Lonbay, The Farm's Best Coffee [Food Review]

It's a beer! It's a tea! No, it's Lonbay's coffee!

Yeah, I am not the biggest coffee lover in town, but thanks to Coco, I gave it a try in Lonbay.

I have visit Paradigm Mall several time. It's just a stone throw distance from where I work. I have pass by Tesco several times, but none of these give me any impression on Lonbay.

Lonbay Coffee (M) Sdn Bhd.

Lot LG-13,LG Floor,

Paradigm Mall,

Jalan SS7/26A,Kelana Jaya,

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

Phone: 03-78875258

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lonbay-The-Farms-Best-Coffee/214970011880996

Hope these information can help you locate the cafe easier ^_^

Screen through the menu.... it might not be the cheapest, depends on it's size.

For clearer display, I have retype the menu with it's respective price down:
Drink Menu:

Sifon Brew	(250ml)
Lonbay Bean	RM 15.00
Lonbay Iced Drip	RM 19.90
Kopi Luwak	RM 89.90

Coffee	Regular	Large	Chilled
Brew of The Day	RM  5.90	RM 6.90	RM 7.90
White Coffee	RM  5.90	RM 6.90	RM 7.90
Expresso	RM 7.90	-	-
Long Black	RM 7.90	RM 8.90	RM 8.90
Cuppucino	RM 7.90	RM 8.90	RM 8.90
Coffee Latte	RM 7.90	RM 8.90	RM 8.90
Mochaccino	RM 8.90	RM 9.90	RM 9.90
Hazelnut Latte	RM 8.90	RM 9.90	RM 9.90
Caramel Latte	RM 8.90	RM 9.90	RM 9.90
Vanilla Latte	RM 8.90	RM 9.90	RM 9.90
Tea	Regular	Large	Chilled
Black Tea	RM 3.90	RM 4.90	RM 5.90
Kung-Fu Tea Tarik	RM 4.90	RM 5.90	RM 6.90
Milk Tea HK Style	RM 4.90	RM 5.90	RM 6.90
Lemon Tea	RM 5.90	RM 6.90	RM 7.90
Green Tea	RM 4.90	RM 5.90	RM 6.90
Green Tea Latte	RM 6.90	RM 7.90	RM 7.90
Others	Regular	Large	Chilled
Hot Chocolate	RM 6.90	RM 7.90	RM 8.90
Hot Chocolate Vanilla	RM 6.90	RM 7.90	RM 8.90
Lemonate	RM 5.90	RM 6.90	RM 6.90
Honey Lemon	RM 5.90	RM 6.90	RM 6.90

Iced Blended	Set Meal
Cuppuccino	RM 8.90
Michaccino	RM 8.90
Lemonade	RM 8.90
Vahaha Smoothies (Fuit Milkshake)	12 oz
Manggo	RM 8.90
Soursop	RM 8.90
Honey Peach	RM 8.90
Strawberry	RM 8.90
Blueberry	RM 8.90

Snacks:

Loaf Toast		Price
Lartigo Toast	Sausage, Cheese sauce, Mozzarella cheese, Capsicum	RM 7.90
Fishmo Toast	Tuna, Mayonnaise sauce, Cheese sauce, Capsicium, Onion	RM 7.90
Hawaiian Toast	Pineapple, Thousand Island sauce, Chicken Ham, Mozzarella Cheese, Capsicium, Tomato	RM 7.90
Belgino Toast	BBQ sauce, Diced Chicken Breast, Mozzarella Cheese, Capsicium, Tomato	RM 7.90
Maxicano Toast	Maxican sauce, Chicken Ham Mozzarella Cheese, Capsicium, Tomato	RM 7.90

Cake                        RM 7.90      Tiramisu Classic Cheese New York Cheese Chocolate Banana American Chocolate Muffin RM 4.90 Rasberry Blueberry Carrot Walnut Chocolate Chip Apple Cinnamon Sandwich Ham + Egg/Cheese RM 3.50 Egg + Cheese/Tomato RM 3.50 Club Sandwich RM 7.90

Toast                     RM 7.90      Lartigo Fishimo Hawaiian Belgino Mexico All Time Favourite Kaya + Butter RM 2.50 Peanut + Butter RM 2.50 Thick Toast RM 3.50 French Toast RM 4.90 Spaghetti RM 13.90 Bolognese Chicken Mince Bolognese Seafood Green Sauce Spaghetti ---------- ----------

I tried quite a few drink and snacks in Lonbay

Cuppuccino Ice blended, RM 8.90
Not the best ice blended around. It's less sweet, offering a lighter solution for people that always calculate their calories around dining table.

Blueberry Ice blended, RM 8.90
Like the Cuppucino, this drink is also less sweet and doesn't taste artificial. So I assume they don't add in artificial flavour and color coz the color is very pale compare to other blueberry drinks on the market.

Soursop Ice blended, RM 8.90
My impression toward that green thorny soft fruit is non other than sour. I expect the drink to be acidic but in contrary, it was very smoothing, slightess sweetness and a bit sour. Even if you don't like sour stuff, you can find this refreshing.

