Koffie Warung Tinggi - Dining with a Fat Rat!

We were wandering around the mall late on a Saturday night last month, and saw that this cafe was still open. It features a variety of coffees and delightful drinks like the hot taro coconut milk I had, as well as a martabak bar.

The martabak wasn't very good. Way too sweet and cloying, even for someone who loves sweets. I had lots of hot water in between each bite and could feel it sloshing around my stomach as I walked home dissatisfied. We ordered the Ferrero Rocher special and the nuts tasted stale (see photo below).

Huge martabak! I have big hands.

Cross section of the martabak

We also ordered the Ovomaltine martabak, which was made and presented quite differently, more like an open-face martabak if I recall correctly. It was also overly sweet and oily, and got more unappealing as it cooled down. Due to the excitement we encountered, it slipped my mind to snap a photo. This is what happened...

The regular coffees took ages to arrive at our table and were lukewarm. I don't know about you but I love my latte extra hot. I wanted to pop it in their microwave and just as I looked up to get the waiter's attention, I saw a rat the size of my shoe (I'm a size 39 by the way) scurry out of the Martabak kitchen window and up the white wall, less than 5 metres from where we were seated. Bbkin saw it at the same time, I let out a squeak and we both jumped up. Our two companions and neighbouring tables looked round to see what the fuss was all about, and Fat Rat made a timely second appearance on the wall behind the fake potted plant. It quickly did an about-turn when I screamed. The staff didn't seem too surprised when we told them what we saw and we hurriedly got the bill. Why do cartoons feature ladies leaping on furniture when they see rats? These rats are like Spiderman; they can scour walls and other vertical planes! You are not safe atop a chair! Needless to say I am not going back again. Sadly it's right next to my favourite restaurant, Slice of Heaven. I hope it was only visiting that part of the mall and not a permanent resident. 4/5 for the taro coconut drink, otherwise sub zero thanks to Fat Rat!

     

Left: the Martabak bar out of which Fat Rat leapt.

Right: you can see the tables we were seated at, and the wall which Fat Rat scaled to leap into the ceiling area. 

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