拿鐵 Latte @ Boom Town Cafe USJ11

February 12.2023 Coffee

@ Boom Town Cafe USJ11 (click here to Google Map)

5, Jalan USJ 11/1J, 47620 Subang Jaya, Selangor

GPS Location: 3°02'23.9"N 101°34'44.6"E 

拿鐵 Latte $8.90 👍👍😋😋 7/10

Total bill: rm$8.90
Budget: rm$10++
Payment: Cash  
Cuisine: Coffee

Pork free: NO Pork 

Alcohol free: NO Alcohol

Air-Conditioning in Restaurant: No

Internet Wifi speed: N/A  

Digital Nomad Work-friendly Cafe: No

Electrical outlets for Digital Device: No

Free Drinking Water: No

Menu prices: Net 

Order & Delivery: Order at the Coffee Bar 

On-line Delivery Service: https://food.grab.com/boomtown-kitchen/

Indoor Seating tables: 2 sofa area (3ppl/sofa, 3-4 tables (3ppl tables), Coffee bar chairs 2 

Outdoor Seating (entrance to shop): 3 tables (2-4ppl)

Outdoor Seating Boomtown: 25-30 tables  

Drive Through: No

Take away : Yes

Dine-in: Yes

Happy Hour: N/A

Parking: MPSJ  

Photos taken using: Samsung Note 8
Thoughts: The once designated "Lepak place" in USJ was affected by the Covid lockdown since the March 2020 and it was almost dead for some time; not until the new Operator took over and then saw a Revival of this "Evening only" HALAL Makan place. 

Late 2020's also saw a new food stall "Kapten Corner" which is operated by Mr Azmin (a retrenched pilot) offering Curry Noodle and Fruit Rojak for lunch until mid-night; The Malaysian pilot Azrin Mohamad Zawawi’s optimism made him an Internet sensation with his unique way of promoting his pandemic-forced food business by donning his uniform serving food to customers at USJ11's Boom Town. . AND of course Azmin has now gone by to his flying while his family continue the food stall business at Boom Town. 

The Open air seating area, like a Medan Selera and surrounded by multiple hawker stalls offering from Pancakes, Nasi Lemak, Western steaks, Naan and Tandoori, etc. Besides the hawker food and open air eating space, the "Boom Town" Shop lot houses a Café Bar operated by a Malay couple; the usual Coffee like Latte and Cappuccino uses standard 危地馬拉咖啡豆 Guatamala coffee beans, and Today's Coffee at $8.90 is a good cup of 拿鐵 Latte at a reasonable price.

Food today: 7 / 10 👍👍😋😋

Price: 7 / 10 👍👍
Value for Money: 7 6 / 10 👍👍
Service: 7 / 10 👍👍
Ambiance: 4 / 10 😐😐
Parking: 6 / 10 👍 (8am today)
LRT/MRT/BRT/MTR Transport:  4 / 10 😐😐 (1.5km from Wawasan LRT station) 

Website: not found
Facebook: not found

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boomtowncafe/
Telephone: 6011-2692 5979, +6011-23827717
Operation hours: 01:10pm - 01:00am

拿鐵 Latte $8.90

  

The Menu

The Café

  

@ Boom Town Cafe USJ11

 

印度炸酥球(帕尼普里) Panipuri @ Boom Town USJ11

15 October.2022 Supper

@ Boom Town USJ11 (click here to Google Map)

5, Jalan USJ 11/1J, 47620 Subang Jaya, Selangor

GPS Location: 3°02'23.0"N 101°34'45.1"E 
印度炸酥球 Panipuri rm$8 👍👍😋😋 7/10

Total bill: rm$8
Budget: rm$10 - rm$15++
Payment: Cash  
Cuisine: Indian, Malay, Western 

Pork free: No PORK  

Alcohol free: No ALCOHOL

Air-Conditioning in Restaurant: NO

Internet Wifi speed: N/A  

Digital Nomad Work-friendly Cafe: No

Electrical outlets for Digital Device: No

Free Drinking Water: No

Menu prices: Net 

Order & Delivery: Order from the stall 

On-line Delivery Service: Not sure

Indoor Seating tables: None

Outdoor Seating: 25+tables (3-4ppl/table) 

Drive Through: No

Take away : Yes

Dine-in: Yes

Happy Hour: N/A

Parking: MPSJ (Free after 6pm) 

Photos taken using: Samsung Note 8
Thoughts: "帕尼普里 Panipuri" (印度炸酥球) is a kind of street food dessert/snack in the subcontinent of India (also popular in Pakistan). "帕尼普里 Panipuri" consists of a 圓形的空心脆球 round hollow puri (a deep-fried crisp flatbread made as a crispy ball and hollow inside), filled with a mixture of 調味水 flavored water (known as imli pani), 羅望子酸辣醬 tamarind chutney, 辣椒粉 chili powder, 拌沙拉瑪薩拉 chaat masala, 土豆泥 potato mash, 洋蔥 onion, or 鷹嘴豆 chickpeas, or maybe depending on the chef. 

Not such a common Indian snack food in Malaysia, but this interesting dessert ball snack can be found be USJ11's Boom Town (on in the evenings). 

