Lighthouse Coffee Cafe

The Lighthouse Coffee Café serves mainly coffee beverages made from a variety of gourmet beans and in a myriad of styles e.g. latte, cappuccino, siphon, ice-drip and of course espresso. The gourmet beans are roasted and blended on a weekly basis to ensure freshness.

They also have quite an extensive food menu e.g. pasta, bakes rice, all day breakfast, soup, quiche and salad. Something about coffee with pasta appealed to us so we ordered the Lighthouse Spaghetti Caffe which was their house recipe pasta with coffee, capsicum and smoked chicken. The result was a light pasta dish with a hint of coffee taste.

Lighthouse Coffee also sells imported beans, coffee making ingredients, home and commercial grade espresso machines, professional tools and accessories for making coffee. If you are thinking of setting up your own café, they also offer café consultancy and equipment set up services. The interesting thing is Lighthouse Coffee also offers training workshops to Baristas and coffee enthusiasts, to learn the art of coffee making.

The warm ambiance promotes a sense of togetherness thus the café is great for chilling out with friends with a good cuppa as can be seen on the day we were there.

 

Doppio Piccolo Latte (RM8)

Mushroom Quiche (RM10.90)



Lighthouse Spaghetti Caffe (RM16.50)

Lighthouse Coffee Café
Logan Heritage No. 4 Bishop Street, Georgetown
10300 Penang
8:30 am to 7:30 pm (Opens everyday)
Direct Mobile: 6012 4360 836
Email: lighthouse.coffee@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.lighthouse-coffee.com.my/

Coob Coffee Club Cafe at Komtar Walk Penang

Coob Coffee is a rather unique Japanese themed café tucked away at Komtar Walk. Its origin goes back to a small group of coffee clubs in Osaka.

Coob Coffee’s main draw is freshly brewed Japanese Sumiyaki coffee using a syphon coffee maker. The Sumiyaki coffee beans are charcoal roasted and imported from Japan. Apart from the traditional Japanese coffee, Coob Coffee also serves a variety of coffee drinks made from its Italian espresso coffee maker with 100% Arabica coffee beans, tea, ice blended drinks, smoothies etc.

For those looking to fill their stomach, Coob Coffee’s menu includes some pasta and Japanese dishes, albeit limited. I ordered the Kinoko (mushroom) Pasta which is an all-vegetarian pasta cooked with extra virgin olive oil with a variety of mushrooms. This simple pasta was surprisingly very flavourful with lots of freshly grounded black pepper, sesame seeds, garlic and seaweed.

Kinoko Pasta (RM14.90 including one drink)

Hubs ordered the Grilled Chicken Pasta with white sauce. The food dish comes with a drink, with an option of either an Iced Tea, American or Blend Hot Coffee or Iced Lemon Tea. You may upgrade to other drinks by paying an additional RM2 / RM3 / RM4.

Grilled Chicken Pasta (RM15.90 including one drink)

The Sumiyaki coffee was indeed good with a strong and distinct taste.

Sumiyaki Coffee (RM7.90)

The Iced Caffe Mocha and Caffe Granita Ice Blended were equally good as well.

Iced Caffe Mocha (RM11.90)

Caffe Granita Ice Blended (RM10.50)

Pistachio Cake (RM7.90)

The Pistachio Cheese Cake was indeed quite unique with a subtle pistachio flavour. I was told that it is quite a bestseller. They are currently running a promotion for any piece of cake with a drink for RM8.90 (you may also opt to upgrade to your choice of drink by paying a little extra).

They are also currently offering the Coob Summer 2010 Seasonal Selection of 100% fruits smoothie with a choice of kiwi, mango or papaya smoothie at RM11.90 per drink.  

The Japanese style café is cozy with its simple and yet tasteful décor. To me, it’s the perfect setting for catching up with friends or chilling out on a lazy afternoon.

Coob Coffee Club Cafe
Komtar Walk, Komtar,
Penang,
coobcoffee@yahoo.com
Tel: 012-5903099
http://www.coobcoffee.com/

Opening Hours:
Sunday to Wednesday 11 am to 10 pm
Thursday Close
Friday, Saturday 11 am to 11 pm

Coffee Lane - "A place where Coffee is Freshly Ground, Freshly Brewed and Freshly Served..."

Coffee Lane is a rather new establishment in Penang which specializes in syphon brewed gourmet coffee. Quite a number of food bloggers have written about the place and since hubs is a coffee lover, we decided to pop in to Coffee Lane one Saturday afternoon after lunch.

I immediately fell in love with the place which retains the original rustic feel of the pre-war building and the contrasting green painted wall. The place is air-conditioned with slow paced music playing in the background so it was quite relaxing.

We ordered the Special Brews (RM10 - RM15) - Peaberry Lintong and Mandheling as recommended by shop owner and coffee enthusiast Terry Beh. The Peaberry brew is supposedly just a bit sour and bitter with a fruity after taste.

We were told by Terry that the Special Brews are made of special roasted beans which are fresher. It was written on the menu that these brews use beans from the 4th day of roasting to the 5th week, of which period you can taste the full flavours and characters of the beans.

P/S: Normally the fruit of the coffee plant develops as two halves of a bean within a single cherry, but sometimes only one of the two seeds gets fertilized so there is nothing to flatten it. This oval (or pea-shaped) bean is known as Peaberry. Typically around 5% of all coffee beans harvested are of this form. Read more about the Peaberry bean at Wikipedia here.

Terry in action

Aromatic freshly brewed coffee

I have to agree that the Peaberry coffee was quite outstanding, more concentrated and all-rounded with a subtle fruity taste. The Mandleling coffee though also quite good, somehow paled in comparison with the Peaberry.

House special home made "Ti Ah Kuoi" (RM3)

The "Ti Ah Kuoi" is a must try at Coffee Lane. I loved the chewy texture and consistency of the "Ti Ah Kuoi" and the accompanying fragrant gula melaka syrup.

Syphon Coffee Apparatus

P/S: Ask Terry about his prized possession of the world's most expensive coffee beans, the Kopi Luwak and I am quite sure he will be more than happy to show them to you. Terry is selling those at RM50 per cup.

Coffee Lane Entrance

Coffee Lane
10-B, King Street, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
Tel: +604-2610625
"A place where Coffee is Freshly Ground, Freshly Brewed and Freshly Served..."