Fat Spoon Cafe @ Damansara Utama

A food review for yet another popular hangout. 

The first picture (below) says it all, with the trademark design of Fat Spoon Cafe. 

Fat Spoon Cafe is pretty popular among foodie bloggers. If it isnt for their soul food which reminds one so much of home, it would be their quaint interior design or one-of-a-kind menu (which is in the form of kiddie books). They are also very popular for their desserts and their hot chocolate which I shall further comment later in this entry. 

What's not to love? 

Thus far, I have tried two meals off their menu. The first would be their Spicy Beef Macaroni Soup (RM8.90). Macaroni with soup. You get the idea. With a few slivers of beef slices to go with it, and lots of coriander. To be honest, I expected MUCH more from this dish. It was not even spicy. A better name for this dish would be Comforting-Beef-Macaroni-Soup-on-a-Cold-Day. 

Next contender is the Ulam Fried Rice (RM11.90) which is wok-fried rice with sambal and herbs accompanied with long beans, fried chicken and pappadum. This was a teeny-weeny bit of disappointment to me too, simply because I expected the sambal to be a lot more spicy and mean. Instead, their version of sambal was my version of blended chillis. I also found the rice to be average (in comparison to how deliciously it was described). So that is the down part of this dish. That asides, the chicken was good - juicy, savoury, with crispy skin. 

So obviously, I have a 'spicy' issue with Fat Spoon. If you cant tolerate spicy food, maybe Fat Spoon is just the perfect restaurant for you. But for me, I get a little sad when a menu represents itself to serve 'spicy' food only to have it fall far below my spicy level. To sum up their main meals, the choices are reasonably varied with a number of rice and noodle dishes, all at a fair price for its portion. Especially for their rice dishes, most consists of home-cooked food types like curry chicken, salted egg, long beans, fried chicken, steamed rice etc. 

Dessert, on the other hand, is much better! Cempedak spring rolls with vanilla ice-cream (RM9.90) screams creativity. So does their Passion fruit Crisps (also RM9.90). Cempedak spring rolls with vanilla ice-cream is served in a pan. Thumbs-up for the quaint presentation! 

And last but not least, their ever-so-famous Fat Hot Chocolate (RM9.90). Beautifully presented, it tastes just as beautiful, and sinful, if i shall add. The consistency isnt too thin/watery but neither is it too thick. The smoothness of the drink rolls on your tongue before it goes down your throat. 

This is the place to go if..

You are looking for a cuppa hot chocolate. Or home-cooked food.   

P.S. Their desserts are pretty attractive too. Think chocolate cake with ice cream, red velvets, bubur cha cha, sago pudding, or The Last Polka ice-cream. 

Fat Spoon Cafe
73 Jalan SS21/1A, 

Damansara Utama, 
Petaling Jaya, 

Selangor Darul Ehsan.

03-7728 3323

11.30am - 3pm, 6pm - 10pm (Tuesday to Thursdays)

11.30am - 10.00pm (Friday - Sunday)

Closed on Mondays.