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Hot Gossip is a cafe located at PARKROYAL KL serving gourmet sandwiches and hearty pies. The simple and trendy cafe also serves a medley of pastries, healthy Japanese makis, Haagen Dazs ice-creams, a fine selection of cheese, ice-blended coffee drinks, espresso, specialty latte, high-grade teas, fruit smoothies and local delights.


The moment we stepped in, our eyes widen at the sight of these lovely little chocolates.




Delicious-looking chocolates in a variety of flavors; from White Truffle to Almond Gianduja and cost RM 2.20++ each.


Our meals started off with a selection of drinks, one of it was the Spanish Cucumber and Vanilla Latte (RM 18). Cucumber and coffee?!? It actually tasted pretty good! The cucumber essence syrup gave a distinctive accent flavor to the sweet vanilla latte.

Hot Caramel Chocolate (RM 18), made from caramel sauce, Sipping chocolate and fresh milk.




A wide-ranging tea (RM 15) selection ranging from Earl Grey to Apricot Ceylon, from Japanese Green to Lemon Chamomile and Peppermint. The white and brown crystallized sugar sticks were an elegant addition to the tea table.


Refreshing Tropical Smoothie (RM 18), made from a blend of fresh pineapple, mango, peach and topped with whipped cream.

Chicken Tandoori Sandwich (RM 20), made with cold sliced tandoori chicken marinated with a layer of yoghurt sauce.


Irish Stew Pie (RM 22), made with minced lamb, onions, carrots, potatoes and herbs.


Beef and Mushroom Pie (RM 22), made with stewed tender beef, mushrooms and carrots in a tomato-based sauce.


Chicken Cream Pie (RM 20), made with creamy chunks of chicken and green peas.


Bored of your regular classic egg mayo sandwich? Try out this Curry Egg Mayo Sandwich (RM 18). With a dash of added curry powder to the egg mayo, it was surprisingly tasty. The flavors combination created one exciting sandwich!


Crab Mayo Sandwich (RM 26), made with flaked crab meat and mayonnaise sauce.


Chicken Cilantro Sandwich (RM 25), fiery blend of shredded chicken with cilantro herbs.


Thai Tuna Sandwich (RM 23), made with flaked light tuna, onions and herbs.




Cheese Platter with a selection of cheese varieties in large chunks or bite-size fresh from the cheese board. Immediately, we all had a cheesy grin that started our Sunday morning right.


Chef's Special Curry Puff (RM 2.80), it was indeed special - golden brown firm texture pastry with a strong hint of spices. The filling was spicy and rich with flavors.


Egg Curry Puff (RM 2.80), with curried potatoes filling and a slice of hard-boiled egg. But we still preferred the Chef's Special as the taste was more intense.


Sausage Rolls (RM 6), who doesn't love a sausage wrapped in buttery flaky pastry coated with black and white sesame seeds?! It reminded me of uni-days, when I used to throw in couple of frozen sausage rolls into the oven before heading out for lectures every morning.


Apple Raisin and Banana Danish (RM 4/each), best eaten while it's warm!




Hot Gossip also offers an array of delectable cakes and desserts for all dessert lovers alike.




From Strawberry Flan Cake (RM 70), Dragon Fruit Mousse Cake (RM 13), Tiramisu Cake (RM 13) to many more!


Mixed Fruit Yoghurt (from RM 12), create your own yoghurt with your favorite choices of fresh imported and local fruits.


We heard that their Rojak was popular and decided to give it a try too. The sauce tasted different from the Penang version, it was less dark in color, stickier and sweeter.


Hot Gossip's casual atmosphere contributes to a perfect place for a quick bite or a small chat over a catch-up with friends. This cafe also offers complimentary WiFi for its dine-in guests.


Address:
Main Lobby, PARKROYAL Kuala Lumpur
Jalan Sultan Ismail,
50250 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-2147 0088
Business Hours: Opens daily from 8am - 8pm
Pork Free: Yes
GPS: 3.14422, 101.71232
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Chateau De Caffeinees is a popular cafe-restaurant housed on a quaint and cosy one-storey garden bungalow located in Kampung Pandan, Kuala Lumpur.


