Acme Bar & Coffee @ The Troika

Acme Bar & Coffee — not exactly the new place in town but I only managed to drop by there last Monday week. I've heard tons of reviews about this cafe; both good and bad. The place is rather posh and I love love love its interior. Do expect more photos of the place instead of the food we had that day, we only had dessert actually. So should I still label this as a food post? :P and I just realised my last food post was like what.. a month ago? #notsoeffectiveblogger

We actually had our brunch earlier at Pasar Seni and I suggested this place for dessert cause there's always room for dessert! Right? :3 

Cappucino (RM13) for Sie Yii and Joeann while me and JieYi had a Twinning's Earl Grey (RM11). 

Brown and white sugar cubes. 

Just an ordinary coffee art, nothing fancy. It was served with a piece of biscotti too. 

So...this is the Sizzling Brownie & Oreo ice-cream (RM19) that people has been raving about!
The brownie was served in hot place and the waiter then poured in the chocolate sauce.
Look at the smoke and you know it's sizzlin' hotttt ~

Super sinful indeed! But there's one thing, not sure if the hot plate was overheated or that was how it is, there was a burnt taste, meh.

I love the texture of the brownies, definitely one of the best you can find in KL but still not as good as the one we tried in Burps and Giggles. The warm brownie and the Oreo ice-cream is a totally the perfect combo and I love the bits and pieces of Oreo biscuits in the icecream.  

The Light-As-Air Pavlova (RM15) served with generous amount of freshly chopped strawberries and passion fruit sauce. True to its name, it's light, fluffy and crunchy at the same time, probably a tad too sweet to my liking. The passion fruit sauce made it a little different by adding a slight sourish taste to the sweet dessert. Overall, it's still a good dessert.  

The brownie gang of the day and half of my face! :D 

And how can I miss an #OOTD short?
Crop top is definitely my fashion staple for now, and it's definitely on trend right now. Plus, it's a good motivation for you to strive for flat abs and you wouldn't eat that much in public too, cause you won't wanna have your bloated tummy to be seen right? HAHA make some sense huh?

&& apparently Krystal from F(x) was wearing the same floral printed crop top in their latest video here. The video wasn't even out yet when I bought the top :P 

Sorry for side tracking. Let's get back to the food post HEH

Another classy section of their dining area. 

Look at their selection of cakes! And these are not ordinary flavoured cakes, just so you know. 

Their all-time-famous Cempedak cake!
We didn't dare to try it though, cause we had a feeling that we won't like it after a heavy brunch. 

Assorted meringue in glass jars. 

You must really pay their restroom a visit, you'll know why I said so. 

Their front desk. 

All in all, I would definitely recommend this place if you're planning to have tea or coffee with your friends, or even a lunch or dinner with friends or family. Oh, they have al-fresco dining too but it's probably not a good idea to dine outside during lunch due to the sunny weather of Malaysia. They may not serve the best coffee but it's the ambiance and dessert that are worth considering. I'll definitely be back to try their main course and breakfast (:

It's located near GTower and KLCC which means it's accessible by means of public transport. The nearest LRT would be Ampang Park which is around 10 mins walk away. Fret not, they have basement parking too for those who drives with reasonable parking fee too.  

ACME Bar & Coffee 
The Troika, Jalan Binjai,
 50450 Kuala Lumpur.
Phone:+60 3-2162 2288
Operating Hours: Monday to Thursday: 11.00am - 12.00am
                           Friday 11:00 am – 1:00 am
                           Saturday 9:30 am – 1:00 am
                           Sunday 9:30 am – 12:00 am

Do share with me your experience with ACME Bar & Coffee if you've been there :D Last but not least, have a great week ahead!

xx

Recipe: Marble Cake

Morning, earthlings! What's your plan on this lovely Saturday?

It's time to update about my weekly bake, was supposed to blog last few days but I procrastinate as usual HEH So here goes! Well, if you followed me on Instagram (username: hildamildaa), you should have known what did I bake last week (:

Once in a while, I will crave for marble cake, no idea why but I just do. Not really a healthy option but no harm indulging something sinful sometimes *chuckles in denial mode* As I was looking for recipes to bake that day, I saw this marble cake recipe. It doesn't look complicated, so I decided to give it a try! Since my family love butter cake as well. It's just like any typical butter cake, just that it requires extra few steps to make the marble effect. The ingredients are pretty easy to get too.

Ingredients:

150g butter

70g sugar

4 egg yolks

80ml milk

180g self-raising flour

2tbsp cocoa powder

4 egg whites

70g sugar

1/8 tsp cream of tartar

 Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 160C.
2. Beat the butter and sugar before adding in the egg yolks and milk. 
3. Then in a separate bowl, beat the egg whites and cream of tartar, add sugar gradually.
4. Add in the egg whites (second batter in step 3) into the first batter, beat until well incorporated before adding in the flour.
5. Remove 1/3 of the batter into another bowl, add in cocoa powder and fold well.
6. Pour 1/2 of the original batter into a lined cake pan. Next pour in the cocoa batter. Finally pour in the remaining original batter.
7. Use a chopstick to create some random designs (this is where the fun part is) on the batter (basically just draw some circles) to create the marble effect. The messier the better. You can also add a few drops of the cocoa batter on top so it doesn't look so plain on top. 
8. Lastly, bake in oven for 50 mins.

TADAAAAAAA, the end result!

