Once the personal pastry chef of our ex-Prime Minister Tun Mahathir, who made
The Loaf a must-dine-at restaurant + bakery with his exquisite pastries.
People come here to adopt the palate that were once the high society's. And then he transferred his expertise to
Westin Langkawi soon after and the restaurant is now managed by Grand Chef Yukichi Matsubara, an imported Chef from Japan who has won a gold medal in the California Raisin Challenge Contest in 2004.
Though we are not able to savour what it could have been offered on a PM's table, there will always be the world's best raisin bread to compensate.
Weeks ago few friends and I went to Langkawi, and luck on our side, The Loaf was throwing a week long 50% off everything promotion for it was their 2nd anniversary? So during 6 days stay there, we dined at The Loaf almost every single day - 3 lunches + 1 dinner + 1 afternoon tea.
We went wild on the pastry the first day. Ordering whatever that looked delicious, hey, 50% off food was blinking cheap, all the patries turned out to be no more than RM1.50.
Most of them were extremely delicious, my favourite savoury pastry was the
Mushroom Quiche. It was heaven, soft creamy texture and very juicy. The chocolate centred block bread (on the left) was buttery and delectable.
What took the cake was the
Chocolate Croissant.
Never have I eaten a croissant of such shape and the chocolate filled centre was to die for. Richly sinful, it was every chocoholic's heaven.
Then we moved onto
The Loaf' Caesar Salad.
The presentation blew us away at first, the taste seconded that.
It was like no other Caesar dressing I have ever tasted before. Unique, presentable and delicious. It was 5 in 5 rating in terms of every aspect. RM18 was well worth paying (not to mention another 50% off for us). Though I believe in KL they charged this RM22.
The next salad was even better,
Smoked Salmon with Pan Seared Scallops.
Again, presentation aced it. But what I could not forget about this dish was the gravy they used to sear the scallops.
It was SO good, I could have sworn I've gone to heaven and back. The only thing was that it was served too little (the gravy I mean). Scallops were succulent and very juicy, which made it advisable to eat the salmon first. RM22, it was hell reasonable and only available in Langkawi branch.
The following dishes are compiled over the few days we have dined there, so do not be alarmed and assumed that we finish all these in one visit. So here we go,
Broccoli Cream with Asparagus, RM22. Delightful dish, something unique and quite enjoyable for the small portion it was served.
The
French Onion Soup (RM14) was quite WTF though. (No photo)
Then there's the
Crayfish Bisque (RM20), this was unusual, it's either you hate it or you love it, or stucked in between dilemma, like me. I couldn't decide if I enjoyed the taste or hate it, it was odd, yet pleasantly odd, but off at the same time.
The
Extra Crispy Croissant Tuna was surprisingly.... small.
For RM24, it was too much a disappointment. Two bites and done.
The Loaf's Club Sandwich was an A-to-go. Personally, I loved sandwich, so this was a plus point for me. It was so nice looking we ordered twice.
Chicken, turkey ham, bacon, egg, tomatoes and lettuce, all top ingredients of theses selections were used. what's there not to like? RM22.
The
Open-Faced Beef Burger wasn't so open faced, for RM38, it paled in comparison with the club sandwich in terms of price and quality proportion. But it was good nonetheless.
The Open-Faced Sauteed Prawn Sandwich, however, was an absolute win. For anyone who loves seafood and sandwich, this would be your winning bet.
The gravy sauce used was as usual, exquisite and the prawns very fresh, I believed they might have applied pesto sauce and have nicely seared their bell peppers to perfect softness. RM28 for this.
Their pasta selection was just O.K, being after awed to no ends by the impressive appetizers and pastries.
Spaghetti Alla Puttanesca with Seafood was priced at RM30, worth a go for their generous seafood serving, one full piece of sea critters of every type rather than a thin slice of shrimp here and there. But the sauce was nothing to shout about.
The
Lobster Cajun Style Spaghetti was worth a go though. At RM64 you get half a full lobster lying in your pasta.
Again, nothing spectacular about the sauce.
Ah, but the
Fettuccine Carbonara was another thing.
Delightful. Not superb. RM30, it would remain delightful.
The
Grilled Beef Fillet was the ultimate disappointment.
When asked for a medium done, it turned out overly-well done and the waiter refused to change it for us for the kicthen was close (it was last order). Very unprofessional and unpleasant encounter from staff. Not to mention a whooping RM58 for a stupid (and small) steak, I might as well dine at San Franciso Steak House.
I do HIGHLY reccommend the Seafood Platter for Two. Share with your friends as a centre dish, for this was not only enjoyable, it was down right delectable to the palate.
Scallops, mussels, prawns, squids, seabass fillet, salmon, a good dose of asparagus, broccoli, tumeric potatoes and carrots to reduce sin. Caper butter sauce was magnificent to go with. Everything was superb. I declared this main course the BEST main course of The Loft.
RM110 per dish was well worth paying.
Finally, we moved onto the infamous
U Hu! Hu! Cheesecakes of The Loaf. Best known for their extreme soft texture, light as a feature and melts in your mouth. (You don't even have to chew)
Glitzy Strawberry. I thought the strawberry jam on top was a bit overpowering and sweet, the cheesecake though was undoubtly delicious. The rest seemed to love this.
Blueberry Treasures. Not bad, maybe I'm not a jam with cheesecake person. But I much preferred this over strawberry.
Berries Ensemble. Well, I never liked Blackforest Cake to start with, cherries don't work well in cakes for me. But I do love the cheesecake in this, no jam to ruin it.
Banana Supreme. Yes!! Finally something that suited to my palate! :D :D This was lovely! Chocolate and Banana and Cheesecake do very well together.
The final blow, and will always remained my favourite, their top selling cheesecake, was the
Luxurious Chocolate.
Rich chocolate top, nicely paired with the soft lucious cheesecake below. A definite WIN!
Rating: 4.3/5
Comment: some disappointing main dishes and poor services, else everything was perfect!
The LoafLot No C9 Perdana Quay
Telaga Harbour Park
Pantai Kok
07000 Langkawi
Kedah, Malaysia
Tel No: 604 - 959 4855
(Halal. Open daily from 8am - 11pm)
