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  • Vienna: The Famous Cafe Central Which Was Once Visited By Vladimir Lenin, Adolf Hitler More!

    Vienna: The Famous Cafe Central Which Was Once Visited By Vladimir Lenin, Adolf Hitler More!

    Vienna: The Famous Cafe Central – I’ve read somewhere that Vienna is famous for the cafe culture. You can find coffee houses nearly everywhere in Vienna and though Starbucks has moved in a bit, there are not on every corner as they often are in other parts of the world. Many of the cafe in Vienna have substantial food menus and bakeries or specialised desserts to showcase their uniqueness. One of the most popular cafe in Vienna is Cafe Central, which is just two blocks from St. Michael’s Square at Hofburg Palace near the Inner Staadt.

    Opened in 1876, it has quite a history back then where it had been visited by intellectuals like Vladimir Lenin, Adolf Hitler and more! Because of this reason, we visited this cafe for an afternoon break in the city after a long tiring walk as well as to see if we could get some inspiration like how the famous did back then.

    After checking out the world most beautiful cafe and an interesting bookstore cafe in Budapest, the interior of Cafe Central did not really captured my attention. Chandeliers, arched ceilings and marble columns were failed to be on par with the one I’ve visited, yet Cafe Central still has its own personality. Somehow, service, coffee and the slice of Sacher Torte still were not up to the expectation. Is it that we had something too good back in Budapest, or is it that it was too crowded at there and the staff could not service every patron well, or is it just because we just got conned by the classical music seller by the street?

    Not saying that you should not visit this place, you should as it’s one of the famous one and perhaps you might experience a different sensation here.

    Poet, Peter Altenburg who was a regular and famous Viennese coffee house write. Still, I’ve no idea who he was.

    Sachertorte, a specific type of chocolate cake inved by Austrian Franz Sacher in 1832 for Prince Wenzel von Metternich. To be simple, it’s a chocolate sponge cake with apricot jam and dark chocolate icing. Taste surprisingly quite nice, but not as good as the chocolate cake with true Belgium chocolate filling that I’ve had at the Book Cafe in Budapest. Nevertheless, this is a good one, but this is not the original Sachertorte. You can try the original Sachertorte at Cafe Sacher in Hotel Sacher.  One funny thing is, December 5th in Austria is named the National Sachertorte Day.

  • Klang Valley: Signature Cake @ Thirty 8, Grand Hyatt Hotel

    Klang Valley: Signature Cake @ Thirty 8, Grand Hyatt Hotel

    Klang Valley: Signature Cake @ Thirty 8, Grand Hyatt Hotel – KL has so many nice food place to explore! I am starting to miss the time exploring those beautiful cafe & restaurant in KL already. Although they are rather pricey, yet, I try to spend it budget-ly and experience the ambience and food fully.
    So Thirty8 @ Grand Hyatt Hotel, located just right beside of Kuala Lumpur Convention, the name seems to be very ‘atas’ high-end and it’s not overly high-end as I expected. Haha. It get a bit confusing at first because I was not welcomed by the hotel lobby once I stepped into Grand Hyatt, instead I have to take the elevator to go to 38th floor, where the real Grand Hyatt Hotel’s lobby is, pretty interesting.
    At just a level down the lobby, 37th, it’s where Thirty8 is, the hotel’s lounge. Having a 360 degree view of Kuala Lumpur, the view from here is just magnificent, and you will just in love with it. Pick a good spot, facing the Petronas Twin Towers preferably and enjoy your moment there.
    It was an afternoon for my and Clarice. I think it would be even better at night, but afternoon gets to photograph easily with plenty of natural lighting, but then night view would be stunning too.
    So, our main purpose was just to try their Thirty8 Signature Cake @ RM25 which literally is chocolate cake, but it’s more like mousse cake which is very soft. The special part of it is the presence of dry ice that create the smoking vapor effect which ‘WOW’ people. Topped with caramel and side with a banana ice cream, this dessert is very sweet! Yes, I mentioned very sweet. So beware if you are not into super-sweet dessert.
    Next time, if there’s a chance again, I would like to try their ‘Straight From The Oven Chocolate Cake, Raspberry Sorbet, Vanilla Anglaise’, which is a highly recommended cake too!
    Thirty8 Restaurant & Lounge
    Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur,
    12 Jalan Pinang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur.
    Telephone: +603-2182-1234
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  • Klang Valley: Paddington Garden, Sunway Giza

