Seeds & Wheats Cafe, Section 13 Petaling Jaya

Discovered by our Francis Light, Egg, who is now confined to eating at the same food court every day due to work commitment, we decided to have our lunch at Seeds & Wheats Cafe. The initial party of 4 was later reduced to 3 as R ditched us due to ‘family stuff’. We are starting to suspect that he may have another food review circle that he is attending besides ours.

Similar to Yellow Apron, this restaurant is located in an office building that must have been a former factory or warehouse in its former life. Parking was tricky as we could not park within the building’s premises. Luckily, we managed to snag a parking somewhere and and settled ourselves in the tiny quaint restaurant. It feels tinier during lunch hour as it was crammed with people. Probably equipped with roughly 12 tables, we had to share ours with another patron. The limited food options in the menu was perfect for our perennial indecisiveness. Customers had to queue up at the counter to order and pay for the food first and wait for the order to be delivered to their table later once it is ready.

Some random chalk drawing that non- artsy fartsy people like us could never interpret. N said it was dynamite connected to a long fuse cable. Maybe he has been watching too many Die Hard movies.

 So here are our order numbers, written on wooden blocks. Nice touch.

What you see is what you get: The selection of food and gourmet coffee are all written on the chalkboard. No fancy schmancy menu here.

We had to wait for a while for our food, and we saw quite a number of people at other tables still waiting for their food too. The cashier was courteous and fast, but the service was not. S rated it a 3/10 as she was hangry. J was a bit diplomatic, giving it a 5/10 while N was surprisingly calm and collected with a 7/10 rating. He said he had to wait the same time for his food during our Yellow Apron lunch service. 

Ambience? Good, comfortable though cramped. 8/10. The pastry selection looked tantalising but we do not want a carb overload now, do we? People might think we were lazy or something.

S & N both had the salted egg chicken rice which was white rice served with fried chicken cutlets cooked in creamy salted egg sauce. We really liked it… like 8-9/10 like. It was filling and served its purpose to get us through the rest of the workday. There was crunchy poppadom with a slice of omelette on top of the rice. The lightly seasoned omelette tasted nice and managed to cut through the creaminess of the salted egg sauce. The meal was affordably priced at RM 9.90 each and we were fine with the free refillable plain water.

J was tempted by the grilled chicken chop. You see, he wanted to see whether there was any difference with the similarly priced grilled chicken chop that he eats at the food court in our workplace. Once served on the table, the grilled chicken chop here appeared way more appetising than its food court cousin. It was served with a side of fries, a scoop of mashed potatoes and a serving of fresh crisp salad. The gravy was properly seasoned with black pepper and salt and was not cooked in a pot of oil, unlike the one in the food court. He rated it a 9/10. As he liked it so much we actually posted 2 pictures of the dish! With no added cost from the plain drinking water, his meal cost him RM 17.90.

Second shot of the grilled chicken chop, since it was so good according to J

Overall, a satisfying lunch experience although a bit slow in their service due to the lunch crowd. Might benefit from more space. Well, maybe it is a reflection of today’s economy whereby the average middle class family can barely afford a shoebox unit apartment (it is an apartment unit less than 500 sq ft, for all you non- real estate enthusiasts out there) who may need to restrict themselves to having 1.5 children or less. Okay, now we are depressed. 

Interested? Go to : Lot 41,No 10,Block C,Jln Bersatu 13/4,Seksyen 13,46300 Petaling Jaya (it is located at the gound floor 

of Axis Business Park Building)

Until the next review,

Honest Foodies Review Team.