The Loaf, KL Malaysia

Edit : Sorry guys it seems the photos have dissapeared!

After a year of continuously slaving away at work, Howard and I were looking forward to a short break to Malaysia and Singapore. Prior to boarding the plane, we decided we wanted to go on a food expedition while overseas so we spent many lazy Sundays exploring various food blogs, jotting down restaurants/hawker stores that tickled our fancy.

The week before our departure, we accumulated our notes and found out that we had a list of over 50 places we wanted to eat in KL alone. Realistically, who were we kidding, our short break only enabled us 4 days and 3 nights, so that means approximately 3 meals a day, equating to a total of 12 meals in KL, give or take.

Regardless of the outcome of where we ate, we were determined to try a relatively newly opened much hyped about cafe located on the outskirts of the Pavillion building.

Arabic Lamb Sandwich in Pita Pocket ~$7.00

Let me firstly say, do not let the pictures fool you. This sandwich was actually humongous, basically the size of a sheet of A5 paper. Due to its size, we didn’t know how to attack it, fork or fingers, so we chose the messy way out, eat with our fingers.

The lamb was marinated in cajun spices and from the juicy and tenderness of the meat, we can only assume that it was grilled on the day. The pieces of lamb was then dressed in a yoghurt/herb/mustard dressing, and carefully placed on a bed of mixed crisp green salad, slices of freshly sliced tomatoes and sweet spanish onion, encased in a freshly baked sesame pita bread. Not only did the vibrant colours of each of the ingredients resembled a piece of art work on our plate, but the taste itself was sensational. Definitely like nothing we have tasted in Sydney before.

Reuben Sandwich ~ $8.00

Since we hit the jackpot with the first sandwich, we thought we cannot go wrong at this place. How wrong we were. Our next sandwich was their special Compagne bread filled to the brim with herb crusted pastrami and crisp salad, with a generous topping of gherkins, mayo and melted gruyere cheese. The pastrami was too salty, even the sweetness of the gherkins was inadequate to balance the flavour.

After our dissapointment with the Reuben sandwich, we couldn’t help but notice that everyone was walking out the store with boxes of sweet pastries. We scanned the room to see where everyone was getting their pastries from, and it hit us, to the front of the shop contained a glass unit filled with fresh golden, flaky pastries just begging to be eaten.

Chocolate Croissant

As a self confessed chocoholic, there is only one word to describe this pastry, Heaven. The right quantity of bitter quality chocolate blended with their sweet home made caster-cream pooled in slightly salty freshly baked pastry, makes this warm treat delicious.

Apricot Danish

We were soo impressed with the chocolate croissant that we wanted to try other pastries they had on offer. Naturally our next choice was their mouth watering apricot danish. I know that apricot danish are quite popular in Sydney and you can basically get it at any patisserie, however this particular one in my opinion really does rival Sydney’s. I don’t know what it was that made this danish so outstanding, but the fact that it’s made fresh just accentuates the flavour of the apricot, the creamyness of the custard and the crispyness of the flakes.

Our day at The Loaf was definitely an afternoon of mind numbing, taste bud tingling, mouth watering experience. I would recommend that anyone who visits KL or Langkawi (their other store) to make some time to try The Loaf.

The Loaf
Lot 3.13.00 & 4.12.02
Level 3 and 4
Pavilion Kuala Lumpur
168, Jalan Bukit Bintang
Kuala Lumpur

(Halal. Currently opened from 10.00 am to 10.00 pm)

http://www.theloaf.net/index.php

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