Lai Po Heen at Mandarin Oriental Welcomes Chef Thomas Fong from Doha
April 24th, 2024
Butterfly Dessert Cafe charts the metamorphosis of Lai Leng, who emerged from the chrysalis of her corporate career to find a new life as a cafe founder.
For now, her parlour is a purveyor of primarily fruit-based plated indulgences – a layered trifle of orange and mango mousse that’s rich with fresh, fleshy fruits (RM25; for two or three friends to share), a deconstructed strawberry opera cake with a centrepiece of almond joconde and sponge cake, strawberry cream, strawberry-coated almonds, strawberry jelly, strawberry syrup, dark chocolate ganache, and chantilly cream (RM35) and coconut-passionfruit mousse with house-made ice cream that conveys a potent flavour of coconut, textured with nutty crumbs and meringue cookies (RM22).
Pair with a beat-the-heat coupling of iced mocha (RM14) and dark chocolate (RM11). All in all, a place to hide out for sweet-toothed Sri Petaling residents, with easy-listening renditions of, say, How Can You Mend A Broken Heart wafting from the speakers.
Address: 3-1, Jalan Radin Bagus 6, Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: +603-9054-0289
Hours: Open 2pm-10pm; closed Wednesdays.
Find: View directory for Butterfly Dessert Cafe here.