In my case, the early bird gets my business!
I was down in Melaka yesterday morning and at about 9.35am found myself done and at a loose end. I had driven down early at about 6.30am so naturally, I needed my morning caffeine fix. I can’t function without it!
So, spotting a Jusco mall nearly, I figured that would be a good place to start.
There was free parking, and a Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf right there in front of me. Woohoo! But wait! It was closed! Huh? Checking the small print, I saw they only opened at 10am. WTF!? This place serves breakfast sets and they open only at 10am?!
Next to it was a Secret Recipe. There were bodies inside and lights were on, but again, I was turned away because it only opened at 10am. Seriously, what’s wrong with these places?!
Walking along, I saw the familiar red and yellow McDonalds sign. Well, beggars can’t be choosers right? If I can’t get my regular cappucino, a McDonald’s coffee would have to do. I was already thinking of the RM4 breakfast Egg McMuffin I could get there. But WTF?!
They were similarly closed till 10am! There were bodies in there preparing for the opening, and delivery motorcycles were parked in there. I could not resist taking a picture of the sign that said “We deliver 24 hours”.
The irony! If I had just sat out in the car park, and called in my order at 9.30am to their delivery line, I’d get my coffee and Egg McMuffin with no problems at all. But try to get it in person and I’m faced with a locked glass door.
I guess I’m spoilt by living in KL City, where places serving coffee and breakfasts actually open early enough for customers to get their morning coffee and breakfast, without having it stretch into lunch or brunch. Or maybe people in Melaka just prefer to go to their local kopitiam.
Either way, I was not terribly amused. At 10am, I presented myself again at the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and was met with the smiling countenance of the server and I got my double cappucino in hardly any time at all, with free wi-fi to boot. That sort of made up for the wait.
Sort of.
And on a happier note, Rinnah has organized a little tea party for Klang Valley bloggers! She kindly labelled me co-organizer but honestly, she did all the work and came up with the idea. I said I’d help if she needed it but hey! It looks like she didn’t! 
When?
Saturday, 31 May 2008. Tea time begins at 3.00pm and ends whatever time you want it to end…
Where?
IZZI – Uptown, PJ
No. 45G & 47G, Jalan SS 21/37
Damansara Utama
47400 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia
Telephone : +603 77290855
Fax : +603 77290955
I’ll be there unless something unexpected pops up to spoil plans, so I hope to see you all!
Happy Weekend everyone!
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Ha, Super Size Me McDonald’s! Maybe it is good that it only opens from 10am, for that lady there waiting..
Enjoy May 31st!!
I had a similar experience of sorts in Medan… the McD’s there didn’t open until 10am too!
Wheeeeee! I can’t wait to meet ya in person next Saturday! Woot!
Wah PB, you’re going to do the big ‘unveiling’ on the 31st eh?
but Izzi’s is a great place at any rate, so I’ll see you then!
LB: But LB she was pregnant!
Rinnah: Yay me too!
Beetrice: haha at unveiling. SO mysterious meh?
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