Age.3, the Ginza fried sando shop with two-hour queues, is now at ION Orchard

Bread, dried, then fried, then filled with cream. Japan queued two hours for it.

Age.3, the fried sando shop that had people queueing for up to two hours in Ginza, opened its first Singapore shop at ION Orchard on Friday 13 November 2026. It is on the mall's fourth basement level, at #B4-64/65, open daily from 10am to 10pm with no rest day, and it sells over the counter only. Expect the first few weekends to carry the longest wait while the novelty queue settles into a normal one.

The trick is the bread. Age.3 takes a coarse-textured shokupan, dries it, then fries it, so the outside goes crisp and the inside stays soft and chewy, and each one is fried when you order and filled by hand at the counter. The Singapore menu, under the names the shop uses here: Creme Brulee, a caramelised top over smooth cream and the best seller at every Age.3 in Japan and overseas; Whipped Cream, which is just fried bread and cream; Jam Strawberry; Chocolate Strawberry; Egg Salad; Beef Yakiniku + Egg, grilled beef in a sweet-savoury sauce with a soft-boiled egg; and Chicken Nanban, fried chicken with plenty of tartare. The operator says fillings can change with supply. It has not published Singapore prices on its website or in its opening announcement, so check its Instagram, @age.3_sg, or the counter screens.

Why it matters: this is a young brand moving fast. It grew out of FRUITS SAND THREE, a fruit sandwich business started in 2020 in Kama, a small city in Fukuoka; the fried sando arrived in 2023 and the first Age.3 opened in Ginza that December, where Japanese breakfast television picked it up. Shanghai, Sydney, Manila and Dubai followed, then Bangkok and Hanoi in October, and Singapore makes eight countries and regions in about three years. By June the company had sold 580,000 sandos. Its head chef, Kohei Matsushita, trained at the Hotel Okura, and the Japan team flew in to train the Singapore staff on frying and filling.

Our advice: order the Creme Brulee first, since it is the one the whole business is built on, and eat it there and then, while the bread is still warm; fried bread full of cream is not a souvenir. Go on a weekday afternoon rather than a Saturday. If you want lunch rather than dessert, the Chicken Nanban is the more filling choice. ION sits on top of Orchard MRT (NS22/TE14), so it is an easy detour on a day on Orchard Road. More openings are on our new restaurants page and where to eat this month.

Good to know Age.3 SINGAPORE ION ORCHARD, 2 Orchard Turn #B4-64/65, Singapore 238801. Grand opening Fri 13 Nov 2026, 10am SGT; hours 10am-10pm, no rest day (follows ION). Menu: Creme Brulee, Whipped Cream, Jam Strawberry, Chocolate Strawberry, Egg Salad, Beef Yakiniku + Egg, Chicken Nanban; contents may change with supply. Singapore prices not published on age3sando.com or in the PR Times release (checked 14 Nov 2026). Brand: FRUITS SAND THREE, Kama, Fukuoka, 2020; Age.3 GINZA Dec 2023, up to 2-hour queues; ZIP! (NTV), Lovit! (TBS); Shanghai, Sydney, Manila, Dubai, Bangkok and Hanoi (Oct 2026); Singapore is 8th country/region; 580,000 sold by June 2026. Head chef Kohei Matsushita (Hotel Okura). Operator ANCHOR Inc. Instagram @age.3_sg.

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