Food Review:The Coffee Trap Story
A couple weeks back..courtesy of Coffee Trap Bistro & Party..i had the complements of attending a food review outing with them..Located in a small town called Permas Jaya of the straits of Tebrau.The Coffee Trap story first beginned 10 years ago..yes 10 years..known to most as Mouse Trap back then when it first opened in the suburb city of Johor Bahru...They slow grew and today,situated in Permas Jaya they are now known as Coffee Trap Bistro & Party..Their business picked up and then soon another outlet of theirs called Juicy Trap opened 2 shop lots away from the present one.Unlike other food review outlets i have attended..this one was pretty different..Most of the time
on the day of the review,services at most restaurants are pretty good compared to normal days..simply because everyone wants good publicty and a good write up on their place..I went on a Saturday (a day before the actual review)without informing anyone from Coffee Trap that i'm coming over..and too my surprised
the service on the day before the review was just as good as the day of the review.Now Back to business...
A day before the review i manage to catch up with Miss Juliana(Owner & Founder) of Coffee Trap and Juicy Trap via Facebook.
A short message she shared with me on the place:
It was never a reason how Coffee Trap was found..it was simple place that got out of hand..
Because it grew and grew..and we are all here still contributing to it..
Some survived,some gone,All of us are totally addicted to the place!!
All energy,tears,sadness,happiness,anger,insults,comments are imprinted on every single part of the place and most friends regard Coffee Trap as their everyday life meeting place.
Whether you had a child,whether you got married,whether you got a degree,leaving Malaysia for good and many more.Simple that every single person that we come in contact with played a part in ourlife in guiding us towards making it a better place..
My friends..My Family
On the day of the review i had the company of upcoming Audio Engineer and Singer Jay Menon..
arrived there a quarter before 9..caught up with Coffee Trap's manager Mr Kay for a short
Q & A session...
A lil bit more on Coffee Trap Bistro & Party:
The fine Restaurant & Bistro caters to all occasions,ranging from Birthday Parties to Anniversaries and even monthly Pool Competitions are held there.So those who loves playing pool and strut your skill among others ,this place is definitely for you.While you eat and catch up with friends and family,customers will be entertained by a versatile resident live band from the Philippines and Malaysia as they perform your favorite Electro hits such as Oldies from the 80's,Hip Hop and RnB,all from 8:30PM onwards.
Here comes the best part of the lot,we tried 2 of the best sellers
Menu(Western,Italian)
-There's a special dish recommended by the chef every month and their specialty during that month was the lamb shanks.Before i get your taste buds rumbling by showing the lamb shanks here's one of their best sellers
Verdict:A must try!!
Being the time of the World Cup..with compliments from Coffee Trap.
we tried out the OBiKWA - which is one of the many finest Wine's from South Africa..
Here's the most yummylicious dish of the night..
Verdict: Highly Recommended!!
Myself and Jay Menon chilled around and we enjoyed the performance by the Filipino band on the very day
Ambience:warm and cozy
Service:Excellent
Cleaniness:10/10
Location:Strategic
Do drop by and try out their recommended Dishes of the month and make sure you get your
hands on the awesome lamb shanks!!
Coffee Trap Bistro & Party
15,Jalan Permas 10/2
Permas Jaya,
Johor Bahru,
Johor,Malaysia
Greetings Fellow Earthlings!!
Do you guys remember in my previous post,i talked about myself and 3 other blogger friends of mine were going take part in The GSC 100 Plus Treasure Hunt 2010??well the hunt officially begins this coming Saturday,2nd October...
Flag Of Point:One Utama Shopping Centre
Ending Point:Putrajaya International Convention Centre
Now what comes to mind when you see those venues above??it's going to be a real long awesome fun filled treasure hunt with a distance radius of approximately 100km..Here's a lil inside on what our team G+ have been up too..We've been getting all our equipment checked which mainly includes our laptop,Phones,GPS,and Binoculars for bird hunting..hehe just kidding!! but not forgetting..getting the car serviced...
Feeling very excited and all we did a schedule meet up yesterday to plan out strategies and potential moves by opposing teams..and we most certainly expect a real tough fight as we will be taking part in the Media Category and will be up against the likes of Metro,TV3 and so on...
In totally there will be 100 cars taking part!! i kid you not,this is arguably the biggest Treasure Hunt in Malaysia..and we TEAM G+ are proud to be part of it at the same time give a helping hand to Hospis Malaysia..well Hospis Malaysia is a charitable organization that offers professional Palliative Care to patients who are suffering from life-limiting illness.
