Typica Coffee, Shaw Parade, Pudu

Hidden in the dodgy part of town is this tiny and cosy specialty coffee place. It sits on the side of a run down old mall, Shaw Parade in Pudu. Decided to give this a try after hearing a bit from some mates. Surprisingly the place was rather packed on a Sunday afternoon. Matured, white collar looking folks in there, enjoying their coffee while reading a book or a group of them chatting with the owners about coffee. Amazing.

Looks like lab apparatus. Coffee making equipment.

The coffee here ain't cheap. If I remember correctly, the cheapest brew is for about RM25. You choose the type of beans, they'll serve the beans out in a plate for you to smell, play with and maybe eat them I guess. (My apologies..I have no idea) Then they take the beans back and grind them. The whole process of brewing this coffee actually takes a while. It's done in a bunch of flasks that looks like lab equipment. The owner of this place, I reckon, takes pride in brewing the coffee. She will stand guard, smell it, stir it until it's al dente, then pour the freshly brewed coffee into a "Typica" cup. No milk is given and no sugar to be seen. Did not want to ask for it as I already observed the people in this place. Everyone had theirs black. Not wanting to be outdone, had mine black too. It better taste good for RM25+ a pop.

It was actually pretty nice. The coffee aroma was not the same as the usual Nescafe I have every morning. It was actually pretty soothing. (They should make perfume smell this way) The taste? Slightly acidic, good after taste that was not bitter after all. It sort of confused my palette but as it streamed down my untrained throat, it left me wanting more. Pretty much orgasmic to me. LOL.

Well, for coffee lovers out there, you should give this place a try. Pretty expensive though but I reckon you will not be hanging around this side of town too much.

Will I return = YES only if I have the spare cash to burn on expensive coffee.

Points = 2.5

(0.5 was deducted as they did not have much to eat there. The cheese cake I ordered was just too normal to even bother to write about and it was way way to expensive for such a small slice.)

Cafe Latte, Caffe ritazza, KLIA Kuala Lumpur

Yes yes I know. I should not have order anything at the airport but I had over an hour to burn. What else could I do. Had to send some emails so I chose the nearest cafe.
This place is called Caffe Ritazza...yes Caffee with 2 F's and I reckon they tried to sound Italian but if you look close it sounds more Malay. (By the way, it's owned by a company called Saji Bumi Sdn Bhd. What do you expect?) Something to add..these fellas probably wanted to sound like Lavazza coffee but the owner's wife or girlfriend is called Rita..add the "zza" and you get Ritazza..corny isn't it?


Stood there and looked around. Attendant was too busy reading the gossip page of the local papers. I had to walk up to her and say "Can I order?" Anyway this damn cafe latte costs RM12.70 and boy!! They used one of those machines where you just press a button and you get the latte. Bloody hell!! For 12 freaking bucks, they at least have the decency to have a proper coffee machine and steam the damn milk too!! WTF!

Does this look anything like a cafe latte to you?

The coffee, well tasted like a cross between a bad flat white masquerading as a latte. It was not even hot. It was warm. Caffe Ritazza! Way to go....into the drain!! Won't even bother to try their food. Let's not torture our tummies.


STRIKE OUT 3 TIMES!!!
Updates - 12 Aug 2011. I googled the name and found that there are chains of this crappy place around the world. Talking about ripping people off.