Bayou Coffee House (small and simple lunch buffet)

Geng GBS :: Ida, Kat, Nadia, Azura, CHE NAH, Sarina, Lin, Miza and me!

Che Nah before anticipated
big speech

Okay ladies, enough with ordering food from a menu. This time we are going buffet. The occasion: Che' Nah is leaving us. She has decided to go off on a new adventure. She is getting off the GBS bus and getting on another one. A newer bus. A Nilai Bus.

For me, moving to a new place is always a positive change. Being a nomad all my life (the longest I have been at any one place is MMU for some incomprehensible reason), I am a pro-mover and I support Che' Nah fully in her decision (GO GO CHE NAH~~!). Because whether you're moving house, moving workplace, or moving country, migration always leads to the opening of minds and ideas, and consequently, a better and richer life. In all instances in world history where immigration occurs, the outcome is always positive. I mean look at all the Jawa's in Malaysia now. Seriously. Even in the animal kingdom migration is essential and successful. Just tune in to Animal Planet or watch the Little Mermaid to be convinced.

Lake in front of coffee house

The buffet place we went to is in Cyberjaya Community Centre, and even though I've been there numerous times in the past for some serious sports, I just noticed today that there is a very calm and serene lake right in front of the coffee house. Next time I am in a melancholic mood because someone else is leaving, I know just the perfect spot to write some angry melancholic poetry. They always come out better when one is feeling a bit passionate.

For the RM22 per person, the menu was not bad. There were 3 carbohydrate dishes (i.e., nasi minyak, meehun and mee goreng), 5 types of protiens (grilled hotdogs, lamb, beef, chicken and fish with choice of gravy), a little salad bar, kopoks, 2 types of fruits, jellies and mousse, and bubur kacang hijau (green pea porridge). Not bad right? Well, that actually depends on what your expectations were. If you compared the buffet to any hotel in KL 2 stars and above, the choice of food was, in simple English, a bit limited. But if you compared that with the number of dishes you cook and eat at home at any one time, definitely more than enough.

Armand's plate

Nadia's plate

My plate

Of all the food they offered, the mee goreng mamak was perhaps the best main dish, the bubur kacang hijau was the best dessert and the chicken wings, the best appetizer, although we highly suspect the chicken wings are pre-packaged Ayamas from your favourite grocery store. Also, the orange juice was not too sweet and very pulpy (diluted Minute Maid? that's expensive). For those 4 items alone, I'd say RM22 is an acceptable deal for Cyberjaya residents, the city of generous, inspired and ambitious intellectuals (--yes, I am encouraging everyone to migrate here). The place was also warmly decorated and comfortable and the equally ispired and ambitious waiters were really efficient in removing the fast-growing pile of empty plates from the table.

But of course, the food was not as important as the person we are celebrating it for. Che Nah was too overwhelmed to give us a proper speech after she saw the goodbye cake (it said: congratulations, we'll miss you! *sob*). Which was just as well, as it might have sent a few of us crying to the lake in kuch-kuch hota hai style, not such a good idea since it was raining so heavily outside.

Oreo Cheesecake from La Rizz!

Regardless of the food, the important thing is we managed to spend some high-quality time together. And we earnestly pray and hope that Allah will always preserve and strengthen our evergrowing friendship, even though we are miles apart.

Bayou Coffee House, Cyberjaya Community Centre, (right in front of the back entrance to MMU)

Cleanliness: B+

Food: B (only few items were really good)

Price: ~RM22 per pax including drinks

Satisfaction Level: B (choice of food a bit limited for buffet style lunch)

Service: B+ (waiters could have smiled more, only few waiters)

Atmosphere: B+ (warm and friendly)