    Klang Valley: Paddington Garden, Sunway Giza

    Klang Valley: Paddington Garden, Sunway Giza – Paddington Garden is pancake specialized cafe located at Sunway Giza and serving the same menu that they had in Taiwan (yes, it’s from Taiwan). I went to for an afternoon tea to try out their pancake few weeks back, I thought I almost had found a similar nice pancake like the one I had at Hoshino Coffee in Singapore, but then it’s the pancake at Paddington Garden is just the other way around.
    I am not a pancake-pro, but I like it to be sweet and something like what I had at Hoshino Cafe. I didn’t now what to order, and randomly ordered a Tiramisu Pancake. Turned out, it’s not what I wanted and it tasted somewhat, bitter with the espresso topping! HAHAHA. Well, I need sweet pancake, any recommendation?
    Paddington Garden of Pancake
    F-03 First Floor (Inside of Sunway Giza)
    Sunway Giza Mall,
    Kota Damansara.
    Telephone: +603-61431632

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  • Klang Valley: Awesome Tiramisu @ Alexis, Bangsar Shopping Centre

    Klang Valley: Awesome Tiramisu @ Alexis, Bangsar Shopping Centre

    Klang Valley: Awesome Tiramisu @ Alexis, Bangsar Shopping Centre – I am starting to miss this tiramisu from Alexis. The world is so big that there’s so many better food out there! Before this, I always thought of China House at Penang has the best tiramisu cake, but actually not, Alexis has even better one!
    I actually get to know about it by a friend that she claimed that Alexis has a better one. This sparked my curiousity and no doubt, it is. Talking about Alexis, they serve various western cuisine, as well as fusion food too, but my visit was just for the sake of tiramisu. They have a few outlets, one at The Gardens, Mid Valley, another one is outside of Bangsar Village Mall, one is at Bangsar Shopping Centre (the one I went) and another one at Ampang.
    It’s kind of ‘atas’ to me with a nicely decorated minimalist interior and if you come at certain nights, they have relaxing jazz music accompany your meal. Pretty cool! Too bad I am already back to Penang, don’t get much chance to visit again. Hmmm!
    RM15 per piece. What’s good about the cake that it’s the sweetness is just nice and the cake is overloaded with caramel peacan which resulted the sweetness and the crunchyness of it. Cake itself is not too soft but the thing lack of is the alcohol taste. Some might not like the sweetness of it, but not me and comparing with China House, I’ll take this. Yay.
    Dear Clarice with the cake!

    Alexis @ Bangsar Shopping Centre

    Lot 15A 1st Floor

    Bangsar Shopping Centre
    Bukit Bandaraya
    50450 Kuala Lumpur
    Telephone: +603-2287-1388
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  • Penang: Lighthouse Coffee, Bishop Street

    Penang: Lighthouse Coffee, Bishop Street

    Penang: Lighthouse Coffee – Drinking a cup of aromatic coffee in the core of UNESCO World Heritage City of George Town, Penang, together with a small slice of cake just bring the relaxing experience to a greater level. Coffee shops are popping up here and there in this little city of George Town. The recent one that I have visited was Lighthouse Coffee, located in Logan Heritage by Bishop Street, it’s just off the famous Beach Street which is filled with colonial-styles building.
    It is a very small cafe which serve coffee of course, a great variety of coffee and desserts cake. I am not a coffee addict, it’s just something to drink for relaxing and to freshen up the mind. So, I went to check around Foursquare and has got some recommendation which is the Mochaccino and tiramisu.
    Well then, Mochaccino and a small slice of Tiramisu was accompanying me and Clarice in the hot sunny afternoon. The Mochaccino was good, the aroma of coffee beans and a little bit taste of chocolate did indeed brings pleasant stream through my taste buds and down my throat.
    Tiramisu on the other hand blends well between the alcohol and the sweetness. Somehow, the texture was not spongy enough and I still prefer the one at China House. However, this is up to the level too for a good tiramisu. It’s just that it has a very small portion.
    So, if you are craving for a coffee and a good quiet place for your afternoon, do check out Lighthouse Coffee.

