Cafe Cafe - Sibu

During my recent trip to Sibu with Tek (due to my work), tek's colleagues over there brought us out dinner. I truely do recommend anyone who's going over there or who are there and has yet to try out this place to GO NOW!! Its called Cafe Cafe. Its situated @ Jalan Temple and facing the river. Next to the row of shops where it is situated is the "pagoda" in Sibu. It isn't very difficult to locate. The owner of the shop is apparently a very entreprising person. The food served there is heavenly and the prices charged are really cheap considering the size, the portion and the quality. Comparable indeed to some other restaurants that I have been. The food that they serve there is a fusio styled food. East meeting the West concept. If I were to compare the prices with another fusion restaurant that I have tried out (Bla Bla Bla .. over in Kuching) Cafe Cafe is a lot cheaper. The design and the concept of the interior of the place is also unique. They are currently renovating the upper floor for as a VIP reserved place. It looks extremly spacious and can sit up to 20 guest(s) @ a time.

They also do catering or buffet style dinner for you if you have large number of guest(s) that you'd like to invite and budget is of concern to you. They actually do package as low as RM16p/head. Which I feel is extremly cheap considering the food that they will be serving out. We were also give the understanding that the owner's mother herself is a renowned chef who has written her own cook book as well. Though some of the food served may look simple ... the taste is definitely nothing simple. For example, I HATE bittergourd. I never take them. Ask a'one who knows me well. I NEVER touch bittergourd. However, (I do admit, initially it was totally out of courtesy that I forced myself to take a piece) for the first time in life, I can truly say that the bittergourd was absolutely delish! The bitter flavour of the bittergourd was still intact but due to the other ingredients that were added to the dish, the other flavours actually enhanced to bitterness to a yummy sensation (sounds weird ... I know. But it was GOOD!!!)

The dish that I absolutely loved best was the the Thai Fish Fillet Salad. It is a must have dish I say should you frequent Cafe Cafe! Oh .. oh .. must also have the Bailey's Ice cream after all your other dishes (sighs ... I miss it) I LOVE Bailey's! So if you love Bailey's as much as I do, this is defiitely a dessert that you MUST MUST MUST order!!! So simple ... yet so yummy. Other than that, this is the other place so far (to my knowledge) in Sibu that serves Jelly Pisang other than Tanahmas Hotel. I have to say though, that I prefer the Jelly Pisang that is served over @ Tanahmas still. I think this is due to the "jelly" used over @ Cafe Cafe. It is actually "agar-agar" (taste like it) compared to the jelly used in Tanahmas hotel.






The Tom Yam noodle was a bit of a dissappointment to me as well. The sourish taste I felt was too subtle for a Tom Yam dish. To me, any dish that says it is a TOM YAM dish must be infused with spiciness and sourness too. These are 2 most important flavours which should stand out.

So, should you drop by Sibu, try this place out!!!