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The Eventual Mille Crepe Experience @ Food Foundry, Section 17

July 2, 2011 | 31,391 views
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Mille Crepe Cakes @ Food Foundry

Strawberry, Vanilla and Chocolate Mille Crepe Cakes @ Food Foundry; Your Neighbourhood Food Provider in Section 17, Petaling Jaya.

Almost immediately after the dinner at My Elephant, we ventured over to Food Foundry to fulfill our intention for desserts and coffee; having in mind the preliminary perception that the latter would be a comfortable, swanky cafe perfect for an extended chat. It was a horrendously warm evening; and the spicy Tom Yum from My Elephant contributed much to the beads of sweat forming on our foreheads.

Food Foundry‘s tagline is “Your Neighbourhood Food Provider”. Never pretentious enough to suggest that they’re a fine diner, a bistro or cafe, or even a restaurant.

And they’re just that. No air-conditioning, they’re situated on the ground level of B block of Happy Mansion flats occupying two lots separated completely from each other by a wall adorned with a large mirror, with walls painted with quirky/colourful birds and trees and exuding a very laid-back aura.

Desserts List @ Food Foundry

A page full of desserts to shift that carefully put-to-practice resistance motion of yours. Their menu is a very back-to-basics compilation of A5 sized colour papers; clipped onto a wooden board.

This was the ONLY place serving Mille Crepes, aside from the now-legendary Nadeje in Malacca. But over the years, several other cafes in the Klang Valley started jumping on the bandwagon, though not as prominent as the manic cupcakes/macarons fiasco.

Strawberry Mille Crepe

Strawberry Mille Crepe (RM9/USD3) – >20 layers of thinly-formed crepes sandwiching the cream and strawberry jam in between, then chilled to the right temperature before serving.

Verdict? Not as magnificent as Nadeje’s. Only 3 flavours on the menu, and the cakes at Food Foundry suffered from a slightly soggy texture; not as fluffy as Nadeje’s nor the cream as luscious. Could not put my finger on it, since we were sharing the cakes and the different flavours were not of significant difference between each other. The chocolate and vanilla versions were slightly better than the strawberry in my opinion.

Do bear in mind that Mille Crepes are NOT easy to make. “Mille” meaning “thousand” in French, so you can relate to the immense effort in creating paper thin layers after layers of pancake; but not before painstakingly spreading on top of each crepe a thin layer of cream/jam.

Baked Cheesecake

Baked Cheesecake (RM8.00/USD2.70) – Simple, dense texture with a naturally decadent nature yet not overwhelmingly cloying.

Food Foundry serves various cakes, pastas, sandwiches, chops and more. But try coming on a cooler day, as opposed to the stagnant, humid warm air circulating on that night. It felt like as though we were stuck in a horrid oven; since we were seated furthest from the open entrance. But then again …. the weather’s been so erratic lately, it’s hard to gauge when’s a bearable day for dining al fresco, and when’s the perfect time for eating with full-blown air-conditioners.

Food Foundry @ Happy Mansion

You can follow them on their Facebook page for more updates and information. They will be renovating soon, and keeping my fingers crossed for a positive transformation.

FOOD FOUNDRY
BG-8, Happy Mansion,
Jalan 17/13,
Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.

Opens daily from 11am – 10pm.
Tel :03-79553885
*Same area as My Elephant, MM Cafe, Choon Yien Restaurant (for the chicken rice during lunch)

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24 Responses to “The Eventual Mille Crepe Experience @ Food Foundry, Section 17”

  1. day-dreamer says:
    July 3, 2011 at 12:00 am

    The pasta there is not bad, so is the hearty tomato soup 😀

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  2. ken says:
    July 3, 2011 at 12:41 am

    since i cant go far to malacca, perhaps i should try this first 🙂

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  3. neko-hime says:
    July 3, 2011 at 3:45 pm

    actually I tot it was not bad. i just saw a Arthur’s Hokkaido Mille Crepe in Sg Wang, think FF’s is definitely prettier than the one in Sg Wang’s

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  4. Hungry Female says:
    July 3, 2011 at 5:09 pm

    Went here for a coffee but have never tried the food, perhaps I will:) Really like the whole shabby chic-ness of it! HF

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    J2Kfm Reply:
    July 3rd, 2011 at 8:44 pm

    Hey … yeah, was certainly not we had in mind, but can see why it works though.
    Good idea to refurbish and move with the times, I guess.

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  5. Jules says:
    July 3, 2011 at 5:50 pm

    The Mille Crepe here always brings back the fondest of memories … Ah ha, thanks to you, I now know there is a “challenger” in Melaka!

    Cheers from Abu Dhabi 🙂 Can’t wait to be home in a couple of months to rekindle my love for Malaysian makan!

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    J2Kfm Reply:
    July 3rd, 2011 at 8:43 pm

    Hi Julian … yeah, so Melaka’s considered a challenger now? Dunno which one started this trend, but damn sure Nadeje has made quite an impact there.

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  6. Best Asian Food says:
    July 3, 2011 at 7:14 pm

    Sounds like a nice place to dine, but I hardly visit Melacca.

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  7. J the chocoholic says:
    July 3, 2011 at 7:59 pm

    Mmmm… I remember long ago when it just opened, it was one of cheap n decent places to go for dinner…..

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  8. JoinMe says:
    July 4, 2011 at 10:09 am

    Hi J2Kfm,
    Kindly be informed that this post has been reprinted on JoinMe.com.my, thanks.

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  9. ciki says:
    July 4, 2011 at 11:24 am

    dessert and food here is only so-so for me…

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  10. Baby Sumo says:
    July 4, 2011 at 9:22 pm

    I really love Nadeje’s mille crepe.. the vanilla one is so gorgeous!

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  11. jason says:
    July 5, 2011 at 9:48 am

    Nadeje was better? Have not been to FF yet but I think Nadeje is way too…. disappointing. Austin Chase at Gardens also have mille crepe now

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    J2Kfm Reply:
    July 5th, 2011 at 9:23 pm

    Yes ah?! Nadeje to me, was still the better ones. Humble Beginnings is the other mille crepe specialist in Klang Valley.

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  12. iamthewitch says:
    July 5, 2011 at 2:02 pm

    Hmm i somehow liked FF compared to Nadeje’s. Tried Nadeje’s about 2 months ago and found them too creamy for me, almost as if the layers were indistinguishable… But still, each to its own 🙂

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    J2Kfm Reply:
    July 5th, 2011 at 9:22 pm

    Maybe …. it’s that creaminess that warrants a try, no? Though I have heard that Nadeje’s quality has dropped from their glory days.

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  13. MM Cafe @ Happy Mansion, Section 17, Petaling Jaya | Motormouth From Ipoh - Malaysian Food & Travel Blog says:
    July 12, 2011 at 10:55 pm

    […] MM Cafe. Surprising enough since this was tucked hidden in the middle of nowhere? Nah … see Food Foundry and My Elephant for better […]

  14. Grace says:
    November 25, 2011 at 5:25 pm

    not as good as melaka’s

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  15. canny says:
    April 26, 2012 at 1:34 pm

    may i know is there selling d whole cake instead of slices?

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    J2Kfm Reply:
    April 28th, 2012 at 12:04 pm

    Yes Canny. They do. Just call and reserve in advance.

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