Visiting Antipodean @ Sunway Velocity invoked feelings of nostalgia and took me on a trip down memory lane. That's because Antipodean was one of the very first few cafes I wrote about when I started this blog in December 2013...wow, that was 13 years ago (it felt like I've come full circle)! ^_~
Antipodean is well-known for their all-day breakfast (so you can even have it for dinner) and to still maintain a 4.7 rating (for the one at
Menara Tan & Tan, the one I went to) after all these years is no mean feat and a testimony to their consistency. The one in
Sunway Velocity (which opened in January 2024) has an even higher rating at 4.9 and it's good news indeed as this one is near me with other branches located in
Bangsar, Mid Valley, Atria, Penang &
Johor.
The very first dish I wanted to eat again was, of course, their
Big Breakfast @ RM36 as I could still remember the smoky sausages that impressed me way back then. This dish comes with fluffy scrambled eggs on artisan toast (which was extremely well toasted to crispy perfection), hash brown, sauteed mushrooms and a choice of bacon or sausage (chicken, pork or beef)...not both like what
PH The Meat Lover had...
lol! Everything was exactly the same...except for the price, of course...
lol!
I obviously chose their
homemade pork sausage and it was fragrant and delicious, perhaps not as smoky as I remembered but still good nonetheless. The fluffy, light
scrambled eggs were cooked just right and their
housemade hash brown (which I didn't appreciate as much the first time round) got more love from me this time. I'm beginning to appreciate the extra effort in making their own thick potato patty against commercially produced hash browns.
But it was the
sauteed button mushrooms that turned out to be what I enjoyed the most on the plate (too bad,
PH, you didn't get to taste as you got
chickpeas and
tomatoes instead...hopefully you get mushrooms next time). They were sauteed with quite a bit of (blended) parsley and chopped garlic which gave it loads more flavour. Probably one of most well prepared sauteed mushrooms I've eaten thus far which was unlike others where the mushrooms would just be seasoned with salt and sauteed in olive oil. Ah, I got that hint of alcoholic taste in the
salad dressing that
PH mentioned (I liked the acidic flavour). It most probably came from the vinegar in the dressing since vinegar is produced from fermenting alcohol after all.
My son wanted the
Fish & Chips @ RM36 featuring 2 slices of beer battered deep sea fish (couldn't tell what fish it was...could be
haddock, cod, pollock, sea bass or
halibut but more likely the latter two) served with chips, salad and tartar sauce.
The
doubled battered fish was fried to a beautiful golden brown, crunchy on the outside with tender, flaky meat.
The
thick-cut fries were crisp and fluffy and the tartar sauce was also delicious with added texture from the chopped dill pickles and finely minced shallots/onions.
You can't come to
Antipodean and not order coffee, so I went for my favourite drink, an
Iced Latte @ RM17 which comes served with a little cute teddy bear coffee-infused ice cube. My teddy was kind of tilted (and sinking when it arrived) coz I was missing a bit of that milk foam on top (to help it stand better) but that was alright as it brought a bit more bitterness to my coffee which I don't mind.
It was a hot and humid evening (yes, you heard right...I had their all-day breakfast for dinner!) and my poor teddy was melting fast...faster than I can snap my photo! ;D
It was so hot and humid that
Mr Teddy couldn't wait to go for a swim...
hah..hah! Teddy aside, the coffee was very good. The coffee-infused ice cube, besides being oh-so-cute had a purpose...it helped intensify the coffee flavour as we continue to drink which was simply fantastic.
My Personal Opinion
Antipodean continues to hold its own after all these years and have remained consistent with its good coffee and good food which cements their popularity and success amidst growing competition from the many newer cafes that have sprout up over the years.
From pictures online, I noticed that their poach eggs are done differently now...more free-form instead of coming out from moulds which was my
bone of contention previously. I remember getting an email from them after my blogpost was published (what...they read my post?) that this was the only way that they could ensure consistency in their poached eggs. Well, it looks like they've found a new way of doing it consistently now (either way, I'm glad they took my comment or perhaps it was their other diners' comments constructively). I guess I can put that to the test on my next visit (well, it does look like it's more free-form
here). ^_~
Antipodean
VS1-G-05 & VS1-01-02
Sunway Velocity Two
Jalan Peel Seksyen 90
55100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-4817 1395
