Chequers Cafe & Chequers Bakery @ TTDI KL - Waffles And Donuts.

This post was written on the eve of Chinese New Year, hence the narration. 

It was a Casual Saturday outing and the start of a long and happy chinese new year weekend. 

I was very glad that town was relatively quiet that afternoon. Traffic was stress free, parking was too, we parked just steps away from Chequers. 

Chequers is not new but Chequers Bakery upstairs is. At slightly over a month old, the bakery decks an array of American inspired gourmet pastries and donuts. On the other hand, the former is famed for it's signature waffles. 

I had light lunch there that afternoon and here's what I think.

I decided with two savory donuts and I thought the best of them both would be the BBQ Beef Ribs (Rm5). It came shreds of delicious slow roasted beef in sweet homemade barbecue sauce.

The Chipotle (Rm5) too was a delight, stacked with grilled chicken, tortilla and cheese. The donut tasted fine but the texture probably needs some tweaking. For me, it was very dense and crumbly - a little off in fact. Fluff it up a little please?

Our trio of crusty Bread Balls (Rm10) came hidden with spinach, cheese and topped with a nicely done quail egg. Choose between turkey ham, beef bacon or smoked salmon as fillings. We had one of each and the smoked salmon would have to be my favorite.

Our amazing Norwegien (Rm17) puff pastry felt very Japanese inspired. It came beautifully laced with smoked salmon, tobiko roe, mozarella, sundried tomatoes, seaweed, capers, dill, sliced potatoes and a poached egg. With a combination like that, seriously, you have to try this! 

Hanami (Rm8).

On a seperate ocassion, I dropped by Chequers Cafe to sample their much talked about siganture waffles.

I kid you not, the Chicken Cob Sandwich (Rm25) was amazing! The savory waffle had great textures and was very well crusted, layered with juicy grilled chicken, guacamole, sliced egg and topped with squirts of addictive curry mayo. What better way to have this but with waffle fries at the side!

Loads of flavors happening for the Moo Moo (Rm28). It came with seasoned striploin beef patty cooked to medium, torched and wrapped in melted cheddar, beef bacon, raisin slaw, pickled radish and berry barbecue sauce. I enjoyed the mishmash but wasn't too fond of the beef patty. The texture was way too mushy for my liking.

Overall Rating: 8/10. I really liked the BBQ Beef Ribs savory donut, but what'd probably wowed me was the Norwegien. On a side note, is there any other cafes in town which serves savory donuts, at an affordable price of 5 bucks each? At Chequers downstairs, if I were to pick my favorite, it would clearly be the Chicken Cob Sandwich. I will be back to sample their sweet versions once my sweet tooth rocks in.

Chequers is located at:

Address: 153, Jalan Aminuddin Baki, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Phone: 7733 3068

Opening Hours: Bakery Opens 8am - 8pm Daily (Chequers Cafe: 8am - 11pm Daily). Closed Wednesdays.