Kluang Rail Coffee

So after our lunch in Malacca, we decided to head back earlier to avoid being caught in the Causeway jam. On the way back, however, we saw the turning to Kluang and I couldn't resist asking the husband to turn off so that we could try the coffee at the railway station. Most of the Malaysians that I know have said that the coffee is really good...and since we were nearby I just had to try for myself.

How to get there? Look for the railway tracks, and follow them.

And yay! We found the KTM station, as well as a (free) parking lot right in front of it!

BUT..it was closed :( Upon a closer look, we realised that they were closed for lunch. It was 2.10pm. They were reopening at 2.30pm. Could we wait? After having driven 20km off the N-S highway, OF COURSE we could.

So they've been around since 1938. Pretty cool tagline :)

It was really nice to see a local train station and people scrambling on and off. It's actually quite sad to think that come July, all we'll have are memories of the train rumbling through the Clementi and Bukit Timah areas.

Finally the doors opened at 2.30pm sharp. We weren't the only ones waiting.
I wonder whether the locals would have regarded these prices as reasonable or not.

The back of house. Nothing much, very humble.

Man, it was absolutely full within 5 minutes.

They had mee goreng, nasi lemak and various curry puff thingys on the table, which we saw a lot of people eating. We ordered a cup of coffee each, which the mother immediately pronounced as "no big deal" and "not worth the extra 40km drive nor 20 minute wait". The husband felt it was good, but not worth the drive. I thought it was fairly normal good coffee, but not worth the diversion either.

The kaya toast was very enjoyable, but again, not really worth the extra 40km (that's Singapore from east to west) and time spent.

By the time we left there was a queue for both indoor and outdoor tables - so the locals must love it!

On hindsight, if we were Kluang locals, perhaps we would have enjoyed the coffee and kaya toast a lot more. Unfortunately, it was perhaps the high expectations that left us feeling a little let down. But if I was ever going to be in Kluang again for any other reason, I think that I would still be quite happy to go there again.