    Lighthouse Coffee
    Logan Heritage Building
    No 4 Bishop Street,
    10300 George Town, Penang.
    Telephone: +6012-436-0836


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  • Klang Valley: Nadeje Crepe Cake At PJ Three Two Square

    Klang Valley: Nadeje Crepe Cake At PJ Three Two Square

    Klang Valley: Nadeje Crepe Cake At PJ Three Two Square – That Saturday didn’t just stop like this at the Bak Kut Teh and also cycling in the morning, there’s still one late afternoon desserts chilling time and that’s to the newly open Nadeje Crepe Cake located at PJ’s Three Two Square.

    Those who have been to Malacca must have know about the famous Nadeje Cafe which sells crepe cake. I wasn’t that excited because it has become something that’s not Malacca’s specialties anymore as you can find it in Klang Valley! Nevertheless, I still brought a happy and tired to visit the place and spend a small afternoon with crepes.

    A little bit disappointing when I see the cafe is not as beautiful as the one in Malacca. There’s so less seats and we waited for like 15 minutes to get a seat. I believe the open up this cafe in PJ is to cater for take-away instead of create a nice atmosphere for people to enjoy like in Malacca. There’s only a few seats out on the corridor and inside. So, it’s not my next hangout place. Haha.

    I like Pearl Of The Orient. Do you notice that Earl Grey taste like your soap?
    Henry, Siyi, Weishi, Jason, Ling Jia, Quenna, me, Wei Kean and Mei Jia.

    Cake was not bad, crepe all taste the same to me. Haha, somehow I still like the Hokkaido Chocolate @ Twelve Cups, Penang. Yummeh! What do you think about Nadeje?

    Nadeje Mille Crepe
    B-01-01, Dataran 3 Two Square,
    Jalan 19/1, Section 19, Petaling Jaya.
    Telephone: +603-79600025
    Business Hours: 11am – 10pm
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  • Penang: Sip & Chew Cafe

    Penang: Sip & Chew Cafe

    Front facade, super simple.

    Penang: Sip & Chew Cafe – Sip & Chew Cafe is a very very new restaurant/cafe located on Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling, or English – Pitt Street. I went there on Christmas Day with Clarice. How I found out about this place is through Instagram where some random people I followed posted about it.

    Here’s me and Clarice.

    With much curiousity, I wandered around the street to find the place. It took me some times to find it and it’s actually located just next to the famous Kuan Yin Teng Temple. It was night time, and surprised to see the restaurant has only 4 tables inside and 2 outside. I assumed it’s a small scale cafe. Nevertheless, we went in and gave it a try despite the little customers.

    The staff was very friendly which worth a little mention. Sip & Chew serves western cuisine and their famous is the sandwiches, but we didn’t order cause I wanted something bigger portion to ease my hungriness.

    Potato salad as starter. Yums.
    Mushroom soup, which is pretty standard, taste like Pizza Hut’s. =D

    We ordered a set of Christmas Set dinner worth of RM24.90 and a Grilled Chicken With BBQ Sauce from the a la carte menu. From starter to main course were delightful, and there’s still room for improvement like the grilled fish with brown sauce was a little bit too salty. Other than that were pretty OK, and the very best part was the Flower Pot Desserts which Clarice and I like the most.

    Grilled Chicken with BBQ Sauce which I like.
    Grilled fish with brown sauce which is rather salty on my taste buds.
    HAPPY POTTED PLANT. Lo and behold, the mighty flower in a pot dessert! What is it? Flower it is, not edible, but the mud, the organics are edible!
    Cute! It’s Oreo grinned into powder that looks like sand and at the bottom, there’s ice cream, and a layer of cake. 

