Frisson Coffee Bar @ Damansara Uptown, PJ

We were recommended this cafe, Frisson as the venue to celebrate my bestie's birthday dinner. Dinner is a better choice to head to Uptown, as parking space isn't as horrendous during the daytime. In fact, some of us have been here, especially for their dessert. 

For a Monday night, I would say I am pleasantly surprised by the flow of customers that patronize this cafe. In fact, it was full house. Upon trying their selection of food, I could then understand why. 

Frisson does serve good quality of food, with pretty varying selections, and I was most surprised with the offering of fish head curry. 

Full house on Monday night 

From the outside of Frisson 

As a start, I had the Salted Caramel Latte. I love the slightly foamy, yet creamy and soothing coffee. This was indeed an aromatic cup of coffee, despite I wish that the taste of Salted Caramel was a tad stronger. 

Salted Caramel Latte.

The food presentation was amazing, and us being there as the sun set, added point to the place. I loved moment as the sun sets, and the golden ray shined through the glass door right to our seating area. 

The salad was fresh, with lots of greens, corn, tomatoes and egg. Served with vinaigrette , this surely perks up our appetite. 

Classic Salad. Price-RM13.90

This I was told is one of their best seller. The grilled salmon with linguine. I liked the salmon that was so tasty, and grilled to perfection. The linguine was soaked with just the right amount of tomato sauce. It carried just the right balance of sourness, and love the smell of herb. 

Salmon with Fettucine. 

This version of Frisson's skinny pizza was yummy too. Very thin and cheesy. Love the melted cheese that topped this delicious piece of pizza. 

Skinny Pizza

This bagel with egg, filled with beef patty, and served with melted cheese was a winner dish too. Beef was very moist. 

We all nod with approval as we sipped in the creamy curry to our mouth. This pot of fish head went so well with white rice, and the flavour was very rich. Tasted better that some restaurant that served fish head curry, and yet, I still have to remind myself, yes, I'm actually having this dish in a cafe. 

Salmon Fish Head Curry. Price-RM34.90

Verdict  : 
A cafe that served food that tasted above expectation, and has great variety of food. Our stomach were all too full, but my friend raved about their dessert being super good, which refers to their waffle. 

Frisson Coffee Bar
71-G, Jalan SS21/1A, 
47400 Petaling Jaya 
Tel : 03-7732 9969 

Business Hours : 
11am-10.30pm (Mon, Wed-Fri), 9am-10.30pm (Sat,Sun) 

Closed : Tuesday 

FB link, here

Yellow Brick Road @ Jalan Batai, Kuala Lumpur

The newly revamped shoplot at Jalan Batai has sprung a new life to this area. The combination of the cafes, and the soon to be opened Ben's Independent Grocer, seemed to bring plenty of anticipation towards this 2 row of shoplots. 

If one have not been here, the queue that is a norm may have caught your attention. Decided to visit here during the odd hours, ie. the morning of a weekday. 

Outdoor seating @ Yellow Brick Road

A peek into the cafe

Part of its design is the yellow mosaic blended with its cement floor which drew a connection between its swirled up yellow brick road logo. Its wooden lighted panel that resembled a tree in the center seemed to stand out among the other seating available in the cafe. 

A look towards the front of the cafe

I ordered their Cappuccino. It has a highly strong aroma, and the right thickness through each sip of the cup of coffee gave me a good kick-start to my morning. 

Cappuccino. Price-RM11

The green tea was certainly a good choice for one that doesn't fancy coffee. It carried a distinct taste of green tea yet well balanced off with its level of sweetness.

Green Tea.

The presentation of the Big Breakfast was overwhelming, in a good way. It came in a big pan size, filled with many parts that made up the breakfast set. It was filled with toasted rye bread topped with 2 poached eggs (other options of eggs are available), chicken sausages, turkey ham (optional choice is the beef bacon), which were served with mixed beans, grilled mushroom, sweet potatoes, red bean, grilled tomatoes, and hash brown. 

As much as Big breakfast depend mainly on the taste of its ingredients, the overall delivery of this plate of dish was a tad dry, and lacked of seasoning to alleviate the taste of each. In addition, the mixed beans tasted rather odd. 

Only bonus was, for the price paid, this was a portion adequate to fit 2. Some may comment that this is expensive, but try buying each item and cook yourself at home, the cost would have easily doubled, or more. 

The Big Breakfast Bash. Price-RM30

How beautiful is the runny yolk 

I truly enjoyed my pancake. Based on the many diners that ordered their pancake, these goody must have been one of their specialty. 

My version was topped with lots of bonito flakes, the slight saltiness, and the fragrant of these flakes made my meal truly appetizing. I loved the 3 grilled prawns and salmon roes that were served with the pancake. Pancake was light and fluffy,and the blend of takoyaki sauce and japanese mayo really gave me a pleasurable meal.  

