I got to know about Tommy Le Baker after viewing a France in Malaysia‘s video shared by my partner who loves sourdough bread. Tommy Lee, the founder of the bakery café, is an amusing character. He sort of reminded us of a dear friend. We told her to watch the video and refer to him as the male version of her. She went to the café one day and met Tommy Lee. Unfortunately for us, he was nowhere in sight the first 3 times we went and we did see him on our 4th visit.
At the time of the visit, they were renovating the café so we entered from the back door (as seen in the image above.) Parking was easy as you can just pull right in to any empty spots by the roadside. If all the spots are occupied, there’s a carpark (RM5 per entry) next to the building with an attendant.
Since we entered from the back door, we saw this stunning street art. Dragon Ball fan anybody? (Update 31/10/21: On our recent visit, this beautiful street art was vandalized by some first class A-hole.)
We sat in the courtyard which was pretty cozy and with the nice jazz and classic music playing in the background, I could just imagine I was having breakfast in Europe.
We were given the menu to look at and orders are placed at the counter.
They specialized in sourdough bread….obviously.
You can place your order at the counter directly.
This is the wall menu next to the kitchen. We chucked when we saw the description of the sandwich. Okay, let’s zoom in.
You’ll probably understand this if you speak Hokkien (a Chinese dialect.) Kiap is directly translated to mean cramped or stuffed.
My usual coffee order is long black but here they serve Café Allongé (Espresso Lungo) which I had no clue what it was. A friendly staff overheard me when I was trying to pronounce Allongé. He explained that it’s like Americano but after the two shots of espresso, instead of adding hot water, they pull an extra long double shot of Espresso. It’s stronger in terms of taste and aroma. We love it!!!
For first-timers, we highly recommend that you order a platter. We went for the Sourdough Toast Platter with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
This is the oven-braised chicken sandwich. They just placed it with the platter we ordered so don’t mistaken it as part of the platter. This is so good!
Onion soup served with cheddar cheese melt toasties.
Mixed vegetable and pesto sandwich we tried on our 2nd visit.
Tuna baguette (pronounced buh-get, not bah-kut-teh ok?)
I tried this Roast Ribeye Steak on our 3rd visit. It was one of the best sandwiches I’ve ever had!
Garlic and herb cream cheese on sourdough toasts
This could be just my personal taste but I want to say that Tommy Le Baker’s sourdough breads are the best I’ve ever had so far. I wish I live near the city so I could have it everyday for breakfast or brunch. You guys who either live or work nearby, lucky you! You can also place orders online for delivery or takeaway. Do follow them on Facebook for updates and also some entertainment from Tommy Lee himself!
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