Coffee

coffee stain...publika, originally uploaded by andreaban2009.

Good coffee is hard to get in KL. And once you have it. you'll crave it. Here's my list of decent coffees you may get.

1. I'll start with Coffee Stain at Publika because that's the most recent haunt. Caffe Latte is nice. Been here 4 times.Once to have a takeaway ( which I felt wasn't so nice because once cold the coffee loses its charm) It was served in a canary hello mug the first time which was nice. But for some reason, it's now ( twice now) served in this black mug.

2. Coffee Societe also at Publika. Also good coffee. It's just a bit further to walk and there are usually not enough seating indoors and outdoors although nice you run the risk of being in the company of smokers.

3. SanFrancisco coffee. They make nice coffee. What I don't like is the venue. Small and the seats are too low so you'll have to sit ramrod straight. The outdoor seating faces Ben's which isn't too nice.

4. Artisan at Bangsar Village2. Again seating may be a problem. I sat at the long tall table on a stool. So you can imagine how uncomfortable that was. Coffee was nice. But I prefer Coffee Stain's latte.

5. The coffee place inside BIG is nice but the size of the coffee is small. And you get a big cold sitting there for coffee. And there really isn't much of a view unless you like watching people do their grocery shopping as you sip your coffee. ( hehe)

Good coffee

Cappuccino @ Black Canyon Coffee, originally uploaded by claytscafe.

We had lunch at Black Canyon and some very nice coffee as well. I could tell it was good because I suffered no post-prandial drowsiness and was buzzing away until the end of the working day...which was 7pm.

I love chicken basil. The Flying Chillies at the Gardens used to have a good version but my last visit there late last year was disappointing. The dish looked and tasted more than Black sauce chicken. So I won't be returning any time soon.

Black Canyon does quite a decent version. It arrived rather pale but tasted nice. Could have been a tad more spicy but I'm not complaining

* a separate post for the chicken basil later