Caffeinated

Located in the Center Court of IOI Boulevard, there's a little cafe that is placed at a corner, right behind where Pacific Coffee used to be, on the same row as Doi Chaang Coffee, called CAFFEiNATED. 

As it is hidden at the corner with some pillars blocking, it might be quite hard to notice but if you look harder, you will see something like the picture above. A bright, small yet cosy looking cafe.

The space right beside the entrance is decorated with these cage. It's so pretty.

The size of the cafe is quite small but yet, it's comfortable. Like you don't feel very cramped and all. 

Here comes the food!

Flat White (RM9)

The coffee started off tasting slightly bitter but towards the end, it has a milky end taste that took away the usual unpleasant bitterness of coffee. I am not a fan of the bitter taste at the end and I felt that this is almost the perfect cuppa for me :)

Cheese Baked Pomodoro Chicken (RM18)

This dish is similar to those Hong Kong restaurant's Baked Cheese Rice/Noodle. Below the thick layer of burnt cheese, there are minced chicken with tomato puree as the sauce with tomatoes, chopped onion & garlic and white wine with of course mozzarella cheese and dried parsley finishing.

The downside of this dish are there are not much minced chicken to be found and towards the end, the bottom of the bowl can be seen to be quite oily. However, on the positive side, the tomato puree is on the sour side, which I personally like and the amount of cheese is very generous :)

Chicken in Blankets (RM13)

The cheesy chicken sausages is wrapped in turkey ham and chicken salami and deep fried together. The ham is overcooked, thus it turned out to be quite hard as it was deep fried together with the sausage and sausage require a longer time to cook comparing to the ham. The sausage part covered with the ham looks white and uncooked as well.

I think there is a room to improve for this because despite all these, it actually tasted okay. I mean, what can possibly go wrong with cheesy sausages and hams? :)

Similarly with Frisson Coffee & Bar, they are quite proactive on social media as well. Upon posting on Instagram, they replied mentioning that they are still in the midst of learning and improving, which I think it's a very good gesture. 

I would be back another time and try out more of their food as they have an extensive menu ranging from pastas to pizzas to big breakfast and a lot more. Check them out below!

CAFFEiNATED

Address: IOI Boulevard, Jalan Kenari 5, Bandar Puchong Jaya, 47170 Puchong

Contact: 03-80805882

Opening Hours: 

Monday to Friday, 11.00am – 12.00am

Saturday, 9.00am – 12.00am

Sunday, 9.00am - 4.00pm

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/caffeinated.puchong?fref=ts

Instagram: http://instagram.com/caffeinated.puchong/

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MISS Coffee & Toast

Further down from Walnut Cafe & Bar but along the same row, in the same building (PFCC), Bandar Puteri Puchong,  there's another cafe called MISS Coffee & Toast. After my first visit, I went back at least another two or three more times within two weeks and here's why.

Outdoor sitting area

This is my favourite spot, you will know it by spotting my bag :P

The very first reason is the comfort level of the cafe. I have a habit of camping in cafes because I like the environment and the smell of coffee makes me energetic. And of course, I can eat/drink whenever I want to, it's like the best office in the world!

MISS Toast & Coffee has a couple of spots that are super comfortable, especially the couch area but I would usually sit near the wall cos it looks like the table by the beach (I can dream that I am at the beach k? Haha)

Look at the choice of pastries and cakes! Omnomnom

Although the ambience of the cafe is one of the important point, the food play the most important role, if the food is not good, regardless how awesome the environment is, you would of course not go back for the second time, right? 

This is what I had on my very first visit. They have me a complimentary cracker with tuna, I guess it's because I wanted waffle but they ran out of waffle and I had to change my order. I am totally fine with that but I am very grateful for that small gesture :)

I ordered Classic Waffle (RM15) and I was surprised when the portion came. I mean, I know it looked sinful on the menu but I didn't know when it came, it looked even more sinful with the huge portion. The toast is super thick with 2 huge scoop of ice cream and cream with a bowl of honey. 