Lucky Takoyaki. Price-RM24

Yes. I shall return again very soon. And I suspect, I will be ordering pancake too. 

Food - 7/10; Price - 8/10, Service - 8/10, Ambiance - 9/10 
(Service would have been a 10, and it was only one particular long hair girl server that responded in a slight unwilling manner that gave me a slight unpleasant feeling. Apart from that, all other server seemed to have responded in a highly well mannered way). 

Yellow Brick Road 
7 Jalan Batai, 
Bukit Damansara, 
50490 Kuala Lumpur
Tel : 03-2035 5922

Business Hours : 
9am-5pm (Sun-Thu), 9am-10pm (Fri & Sat - during which kitchen closes from 4-6pm)

FB link, here

Wondermilk @ Damansara Uptown, PJ

For anyone that appreciates artsy cafe, one would definitely heard or been to Wondermilk. A cafe that I perceived as one that is very well designed, from a team of people with a definite good taste. In all honesty, if its not for the location that is one of the busiest I've seen, this would have been a much more frequented spot for me. 

Art and design is apparent even before you enter Wondermilk 

Once one enter, be greeted with vibrant and colorful appearance of the cafe. Almost every corner of this cafe looks extremely attractive. All spots seemed to be good for picture opportunity. 

Nice & neat counter 

Ready cookies & cupcakes for purchase

Waiting area, for drinks 

Simply irresistible looking, cupcakes ! 

Mock cakes for ordering and ready made rainbow cakes 

Wondermilk's key products are their range of cupcakes and cakes. However, food and drinks are sold at the cafe, and not forgetting cookies. 

We ordered food for our brunch, and I like their usage of condensed milk can, as the 'waiting number' with instructions of collection. Good choice of item used, to relate it back to the name of the place, by using some form of milk to relate back to 'Wondermilk'.

Our waiting number 

I ordered their signature drink, bottled milk with flavours. I opted for the Caramel flavor. Milk really can taste this good. Milky, and creamy whilst balance off well with the caramel. Recommended for milk lovers. 

Caramel Milk. Price-RM10 

My friend, Cass, ordered their Creme Brulatte as we like the description of how this drink is made. It is freshly brewed Italian coffee, and on top of the coffee is made similar as how creme brulee is made, where they torch sugar on it. 

This is my first to try this version of coffee, and it tasted excellent. The torch sugar truly added much flavor to the coffee. A recommended drink for one that loves to taste a combination of creme brulee and coffee. 

Creme Brulatte. Price-RM10

I like that they price all their 3 options of salad the same. My order was the Mighty Ranch Salad which comprises of mixed of greens, raisins, grilled chicken breast, turkey bacon, parmesan cheese, tomato and creamy ranch dressing. 

I liked how my salad was presented, and how they arranged the 2 sheets of paper. Sauce was provided in a small cup separately, to ensure freshness, and salad doesn't turn soggy. 
Overall, the salad taste was good, despite the fact that my friend felt that the greens wasn't fresh enough (no soggy greens was spotted, just that it lacked the crisp freshness of how some greens should have). The turkey bacon added much taste and yumminess to the salad, as it has a real fragrant bacon taste. They were generous with their portion of parmesan cheese, and this plate of salad was very value for money. 

Mighty Ranch Salad. Price-RM16.90 

The Howdy Folks breakfast set came with so much varieties. It consisted with 1 chicken sausage, toast, egg with your choice of style, turkey ham or beef bacon, potatoes, sauteed mushroom, cherry tomatoes and fruit salad. 

Somewhat, as much as the items should taste pretty standard, as they are supposed to be cooked lightly, for us to enjoy the original taste, we were not in too much favor of this plate of breakfast. The sunny side up egg that we requested turned out to be a fried egg which we joked that its too sunny that caused the yolk to cook fully. The sauteed mushroom tasted good, but it was soakin with oil.

Overall, this plate of breakfast may last one till dinner. Trust that it would tasted much better by the chef cutting the usage of oil. 

Howdy Folks. Price-RM19.90 

We ended our brunch with a carrot cupcake. It was extremely moist, and tasted good with cream cheese frosting. 

Carrot Cupcake. Price-RM4.50 

This is in fact a place that I would just like to 'park' myself, for any spare time that I have, or catch up with friends. As much as their menu offering is decent enough, their ambiance won me over, anytime. 

Wondermilk 
41 Jalan SS21/1A, 
Damansara Utama, 
47400 Petaling Jaya 
Tel : 03-7725 8930 

Business Hours : 9am-10pm 

FB link, here

Kee's Creampuff @ Subang Jaya

Having tried Kee's Creampuff since their opening, it will soon celebrate their 3rd anniversary come July '15. During this time, I have seen that they have received good media exposure, and their product extension plan seems to be going on well, where they introduced their savoury creampuffs during late September 2014. 

