You might walk past this café and not even notice it but now, make sure you know its location as it offers a whole different fare than your ordinary cafés especially Italian food. Peppercorn Café stood the test of time as it has been operating for almost 13 years and are still standing as one of the first café pioneers within its vicinity.
“The dish that cannot be found elsewhere is our café’s specialties,” said a jolly Mr Chan, proprietor of Peppercorn Café as well as the main chef of the café when asked about his café’s main items.
He offers customers different menu for his set lunches almost everyday. “It is to give something different to the customers everyday so they won’t get bored with the same old menu all the time,” he explains.
Almost 80% of its customers are students in nearby colleges that swarmed the whole café during lunch hour. Mr Chan also mentions many of his customers are regulars who have been watching his café grow or rather the other way round.
Also, he creates the entire menu himself as well as the herbs and spices used in his cooking. With many years of experience in cooking in hotels and overseas, he modifies the dishes he learnt according to the local’s palate and comes out with a budget that suits every pocket.
You can also get the chance to see Mr Chan cooks in his open kitchen. It is to have a better view of his customers so that he can cook according to their palates. In this way, it adds a personalized touch in every dish he serves.
For appetizers, Mr Chan suggests Chicken and Mushroom Pancake with Mozarella Cheese. Generous serving of grey oyster mushrooms and button mushrooms as well as chicken is wrapped in pancake and drenched in Mozzarella Cheese then baked to perfection leaves your taste buds tantalized with the creamy sauce.
Chicken and Mushroom Pancake with Mozzarella Cheese
Meanwhile, its Mixed Herb Butter Grilled Chicken differs from normal grilled chicken elsewhere. It has a pleasant aroma with eight to nine types of herbs used to marinate the chicken then grilled to bring out the flavours. It leaves a strong herbs and butter aftertaste to the taste buds. Also, it comes together with french fries as well as stir fried mixed vegetables.
Mixed Herb Butter Grilled Chicken
Another specialty dish is Caper and Tomato Sauce Grilled Fish. Caper, a pickled seasoning adds a sourly taste together with chopped tomato and onions that is spread on top of grilled dory fish making it a very appetizing dish. Most restaurants and cafés only offered dory fish paired with cheese and butter toppings but not Peppercorn. It also serves with a portion of stir fried mixed vegetables and baked potatoes making it a healthy treat.
Caper and Tomato Sauce Grilled Fish
Besides that, it also offers a whole range of Italian food such as Lamb Shank, Escargot Gratin with Red Wine and Mixed Herbs Butter and Baked Chicken in foil.
Next time when you have no idea what to have for lunch or dinner, simply drop by at Peppercorn Café to have a little surprise for your meal.
Peppercorn Café
No 21, Jalan SS15/4,
Subang Jaya,
47500 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
603 5631 1808 (tel)
Business Hours:
Monday to Thursday: 8:00am to 3:00pm
Friday and Saturday: 8:00am to 3:00pm & 6:00pm to 10:00pm
Closed on Sunday and Public Holiday
article by Esther Loh, photo by Firdaus Radzi
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Chicken and Mushroom Pancake with Mozzarella Cheese
Mixed Herb Butter Grilled Chicken
Caper and Tomato Sauce Grilled Fish
