The Fat Kid Bakery

A sourdough doughnut is exactly the right distance from a CBD desk for a mid-afternoon walk.

The Fat Kid Bakery is the mid-afternoon walk for anyone with a desk near Amoy Street: sourdough bombolini, stuffed full, sweet or savoury. Buy one of each and eat them that day, because they are at their best fresh and not the next morning. The other thing to plan around is the hours. It is a weekday-and-Saturday bakery that shuts in the afternoon and is closed on Sundays, so this is a CBD treat, not a weekend errand.

Why it’s worth the walk

It does one thing. The bombolini, which the bakery calls bombos, are made with sourdough rather than plain yeast, and the fillings swing well beyond jam. On the sweet side there is roasted hazelnut, a blueberry cheesecake version and an Earl Grey milk bombo; the savoury ones, which arrived after the move to the CBD, include spicy egg mayo, a torched mentaiko cream, sour cream and onion, and roasted garlic mascarpone. A savoury doughnut sounds like a stunt until you remember that this city already puts curry in pastry and calls it lunch.

The story explains the focus. Founder Ariel Tang, a self-taught baker, started in April 2020, during the partial lockdown, swapping yeast for sourdough in a home kitchen and selling online after friends told her she should. Orders climbed to around 100 a day, and that July she left her PR job to bake full time. The shop moved from Floral Vista in Ang Mo Kio to 39 Amoy Street on 18 April 2023, and by 2025 it had sold more than 200,000 bombos.

The bombos are the main event but not the whole counter: there are brownies, a milk loaf, eclairs and cookies for the colleague who claims not to like doughnuts.

How to do it well

Go earlier in the day if you want the full range, since popular flavours can sell out. Pick one sweet and one savoury – the torched mentaiko cream and the roasted hazelnut make a good pair – and eat the savoury one first, so it doesn’t feel like a second dessert.

A mixed box is a dependable way to win friends at a meeting; boxes can be ordered online. Don’t buy for tomorrow’s breakfast. A day-old bombo is still a doughnut, but not the reason you walked here.

It closes at 5pm Monday to Thursday, later on Friday and earlier on Saturday. Telok Ayer MRT is the nearest station, and Amoy Street is short enough that you will find it on the first pass.

Good to know 39 Amoy Street, near Telok Ayer MRT. Closed on Sundays; hours are in the facts box. Popular flavours can sell out, so go earlier in the day for the full range. Boxes can be ordered online; check prices on the official site.

The Fat Kid Bakery | 39 Amoy Street, Singapore 069865 | Nearest MRT: Telok Ayer