Padi Kopitiam (稻香咖啡) is a Nanyang kopitiam chain in Johor Bahru, specialising in baked goods and authentic Malaysian delights. Its Jalan Trus outlet, in Bandar Johor Bahru, is located right besides Zenith Lifestyle Centre and within easy walking distance from KOMTAR JBCC or JB City Square Shopping Centre. The cafe is inter-connected to Attrus Bed & Breakfast, a hostel, and guests of Attrus B&B may enjoy discounts at the cafe.
Padi Kopitiam has several outlets in Johor Bahru with the Jalan Trus outlet as flagship. Other branches are conveniently located in Toppen Shopping Mall, Bukit Indah and also Eco Botanic.
The cafe is spacious with traditional kopitiam (coffee shop) settings near the entrance whereas the inner section looks more like a modern cafeteria. Two signs above the kitchen says “香烤面包”, or roti bakar (toasts), and “现磨咖啡” (fresh-ground coffee), which are two components of traditional Hainanese breakfast sets commonly found in coffee shops across Singapore and Malaysia.
Padi Kopitiam’s signature pastries (polo buns, mini egg tarts, banana cakes, goreng pisang, etc) are kept in the warm glass shelf near the counter. And, they looked delicious.
The cafe also serves a long list of Malaysian local delights such as traditional toasts, nasi lemak, briyani rice, mee siam, kolo mee, curry laksa, etc. Their specialty snacks include curry puffs, goreng pisang (crispy fried banana), fried rice cakes, popiah (spring roll), etc. If spoilt for choice, the “Padi Top 10” dishes may be a good start.
Padi Kopitiam’s two treasures (稻香二宝) are the freshly baked Padi Snowy Polo Bun (白雪菠萝包) and Crispy Mini Egg Tart (玲珑蛋挞) that are in the glass shelf. It will be cheaper to order more instead of one of each. There is a third treasure, which is their freshly-roasted coffee — the best way to experience its aroma and taste profile is a cup of kopi-O kosong. The roasted kopi-O kosong is aromatic, non-bitter and absolutely no milk / sugar needed.
The Crispy Mini Egg Tart is Portuguese-style with flaky layered puff pastry. The caramelised custard melts in the mouth and is mildly sweet. The Padi Snowy Polo Bun has crumbly, milk-white thin crust with a milky aroma. It is ultra-soft and has cheesy filling. Both are delicious.
The Char Lao Shu Fen (炒老鼠粉), or fried “mouse” vermicelli, has ingredients such as fish cake slices, egg, beansprouts and slices of fresh cucumber. It has nice sweet-savoury flavours that is similar to Singapore-style char kway teow but a lime sets it apart by adding a citrusy flavour to the noodle dish.
The Kolo Mee with Wantan (云吞哥罗面/白), with white sauce, has springy egg noodle tossed in fragrant oil sauce with a fishball, chicken char siew, minced chicken meat and garnished with spring onions and fried shallot. The wantons (dumplings) are in a bowl of savoury soup. The white sauce gives the noodle dish a really nice flavour. This dish has a “black” version too.
The Wa Tan Ho with Prawn (滑蛋河粉虾) has well-fried kway teow with smoky, dark soy sauce aroma bathed in light, savoury gravy with egg-drop, fresh crunchy prawns, fishcake slices, lean chicken meat, greens, and garnished with crispy fried shallots. It is a nice dish with well-balanced flavours and just-right viscosity that smoothens the soy-sauce kway teow.
Aside from polo bun and mini egg tart, Padi Kopitiam added Banana Cake to its menu and available for dine-in or takeaway. Each set of the popular cake comes in 10 small pieces — and cheaper to go for two sets. The moist banana cake has very nice banana aroma and flavour, and of course, not too sweet.
Padi Kopitiam is a great place to have Malaysia delights with roasted coffee and also buying their pastries to take home or as gifts for others. Popular buys are their polo buns, mini egg tarts, banana cakes and goreng pisang (fried banana fritters).
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82-B1, Jalan Trus, Bandar Johor Bahru, 80000 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
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8am to 9pm | Daily
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