Ra-Ft Cafe/Bistro @ Lorong Binjai has gotten from strength to strength. I was first introduced to them through their first outlet in
Binjai 8 with
Mont Kiara and
Sungai Buloh (which is also their roastery) branches to follow not long after.
This was
a blast from the past...
lol! Since discovering them in 2017 (that's close to 10 years ago...you can read my previous postings
here,
here and
here) and I'm happy to say they've managed to maintain their good standards in both food and service...although they're not as crowded as they used to be. You know
lah, with new cafes sprouting up every day, people want to be the first ones to be seen there so that they can say "
been there, done that"! ;D Glancing at the menu, I see a lot of old favourites here...you know the saying "
if it ain't broke, don't fix it"!
My very first introduction to
Ra-Ft was through this all-time favourite dish of theirs which is equivalent to a Big Breakfast which they simply call
My Ra-Ft Breakfast - Build Your Own Breakfast @ RM28...perfect for those who want to customise what they want on their breakfast plate. The standard items in this breakfast dish are eggs your way (we asked for
scrambled eggs),
hash brown,
cheesy baked beans,
sauteed mushrooms,
grilled tomatoes and a slice of
toasted sourdough bread with
herbed butter.
You can then customise your breakfast (as in build your own) by choosing add-ons of pork bacon 2 slices (RM9), chicken or pork sausage 1 pc (we chose pork sausage), roasted porchetta (RM12) and/or home-cured salmon gravlax (RM14). Everything was as good as I remembered...savoury, meaty, housemade sausage, creamy and fluffy scrambled eggs cooked just right, juicy button mushrooms, crispy sourdough and hash brown with a special mention to the grilled tomatoes that day which had a nice, smoky flavour. ^o^
Our other breakfast dish was something I've not ordered before, the
Ra-Ft Crown BLT @ RM34 which featured a
smashed avocado open sandwich with
pork bacon,
sunny side-up egg on a slice of
toasted sourdough topped with a crispy
cheese crown and a
mixed salad on the side.
Loved the creamy, smashed avocado on the crisp sourdough, especially the slightly salty, crispy, fragrant cheese crown (which was actually infused into another piece of smaller sourdough toast with some bits of crispy bacon). Some sourdough, the crust can be very hard and the bread rather chewy...but not the one here...very good sourdough. I enjoyed the salad very much too with fresh, mixed salad leaves, finely shredded white and purple cabbage and the grilled cherry tomatoes with balsamic dressing. A beautiful dish all-in-all. ^.^
After chit-chatting for more than 2 hours, my friend and I was ready to share another dish (+ it's the rightful thing to do if one is occupying a table for far longer than you're supposed to)...anyway, they were winding down in preparation for dinner service already, so the place was empty besides us and another table. We opted to share a more dessert-like dish of
American Pancakes with Maple Syrup & Butter @ RM24 and I added on a
fresh fruit salad at an additional RM6.
The pancakes were nice and the maple syrup is served on the side for you to tweak the level of sweetness you prefer (I would have preferred a better tasting, more fragrant maple syrup though). I thought the addition of fresh fruits of crunchy
green apple, juicy
watermelon and lightly tart
oranges brightened up the entire dish and gave it a much more refreshing and light take. On a side note, their
tiramisu (which I've had on many occasions) is really excellent and if you're here for the first time, you should so get that.
Of course coffees is a must...an
Iced Latte @ RM12 for my friend and a
Hot Latte @ RM11 for me (as I was still coughing). Hey, I got a cute rabbit for my latte art! ^_*
My Personal Opinion
If you don't know what to have, you can't go wrong with My Ra-Ft Breakfast where you can customise what you want in your breakfast plate. Trying the Ra-Ft Crown for the first time, I was very happy with my choice as the crispy cheese crown was savoury and outright delicious (and that's coming from someone who doesn't like cheese all that much). I guess when you make anything crispy, it's difficult to not like...lol!
Ra-Ft is still one of my favourite cafes to dine in...and still is after so many years as their food and coffees have stayed consistently good. A breakfast/brunch plate that
ticks all the right boxes...it will remain a beloved cafe of mine in the years to come.
Ra-Ft Cafe/Bistro
Unit G-1 Ground Floor
Binjai 8 Premium Soho
2 Lorong Binjai
50450 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-2181 1091