Having its own plot of bungalow land, there is ample parking space with tranquil garden settings and a backyard overlooking the lush Royal Selangor golf course.


Started since 2007 at Taman Ampang Hilir, then relocated to a semi-detached house off Jalan Damai (opposite of Raffles Design Institute) in 2010 and finally to a bigger piece of land at Kg. Pandan in 2011.


Caffeinees commands quite a following of crowd with their cosy and chic interiors. With a colorful mix of customers ranging from families, to groups of friends chilling out with shishas, office workers joking over a couple of beers and business people meeting over a cup of coffee, Caffeinees is definitely one of the place to hangout till 3am!


From breakfast to supper, their menus comprises of local and western cuisines to satiate the tastes of a diverse customer set.


Caffeinees baked rice (RM 17 / RM 23 for lunch set) served with fried chicken wings and salad. The creamy baked rice was infused with the flavors of yellowish curry powder and the fried chicken wings were well loved too. Imagine juicy chicken wings encased in a hot crispy and perfectly flavored batter. Overall, it was fairly nice with an unusual twist from the usual Hong Kong baked rice but a tad expensive.


We had the baked rice lunch set (RM 23) inclusive of a drink (ice lemon tea, long black, English tea) and gelato.


For gelato, they have several fanciful flavors distributed by JezRipe. We had the papaya gelato and sadly, it wasn't right - it was too cold, too hard and its natural flavor was numbed by the icy frost.

Caffeinees 'BIG' burger (RM 19), the recommended and best seller original Caffeinees thick beef patty as stated in the menu. For the price paid for, the burger wasn't really 'BIG' like the name would imply. Even the burgers at Chili's are cheaper and bigger.


Waffle with strawberry bits and vanilla ice cream (RM ?). There weren't any strawberry bits and the waffles were overcooked, it was hard.


Since the name of this place is related to coffee, we ordered a cup of latte (RM 7.50). We were expecting for some beautiful heart-shape latte art as portrayed on the menu and we ended up with a broken heart. Nevertheless, the latte was smooth and comforting.


It's amazing how popular Caffeinees is with everyone talking about it. Hence, we decided to give it another try. For drink, we had the ice dark chocolate (RM 8.50), it was just normal.


Caribbean grilled chicken (RM 20), grilled chicken chop with creamy mild spicy home specialty sauce. The grilled chicken chop was quite juicy and reasonably tender. We loved the sauce! It was a little spicy, rich and smoky with a hint of curry spices in it.


Chicken mushroom sandwich (RM 12), grilled chicken fillet and mushroom with white creamy sauce.

Valencia seafood rice (RM 25), Italian seafood rice cooked with sea prawns and squid. It tasted awfully bland and no where near a normal paella. It was like mixing the rice with only pureed tomato paste and raw onions.


We couldn't resist not ordering another plate of house specialty fried chicken wings (RM 12).


Chicken in white mushroom (RM 20 / RM 39 dinner set), grilled chicken chop with garlic mushroom sauce. It tasted okay but at a premium price.


We had the dinner set for RM 39 inclusive of a mushroom soup, drink and flour-less chocolate cake. The mushroom soup was creamy and thick in consistency.


The flour-less chocolate cake, with texture slightly different from cake but rather, more dense and fudge-like. It was also a little too sweet for my liking.


Since we didn't get the coffee art on our latte before, we chose the cappuccino (RM 7) this time. Not the perfect heart foam that we used to get, it was a half-hearted cappuccino!

Verdict: Great ambiance but overpriced for mediocre food quality and sub-standard service. Nevertheless, Caffeinees is still a popular hangout place. It has carved a niche for itself by operating till late wee hours in a classy ambiance.


Address:
No. 16,
Jalan Kampung Pandan,
55100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-9284 6686 / 012-2191 220
Business Hours: Opens daily from 9.30am - 3am except Fri and Sat till 4am.
Pork Free: Yes
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GPS: 3.138175, 101.723962
Map:

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