Breakfast at the most crowded café in Melaka
Melaka has plenty of newly opened, beautiful and well-kept cafés, but when it comes to popularity, Kopi Harian remains the most standout name. From early morning, the café is packed with customers coming and going, enough to see that its appeal hasn't diminished over time.
Kopi Harian preserves the spirit of a traditional Malaysian café. The space is an old-style two-storey shophouse, with a pebbled floor, stone-paved walkway, and a central courtyard with greenery. Everything is simple, nostalgic and peaceful, yet not dated. Simply sitting down allows you to clearly feel Melaka's slow and comfortable pace of life.
Toasted bread is a dish that almost every table orders. Black Sesame Toast and Matcha Butter Toast are the two most popular choices. The black sesame filling is homemade, rich and fragrant but not cloying. The butter is spread generously, you can add soft mochi, light strands, eating together is extremely addictive. Besides that, there is also taro and chicken floss toast, the homemade taro portion makes many people want to come back and try it again just from hearing the name.
Cendol and Wintermelon shaved ice are also two dishes not to be missed. The ice is finely shaved, the flavour is mixed directly into the ice rather than drizzled on top, so it is very light and evenly flavoured. Cendol smells of palm sugar, combined with red beans and pandan strands, sweetness is just right and refreshingly cold. Wintermelon shaved ice has the addition of fragrant and cooling aiyu jelly, passion fruit and longan sauce, with a balanced sweet and sour taste.
Besides desserts, the café also serves a full range of other familiar Malaysian dishes such as laksa, shredded chicken rice noodles, nasi lemak, char kway teow or stir-fried vermicelli, suitable for a complete breakfast. If you go to Melaka and only have time for one meal, Kopi Harian is the choice enough to understand why this place is always crowded and talked about so much.
📍 Kopi Harian
Photo: Collected
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