KAJANG, June 12 -- What does breakfast bliss mean to you?

For some it's simply getting out of bed after midday and grabbing whatever is in the fridge. (The option to sleep in, on the weekend or a public holiday, is enough paradise; what the palate desires does not matter.)

For others, it might mean a full English breakfast: eggs, bacon, sausages, baked beans, fried bread, grilled tomatoes, mushrooms and - if you're a purist, and you ought to be - black pudding; decadent or transcendent, take your pick.

Or it might mean smashed avocado on sourdough toast. Or steamed rice with grilled fish, pickles, an onsen egg, natto and a bowl of hot miso soup.

For me, there's nothing better than a kopitiam breakfast.

An ideal morning ritual begins,...