Folks of the valley are surely not foreign to this kopitiam with several outlet locations. Famous for their coffee and pastries namely the croissant and roti bakar along with other notable food stalls serving your usual local fares. In this visit, we ordered both the iced and hot coffee together with their croissant with kaya and butter as well as a serving of their soft boiled eggs. The coffee was nicely prepared with its rich texture and aroma. The sweetness cuts through the richness but I reckon you can go for a lesser option. The croissant was crispy and very light but the butter and kaya helped to give it some body. The soft boiled eggs were also a delightfully done as the yolks were so creamy. While it's almost impossible to find a bad version of soft boiled eggs in town, the one served here somehow felt like quality of eggs was given ample attention. To compliment our coffee and pastries, we also ordered the wan tan mee and pork noodles. The wan tan mee leaned towards the sweeter tasting end and the noodles texture was springy. A light but noticeable hint of lard oil helped to bind the ingredients together. The wan tan filling was generous with a nice texture to bite. Unfortunately the pork noodle turned out to be a disappointing order. The soup lacked the richness and comforting flavors of a good pork broth. The minced meat seem to be undercooked. I would certainly not recommend this stall here. Recalling my past visits, their signature fried prawn mee was flavorful and a filling dish itself. The ipoh hor fun was commendable but certainly wasn't the best I had. Likewise, the chicken rice wasn't too bad either. A decent dish to have when you're in this outlet. Overall, I love the coffee, croissant and eggs but their offerings from their stalls can vary from...
Read morethe cashier CX can be done better, for visit on 29.3.2025 around 10.30 AM, the chinese girl cashier, your tone and word of choices with customer could be refined better. both me and my friend had unpleasant experience when we were ordering: your tone is high and patronizing my friend ordered coffee with less sweet yet you argued that cannot have both less milk and less sugar. understandable if your system doesnt allow that but you were arguing, when you could convey the message better. me; the envriment was loud and you were speaking with the next cashier while you wre talking to me, which i heard 'RM 6.50' and after i made the payment; only realised it's 'RM 6.15' and I took courtesy to said 'sorry, I've paid RM 6.50' , but what shocking me was, you didnt apologize, in fact you raised your tone in a very patronising way saying 'I said already'. excuse me, the environment was loud and you were talking with the next cashier too, how you'd expect us customers to understand you or read your mind? and not even apologise even after I was the one said the apology. and I had to raise my voice and bluntly said to you, 'I didn't hear you' which indeed, I did not hear you properly.
small matter but this 10 second incident just marked th whole impression on your shop services, if only, your staffs are well trained to demonstrate 10 second kindness and empathy , as such, 1. be alert on your environment , 2. there's nothing wrong by saying sorry first, especially after customers were the one said sorry, 3. dont try to argue like 'I said already' when you could use your common sense that anyone couldnt hear properly due to loud enviroment, that's on top you didnt fully focus on us and was speaking with...
Read moreIt’s been a while since I last visited Thing Kee Cafe, and this time we ordered a few dishes to try. The TK Signature 1+1 iced (a mix of coffee and tea) was good – smooth with a nice toasted, buttery note of local kopi. The char kueh teow was disappointing. It lacked garlic and pork lard, which are key to the flavor, and had almost no wok hei. I requested for cockles to be served separately (not cooked together with the noodles) but they couldn’t do it. I also asked for it to be spicy, yet no chili was added at all. Overall, very below average. The prawn noodles, on the other hand, were much better. The broth was flavorful, rich with prawn taste, and came with plenty of intestines and meats – definitely the highlight of the meal. We also ordered the Hainan toast with kaya and butter, which was very good – generous amounts of kaya and butter made it rich and satisfying. Definitely recommended. The biggest letdown was the iced lemon tea. Even though I asked for less sugar, it still came very sweet, and they used lemon syrup instead of fresh lemon, which made the drink taste artificial. One thing I appreciate is that they have a proper queue system, which keeps things organized. However, the staff mistakenly called out the wrong number – our ticket was No. 7, but we were told to go to table No. 6 instead, which was confusing. Overall: Mixed experience – the prawn noodles and kaya butter toast are worth trying, but the char kueh teow and iced lemon tea really need...
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