For those whom are free..and would love to come and support us...do come and spread the luck yea..most appreciated!!!
The concept was to allow our musicians the exposure to learn and shine at the same time.The
concept of this was for a self interest and to govern it to greater heights. So for the first show
of ICOM'S NIGHT OUT, Our Line Up was- The Granadilla Band, Instrumental Soloists and
Gellobeam. The night would then end with a Jam Session. Everyone would have had fun and
enjoyed themselves, gone home happy.
However, Last Thursday, the Producer of ICOM'S Night Out, Joanna Marie Gough was
approached by a fellow student in college. Natasha Humera Ejaz, a student from Pakistan
voiced out about her country and how that the suffering there is far worse than what we could
possibly imagine. That 20 million people are in need of Aid. Immediately after that, talks were
done on the same day to change the production into a charity show. 100% of our RM20
CoverCharge would be given to Mercy Malaysia's Pakistan Relief Fund. Our Musicians,
Sound Engineer and Stage Crew were all willing to give up their payment and cut to aid those
who need it more than us.
That was the turning point. The voice of 1 Pakistani Girl who wanted to help her home
country.With only 6 days(including the weekend) before the actual day of the show, we already
comprehended this- We would not be able to raise enough money that we could possibly
want to.Therefore we decided to use our musical talent show to be a voice for a change.We
may be little but we can most certainly share a message with the community of Malaysia.
That The Youth of this country is able to be the voice of change. That we in our own talents
and passions can still help whether it'd be only 5 days that hooked all of us around from a
show to a charity and our insistence that Pakistan, in its Slow Rise Tsunami urgently needs
help NOW..
We want to play our part to help, especially if this helps one of our fellow friends
band that is tastefully listenable. An indie band that draws its inspiration from real life
experiences and shares a perspective on life that is easy to understand and relate
to.Having different musical backgrounds from pop,rock,jazz,rnb,soul and hiphop the
band most certainly has an "anything goes" approach to their music.Though whatever
sound the band go for they always keep to their original goal which is to be tasteful. Less
than a year old this band certainly shows much promise for the greater.
Instrumental Soloists
⁃ Loh Ui Li began playing the piano only 2 years ago. Being an electone player, Loh Ui Li
found it difficult switching to piano as the touches and timbre were far different and was
difficult to control. However she was inspired by Japanese Piano Player, Hiromi Uehara.
WOWed by her dynamics and emotions presented in Hiromi's pieces Loh Ui Li was then
determine to express her love for music on the piano. She shall be presenting herself on
the piano, solo playing Jazz Fusion pieces.
⁃ A small town boy from Kuching, Sarawak trying to make it big in the music industry,
Eugene Yeo has been playing the violin for almost 13 years now and is still going. Being
brought up in a musical family, he picked the violin at the tender age of 6. However, his
love for the violin was not immediate. In fact, it took some time to even hold the string
instrument correctly in the beginning, as he is left-handed. After overcoming that
obstacle, he started performing in his early teens and soon grew to love being on stage.
Now at the age 19, the aspiring performer has performed extensively around Sarawak,
Sabah and Johor. The kinds of music he brings to his audience ranges from instrumental
acoustic to latin and world music.
⁃ Terry Tim began learning the guitar back when he was 15 years old. In those days he
played it for the fun of it and could never have dreamt that he'd come up to study music
as a Degree. Until one day when he was dared to learn and play "Drifting by Andy
McKee" -In 3 Days. Since then, Finger style Percussion has become his life influence. His
mentor and life influence is now Antoine Dufour whom he looks up to, to improve.
-and the Band-
⁃ The band first found each other after a series of fortunate events at The International
College of Music, where each band member connected with one another on a musical
level. They were the Crazy Pianist Loh Ui Li, Pie-Loving Bassist Daniel Subah, Slumber
Guitarist Richie and The Loud Drummer Cliff Wong. However, the completion of the
band came only when they added their vocalist Annmarie Stanislaus. Be prepared to be
entertained by their unique sounds from RnB, Ska (similar to Raggae Pop) and Broadway
Ballads.
For Further Information of the bands, please contact Joanna Gough@0165177295.
For Bloggers who would like to cover the event,please contact Suresh @0167014912
If you have any other questions don't hesitate to contact Joanna(Producer of ICOM's Night Out)
A last shout out to everyone..If your interested in donating but can't make it to the event..you can donate by visiting this site www.mercy.org.my
Your support is much appreciated..
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