Food today: 7 / 10 👍👍😋😋

Price:6 / 10 👍
Value for Money: 6 / 10 👍
Service: 7 / 10 👍👍
Ambiance: 4 / 10 😐😐
Parking: 5 / 10 😐
LRT/MRT/BRT/MTR Transport:  3 / 10 😐😐😐 (>1km from Wawasan LRT station)

Website: not found 
Facebook: not found  

Telephone: +6011-2692 5979
Operation hours: 13:10pm - 00:00am

印度炸酥球 Panipuri rm$8

  

The Indian stall

 

@ Boom Town USJ11

 

北馬叻沙 Laksa Utara @ Kapten Corner at Boom Town Cafe USJ11

25 June.2022 Lunch

@ Kapten Corner at Boom Town Cafe USJ11 (click here to Google Map)

Boomtown No 5 Jalan USJ 11/1J, Subang Jaya 47610

GPS Location: 3°02'22.9"N 101°34'45.3"E
北馬叻沙 Laksa Utara rm$8 👍👍😋😋 7/10

Total bill: rm$8
Budget: rm$10++
Payment: Cash 
Cuisine: Malay

Pork free: Yes (no Pork), Beef, Chicken, Fish

Alcohol free: Yes

Air-Conditioning in Restaurant: No

Internet Wifi speed: N/A 

Digital Nomad Work-friendly Cafe: No

Electrical outlets for Digital Device: No

Free Drinking Water: No

Menu prices: Net  

Order & Delivery: Order@Stall

On-line Delivery Service: FoodPanda, 

wa.me/60176405489

Indoor Seating tables: None

Outdoor Seating: at least 40 tables (2-4ppl/table)

Drive Through: Possible

Take away : Yes

Dine-in: Yes (Lunch and Dinner)

Happy Hour: N/A

Parking: MPSJ  

Photos taken using: Samsung Note 8
Thoughts: The Malaysian or Singaporean word "Lepak" is in the Oxford Dictionary with the meaning as "(especially of a young person) spend one's time aimlessly loitering or loafing around". AND the best "Lepaking" place in all of USJ is probably USJ11's "Boom Town Cafe"! The outdoor "Makan and Hanging-out" place lights up in the evening from 7pm to 2am; and now is ever even more popular since the relaxed SOPs that took effect in Malaysia on 1 May 2022. Night time at Boom Town offers 煎餅 pancakes, otak-otak, 燒烤 BBQ, 多種飲品選擇 large choice of drinks including of course 奶茶 Teh Tarik, good choice of Boom Town 漢堡 Burgers, 沙爹 Satay, 椰漿飯 Nasi Lemak, 馬來炒飯 Nasi Goreng, 炸魚條 Lekor etc. all things 清真 Halal here. 

Boom Town Café is quiet in the morning except for:

馬來雜飯 a mixed rice stall (I think)

新鮮椰子水 a fresh coconut drink stall

and Kapten Corner

Kapten Corner starts a noon 12pm, customer can either dine-in under the trees or a quick take-away and there are no parking challenges here in the afternoon. The popular "Kapten Corner" was created by Captain Azrin, an actual Pilot who was retrenched in 2020 when the pandemic hit on every business and especially the aviation industry (the interview).

My first visit to "Kapten Corner" was 12 March.2021, it was a rm$7 怡保咖哩面 Ipoh Curry Mee. When the stall started somewhere in October or November 2020, the 44-year old Captain wore his full pilot uniform to serve his customers and instantly became a hit and the story went viral in social media. Of course, Captain Azrin is likely back to his flying in Malindo Air today BUT his "Kapten Corner" wasn't just a gimmick, otherwise it wouldn't be still around today. The family business offers a variety of street food including the 怡保咖哩麵 Ipoh Curry Mee, 北馬叻沙 Laksa Utara, 芒果飯 Mango Rice, 水果羅惹 Fruit Rojak, 糯米(雞肉/牛肉) Pulut Ayam/Daging, 甜粥 Bubur Manis, and 爆米花 Popcorn.

Instead of rm$7, today's lunch choice is "北馬叻沙 Laksa Utara". Comes in a ready to take-away container without the broth (packed separately), the bowl comes with the usual 叻沙粉 Laksa noodle, 生菜 lettuce, 黃瓜 cucumber, lots of 紅洋蔥 onions, 紅辣椒 red chili, and 半個煮雞蛋 half a boiled egg. The 亞參風味 asam-flavored thick broth is not spicy but sour, sweet, savory; with 沙丁魚肉 sardines meat and a variety of herbs like 叻沙葉(越南香菜) daun kesum (vietnamese coriander), 火炬花姜  bunga kantan (torch flower ginger), and 羅望子片 asam keping (tamarind slices); typical recipe for Laksa Utara. 

The original fish-based assam flavored rice noodle of "北馬叻沙 Laksa Utara" (also called 吉打叻沙 Laksa Kedah) recipe is a popular noodle dish from 北馬半島 North of Malaysia Peninsular, especially as a comfort food in 吉打 Kedah and 玻璃市 Perlis. 北馬叻沙 Laksa Utara is one of the different incarnations of of a variety of Laksa available in Malaysia!

Price: 7.5 / 10 👍👍
Value for Money: 7 / 10 👍👍
Service: 7 / 10 👍👍
Ambiance: 4 / 10 😐 
Parking: 9 / 10 👍👍👍👍
LRT/MRT/BRT/MTR Transport:  6 / 10 😐
Website: not found
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KaptenCornerBoomtownUSJ11/

Menu: https://www.facebook.com/KaptenCornerBoomtownUSJ11/menu/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaptencorner/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boomtowncafe/
Telephone: +6017-640 5489, +6019-354 9935 (Kapten Corner)

Telephone: +6011-2382 7717 (Boom Town Café)
Operation hours: 12:00pm - 08:00pm (Monday closed)

北馬叻沙 Laksa Utara rm$8

 

The Menu

 

The Café

@ Kapten Corner at Boom Town Cafe USJ11