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Countless times have people told me about this ‘new’ gem of Damansara Uptown over the past year, but not only have I not have the time to enjoy actual dine-outs whilst the uni semester is ongoing, I felt like any good food would’ve been wasted on my poor appetite. I can’t believe it’s been three months since my last class and I will be resuming really soon! Time passes too quickly when I’m having fun.

I’ve so far dined there twice; once with Ida and another time with Marcus and SW.

Before recently, I’ve only been to Fat Spoon for take-away desserts, twice extremely short whiles. I hadn’t taken a good look at the uniqueness of the place, but my initial impression was that it’s A LOT of effort to dig and put together the vintage furniture and designs that Fat Spoon encompasses. So detailed.
The chalkboard’s use was smart because it keeps one side of the wall filled, but I thought opposing it, the white walls were a bit bare. It could use some smaller artworks surrounding the large one that they already have.

#1 Latte

#2 Capp

#3 Fat Spoon uses R.A.W. Coffee Roast of R.A.W. (Malaysia).

I’ve had their 3/4 latte previously and thought the depth of the taste was really spot on. So was the temperature. It tasted very dark and alluring and the aftertaste was light and dreamy.

A regular latte on the other hand was creamy all the way and was a lot lighter generally with the greater amount of milk. I felt that the ‘kick’ of espresso wasn’t strong enough with a regular. Although the difference was distinct, I could do with either but I just prefer a 3/4.

Another detail, petty but extremely important to me:
One trait that I really liked was that the grinding only began after I ordered. Some cafés grind till it’s full and leave the ground coffee oxidized and lose its freshly ground coffee aroma! Worse yet, I have seen a café use the same puck for a few to many rounds… *shudders*

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#4 Iced choc

#5 Popiah with OJ in the background

#6 Fat Spoon noodles

#7 Ulam fried rice

#8 Claypot lou shu fan

#9 Tangy beef noodles

AND THEN.

The one dish that was mentioned endlessly by a few people who knew that I would have just loooooved it at first sniffle, and I did:

#10 Cempedak popiah with vanilla ice-cream

#11 I think this dish inspires me the most. Not because I like the fruit per se. To taste it the way I did, it was really rewarding.

Sometimes I see/taste things that I used to like very much but gradually not having the chance to anymore, and remember all over again the other things that I used to love when I was a child. Maybe it’s the natural hint of durian that cempedak brings that reminded me of how Dad used to randomly bring back half a dozen of durians to Mom’s and my pleasant surprise (Sis was still a baby, so we had a bigger share). We’d just enjoy to our hearts’ content as soon as Dad tears the husks apart. Once in a blue moon, there’d also be cempedak or nangka (by the way, both different familia with durian).

Fat Spoon evokes some kind of longed childhood love that I’ve slowly come to forget over the years of busy ‘growing up’, and since the urban migration to KL. It makes me reminisce my childhood in Ipoh with those vintage furniture, especially. I think frequenting Fat Spoon made me miss Ma Ma’s old cabinets where I used to pinch unfinished lunch that was meant for dinner.

If I lived nearby, I would visit everyday! For the cempedak popiah and a good cuppa.
Or two.
Or ten.

#12

All photos of Fat Spoon can also be found in my set here on Flickr.


FAT SPOON, DAMANSARA UPTOWN
73 Jalan SS21/1A
Damansara Utama 47400
Petaling Jaya SEL
Malaysia
+60 3 7728 3323
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Opening hours:
CLOSED ON MONDAYS
Tuesdays to Thursdays 12pm-3pm, 5pm-10pm
Fridays to Sundays 12pm-10pm