Makes you wanna go in to have a bite or two 

Using orange as its core color, one will see the vibrant color making up big signages outside, inside, wall color, and any items that represent their brand.

Inside seating 

Kee's Creampuff carries 3 range of puffs, from classic creampuffs, their original taste, premium creampuffs which sees option of flavors such as blueberry, chocolate banana, cookies and cream, and in total, it has 15 flavors, which includes their specialty flavor, the durian creampuffs.  

For those who isn't up to have creampuffs, they also offer cakes, tea and coffee. 

Yummy tasting creampuffs and cakes on display 

Kee's Creampuff has attractive set meals, which in fact is a good idea to opt for.

Options of set meals 

In the past I have tried their range of classic and premium creampuffs, and I was really curious on how their savoury creampuffs taste like.

Kee's Creampuff is baked made out of choux dough mixed with mozzarella, cheddar and parmesan. To add on more elements, they infused parsley and thyme in their puff. 

I took their savoury puff set, which came with choice of 2 puffs, garden salad and chips, and 1 cup of americano or tea. With RM1.50, we can upgrade to cappuccino, latte or hot chocolate. 

The puff carried a slight crisp on the top part of the puff. Within the puff, they gave real generous portion of the filling. 

We opted for the sour cream and chicken ham bits. This was extremely delicious, and was truly appetizing due to the sourness taste from the sour cream and the chicken bits gave a good texture to the taste bud. 

The curry chicken with walnut prove to be a good combination, as the curry tasted yummy, ain't too spicy, chicken was in good size, and overall the crunchiness of walnut makes this a much recommended choice. 

Savory Puff Set. Price-RM13.80 

Curry chicken with Walnut (L) and Sour Cream & Chicken Ham Bits (R)

Kee's uses arabica made of Columbia beans, supplied by Hot Shots at Publika. The bean is of single origin, thus one will be able to taste how this Columbia beans taste like.

This indeed was a good cup of coffee, creamy and strong coffee flavor. 

Latte which came as part of our set (normal price-RM8)

The other available set was the Creampuff Tea Set, that comes with 2 creampuffs and an americano or tea. The price of set differs by selection of the type of creampuffs, with price differs from RM9, RM10 or RM11 for choices of classic, premium or durian puffs, respectively.

We took the durian puff set which is priced at RM11 (ala carte price would have been RM5.60 for puffs + RM7 for tea = RM12.60).

Seriously, the durian creampuff was insanely yummy, filled with its pure, creamy durian pulp. Kee's Creampuff's recipe for their puff differs from those available in the market,with theirs carrying a much softer texture. The durian paste was light enough for me to not me want more, yet thick enough to satisfy my craving for durian.

Durian Puff (normal price - RM2.80 per pc) 

Doesn't this make you wanna gobble down the durian puff? 

The tea bag they used was of good quality, and gave blossoms smell of the calming flavor of the chamomile. 

Chamomile Tea, which is part of Creampuff Tea Set (normal price - RM7)

This is indeed the right food, for someone that is looking for light food, dessert or party food. 

Kee's Creampuff 

Subang Branch (HQ) 

30-G Jalan USJ 9/5Q, 

Subang Business Centre, 

47620 Subang Jaya 

Tel : 017-384 2813 

Business Hours : 10am - 9pm (Tue-Fri), 10am-8pm (Sat), 10am-7pm (Sun)

Closed on : Mondays 

Bangsar Branch 

12A (1st Floor), Jalan Telawi 5,
Bangsar Baru 

Tel : 013- 277 2748 

Business Hours : 11am - 9pm (Tue-Fri), 11am-8pm (Sat), 10.30am-7pm (Sun)

Closed on : Mondays 

FB link, here

Whisk @ Empire Shopping Gallery, Subang Jaya

Been many times to Empire Shopping, and many times wanted to have coffee at Whisk. However, it remained unsuccessful, until I was there during a weekday. Finally, some seats are available. 

Entrance to Whisk

Side seating, that best maximize their space 

Having heard much of their coffee, and macaroon, I can't wait to have my share of what they have to offer. 

Well, the more impressive part for me on how well their staff know about their products, and I love to see his passion to recommend me their macaroons, and cake, and sharing knowledge about their coffee served. 

The very passionate staff, Apit, despite he said he was a little shy for a photograph

Apit explained the different flavors of macaroons available, ranging from blackberry, passion fruit, chocolate, peanut butter and rose. He also explained that all the fillings are made of buttercream. 

Indeed very attractive display of macaroons

These were the 2 macaroons that I tried, being the Salted Caramel and Blackberry flavour. I find that they tasted average, which has slight crisp on the outside, and chewy on the inside, however lacking the wow factor. 

Salted Caramel  & Blackberry Macaroon. 

