I was back in KL to a cafe called mBuji (pronunced as boo-ji) cafe @ Sunway Giza, Kota Damansara area.
But ended up, there wasn’t a ‘special session’ of food photography like what I had previously. Instead, the photo-taking was on the move where once the food appears from the kitchen, I had to quickly grab my camera and quickly take a snapshot of it. Haha.. And I thought I will need to have to setup a ‘mini-studio’ with reflectors and light stands..
Anyway, MBuji is a shop that specializes in coffees where it has a variety of coffee beans from across the globe. It’s African-themed shop with African songs & deco. The concept is similar as Starbucks where it has free wifi but I think what beats Starbucks is that, the coffee are not ‘machine-made’. It takes the creativity of the barista how he wants to prepare the coffee,
Like I said, the shop has a very cosy environment with a smoking area on the outside and non-smoking area indoors.
Apart from the atmosphere, I find the coffee/drinks are very nice! Some of the dessert coffees are well, indescribable.
For example, there’s this coffee called “Bittersweet Love” where after I drink it, I really can’t express out the taste.. Haha..
It’s like an orchestra of flavours running around my taste bud. It’s actually a blend of orange and chocolate coffee that brings the bitter-sweet taste..
I also managed to try the Hazelnut Dream where it has bits of hazelnuts in the coffee.
Of course, there are also the traditional latte, espresso, cappucino and macchiato.
There’s also the ‘complex ordering’ of coffee where you actually can choose the type of coffee-beans for your coffee. It was too complex for me… =/ Or to make it simpler, there are some customers who wanted some specific tastes and the barista will then prepare the drink accordingly.
Oh, another thing that I might add is that the cafe actually provides an ‘educational feat’ of coffees. There are some materials that describes the background, the tastes of different coffee beans there.
Even though it’s coffee-specialized, they do provide tea options as well. There’s this African Spiced Tea which I find quite tasty. 
There are also other favourites like chocolate mocha 
and fruit juices 
There’s also main courses too! As I was there in the morning, they were serving pancakes, sandwiches and toasts for breakfast.
Then for lunch/dinner, they have the all-time favourite Nasi Lemak Special!
There are actually people who came everyday just to eat the Nasi Lemak. It has such good response that it gets sold out very fast.
There’s also other famous dishes like Curry Laksa,
and Meatball Spaghetti. For spaghetti, I need to wait for quite some time (10-15min) before it’s out. Apparently, the chef wants to cook the spaghetti from scratch so that it’s fresher and more tender.
Lastly, nothing comes complete without Desserts! All the desserts at Mbuji Cafe are home-made, including the muffins, short-cakes and cupcakes. So, not all varieties are available as per the menu.
Just when I thought my mum makes the best carrot-cake, the carrot-cake made by the chef here is even better! My mum managed to ask how she does it and now, I have my good share of the carrot cake too! =p
Some of the desserts that caught my eye is the blackforest cake…
the Tiramisu cake,
and the banana chocolate chip!
The price of the food here is actually quite competitive. An espresso single costs about RM5.90 while the dessert coffee about RM14.90. Some feedbacks were that it’s one of the cheaper and better coffee in the location. And what more is that some of the revenue earned will go back to the charity organizations in Africa to build community schools, libraries and the such.
And lastly, what comes best to this cafe is the personal service from the staffs…
Just print out this banner below and present it at Mbuji Sunway Giza and they’ll treat you to a FREE espresso. No terms and conditions, just a free cuppa with no obligations. How’s that sound?
:mBuji Cafe
Lot 15, Block B, Sunway Giza,
Kota Damansara,
47810 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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Tags: african, beans, cafe, cake, coffee, dessert, drinks, food, giza, mbuji, nasi lemak, review, sunway, wifi 9 Comments