    The owner told us that the menu will be revised again, and I am looking forward for my next visit for the Flower Pot Desserts again, perhaps try some other food too, sandwich maybe?

    Heard that there’s a similar dessert at All Seasons Place, Farlim there, it’s cheese cake instead of ice cream, anyone know about it?

    72, Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling (Pitt St.),
    George Town, Penang.


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  • Penang: Coffee Chocolate Mille Crepe & Cafe Latte @ Twelve Cups

    Penang: Coffee Chocolate Mille Crepe & Cafe Latte @ Twelve Cups

    Penang: Coffee Chocolate Mille Crepe & Cafe Latte @ Twelve Cups – Penang’s road came into a massive war zone around Gurney Drive area, Air Itam and some other tourists area of Penang! So many other state’s vehicles have flocked into this little island on the weekend causing congestion here and there. After lunch, to prevent myself stuck in the congestion on the way home, I brought mom to Twelve Cups for a little after meal desserts and a cup of coffee to chill a while before getting ourselves into the traffic jam.
    Coffee Chocolate. Not my favourite afterall, found that Hokkaido Milk was better. =D
    A good cup of Caffe Latte.

    Lovely time with mille crepe and coffee at the cafe, but then it’s not lovely when being in the jam. Argh, seriously, something need to be done to help reduce the traffic congestion on this little island, but how?

    12, The Whiteaways Arcade,
    Beach Street,
    10300 George Town, Penang.
    Telephone: +604-2626812
  • Singapore: My First Time Eating TWG Macarons!

    Singapore: My First Time Eating TWG Macarons!

    Singapore: My First Time Eating TWG Macarons! – Guess what?! It’s my first time eating macarons, for all my 20 years on earth, with all the trends and people talking about macarons, finally I’ve got myself hands on the macarons. Haha. Funny, and don’t laugh me. I’ve always wanted to eat but I’m just lazy to go get it and I feel macarons are expensive all the time. LOL. In fact, some is cheap. =D

    Colourful and they are all tea flavoured.

    No idea what’s macaron is, it’s just colourful in my mind, and sweet. Well, to make it simple, it’s a French confectionery snack which is sweet, soft and colourful. Yeah.

    S$2/macaron.

    Was at Singapore last weekend and randomly walked into one of the many TWG Tea Store in Marina Bay Sands and bought a box of 6 to try out. Mom said it’s too sweet, well, I have sweet tooth, and I like it. Bang. What do you think?

  • Singapore: Nice Pancake At Hoshino Coffee, Plaza Singapura

    Singapore: Nice Pancake At Hoshino Coffee, Plaza Singapura

    Singapore: Nice Pancake At Hoshino Coffee, Plaza Singapura – What to do after a tiring walk in the mall? Of course it’s take a break, sit down for a high-tea with some nice beverage and light bites. Mom and I came across of this Hoshino Coffee at new wing of Plaza Singapura and we went to have our feet rest.

    The wait was not fancy because it took about 15 minutes for us to get a place. The queue was long and people in the didn’t really seems want to get out of their comfy seat. Anyway, skip the rambling on the queue thingy and let’s get into food.

    It’s a Japanese brand cafe serving pancake, some desserts and also pasta too! So wanted to try them all but my stomach was pretty full over the lunch. I ordered their recommended Scuffle Pancake With Chocolate Banana and Softee (another option instead of softee is cream) at S$13.

    And then we also ordered a cup of in-house special Hoshino Hot Coffee at S$5.

    The coffee, the fragrance very nice, the taste very smooth. Not a very coffee guy I am, but I still like it.
    Nicely presented pancake.

    Overall, it was a good resting place for us. The pancake was nice, pretty sweet and the warm pancake serve with softee ice cream and chcolate banana and a little bit of honey was just delicious for me. Yums. By the way, it’s my first time eating such pancake. Haha.

    Hoshino Cofee 星乃珈琲店68, Orchard Road,
    #03-84 Plaza Singapura
    (Atrium @ Orchard)
    Singapore 238839
    Telephone: +65 63383277
    Opening Hours: 11.30am – 9.00pm Daily


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