Saturday, July 2, 2022

傳統馬來糕粿 Kueh Malayu, 黑糯米糖水 Dessert Soup, and 拿鐵 Latte @ KUEH Café SS18

2 June.2022 Lunch
11G, Jalan SS 18/B, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor
GPS Location: 3°04'21.8"N 101°35'07.3"E   
黑糯米糖水 Bubur Pulut Hitam (Black glutinous rice dessert soup) rm$6 👍😋 6/10
拿鐵 Latte rm$8 😐 5/10 
犀牛糕餅 Cucur Badak rm$3 👍👍😋😋 7/10
嘟嘟糕/碟蒸糕 Pulut Piring rm$3 👍😋 6/10
犀牛糕餅 Cucur Badak rm$3 👍👍😋😋 7/10
薩摩薩三角餃 Samosa rm$3 😐😐 4/10
雙層糯米班蘭糕 Seri Muka Pandan rm$3 👍😋 6/10
蝦米糯米飯卷 Pulut Panggang rm$3 👍👍👍😋😋😋 8/10
Total bill: rm$30
Budget: rm$15 - rm$30++
Payment: Cash  
Cuisine: Malay Kueh, Malay noodles and rice dishes
Pork free: NO Pork, Chicken  
Alcohol free: No Alcohol in the Menu
Air-Conditioning in Restaurant: Yes
Internet Wifi speed: N/A  
Digital Nomad Work-friendly Café: No
Electrical outlets for Digital Device: No
Free Drinking Water: No
Menu prices: Net 
Order & Delivery: Self Service for KUEH, and Order at Counter 
On-line Delivery Service: https://linktr.ee/kuehcafe, GrabFoodSS15
Indoor Seating tables: 8 tables (4-4ppl/table) 
Outdoor Seating: No 
Drive Through: No
Take away : Yes
Dine-in: Yes (late breakfast from 10am, Lunch, Dinner)
Happy Hour: N/A
Parking: MPSJ  
Photos taken using: Samsung Note 8
Thoughts: This is the 2nd visit to SS18's "KUEH Café", the 1st time was 02.February 2022. As of today, there are 3 KUEH Cafe (2 in Shah Alam and 1 in Subang Jaya):
Seksyen 13 Shah Alam (9am-8pm)
Bukit Jelutong (10am-8pm)
SS18 Subang Jaya (10am-8pm)
"KUEH Cafe" is the brainchild of Mr Mohamad Ezwan Mohamad Zain with its first location in Seksyen 13 Shah Alam opened in in August 2015. The Café offers 40+ traditional Malay dessert cakes (Kuih Melayu). With lots of hipster Cafes mushrooming, Ezwan had an idea for a Modern Cafe that offers traditional Kueh Malayu. He used the word "KUEH" for his new venture, and "粿 KUEH" is a Hokkine word which is Malay is "KUIH". 
"KUEH Cafe" offers traditional Malay dessert cakes like 烤香蘭糕 Kuih Bakar (Baked Pandan Cake), 三角椰絲粿 Kuih Koci (Glutinous Rice Cake with Coconut Filling), 雙層糯米班蘭糕 Seri Muka (Sticky Rice Pandan Cake), 绿豆糯米粉糕 Tepung Gomak (Malaysian style Mochi), 香蘭椰絲卷 Kuih Ketayap (Crepes with Sweet Coconut Filling), 蒸木薯 Ubi Kayu Rebus (Boiled Cassava), and many more are popular for Malays, Chinese, and Indian community.
Other than a good variety of traditionally Malay dessert cakes, the SS15 "KUEH Café" offers Malaysian favorites like 椰漿飯 Nasi Lemak, 番茄飯 Nasi Tomato, 北馬叻沙 Laksa Utara, 馬來腸粉 Laksam, and a variety of Sides like 煎網餅 Roti Jala, 馬來薄烤餅 Lempeng etc. 
Perhaps with the first recipes of "Kuih or Kueh" were created by the Peranakan or Nyonya people, whom are pre-colonial Chinese settlers who have integrated with the local Malay people. Maybe that is why "粿 KUEH" or in Malay "KUIH", with the word being Chinese Origin (in this case in 福建話 Hokkien dialect); BUT overly the years, the Malay style "Kueh" have evolved into taste and looks that are distinctively Malay or maybe Indonesia style as well. The "Kuih" is unique with the usually 椰奶 creamy coconut milk blended with 米粉 rice flour, 澱粉 mung bean starch or 木薯粉 tapioca flour. Stuffed with 西米 sago, 椰絲 shredded coconut (sweet, savory or spicy) and flavored with 糖棕 sugar, 櫚糖 palm sugar, and 少許鹽 mild touches of salt, as well as 班蘭 Pandan for fragrance. 糯米 Glutinous rice, 山藥 yam, 紅薯 sweet potato and 藍蝶豆 blue butterfly pea are also common ingredients in this Malaysian dessert. Today, "KUIH" is a term that includes pastries, cookies, dumplings, and cakes of many kinds. But the traditional Nyonya Kuih is still a mainstay enjoyed by all Malaysians. Not just great for dessert, a popular tea-time snacks; and available in morning, night markets by street vendors and wven in skme Chinese Kopitiams. 
Food today: 7 / 10 👍👍😋😋
Price: 6 / 10 👍
Value for Money: 6 / 10 👍
Service: 6 / 10 👍 
Ambiance: 7 / 10 👍👍
Parking: 3 / 10 😐😐😐
LRT/MRT/BRT/MTR Transport:  8 / 10 👍👍👍  (250m+ from SS15 LRT station)
Telephone: +6012-640 0652 
Operation hours: 10:00am - 08:00pm

