Good coffee paired with great dishes

The Lokal

136 Neil Road Z 6423 9918

www.thelokalsingapore.com

Hours: 8am-6pm (Mon-Fri), 9am-4pm (Sat-Sun).

Dinners will start end-July

HOW many times have you been to an excellent cafe only to be let down by poorly reheated eggs, or had a meal in a nice restaurant ruined by an insipid post-meal coffee? For The Lokal's co-founder Benjamin Lee, the answer is too many. His mission at his six-day-old joint, thus, is to marry good coffee with dishes that hold their own too.

"You already see that happening in cities such as Melbourne and London, where great cafes with great ambience are serving up equally great food," observes the Sydney native. His popular sandwich joint Sarnies in Telok Ayer roasts its own mostly single-origin coffee beans, which are also…