Ok, the only reason I went to Kopitiam Central Ladphrao was because I stumbled across a review on this place while searching for Malaysian food in Bangkok.
The reviewer actually said that this was a Malaysian style Kopitiam and that they served Malaysian food, specifically Nasi Lemak, my current craving.
Sitting here, only the drinks menu had familiar sounding names, like black coffee, cham, milk tea and ovaltine. As for the food selection, apart from soft boiled egg and toast, the rest didn't sound very Malaysian to me. I searched the whole menu for something along the likes of Nasi Lemak and Mee Siam, but nothing came even close to those.
After going through the menu for the longest time, hoping against hope I might see something remotely Malaysian, I decided to order something that I thought might turn out as Singapore beehon, some fried vermicelli. It was nothing of that sort. While it might pass as a distant cousin, I believe this is definitely Thai.
For drinks, I ordered black coffee, and it was really disappointing. The coffee was not thick and not hot enough but the syrup that came with it was way too thick. I made a huge blunder of dumping a teaspoonful into it without actually taking a sip of the coffee bare. It became too sweet, a little too syrupy to drink. I had to abandon ship, really.
Oh by the way, skimming through the menu, at the very last page i saw the words "...growing up.. in chinatown, Bangkok..."
The reviewer actually said that this was a Malaysian style Kopitiam and that they served Malaysian food, specifically Nasi Lemak, my current craving.
Sitting here, only the drinks menu had familiar sounding names, like black coffee, cham, milk tea and ovaltine. As for the food selection, apart from soft boiled egg and toast, the rest didn't sound very Malaysian to me. I searched the whole menu for something along the likes of Nasi Lemak and Mee Siam, but nothing came even close to those.
After going through the menu for the longest time, hoping against hope I might see something remotely Malaysian, I decided to order something that I thought might turn out as Singapore beehon, some fried vermicelli. It was nothing of that sort. While it might pass as a distant cousin, I believe this is definitely Thai.
For drinks, I ordered black coffee, and it was really disappointing. The coffee was not thick and not hot enough but the syrup that came with it was way too thick. I made a huge blunder of dumping a teaspoonful into it without actually taking a sip of the coffee bare. It became too sweet, a little too syrupy to drink. I had to abandon ship, really.
Oh by the way, skimming through the menu, at the very last page i saw the words "...growing up.. in chinatown, Bangkok..."
Wait, isn't Kopi a Malay word?? I understand tiam is a Chinese word but the Thai word for coffee is cafe, so why the use of Kopitiam? Bu then, I didn't finish reading through the passage, so maybe the creator grew up in Bangkok but moved to Malaysia later? Anythinglah!
I really should seriously consider opening a little cafe that serves Malaysian food in Bangkok and good old Malaysian@Melakan coffee. I welcome sponsors!!
Here, the article by Cassandra James published on Oct 30, 2011, that enticed me to give it a go : http://voices.yahoo.com/review-kopitiam-central-ladprao-10321165.html?cat=16
I really should seriously consider opening a little cafe that serves Malaysian food in Bangkok and good old Malaysian@Melakan coffee. I welcome sponsors!!
Here, the article by Cassandra James published on Oct 30, 2011, that enticed me to give it a go : http://voices.yahoo.com/review-kopitiam-central-ladprao-10321165.html?cat=16
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