Patissez Malaysia at Telawi, Bangsar: Restaurant review

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Patissez Malaysia rolls into Bangsar this week, becoming the Australian bakery-cafe’s first franchise branch outside Canberra, outpacing a Patissez Singapore that’s poised to launch imminently.

The name may sound familiar: Patissez Down Under surged to fame nearly one year ago as the progenitors of the epic Freakshakes phenomenon – monster-sized milkshakes heaped high with out-of-control toppings – that sparked a slew of sincerest-form-of-flattery reconstructions across the globe.

Freakshakes

So here’s what to know about Telawi’s outpost: You’ll find four types of Freakshakes here (versus five in Canberra), each priced at RM23+ (cheaper, conversion-wise, than the AUD13.90 in the birthplace of these shakes).

Pretzella

Our favourite by a country mile is the Pretzella, a behemoth of a Nutella milkshake, draped with lashings of Nutella and Nutella-dunked pretzels, crowned with salty crushed pretzels and whipped vanilla mousse. If you adore milkshakes and you worship Nutella, this one’s irresistible.

The Muddy Pat

The Muddy Pat may work similarly well if you dream constantly about chocolate – it’s a choc fudge shake with choc fudge lashings, a choc fudge brownie and a torched house-made marshmallow that melts in the mouth.

Like a Velvet

We have mixed sentiments though about Like A Velvet, a red velvet shake with red velvet cake discs, cream cheese and raspberry gel – on the bright side, like all of Patissez’s shakes, the beverage is enjoyably textured (just thick enough, pretty smooth and easy to sip) and not cloying or excessively sugary.

But on the other hand, this shake shines a spotlight on how artificial-tasting red velvet flavours can be; plus, the slabs of cake seem perfunctory, falling short of being a really satisfying red velvet. But we’re probably hypercriticising.

The DurianFreak

Patissez Bangsar boasts one made-in-Malaysia invention; no shocker, it’s all about durian. The DurianFreak is blended with real fruit, bolstered with salted caramel and a durian semifreddo popsicle dipped in white chocolate and crunchy honeycomb. Just like the fruit, this could be a love-it-or-loathe-it proposition; the dynamics of durian are mellow but unmistakable.

Based on these four shakes, it’s certainly worth trying one if you’re curious (especially since the Canberra original sometimes has a two-hour wait list for its shakes, while Bangsar is blissfully queue-free), but sharing may be prudent to ease the strain on the wallet.

All day Aussie brunch

It’s not solely about shakes: Patissez is a full-fledged cafe, serving the sort of Aussie all-day-brunch selection – poached eggs, pulled beef and avocados – that has seduced many Malaysians into opening their own eateries throughout KL in recent years.

There’s a sprinkling of interesting elements to Patissez’s very capably executed dishes – beef cheeks with a baked egg, black-eyed beans, shaved parmigiano and sourdough slices (RM35+), toast with turkey bacon jam, 18-hour-braised shredded beef and scrambled eggs (RM29+),

sweet corn and zucchini fritters with kale pesto, roasted capsicum sauce, eggs, smashed avo and confit cherry tomatoes (RM23+) and our fave, a big burger with succulent medium-rare beef patties, smoked chicken bacon, chicken bacon jam, American cheddar, house-made BBQ sauce and shoestring fries (RM38+). Service is enthusiastic and efficient.