拿鐵 Latte rm$8
拿鐵 Latte rm$8 @ KUEH Cafe SS18
拿鐵 Latte rm$8 @ KUEH Cafe SS18
  
黑糯米糖水 Bubur Pulut Hitam (Black glutinous rice dessert soup) rm$6
黑糯米糖水 Bubur Pulut Hitam (Black glutinous rice dessert soup) rm$6 @ KUEH Cafe SS18
黑糯米糖水 Bubur Pulut Hitam (Black glutinous rice dessert soup) rm$6 @ KUEH Cafe SS18
黑糯米糖水 Bubur Pulut Hitam (Black glutinous rice dessert soup) rm$6 @ KUEH Cafe SS18
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嘟嘟糕/碟蒸糕 Pulut Piring rm$3 and 犀牛糕餅 Cucur Badak rm$3
嘟嘟糕/碟蒸糕 Pulut Piring rm$3 and 犀牛糕餅 Cucur Badak rm$3 @ KUEH Cafe SS18
嘟嘟糕/碟蒸糕 Pulut Piring rm$3 and 犀牛糕餅 Cucur Badak rm$3 & 黑糯米糖水 Bubur Pulut Hitam (Black glutinous rice dessert soup) rm$6 @ KUEH Cafe SS18
犀牛糕餅 Cucur Badak rm$3 @ KUEH Cafe SS18
犀牛糕餅 Cucur Badak rm$3 @ KUEH Cafe SS18
嘟嘟糕/碟蒸糕 Pulut Piring rm$3 @ KUEH Cafe SS18
嘟嘟糕/碟蒸糕 Pulut Piring rm$3 @ KUEH Cafe SS18
 
薩摩薩三角餃 Samosa rm$3
薩摩薩三角餃 Samosa rm$3 @ KUEH Cafe SS18
  
雙層糯米班蘭糕 Seri Muka Pandan rm$3
雙層糯米班蘭糕 Seri Muka Pandan rm$3 @ KUEH Cafe SS18
  
蝦米糯米飯卷 Pulut Panggang rm$3  
蝦米糯米飯卷 Pulut Panggang rm$3 @ KUEH Cafe SS18
  
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