Checking out a couple of indie cafes with cool looks: Fuel at Damansara Uptown ...
... & Photo Crafts at Kota Damansara (alas, both areas suffer from severe parking woes).
Fuel, which opened this past month, exudes a cozy quirkiness that helps it stand out a bit amid Damansara Uptown's ocean of eateries.
The menu's mainly Asian with modern twists; these "Beijing noodles" (RM7.90 before taxes), served chilled with pork, carrots & cucumbers, represent the recipe with the most traditional feel.
Macau-inspired grilled pork chop bun (RM9.90). Fuel's food tastes fine enough, particularly considering these lower-than-expected prices. No complaints.
Bonsai coffee (RM10.90), a peculiar beverage with chocolate cookie bits or something to create a miniature-plant-in-soil resemblance that could become Fuel's calling card.
Other offerings here: paper-wrapped chicken & roasted pork feet (not available on Mondays).
Moving on to Photo Crafts, a venue that considers itself an "analogue lifestyle store."
Vintage cameras, books on Lomography & other artsy accessories explain this place's name.
Photo Crafts has been operating for awhile now, but it only embarked on serving food in recent months; this signature beef burger is surprisingly worthwhile, with a beautifully seasoned patty complemented by fresh, well-executed accompaniments.
Yam cake, creamy but not cloying, pleasantly sweet without being punishingly saccharine.
Coffee, 100 percent Arabica, fair enough, easy enough to polish off.
Photo Crafts Cafe (near Sunway Giza),
26-2, First Floor, PJU 5/15, Dataran Sunway, Kota Damansara.
Tel: 03-6140-5527
Open noon through at least 10pm, except Mondays.
Fuel Cafe,
111G, Jalan 21/37, Damansara Uptown, Petaling Jaya.
Tel: 017-969-9950
Photo Crafts Cafe (near Sunway Giza),
26-2, First Floor, PJU 5/15, Dataran Sunway, Kota Damansara.
Tel: 03-6140-5527
Open noon through at least 10pm, except Mondays.
