Fifties Cafe, Temasya Industrial Park, Glenmarie Temasya Square, Glenmarie

Address:
Jalan Penguasa B U1/53B, Kawasan Perindustrian Temasya, Glenmarie Temasya Square 40150 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

Opening Hours:
Daily: 10am-11pm

Time Visited:
Around 12:30pm. Lunchies!

Attire worn:
Business attire

Item(s) Ordered (Photos taken as inconspicuous as possible with my phone):
Their Set Lunch, Beef Bacon Carbonara Pasta, Latte and Mango Orange Sorbet for dessert.

At first, I was gonna go out lunchies with a colleague of mine but after knowing that more people were gonna be joining, I decided to go my own way. It turned out to be a very wise decision because seconds later as I got into my car and were driving off the parking lot, I got a call to head back up to the office I was in to settle something. If my colleagues were to join me, they'd be late for lunch. But somehow, I felt a little guilty because I felt like I let my colleague down who seemed to give me a vibe of how much she really wanted to dine with me today. Hmm. Probably just my imagination. After all, most people just wanna tag along me because they want me to be the driver. :/

Anyway, after moving out from the office, I decided to drive around uncharted areas for me since the usual hot spots for lunch would be difficult to get a parking spot by now and that's where I ended up being at Temasya Industrial Park. At an already quite hidden location where the corner mamak restaurants rules, I decided to head off back where there's no way anybody could've seen those shops without driving inside that small area. Inside there, I spotted a cozy little cafe beside an Autospa. When I first saw it, I couldn't make out the name at all since the first letter is substituted with a coffee cup and I'm not sure what letter it was supposed to be. Even when I was inside, I still don't know what's the cafe name was supposed to be since I couldn't spot much of their name at all and they're filled with so many things with words on them, I don't know which one is their name. It was only when I was about to connect to their wifi that I got to know that their cafe name is "Fifties Cafe".

The cafe seems to be a family run business with a young chap manning the reigns while the other two women, one young and I presume the older woman to be the mother were taking on of more of a serving role. During my presence there, there's no patrons in sight at all but the young chap was ready and eager to serve me as he welcomed me when I entered the door. A little undecided on where to sit since the seats don't seem to give out a comfortable enough look to it, I finally decided to huddle up against a wall where there were decorative items galore on a shelf above that table. Thinking that whatever was on the table was the menu already set in place, I discovered as I approach nearer that it was actually a place mat to shield food from the table and the menu was in hand from the staff to hand it to me. The chairs and tables were very solid wood with metals holding it together and as stands. As I dragged the chair to make space for me to move in to sit, I soon discovered that the chair was awfully heavy and with it's metal base screeching across the floor, it gives off a very loud unpleasant scraping noise which I couldn't avoid until too late.

Once seated, I was quickly informed of their set lunch but there were nowhere indicating of what the set lunch was and what is it. The menu is just a plain menu with the items in there and you only get to know of the set lunch verbally. I then decided on the two things I most love to order when I see it in a menu, Carbonara Pasta and Latte. The sorbet was just a casualty in the set lunch. LOL.

The young chap that seems to be in control of the cafe then moves towards the kitchen to prepare my food while over at the front, the young woman prepares my coffee. The same silver package that holds the coffee beans seems really familiar like the ones I've seen at Chequers. The latte came to me not too long after my order and was brought over by the older woman. The coffee gives off a mild familiar gourmet coffee taste and is quite agreeable to my tastebuds even though being mild. I loved the coffee art that were presented to me as well. The barista sure had done her practicing as far as I can tell.

Not long after the cuppa arrived, the food was delivered to me as well. My initial first few bites gave me the impression as being quite tasteless but after getting into the middle, I realized that I should've mixed it up more before taking a bite since the carbonara "gravy" gave off somewhat of some taste and towards the bottom, it tasted garlicky. I guess this pasta relies heavily on the mushroom and the beef bacon for taste because that's what gives out the most taste. The beef bacon is one big chunk of it that sits on top when served and you can see the cheese sprinkles all around the pasta which makes it a little bland for some reason. Nonetheless, the beef bacon and the garlic taste prevails and saves the dish from sinking overall. Hence, when evaluated as a whole, I would say that this is an okay pasta. Not too bad but not enough to be fantastic.

As for the sorbet, it is from a brand named Island Way. Wouldn't say I had a lot of sorbets in my lifetime but for the Island Way brand, it's much creamier that I expected a sorbet to be....almost ice cream like. But, due to the unique flavoring of the Mango Orange (which the sorbet is served in a halved orange skin) it gave out a tropical sense type of taste that I much enjoyed. All in all, not bad.

I quite like the fact that the older woman brought my sorbet to me without being told. There were only a max of 3 tables of customers that time but noticing me that I'm ready for my dessert even though I didn't tell her was a plus point.

Total Wallet Damage:
RM22.90. Not sure what's the price of each individual items since the bill just lumps them all together as set lunch with and add of RM2 due to me upgrading my drink to a coffee. No GST is charged here I guess since the receipt never stated. But then again, the receipt isn't itemized either. But I'm pretty sure they don't charge it.

Final Verdict:
6/10. Coffee is according to my taste and the food is okay. Price wise, okay I guess. Ambiance is artsy. Service not bad too. This place is definitely good for a lone diner like me to get a coffee fix because it's not one of those places people would go out of their way to go to. So that only leaves the residents nearby (which the houses at the adjacent housing area are mostly vacant) and the office workers nearby where probably once in a while will gain a visit from them when they decided to have something that's out of the ordinary. It makes me wonder, why did they decided to open at such a secluded location  where it's not visible from anywhere at all (the shop facing a wall that fences off the housing area) and to top it all off, opening daily? From morning till night? Boy, they sure are hardworking if they're gonna pull off such a schedule.