The Factory 30 by Just Want Coffee @ Mount Austin

Have been hearing people saying or blogging about The Factory 30... I wonder what so attractive about it and so Chris and I finally decided to have a visit to this well known cafe.

Well, a reason why the cafe is named The Factory 30 is that the cafe is actually located in an industrial area and yes, IT IS built up of a semi-D factory! Nice idea to have a cafe in the industrial area - (i) bigger area to serve more customers; (ii) quite convenient for those craving for coffee during working hours; (iii) of course, very creative idea!

Nice ambiance in the cafe; well designed and decorated. The owner done some renovation and modified it into 2 levels cafe.

You can see many equipments which are needed for a Barista to brew a good coffee aligned nicely on the bar. Good material + Good Equipments + Good Barista =  Good Coffee

Browsing through the food and beverage menu.
I love cafe, I love smelling coffee but I don't drink coffee (too bad that I have a bad gastric)... So as usual I'll just skip every pages of coffee to tea or chocolate lol

Camwhoring while waiting for our orders to be served

Cold Earl Grey Tea - RM10
 My all-time favourite tea - first time trying the cold one. With it's nice scent, I guaranteed this Earl Grey is definitely a premium one! Chris tried a few sips and he loves it too!
 

Christmas special - Nicholas Sangria Coffee + Strawberry Shortcake - RM26/set
Special creation only available from 1-31 December. 

Nicholas Sangria Coffee - Dark chocolate surrounded by a mild coffee aroma and lingering with Earl Grey taste.

Strawberry Shortcake - Spongy shortcake layered with Mascarpone cheese whipped cream and fresh strawberry slices.

This strawberry shortcake is superb! The shortcake's texture is smooth, with thick and creamy whipped cream; the combination of strawberry light sourness and the sweetness of cake and cream definitely brings an aftertaste to my mouth ~

Smoked Ham and Egg Sandwich - RM26.90

Home made bagel serving with smoked ham, omelette, mushrooms, nachos & salad topped with grated Parmesan cheese. The bagel is really nice - crispy outside and soft inside

Such a nice place to hang out and tea...!

The Factory 30 by Just Want Coffee
30, Jalan Mutiara Emas 5/3,
Taman Mount Austin, 
81100 Johor Bahru.
Operating hours:  2pm - 6.30pm / 7.30pm - 12am

Ilakkias Curry House @ Senai

Since I started working in Senai, I began to look for food surrounding this area. Senai is a place where I concluded to be a "hard to look for food" place! Anyway, there's still some very famous food here such as bitter gourd soup, Senai fried chicken and curry!

I remember I discovered an authentic Indian curry house hiding in a back valley of an industrial park when I was driving around to look for food.
Ilakkias Curry House sells all kind of curries and the menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner are all different. I've tried all three but I'll first blog about their breakfast!

Ilakkias serves prata, nan, poori, thosai with a variety of flavors.Chris and I went for an early breakfast before sending me off to work. Here's our breakfast to start the day!

Poori served with 2 curry gravies and a potato side dish

Plain thosai served with 3 curry gravies.
 

Can't really remember what's the price for each already but the price is very reasonable. It only cost us less than RM10 for poori, thosai and 2 cups of teh tarik. Ilakkias also serving local favourites - nasi lemak, mee goreng and some Indian kuih-muih.

This is the first Indian restaurant in JB I found authentic (even their staff are all Indian from India) and nice to have a try! Must try their lunch for Briyani - you will love it for sure!


Ilakkias Curry House
139, Jalan Senai Utama 5/17,
Taman Senai Utama, Senai,
81400, Senai, Johor.