Coffee enzym (not in the menu)
I am not an enzym person and I kindda don't understand why people keep consuming enzym EVERYDAY! Enzym can be produce by our human body to assist digestions (that's what I learn from my biology lesson during secondary). When the enzym complete their duty, it will store in our digestive system until there are more food to process. Even if you body can't readily produce some type of enzym, when you consume the ezym once, then it will last for a long time. Now, all these enzym product coming up, urging you to consume certain amount of enzym everyday? I was like "WTF?" DO we really need that?
All and all, this coffee enzym drink is still very attractive. Te lemonade flavour is just at the borderline between acidic and sour. It kindda taste sour but it doesn't hurt your tongue.

Kung-Fu Tea Tarik
Surprisingly, no bubbles. Our usually mamak teh tarik will have a thick layer of bubbles on top of the drinks. I was told that that layer is from the creamer which is also a kind of trans fat. Thus, when I am  don't see bubles here, I am not surprise since Lonbay promote healthy eating.
Other blogger comment that the after taste is some how special. I said: of course, these are some fine quality tea leaves. Cheaper, commercialized milk tea on the market could not produce these after taste because the tea leaf grade are different. You really shouldn't miss this when you are here! Highly recommended. 

The next big thing in Lonbay is their coffe Luwak

   
(Left) The coffee set was first setup with grated coffee beans on top of the flask with the underneath of the flask is boiling water.
(Right) When the water boils, vapors goes into the flask, it dissolved the coffee bean.

    
(Left) When the water vapors finished, the burner are removed. The bottom of the flask is cold down for some amount of time when the coffee will flows back into the bottom of the flask.
(Right) When the top of the flask is dry out, the coffee will be boil again for the second time. When it is cold down again, then the coffee is ready.

Other than double boils it, coffee Luwak is also prepare by diluting it in ice water, forming Lonbay Ice-dip

when then later store in a bottle and keep it fridge before sold.

The amount of cold coffee Luwak that can be harvest in a day is very limited. Considering the time for the ice to melt, the amount of water to channel into a the flask at one time and the not to forget transferring the harvested coffee into a cold place for storage.

Comparing these 2 coffee harvested from different method, I personally like the double boil process coffee Luwak more. The warm coffee have a silky texture. The aromatic coffee has a slight bitter after taste accompany with it. As for the cold Coffee Luwak, the strong bitter after taste wasn't my favourite thing in the world. If you like a strong coffee, you will like it a lot.

Next, I tried a lot of Lonbay snacks in their menu.

My favourite snack would be the Taj burger (Not in Menu). As for now, the set menu consist of Taj burger and a Brew of The day only cost RM10.

When I first saw the Taj burger, it reminds of a lot the Zinger burger and Chicken McDuluxe . It really surprise me although I think Zinger burger is very good already. I am not condemn other fast food francise burger but Taj burger is something out of my expectation. The burger bun is so soft that i would tear off with a little force yet still holds the burger together fairly well.The chicken was moist inside but crispy inside. The chicken didn't get it's crispness by the excessive flour but from it's freshness!

Classic Cheese, RM 7.90

The cheese cake is pretty decent and I would say it's just so so. Nothing to shout.

American chocolate cake, RM 7.90
The chocolate cake on the other hand has very little cream, creating a solid and rich texture. I don't feel  any guilt for eating a whole piece of cake.

Peanut + Butter Toast RM 2.50
That thick bread is certainly not your daily sandwich from the supermarket. The coarse texture isn't what I looking forward the most in my bread. However, it does feed your hungry stomach easily.

Green Sauce Spaghetti, RM 13.90
Like I suspected, the green sauce are made from pesto. The pasta is too dry for my licking and it's not salty enough. However, according to the owner, it's suppose to taste like this, because they promote healthy food.

Bolognese Chicken Mince, RM13.90
Again, nothing to shout.

Lartigo Toast, RM 7.90
(Sausage, Cheese sauce, Mozzarella cheese, Capsicum

Bergino Toast, RM 7.90
(BBQ sauce, Diced Chicken Breast, Mozzarella Cheese, Capsicium, Tomato)

Fishmo Toast, RM 7.90
(Tuna, Mayonnaise sauce, Cheese sauce, Capsicium, Onion)

Hawaiian Toast, RM 7.90
(Pineapple, Thousand Island sauce, Chicken Ham, Mozzarella Cheese, Capsicium, Tomato)

Overall, these toast (that looks like baguette sandwich) is very soft and moist. But after it has cold down, the baguette become very hard. The owner  admits it too, so make sure you finish it asap.

Club Sandwich, RM 7.90
The styling of the club sandwich does surprise me. The brown skin and the distinct layers of the filling, accompany by the chilly mayo is a very successful combination. Also another highly recommended dish.

Overall: 6/10 [Highly recommended for coffee lover and tea time chill out.]
Taste bud indulgence: 7/10 [Not my favorite type of coffee. I am not a heavy caffeine addict, so I don't like dark, heavy, bitter coffee. But it does worth a chance to try and you will fall in love with their Coffee Luwak if you are already a hard core coffee lover. The food/snack's flavour is pretty uneven. I like some of the food and dislike some of them]
Purse Saver: 8/10 [Not the cheapest cafe around PJ but it does appeal to offer very competitive price in PJ]
Location: 9/10 [It's very easy to locate Paradigm Mall but Lonbay is slightly harder. Just find Tesco and you can find Lonbay near the cash counter.]
Service: -/10 [Not applicable since this is a sponsored review]