Butter Up, Brew & Bread and Coffee Factory

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

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.

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.

Coffee

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

Location and Contact Details:

Butter Up Bakery Cafe

21, Jalan PSK 9, Pusat Perdagangan Seri Kembangan

Tel: 03-8959-1117

Find Butter Up’s directory listing here.

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.

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

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

Location and Contact Details:

Brew & Bread

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

Find Brew and Bread’s directory listing here.

3. Coffee Factory

Final stop: Coffee Factory at Setia Walk in Puchong.

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

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.