Erupted like a volcano, it doesn't look appealing T__T Probably the temperature was too high LOL 

Marbling effect wasn't that prominent too but I guess it's okay? HEHE cause I think I was pretty safe, I didn't make it messy. 

Close up of the sinful and moist marble cake I made :D 

That's pretty much it. I'll probably try another method (whole egg method) again and see if there's any difference in texture. Lemme know if you guys are gonna try this recipe or perhaps lemme know if it's successful. Either way, I hope you guys like it. Cause it's really simple and delectable too *licks finger* Especially if you have it with a cup of cold milk!

Till then, happy baking!

xx

Eté Café @ Penang

Oh, hi there! ヽ(；▽；)ノ

Looking at my never ending list of pending posts, I'm quite happy that I managed to cross out a few already.  At least I'm productive this holidays *smirks* Back to while we were in Penang for our clinical placement few months back, we girls sort of have this weekly bonding time over caffeine every Sunday so today I'm gonna blog about one of the cafe that we've visited. 

As we stumbled upon Eté Café as one of the recommended cafe on Google, we decided to give it a try. The cafe, located at one of the shoplots along Jalan Carnavon is pretty obsecure since it has no apparent signage.  But thanks to Jie Yi's eagle eyes we managed to locate it easily without going rounds after rounds. You just have to drive slowly and be alert. The parking space are quite limited as well.

Eté Cafe is a family-owned coffee hotspot, run by a Taiwanese couple. Both of them learnt baking skills from Le Cordon Bleu cooking school in France. So if you favour freshly baked French pastries, desserts and savory items, you should really drop by :D Customers patronize them to experience their siphon coffee and tea too.

It was packed to the brim when we were there so we were lead to back of the cafe. I actually thought they probably have more tables inside and the next thing I know, I was walking out of the back door. Feeling confused, they took out a table and placed it at the back alley. I was like, WHUTTT are we sitting outside here? Yeap, we did. HAHAHA well I wasn't complaining, I just find it rather cool, in a way. Our so-called private room is actually at the back alley, which is good for us cause whenever we are, we seem to be the loudest group that we might even annoy people with our loudness. So it's good that we are placed at the back alley, we can just talk and laugh as loud as we want. 

The back door :P 

Good thing the weather was not as hot as it is now, and gladly these trees provide us shade too. 

Googled what Eté means in French, it's summer (:

So close to nature as though we are having picnic in the forest lol 

Eté Love @ RM8
I suppose this is one of their signature cakes since almost everyone that visited this cafe ordered this. It's a mango passion fruit cream cake, not a usual dessert you can find anywhere. You can find a nice balance between fruits and cake, with a mixture of sweetness and sourness. However, the taste of mango is more distinguished compared to the passion fruit. 

Alhambra @ RM8
A slice of hazelnut chocolate sponge cake topped with cocoa glaze that is creamy and rich in flavour. You'll get the oooomph everytime you sink your teeth in it. If you're a chocolate lover, I would totally recommend this. It's nothing like brownies or moist chocolate cake, irresistible yet unmemorable. 

Sea-salted Caramel & White Chocolate Mousse @ RM8
This is the least favourable cake among the others but I actually liked it, probably cause I love anything that has salted caramel (:  Perfect match with a cup of Brazil Santos coffee. 

Iced coffee @ RM10 
They have an extensive list of various kinds of coffee beans with description on the menu. However, you can always ask for opinion or recommendations if you have no idea which to order. It all depends on how you like your coffee, sweet or bitter. The famous one would definitely be the Brazil Santos coffee. The coffee beans in Eté Café are freshly grounded and brewed with siphon, which is one of their specialty. 

As usual, a pot of tea for me. I couldn't remember the exact name of this tea but it was the famous Taiwan Oolong Tea and I didn't regret with my choice. It was really good, clear and fragrant. 

Mushroom Quiche @ RM10 
I just had to order this cause I can't resist anything with mushroom. Such a lame excuse I know :P They serve pizza too. 

It took them quite a while to serve us this, probably they prepare this on the spot. The crust was crispy and it's soft in the inside. When we cut it open, there was juice oozing out :OOO

Delectable on every bite, love it!  

Brazil Coffee @ RM10

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Just in case you wonder how does it look like to be having tea and coffee at a black alley HEH

Like we owned that place HAHAHA #likeaboss 

So this is what they gave me when I asked them to pose for the camera lolol 

Girl, you gotta learn how to drink your tea in a graceful manner. 

The different types of coffee beans in jars and those are the siphons on top of the rack. 

You can see an array of mouthwatering desserts when you enter the cafe. They also serve tarts and colourful macaroons. 

Their only signage that we can spot and now you know what I mean by no apparent signage. 

I love the idea of decorating the exterior with those brown coffee sacks. So if you're finding for this cafe, just look for these sacks! And oh, there's a police station opposite it. 

To be frank, this is the most expensive tea session we have as the bill came up to RM70+ in total. Their sweet treats and beverages are slightly pricey but it's definitely worth the price. Small in quantity yet large in satisfaction and taste. I guess it's okay to indulge once in a while? So if you need to find an escape to relieve your sugar cravings and satisfy your sweet tooth, this is the place! :D 

Eté Café 
79 Lebuh Carnarvon
Georgetown 10300
Penang
Business Hours: 11:00 am – 6:30 pm (Closed on Tuesdays)
Tel: 017 4350922
FB Page: http://www.facebook.com/etecafe
GPS Coordinates: 5.416083, 100.335333

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