Checking out a trio of suburban spots that work well enough for light brunches, teatime treats & cups of coffee, beginning with Butter Up, a pretty nice-looking cafe in Seri Kembangan.

1. Butter Up

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Cakes, Bread and Pastries

A constellation of cakes, bread and pastries lights up the counters; interesting varieties include crispy buns laced with longan fruit and raisins, plus others tinged with cream cheese & walnuts or cranberries, coconut and almond flakes.

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Hot Food

Hot food is available too; everything from pasta with chopped lamb, carrots and thyme to pizzas with shrimp and squid. Butter Up’s version of Eggs Atlantic is not too bad: Poached eggs with smoked salmon on English muffins with sabayon sauce, paired with a hearty portion of potato wedges for only RM11.

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Coffee

Butter Up’s coffee is not quite memorable except for what comes with it: a very cute spoon-shaped butter cookie.

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Location and Contact Details:

Butter Up Bakery Cafe
21, Jalan PSK 9, Pusat Perdagangan Seri Kembangan
Tel: 03-8959-1117

2. Brew & bread

 Next up, Brew & Bread, which has opened a second branch at One City in USJ Subang following the success of its original Kota Kemuning outlet.

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This one’s more urbane; it would fit in perfectly in the sleekest of malls. No wonder this cafe is packed at lunch hour.

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Still, Brew & Bread’s popularity can’t be attributed merely to its appearance; it takes its coffee seriously too.

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Location and Contact Details:

Brew & Bread
Ground Floor, One City Mall, Jalan USJ 25/1, Subang Jaya

3. Coffee Factory

Final stop: Coffee Factory at Setia Walk in Puchong. 

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Baked eggs, nice and runny, though the slices of sausage meat inside are inferior. Good accompaniment of potatoes though.

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Salted caramel lattes and Ethiopia Sidamo coffee might tempt caffeine addicts; could be fine-tuned for better-balanced flavours, but OK for what they are.

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Location and Contact Details:

Coffee Factory
Level 4, Setia Walk, Puchong (inside the Grand Shanghai Food Theme Park)
Park in the basement at Zone E and take the elevator up