With soul-soothing views of Bukit Tabur, Melawati’s new Ground Flaw finds beauty in imperfection, embodied in the cracks and craters of its own-built concrete coffee counter.
A labour of love that’s more than a year in the making, Ground Flaw is striving to publicly launch in September in the Nadayu63 residential-and-retail enclave.
It’s set to serve Japanese-inflected rice bowls coupled with Malaysian-roasted speciality coffee, for an initial menu of salmon mentai and chicken katsu donburi with a Brazilian-Papua New Guinea espresso blend.
Founders Ilyas and Amirul, school friends who grew up in this neighbourhood, began Bluum Roadside Cafe in Melawati three years ago, spreading since to Setiawangsa, Gombak, Ampang and Wangsa Maju.
Ground Flaw is the inspiring next step in their journey. Ilyas, now a young father, channels his architectural training into an uncluttered, unfussy space that feels as welcoming as a living room, lively with a rubber plant leaning over a table, with playful peeks into the kitchen and calm, clear-from-every-corner sightings of nature’s landscape.