Upcycled Cafe

All of us should ever heard about recycled right? So what about upcycled? Up + cycled = upcycled? No no no, its a special cafe named Upcycled Cafe.

UPCYCLED CAFE

Historical background of Upcycled Cafe :

Upcycled Cafe owned by three pretty ladies, they are Tressie Yap, an architect, Audrey Chen, an accountant and Megan Lim, who loves cooking and try out new recipes. All of them love to eat clean and have a healthy lifestyle. So, this is one of the reason they started up their business since September 2015.

The menu board of Upcycled Cafe

Historical background of the product sold :

They selling western food in a local twist. As we known, the origin of western food is from western countries. The cuisines of Western countries are diverse by themselves, although there are common characteristics that distinguish Western cooking from cuisines of Asian countries and others. Compared with traditional cooking of Asian countries, for example, meat is more prominent and substantial in serving-size. Steak and cutlet in particular are common dishes across the West. Western cuisines also put substantial emphasis on grape wine and on sauces as condiments, seasonings, or accompaniments (in part due to the difficulty of seasonings penetrating the often larger pieces of meat used in Western cooking). Many dairy products are utilised in the cooking process, except in nouvelle cuisine. Wheat-flour bread has long been the most common source of starch in this cuisine, along with pasta, dumplings and pastries, although the potato has become a major starch plant in the diet of Europeans and their diaspora since the European colonisation of the Americas.Maize is much less common in most European diets than it is in the Americas; however corn meal (polenta or mămăligă), is a major part of the cuisine of Italy and the Balkans. Although flatbreads (especially with toppings such as pizza or tarte flambée), and rice are eaten in Europe, they do not constitute an ever-present staple. Salads (cold dishes with uncooked or cooked vegetables with sauce) are an integral part of European cuisine.

So, what about the local twist? Normally in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, we have not only Chinese, Malay and Indian but we have also Bumiputra, that's why we have variety choices of our local food. Upcycled Cafe makes their food in a local twist, for exampla, tuhau and hinava is one of the kadazan cuisine, but they twist them into chicken and pizza. Besides that, curry is one of the famous spices that we used in Malaysia. One of the pizza at Upcycled Cafe is Ciabatta Pizza, an Italian style with local taste & ingredients. Other than that, they also have Banana Blossom Salad, Cabbage Acar and some special recipes, such as Chocalate Chicken & Coffee Chicken.

From left to right : Cold Immune Boosting Tea RM2.50, Hot Cinnamon Mocha RM3.00, Fresh Brewed Soya Milk RM3.00

Set lunch of the day(10.March.2016)  : Rice with Kimchi Chicken(fused with tuhau), Stir-fried Baby Kailan & Pickled Cucumber RM7.00

Most popular items sold at Upcycled Cafe :

Banana Nestum Waffle RM4.00

The Banana Nestum Waffle is one of the popular items. It made by wheat flour, fresh milk, egg, bananas, butter, icing sugar and malacca sugar. The waffle with malacca sugar and banana is really a perfect match. It is so crispy and rich with the smell of banana. What we could say is, it's an amazing taste! 

Selling Price : RM4.00

Baked Egg Macaroni Muffins RM6.50 (1 set of 4)

Besides the Banana Nestum Waffle, do not fotget to try their Baked Egg Macaroni Muffin. With the combination of the minced chicken meat, tender macaroni, chili, onion, potatoes and extra cheese. It makes the muffins satisfactorily succulent.

Selling Price : RM6.50(1 set of 4)

Decoration things made by reuse-able things.

Value proposition of Upcycled Cafe :

Upcycled Cafe not just a simple cafe who selling coffee. But actually is a cafe with recycled theme. All their decoration, even tables and chairs are also made by reuse-able items. Besides that, they provide job opportunity to OKU. 

Address of Upcycled Cafe: 

Lot 10-0, Ground Floor, Block A, Bundusan Commercial Centre, 89500 Penampang, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

Map :

Latitude & Longitude : 5.932128, 116.097683

Contact Number of Upcycled Cafe : 012 813 7844

Business Hour :

Monday to Friday, 8.00 AM to 4.00 PM

Closed on every Saturday, Sunday & Public Holidays.

From left to right : Karen Lau, Megan Lim(the owner), Michelle Tan & Angel Yong

Video (How was the food?) :

Our opinion :

All their foods are special enough because there is western food in a local twist. The Banana Nestum Waffle is really crispy and delicious, must try it out! All the decorations is simple and made by reuse-able things, really looks nice. The owner and waitress are super friendly!