are sold through the ATMs and they are stocked up daily at 12pm.
The ATMs are very convenient for residents staying near the areas. Aside from saving on transport cost, there is no need to join the queues at the stalls too.
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Main Outlet:
Holland Drive Market & Food Centre, #02-35
44 Holland Drive, Singapore 270044
Opening Hours:
10am to 2pm | Closed on Sunday & Monday
Chinatown Cafe:
Butter Town Breakfast Club
261 South Bridge Road, Singapore 058810
Opening Hours:
8:30am to 6pm (Fri & Sat till 8pm) | Daily
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