The bread is crunchy at the side and soft in the centre, it my perfect type of toast. Then, I poured the honey on top of both ice cream and bread and take all 3 mixture in a mouthful and I don't think I want to eat it anyway else, the mouthful of sin taste so good I forgot what diet is hahaha.

Caffe Mocha (RM11)

Their Mocha tasted okay. It doesn't taste bad but it doesn't taste memorable either but hey, nice coffee art haha.

Fruits Waffle (RM16)

During my next visit, I finally had a taste of their waffle. I ordered fruits waffle so that I can feel slightly less guilty after my tedious gym session the night before but when I got greeted by this beauty, I once again, threw the guilt away.

The waffle is made to perfection where it's done just right with the right amount of crunchiness and it's not burnt. The flour mixture for the waffle is done pretty well as the waffle by itself taste good already. I have no complaint on the waffle and would definitely go back to try more.

Mini Toast (Set of 3 slices (RM12))

Left: Mixed Tuna Mayonnaise Spread

Middle: Scrambled Egg, Beef Bacon, Parsley

Right: Baked Cheesy Chicken Ham on Toast with Mozzarella

I'm not sure if it's only me but I taste olive oil in all 3 variations of the mini toast, which, in my opinion, does not enhance the taste of the toast. The bread is really crunchy and good but the toppings are lacking. The middle and right side toast taste way too salty and the olive oil doesn't help. The toast on the right was okay but it was not great either. I think the toast's great but they need to improve on the toppings.

Chocolate Cheesecake (I think) (RM12)

The cake has a very balance taste between chocolate and cheese and neither taste overpower each other. However, the texture is slightly hard and it somehow looks like it has been in the freezer for a couple of days. If they bring it new supply though, I would order this again.

Clockwise from top: Creamy Mushroom Soup (RM10), Caffe Mocha (RM11), Mushroom & Chicken Ham Carbonara (RM17.80)

The mushroom soup tasted fine, not too bad but not memorable either. However, the texture is quite thick and slimy (not the gross type but not pleasant either). The mushrooms in the soup was not chopped and you were given a couple of the entire piece (being a mushroom idiot, I don't know the type but it's the smaller types of mushroom).

Mocha was quite disappointing this time, it was too diluted and watery, the sides of the cups are stained and based on the look, it has been done quite half heartedly (the one in the picture has been stirred and drank :P)

The spaghetti is cooked together with green capsicum, which is not my favourite and the spaghetti tasted literally like capsicum at first few bites. It gets better after that though, overall, it tasted good but once again, it's just average good, not unique.

I think it's understandable that their main dishes are average as they are a fairly new cafe and based on the menu, everyone should understand that MISS's forte is on the Honey Toast and Waffle and they mastered these two perfectly and you will want to come back for more.

Upon saying that, here's their information so you can find your way here :)

PS: I notice that the some of the items' price on their menu differs from the actual bill, so do ensure you get clarifications (I notice mine after I have gone home)

MISS Coffee & Toast

Address: Puchong Financial Corporate Centre, 47100, Puchong

Contact: 019-389 3909 / 03-8066 3747

Opening Hours: 

Monday - Thursday, 9am - 12am

Friday - Sunday, 9am - 1am

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Awesome Canteen

Awesome Canteen has been around for over a year and I finally made my virgin visit to the cafe all thanks to a friend who stayed nearby. I rarely visit Taman Paramount as I don't have a reason to go over there and it's not on the way to anywhere that I usually go so I never had a chance to visit till recently.

There is actually a wall of real plant. Look so beautiful from here, right? 

Closer view of the wall. If you are going with a group of friends, you can sit at the table right there!

I love this the most! Using an old window pane, they place all the snacks that we had when we were kids. NOSTALGIC KAO KAO!

So the many yum cakes displayed right beside the order counter. 

Latte (RM9)

This is the most unique coffee art I have had so far and I approve :)

Artsy fartsy shot with my friend's fashion drawing. Check her fashion blog out HERE (Verbyne De Sunlish). 

240 Paleo Beef Patty (RM26.90)

240 gram of beef patty drizzled with leek, basil rosemary infused balsamic sauce with sauteed broccoli and cauliflower. I like the combination of the sauce and the beef patty. The sauce that has a tinge of sweetness compliments so well with the beef that I just chewed and nod in approval until I finished but I was not full from this though. 

