Kueh 糕 Alor Setar — Restaurant in Kedah

This is one of those small, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it spots — tucked behind an optometrist, with a few tables. The vibe is low-key Taiwanese teahouse meets local kopitiam, with soft Chinese R&B playing and a steady crowd of regulars.

There’s talk of a fearsome lady boss, but I never saw her. The woman who served me was all smiles and hustle, but don’t expect anyone to speak English fluently. The place gets crowded, the kitchen’s barely the size of a cupboard, but the orders come out fast, hot, and rarely wrong. That’s not luck. That’s experience.

Food-wise, it's a solid breakfast joint with some standout hits. The pulut taitai has great texture — soft but not mushy — and the kaya is rich with that familiar pandan kick. The kaya butter toast is crisp, and generous with the spread. If you’re into kuih, they’ve got a decent variety, though the popular ones sell out fast, sometimes before 10 a.m.

The menu leans light but satisfying — think avocado toast, soft egg sandwiches, and bean noodles with a bit of meat sauce. The braised pork rice comes with Japanese rice and a solid soy egg — not overly rich, but comforting. The drinks can be hit or miss — avocado soy milk is a surprise hit, the Hainan tea’s just okay. Coffee is kaw without being too bitter. No need to ask for kurang manis — it already knows.

The prices skew high for a place that looks like your auntie’s living room. But the food earns it, most of the time. No, this place won’t change your life. But for a slow breakfast in the corner of a noisy street, it’ll remind you that food doesn’t need to be complicated to be great. Just don’t cross the lady boss. Apparently, she doesn’t...

This place is a great way to experience the kopitiam feel while having a modern twist on delicious classics such as soy pudding (tau foo far) and kaya butter toast. If you're a visitor, it's also a convenient experience because the staff speak fluent English, and there is an English menu too.

The toast alone is worth a trip; they make the bread in-house and it is light, crunchy and a perfect example of toast bread.

Then the pandan kaya is also made in house and of excellent quality. It has just right stickiness and texture that you want as well as tasting wonderful. They also accommodated my daughter who can't eat pandan by bringing just butter toast, so a big plus for service there.

If the bread is a dream, then soy pudding is a fantasy of smooth, delicate textures and amazing flavours. The pudding itself is flavoured, not just the syrup (actually the syrup they give you is plain) which makes it nicer experience to eat. I recommend the black sesame one particularly.

As I previously mentioned, both the service and atmosphere are excellent. I felt like I was sitting in a classic kopitiam, but it was meticulously clean and comfortable. The staff even remembered us and made they same accommodation for us without us having to ask again.

Overall it's 10 stars out of 5...

Decent shop with excellent breakfast. Variety choices of kueh like cai kueh, tai pai with generous amount of kaya, yam kueh etc. Their kaya butter toast was super crispy and we enjoyed it. Took egg sandwich and egg muffin too. Egg sandwich was super soft with juicy egg filling and nicely wrapped with sandwich paper which eases us to eat. As for egg muffin, this was the BEST , egg muffin comes with chicken patty and it was very yummy. We loved it.

One thing the shop is small with limited seats and you got to wait few minutes to get a table to seat. Maybe can consider for expansion as there is lots of customer.

Conclusion, best bfast spot and super...