PT392, Jalan Maarof, 59100 Bangsar Utama, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia
Opening Hours:
Tue-Sun:
11:00 am - 10:00 pm
Time Visited:
Around 12:30pm, the peak of the sunny, scorching Sunday afternoon and god only knows why I chose such an hour to go to an outdoor cafe.
Attire worn:
Casual
Item(s) Ordered (Photos taken as inconspicuous as possible with my phone):
Iced Latte (because it's so hot) and Churros Classic (Salted Caramel)
I chance upon PCLO Cafe @ Modvier. PCLO Cafe has since then already opened another branch at The Curve, Mutiara Damansara but during my visit over here, it was unknown to me and I just wanted to grab a coffee at a place which I've never tried before and that's about it. I had no idea what got into me to visit this outdoor cafe on a very hot Sunday afternoon where the scorching heat of the sun rays burns the skin and turns the whole earth into a furnace or oven of some sort and yet I headed on there anyway.
As predicted when I got there, there's not a soul to be seen except a lone car on the parking lot (mind you, that's not mine. Mine was parked in the shade just opposite Volkswagen Building.) As I approached the counter, a lone foreign worker was seated at the cash register area manning the place. I have no idea, how he can withstand sitting in that hotbox in that sizzling heat. It's probably escalated the temperature to 40 degrees Celsius just being in there even with a fan blasting circulating the hot air around that area. He greeted me and I took to ordering. Feeling as if I could melt at any moment, I ordered my latte with ice instead. Yes. I'm breaking my own rule on drinking third wave coffee with milk has to be hot because I couldn't stand the heat and drinking a hot coffee in this heat could downright kill me. I wanted to order their Churros that comes with ice cream and stuff but the staff mumbled something to me and I couldn't quite understand what he's saying even when he repeated twice. I gave up and just assumed he meant there's none available except the classic Churros and that's what I ordered instead. I wanted to try a Shepherd's Pie also but again he mumbled something and pointed to something else that looked quite pathetic as a pie and so I gave up on that too. Paid the price and looked for a place that's most coolest in this location. Obviously it wasn't where the counter was because that's the hottest place of all even with a fan there. In fact, it's even hotter than directly standing under the hot sun and so I took to sitting beside the Boutique building.
Yes, Modvier is a place where the Malay fashion is sold and it does look quite trendy. The side retractable awnings is a very thick dark sheet and so it's most coolest sitting underneath that. Aside from the heat, it does looked quite a nice place to just chill and watch the world go by as the cars zoom pass at the adjacent busy road. Being a Sunday, there's naturally less cars passing by. Pretty soon, more and more cars coming in mostly to have a look at the boutique shop of Modvier but surprisingly, there's also a number of customer buying cups of coffee and Churros at this place as well. The wait for my drink was moderate as with the Churros. When my drink was ready, he signaled to me to collect it at the counter. Guess this place is very self-service oriented. LOL. As I collected my drink, the guy mentioned that Churros are currently frying and will be ready soon. Or at least that's what I imagine him saying since I can't really understand what he says. LOL.
By this time, it was a good thing to have a cool, ice drink in hand even though the drink has caffeine and will dehydrate you. On another note, the sun has been kind and has went into hiding to make the planet cooler for me which had changed the setting of the weather from sunny to cloudy. I took sips of my iced latte after failing several attempts in getting a good perspective view shot of it with what I see as a backdrop. I gave up and needed to cool down considerably. The latte was not bad having a decent above average coffee taste with some creamy milky taste indicating of his ratio almost right if it weren't for the ice getting in the way.
Pretty soon, my Churros was ready and a bell was rang to grab my attention. I feel like a waiter in this place. LOL. There were five fat fingered Churros with a glass shot of Salted Caramel for you to dip in. I've read that this place serves really good Churros and they weren't kidding. This really is the best damn Churros I've ever tasted. But to be fair, I rarely eat Churros. The only one other time that I can remember eating was at 1 Utama and I can't even remember what's the shop name. (OK. After investigating, it was LAVA). The fact that it was made to order means they're giving you fresh out of the fryer. The hot hot temperature of the Churros was a testament to that and the crispy exterior simple makes it fun to it. The nice texture of the inner part may be a bit doughy but I didn't mind because it tasted good and the inside part feels a bit like a doughnut texture. The sugar coated on top of the Churros was sufficient but didn't really sweeten it way too much and just nice. Dipping the Churros onto the Salted Caramel sauce provided made it much more appealing. It goes very well with it but you just don't want to dip too much or else it will drowned out the Churros taste since it's quite powerful.
I hurried along finishing it up and move on to lunch since the Churros has actually whet my appetite to eat further. This is one time my dessert turned into an appetizer. Haha
Total Wallet Damage:
RM19. I can't remember which costs RM10 and which costs RM9. It's either one or the other. LOL.
Final Verdict:
5/10. Okay. The Churros were fantastic. Best I've ever tasted. The Latte was above average. It's just that it's really hot for an outdoor cafe and I can only see it befitting as an evening cafe or a rainy day or cloudy day cafe. In any case, I would visit the The Curve branch for a much cooler climate though you won't get such peaceful and nice view setting like the one at Bangsar.
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