Paleo Egg Plant Niku Stack (RM27.90)

My friend ordered this and I had a bite. Honestly, I can't remember how it tasted like except that it was quite good. Will definitely try this the next time I am there :D

Sweet Potatoes Fries (Price Unknown)

I ordered this out of hunger after the beef and I forgot to write down the price, sorry! The sweet potatoes are good but the taste is nothing out of ordinary. The special thing (to me), is that they used purple sweet potatoes!

Pandan Gula Melaka (RM9.90)

Personally, I am not a fan of Gula Melaka but I love pandan so when the cashier said this is their specialty cake, I gave it a try and I am impressed by it. The cream is fluffy and the sweetness is just right. 

The gula melaka is placed in between the cream and the pandan cake and slightly on top of the cake. Surprisingly, the gula melaka is a great touch to the cake and overall, I like it!

A bonus picture of me trying to look to my right, in style. Haha. I like the colour of my hair in this picture.

Here's the needed information to get there:

Awesome Canteen

Address: 19, Jalan 20/13, Taman Paramount, 46300 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Contact: 03-78658048

Opening Hours: 

Monday, OFF

Tuesday - Thursday, 11am - 10pm

Friday & Saturday, 11am - 11pm

Sunday, 11am - 10pm

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Yellow Brick Road Cafe

I am currently on a quest where I hunt for cafes and to try out their coffees and meals. Also to find out the best and most comfortable hangout spots.

So recently, I've read a lot on Yellow Brick Cafe that is located in Jalan Batai (near to my work place), so when my friend, Mei Sin, invited me for lunch on a working day, of course I suggested Yellow Brick Road right away!

I can't believe how great this old shop lot looks like now!

The barista area

I like how they decorate the cafes with some plants and tree-like decorations and they used wood for the furnitures. Along with the yellow lights and some vintage items, it really bring the life out of the entire interior of the cafe. 

However, if there's one thing that I am not satisfied, it would be the sound proofing. The echo inside the cafe is too strong that you can't even answer a call without going 'Huh? Can you repeat?'. After a while also, the echoes would give you a slight migraine hahaha.

Oh wait, another thing is, there are too much flies around. They started harassing me and my food from the moment my food arrive. So rude lor..

Brunches of the day.

Flat White (RM11)

Yay nice coffee art! (haha! I know I very jakun) They made the flat white exactly how I like it to be. There are the slight bitter taste of espresso accompanied by the smooth texture of the milk. Plus the art, it's like 200% haha!

The Big Breakfast Bash (RM30)

Despite the very nice presentation, I don't think that this set is worth the price paid. My set (my selection of choice) comes with scrambled eggs, turkey ham, beef sausage. The sides are mixed beans, hash brown, TWO sweet potatoes, FOUR vine tomatoes, mushrooms and toasted rye bread.

The overall meal (except the sides), the scrambled eggs are good but nothing too awesome to shout about. The rest of the meal though, is too salty for my liking. It seems like the cook has accidentally sprinked too much salt while preparing the meal. The hash brown is basically tasteless except tasting slightly salty.

Eggs Norwegian (RM25)

Meal includes poached eggs on potato rosti, served with smoked salmon, avocado slices and passionfruit hollandaise sauce.

Although there are not much choices on the menu, I think the cafe do deserve a second chance. I've read a lot of positive comments so maybe it's just the quality that day? Nevertheless, I will be going back again. If not for the food, definitely for the coffee and maybe desserts. Hehehe

Yellow Brick Road

Address: 8-7, Jalan Batai, Batai Village, Damansara Heights.

Contact: 03-2035 5922

Opening Hours: Monday to Sunday, 9am - 6pm

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Frisson Coffee Bar

Opened only in December last year, Frisson Coffee Bar has made quite a name for themselves. Being located in Uptown Damansara and just a 10 minutes walk from my office, I had been wanting to try them out for a while but I didn't manage (I'm not always in the office as I have to meet my clients most of the time) to until 2 weeks ago when I made my first visit.