We were also recommended the carrot cake, and we agreed to give it a try. Its in fact a very light cake, fluffy and moist, filled with icing sugar frosting. It carried good taste of cinnamon, filled with sufficient walnut, but, wasn't too much of my liking as I find that there were insufficient use of carrot, as I'd appreciate a cake with richer and denser texture, should it be a carrot cake.
However, I would say that pricing wise, its fairly reasonable. 

Carrot Cake. Price-RM8.90 

A blissful afternoon with coffee, cake and macaroons 

Whisk uses coffee supplied by Oriole, a Singapore based company that supplies them Arabica roasted beans, and was informed that these beans are used within 1 month to ensure its freshness. Instead of just listing their coffee as the usual Latte, Cappuccino, or Flat White, they also highlight all them as Espresso with Milk in the different oz of liquid that makes up to this drink. In this way, customers will know exactly how much concentrated their coffee will be, based on amount of milk that will be added in, to the shot of espresso. 

I like the way they list their coffee

I was tempted to try coffee with Nutella, but as this was my first time to Whisk, the staff has asked me to take their non flavored coffee, so that I can enjoy the original flavor of the Arabica beans. I enjoyed taste of my Latte, which was so smooth, and creamy.

Latte. Price-RM11

Whisk 
Espresso Bar & Bake Shop 
LG 03A, Empire Shopping Gallery, 
Jalan SS16/1, 47500 Subang Jaya 

Tel : 03-5022 2060 

Business Hours : 10am-10pm daily 

Ministry Of Coffee @ Solaris Mont Kiara, KL

Having heard of Ministry of Coffee (MOC), I somewhat failed to check out the exact location of this cafe when I was at the neighbourhood. And one day, 'ta-dah', I spotted it. If one enters the SOHO car park, just look for the J exit, and MOC is facing the back road of the building. 

Here is the Ministry

I somewhat did not expect the size of the cafe to be this big. It occupied up to 2 floors, and overall, it offers an absolutely comfortable environment for those who appreciates spending good relaxing time in cafes. 

A view from the upper floor 

Having read the story on Doi Chaang coffee, I felt that its a story worth telling. It began when villagers of this hill tribe of the Doi chang Village (located in Northern Thailand region of the Golden Triangle) united to create their own coffee company. Talk about team work! The effort resulted in their own unique taste of single-estate, organic Arabica coffee. It is in fact now recognized as the top 1% of coffee. And having received many accolades for its quality of bean, one would not need any other assurance of the coffee quality. 

Story on Doi Chaang coffee 

I like the whole deco of Ministry of Coffee. Spacious, high ceiling, with a feature area, where they hang many colorful cups and sauces turned upside down, incorporating them to lighting. A creative way of using such simple items. 

Look up, or look down (if you're from the upper floor) and once will be cheered looking at such colorful lights

I was pleasantly surprised by the selection of food made available by this cafe, where they offered pasta, pizza, sandwich, salad, which comes in variety of choices, apart from their specialty coffee. 

In future, I will not pretend to be a person that is able to take strong coffee. I ordered the Piccolo Latte at first, where it is made up of double shot of espresso, and very little milk. I could take really bitter Chinese medicine, but I wouldn't want my coffee to taste this bitter. I then had to request for additional milk to add on. Then it turned out to be Latte like drink, which I was very much comfortable with. The distinct rich taste of the coffee aroma was apparent. 

Piccolo Latte. Price-RM9.80 (added more milk, on my own)

Spotted Open Fish Pie on their menu. In fact, I didn't really have much clue of what I was ordering. But when I was presented the food, oh i see... This is an open style pie, whereby instead of closing it up as a pie, its actually exposed. Cooked with creamy sauce, which taste absolutely delicious, it came with pan fried seabass, sauteed vegetable, and creamy mashed potato. 

Open Fish Pie. Price-RM21.80

Just look at how beautiful is this dish. They gave generous portion of the fish, and the seabass does tasted very fresh and delicious. Within this plate of dish, there were so much of vegetables, which made up of capsicum, zucchini, carrot, and spring onions. 

The mashed potatoes was not too smashed up, and I could taste chunks of potatoes, which gave a different texture to the tastebud, and the portion was seriously a lot, and I definitely couldn't finish my meal. 
As for the the cream, it was indeed very creamy and tasty, with the right level of saltiness. Thumbs up to this dish. 

Beneath the dish 

I was indeed very pleased with the selection, quality of food and coffee served here. Definitely calls for a second visit, soon. 

Ministry of Coffee 
J-G-09, Soho KL, 
Solaris Mont Kiara, 
50480 Mont Kiara, KL 

Tel : 03-6211 5531 

Business Hours : Fri & Sat 8.30am - 12mn; all other days 8.30am-11pm 

Facebook link, here