Matcha Cafe Near Me in Tanjong Pagar: MOOF at Eon Shenton

MOOF sells exactly two things worth crossing Shenton Way for: matcha and hojicha. The bar opened in May 2026 at #01-15 Eon Shenton, 70 Shenton Way, Singapore 079118, about four minutes on foot from Tanjong Pagar MRT, and a classic matcha latte costs S$7 while the ceremonial-grade speciality latte is S$9. If you work in the CBD and keep typing matcha cafe near me before your 9am meeting, this is a takeaway counter that opens at 8.30am on weekdays and serves no coffee to distract the staff.

Eon Shenton is the newer tower at 70 Shenton Way, and MOOF sits at ground level in unit #01-15, so there is no lift ride or basement food court to navigate. HungryGoWhere times the walk at five minutes from Exit C of Tanjong Pagar MRT on the East-West line. From Exit C, head toward Shenton Way and the tower's covered walkway keeps you mostly out of the rain. Look for a compact counter with a few orange stools rather than a full cafe frontage.

Most CBD kiosks treat matcha as one flavour beside the flat white. MOOF builds its whole menu around tea from Mori Matcha, the homegrown brand founded in December 2023 whose team runs the bar with founder Chiara Ang. The ceremonial-grade powder goes into everything, and every drink can be ordered hot or cold. Oat milk costs nothing extra, according to HungryGoWhere, which matters when other cafes in the area add a dollar or more for the swap.

The two lattes are the clearest way to taste the difference in grade. The Classic Matcha Latte at S$7 is smooth and easy, the drink regulars order on the walk to the office. The Speciality Matcha Latte at S$9 uses the premium grade and tastes greener and more savoury. If you only try one, pay the extra two dollars once and decide whether you notice it. The wall menu photographed by HungryGoWhere also lists a speciality usucha, matcha whisked with water and no milk, at S$8.

Eatbook pointed out that hojicha is the order for people cutting back on caffeine, and MOOF treats it as an equal partner rather than an afterthought. The Classic Hojicha Latte is S$7, made with roasted green tea that tastes of toast and caramel rather than grass. For a 3pm drink after a long lunch at Lau Pa Sat, it is the gentler choice. The seasonal flavours come in both matcha and hojicha versions, so you can pick the tea first and the topping second.

Two seasonal drinks have run through 2026. Black Sesame Matcha or Hojicha, S$8.50, is made with oat milk and topped with a house-made black sesame crumble. The Strawberry Royal Milk Pudding version, S$9, layers milk pudding under the tea. Our honest advice: skip the pudding drink if dairy does not agree with you, because HungryGoWhere notes there is no non-dairy alternative for the pudding, and its reviewer found the vanilla a bit much. The Pickled Ume and Plum Ice Tea, S$7, sells out early.

The bakes come from Hone Bakes, run by Chew Yi En, Chiara Ang's former Eatbook colleague, with her mother. The one to add to a latte is the Okinawa Brown Sugar Madeleine at S$3, which staff will warm for you if you ask at the counter. Bake supply was limited during the soft launch, so the madeleines go first on busy weekday mornings. Treat them as an extra rather than a reason to visit; the drinks are the main event here.

Honeycombers' October 2026 listing gives weekday hours of 8.30am to 4.30pm and weekend hours of 10.30am to 4pm, and Google Maps showed the bar open on a Friday in mid-October. The weekday morning rush is office workers, so arriving after 10am means a shorter wait. If the queue stretches past the walkway, walk ten minutes to Lau Pa Sat at 18 Raffles Quay, which is open 24 hours, and come back for the afternoon hojicha instead.

There is no table service and no booking. You order at the counter, the menu cards are pinned to a metal board on the wall, and the seating is a handful of orange stools inside and out that HungryGoWhere called more functional than comfortable. It can get noisy indoors when the prep area is busy. The regulars are what Honeycombers called the corporate girlies from the surrounding towers, plus matcha purists who come for the usucha and caffeine-avoiders who never order anything but hojicha.

Chiara Ang worked at Eatbook from 2017 to 2023 and started Poof Cafe in August 2024, a home-based pop-up she ran with Chew Yi En. Teaming up with Mori Matcha turned that side project into a permanent shop, and the name joins Poof and Mori. MOOF soft-launched in early May 2026 and planned its official opening for mid-June, according to HungryGoWhere. It is the kind of story that explains the menu: small, specific, and run by people who drink a lot of matcha.

With a drink in hand, walk about eight minutes to the Singapore City Gallery at 45 Maxwell Road in the URA Centre, where free exhibitions and a large model of the city show how the CBD around you was planned; it opens Monday to Saturday from 9am to 5pm and closes on Sundays and public holidays. Continue toward Raffles Quay for Lau Pa Sat, the Victorian cast-iron market whose hawker stalls take over when MOOF closes in the late afternoon.

MOOF is at 70 Shenton Way, #01-15, Eon Shenton, Singapore 079118. There is no published phone number; the shop posts updates and opening notices on Instagram at @moof__bar. Ordering is at the counter, and every drink comes hot or iced. Eatbook notes that the bar is not halal-certified. Seating is limited to a few stools, so plan to take your drink away during the lunch hour. The menu prices quoted here come from Eatbook and HungryGoWhere reports from May and June 2026.

MOOF suits office workers in Tanjong Pagar who want a serious matcha before the first meeting, matcha drinkers curious about ceremonial grade without paying for a sit-down tea room, and anyone avoiding coffee who wants a hojicha that tastes of the roast. It suits less well a group wanting to sit for an hour or a weekend visitor expecting a full brunch menu. Order the S$9 speciality latte once, then settle into the S$7 classic for the rest of the week.