So now, aside from PULP by Papa Palheta, Frisson Coffee Bar is now on my favourite list as well. So I now have one hangout place in KL and one in PJ. So ohsome!

Warning: This post is going to be a long one as I have combined a couple of visits into one.

Thank you for turning on the lights for me to take this picture! You're awesome :)

I love how simple yet comfortable the cafe is. On the right side, the seats are made with only concrete but they provide cushions where you can arrange yourself to seat more comfortably.

Another fact that I like about Frisson besides the comfortable ambient is their customer service. The staffs are a bunch of really really friendly people. Despite the fact that I stayed there to work after my meal, they didn't give me any attitude at all except being really nice. 

One thing that I am really amazed about Frisson is that besides being really great offline (at work), they are also super awesome on social media. This is one of the greatest thing about a brand that I appreciate the most.

To be honest, I have never encountered a cafe/brand that would interact with their customers on such a personal basis and answering to their every single query online and also to acknowledge our satisfaction or comments.

One of their replies to my Instagram.

If that's not awesome enough, they even remember to inform me about their new launch, which I did went and try and will be included in the later part of this post.

The above picture was my second visit a few days ago, which the food I will talk about later. I wrote on the description my thought on the food and surprisingly, they replied with such open heart on the 'complain' that I had and would make my next visit more pleasurable. How to not go back to this cafe, you tell me? Where to find such good service?

Premium Picante Soft-Shell Crab with Creamy Tomato (RM29.90)

I enjoyed almost every bit of this dish. The sauce is creamy enough to cover the spaghetti and with almost every strand of spaghetti, you'll be able to taste the ever so unique sauce with rosemary. 

The soft-shell crab is deep fried with chilli padi, red peppers and accompanied with some paprika and chilli flakes. However, to someone like me who can't take spicy food, I don't find it spicy, which is a good thing to yours truly haha. The crab is deep fried to perfection and each bite is crunchy while still maintaining the fresh taste of the crab. 

The only thing that is negative would probably be the rosemary. The rosemary does bring out the taste of the entire dish so much more but it is a b*tch when it got stuck somewhere in your mouth and you have to take each and every small piece out by hand. (This has been rectified by the employee of Frisson which I am grateful)

Original Affogato (RM10) 

If you order their new range of premium meals like me, you'll also be entitled to the 30% discount upon your order on their new Affogato series. They gave quite a generous amount of ice cream with the espresso. I personally think that this is one of the best Affogato I've tried. 

Take one spoonful of the vanilla ice cream covered with chocolate flakes and with the already poured-in espresso, voila! The sweetness of the ice cream and chocolate together with the bitterness of espresso create this perfect chemistry that makes you wanting more.

Salted Caramel Latte (RM12)

I have always loved salted flavoured dessert like Salted Caramel ice cream and Salted Gula Melaka ice cream so I gave the latte a go and I noticed my love for salted caramel knows no boundaries. I didn't know salted caramel and coffee could go so well!

Flat White (RM10)

de'LISH Frisson's Oats Chicken (RM24.90)

The pasta is just average. The sauce is slightly too thick that it filled you up about half a plate in and personally, I don't enjoy the mixture of the sauce (I'm quite a picky eater -.-"). 

But..I love the oats chicken. It's so crunchy and the fragrance of the oat mixed with the chicken a really nice mixture.

Chocolate Affair (RM13.50)

I personally do not enjoy this as much as the original one. Chocolate ice cream, shaved chocolate, mixture of chuncky white and dark chocolate and crumbled cookies poured with chocolate is just too much chocolate in one serving for me. However, if you're a chocolate fanatic, you might want to order this and settle your cravings for chocolate all in one serving!

Here's their details if you decide to drop by to give their food a try!

Frisson Coffee Bar - Damansara Uptown

Address: 71-G, Jalan SS 21/1A, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Contact: 03-77329969

Opening Hours: 

Monday, 11.00am – 11.00pm

Tuesday, Closed

Wednesday to Friday, 11.00–11.00pm

Saturday and Sunday, 9am - 11pm

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