Kulai Cafe: Cafe Jufei (聚啡馆) Toasted Garlic Bread @ Taman Kulai

Rick
Jul 14, 2023
2 min read

Updated: Oct 10

On the ground floor of an old building situated along Jalan Ismail in Kulai, besides Yun Yun Loy (远远来) Wantan Noodle, a doorway leads to a "hidden" cafe up on a flight of steps. The cafe is known as Cafe Jufei (聚啡馆). A chalkboard outside the doorway carries several pieces of information, especially the types of specialty coffee bean for V60 hand-drip coffee (手冲咖啡) for the day.

Through the doorway, and up two flights of steps to the 3rd floor, is the real entrance to the cafe. All shoes are to be left outside. Stepping into the cafe is like travelling back in time to a world without modern hassles — a slow and relaxing world. "聚啡" can be interpreted as "get together with coffee".

Cafe Jufei has a homely and very retro settings — like travelling in a time tunnel. Most of the collections, figurines, comic books, vintage equipment, cassette tapes, etc, are several decades old. Some of the items brought back my childhood memories.

Cafe Jufei's menu is very simple. Apart from beverages, such as coffee (both western and hand-drip), floral tea and chocolate, light-bite items are also available: homemade bread and cheesecakes with various flavours. More light bites may be added at times.

I tried the V60 hand-drip using Mexico beans on the first visit and the Brazil beans two days later — I prefer hand-brew coffees these days.

Borrowed a vintage toy from the shelf to take photo with a glass of mocha latte.

Cafe Jufei's homemade bread looks very appetising with white and black sesame seeds. It is spread with garlic butter and toasted with at least two types of cheese. The taste is splendid. It is a must-try when relaxing here.

Out of 3 choices of cheesecake of the day, I opted for the apple cheesecake, which I have never tried before. It is cheesy with citrusy apple taste and slight cinnamon flavour. Nice!