Cafe Festive in Citta Mall

11/10 ~ 11/13

PJ was going through an odd week, alternate day of PH through the week. I didn't take additional days to make it a longer break (no place to go la ~) Yet, our cafe festive was happen coincidentally in this week. In addition, the location appear to be in Citta Mall, a mall that we didn't go for almost a year. Sadly to say, the mall is still pretty empty as its opening. 

10/11 (Sat) Figaro

My initial intention was San Francisco Coffee which I remembered there was an outlet in Citta Mall. Pretty big one with outdoor seating, should be a great place for weekend coffee break. My mate suggested San Francisco Coffee in Paradigm, yet I insisted for outdoor seating as the weather was quite cooling. We drove to Citta Mall and found that San Francisco Coffee was already no longer there (what a sad case)

We decided to try our luck with the current available cafes. We excluded Baci, we tried it before, a nice cafe but we opted something new. No Wondermilk because we generally don't like cup cakes. So, we left with Figaro and Dr. Cafe. 

I made a wrong moved to Figaro. Shouldn't judge the shop by its crowd. Figaro was more crowded than Dr. Cafe when we were there. Hence, I decided to try out Figaro (arghhh!) 

I ordered for Cafe au Lait, which turned out as small as an espresso size, with milk foam on top (don't believe in beautiful picture below) I admitted that I prefer lighter coffee taste and generally not fancy about Italian's coffee but at least don't serve me a coffee that taste sour. Not the usual fruity sour  but it tasted more like the beans was left too long and it turned sour. Maybe we just having a bad luck day? The crowd in this cafe was quite amazing. 

My mate always like to be a hero by ordering the weirdest from the menu, a Butterscotch Vanilla with Coffee Jelly. Funny taste ~ not much comments can be give in

By the way, I actually ordered for a cake but didn't seems to snap any photo of it. There isn't too many choices  from the cake selection, majority look dull. I placed an order for Chocolate Banana Cake, nothing great but with a charge of RM14.90 its definitely not worth the money. Other than a cake, we do order for a Samosa too (am I that hungry?) Again, nothing too impressive.

11/11 Dr. Cafe

The unsatisfied feeling from Figaro carried over to the next day which made us decide to try out Dr. Cafe which just right beside Figaro. First winning about Dr. Cafe over Figaro was when we opened the door at Dr. Cafe, we can smell the aroma of coffee which we didn't smell any yesterday. 

My mate again ordered for a weird Cookies Frappe with whipped cream, which turned out pretty satisfying. There were chunks of cookies bite and a cold drink always refreshing. Nothing great about my drink, its just a hot coffee with milk. No fancy hot drink can be order that day due to the machine was under maintenance. Of course, nothing too fancy about a hot coffee with milk, at least it wasn't taste sour. 

Since my mate ordered for a Cookies Frappe, I had choose a cake which a pair with his coffee, an Oreo Cheesecake. Very mild taste of cheese. Light and easy going cheesecake?

13/11 Baci

Somehow we decided to go back to try out the Baci. Hmm ... we were kinda free during the PH? We tried out Baci during our first and ever visit to Citta Mall and we do loves the ambiance and food there. Bright and cozy. We choose to sit indoor on the 'tatami' seating this time, just a right timing with one last spot for us.

shot from indoor to outdoor seating

Wondering what weird drink again? My mate went for a Tiramisu  Frappe and I ordered for a Butterscotch Coffee. The coffee here is very mild in taste, light enough for an evening coffee break without concerning too much on caffeine causing  insomnia at night. 

The best thing about Baci, there is a cake recipe in a combination of both ingredients I crazy with. Peanut and chocolate. Dang! Chocolate Peanut Pie!! Divine ~ 

My mate and I had a discussion about this after we visited 3 cafes and we came out with our own dine-in theory for cafe.
1. Don't enter a cafe with no coffee aroma
2. Never judge on crowd, instinct always tell the best
3. Don't enter a cafe with a menu listed with too many choices. This mean coffee is not a specialty here.

As for our experience, it is quite true though. The cafe that we really like basically very specialize in coffee. For example, Awaits Cafe and Coffee Famille. Surprisingly Mc Cafe actually very serious about their coffee as well, hence we do visit Mc Cafe quite often too (quality coffee with affordable price) Of course we sometimes do visit chains cafe as well, for instance, Dome, San Francisco and Coffee Beans & Tea Leaf. We prefer Dome the most actually for the food and coffee.




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