The Straits Cafe @ Centrepoint, Petaling Jaya

For as long as I remember, The Straits Cafe has been part of the tenant of Centrepoint. With it occupying a corner lot, it offers majority of its seating is within the central area of Centrepoint, with outdoor umbrella. 

Good crowd 

I salute the list of items offered by The Straits Cafe, which seemed endless, when I flipped through their pages of menu. They offer local Penang flavours, but I trust its not limited to that, made halal. And the more I should salute the kitchen staff that ensures they are able to cope with the amount of choices, yet delivering the food with good quality. 

First start was order of their Pandan coconut to quench my thirst. I love their coconut, a drink kept so cold, and just right level of sweetness. 

Pandan Coconut. Price-RM7

Craving for something sour, I ordered their Seafood Tom Yum Soup. It has the grainy texture that I liked, and the sourness balanced the spiciness of the tom yum soup. 
Within the soup was prawn, fish fillet, squid, and coupled with cabbage and carrot. Strong taste of lemongrass was also visible in the soup. Nice. 

Tom Yum Seafood Soup. Price-RM6.50

I loved the way their fried kuey teow was presented. Noodle was placed neatly on top of banana leaf accompanied by carrot and purple cabbage at the side. It was really tasty with slight burn on some parts of the noodle, making it even more flavorful. The noodle fried wasn't too oily, and has a strong fragrance that has to be resulted from the 'wok hei', despite no usage of pork lard. There were generous size of prawns fried alongside this plate of noodle, egg, and the bean sprouts and chives used was of the right portion and was added just at the right timing of cooking. 

Penang Char Kuey Teow. Price-RM9.90

My friend ordered their Garlic Pepper Beef Fried Rice, with request to lessen the garlic. Its nice that we can customized how we would like the beef to be. The beef was cooked well, resulting in good texture, and it was cooked with black pepper sauce, that comes with cuts of capsicum and carrot. All was just right to accompany the fried rice. Again, their presentation was nice, as this was served with cuts of fresh cucumbers and tomatoes. 

Garlic Pepper Beef Fried Rice. Price-RM10.90

Overall, a satisfactory lunch. For group that has different taste of food, this will be the right place to head to, as they are never short with choices, yet each one will get to order their individual choice of food. 

The Straits Cafe 
Lot G5, Centrepoint, 
Lebuh Bandar Utama, 
47800 Petaling Jaya

Tel : 03-7722 1153 

Business Hours : 10am-11pm