The light does the decorating.
A glasshouse on Jalan Kemuja. Coffee under the ferns from eight, a short wood-fired menu from six.
- Open
- Tuesday to Sunday, from 8amDinner from 6pm, closed Mondays
- Find us
- 16 Jalan Kemuja, Bangsar UtamaTwo minutes off Jalan Maarof
- The room
- 92 seats under the plantsOn Jalan Kemuja since 2019, inside and on the terrace
- Booking
- On WhatsApp, answered by a personWalk in for coffee and brunch, message ahead for dinner
The menu.
Coffee and brunch until three, then the oven comes up for a short dinner from six. Prices in ringgit, nothing added on top.
Tagliatelle, confit tomato
RM42
Margherita, wood oven
RM38
Basque cheesecake
RM24
Flat white
RM14
Rose latte
RM18
Coffee and pour-over
Beans from a roaster in Puchong, changed every eight weeks.
- Long blackRM12
Double ristretto, hot water, nothing else.
- Flat whiteRM14
Six ounces. The default order here.
- Rose latteRM18
Rose syrup we cook in-house, over ice, with a bud from the terrace.
- Filter, single originRM16
Whatever is open on the bar. Ask what it is.
Brunch, until 3pm
All day Sunday.
- Eggs on sourdoughRM26
Two poached, cultured butter, a lot of black pepper.
- Basque cheesecakeRM24
Burnt hard on top, still loose in the middle. One slice left most days.
- Green shakshukaRM32
Tomatillo, spinach, feta, two eggs, bread to push it around with.
Dinner, from 6pm
Tuesday to Saturday. The pasta is rolled the morning of.
- Tagliatelle, confit tomatoRM42
Slow tomatoes, garlic, chilli, a great deal of parsley.
- Margherita, wood ovenRM38
Ninety seconds at full heat. Basil from the pots by the door.
- Salmon, brown butterRM58
Crisped skin, capers, whatever green the market had that morning.
The whole west wall folds away.
Nine metres of steel and glass, on a track. Push it back and the room doubles onto the terrace.
One room, thirteen hours, and a sun that keeps moving.
The glass faces west, so the room is never the same twice. This is roughly how a Thursday goes.
08:00The ferns get the first light
The east glass takes the sun before the road wakes up. First pour is at eight, and for the first hour the room belongs to whoever wants it quiet.
11:30Brunch, all the way to three
Eggs, the pizza oven warming, and every window folded open. This is the loudest the room gets, and the terrace is the reason.
- 16:00
The long flat hour
Kitchen changes over. Coffee, cake, and the light coming in low and flat across the brick. Nobody is rushed out.
18:30The oven comes up
Dinner starts. Pasta rolled that morning, the oven at full heat, and the first of the lamps going on down the length of the room.
21:00Lamps, and the glass goes black
The jungle outside disappears and the windows turn into mirrors. The room gets smaller and warmer, which is the whole point of it.
- 08:00
The ferns get the first light
The east glass takes the sun before the road wakes up. First pour is at eight, and for the first hour the room belongs to whoever wants it quiet.
- 11:30
Brunch, all the way to three
Eggs, the pizza oven warming, and every window folded open. This is the loudest the room gets, and the terrace is the reason.
- 16:00
The long flat hour
Kitchen changes over. Coffee, cake, and the light coming in low and flat across the brick. Nobody is rushed out.
- 18:30
The oven comes up
Dinner starts. Pasta rolled that morning, the oven at full heat, and the first of the lamps going on down the length of the room.
- 21:00
Lamps, and the glass goes black
The jungle outside disappears and the windows turn into mirrors. The room gets smaller and warmer, which is the whole point of it.
It was a print shop with very good windows.
The building was a print shop until 2019. What it had going for it was a west wall of steel windows nobody had bothered to replace, and a ceiling high enough to hang things from.
We kept the windows and the brick and gave the rest of it to plants. There are around two hundred in the room now. The ferns came first because they are the only thing that likes the humidity a coffee machine puts into a closed space, and they have been dropping fronds over the counter ever since.
- The print shop became a room with plants in it
- 2019The print shop became a room with plants in it
- Plants in the room, nearly all of them cuttings
- ~200Plants in the room, nearly all of them cuttings
- Of original steel window along the west wall
- 9mOf original steel window along the west wall
After six the tables become one table.
The room takes a full buyout after six, or the terrace on its own any afternoon. Long table down the middle, lamps low, one menu for everybody.
The long table
18 to 26 seated. From RM150 per head.
The centre of the room, cleared and set as one table. Set menu of four courses, wine paired if you want it.
The terrace
Up to 34 standing. From RM95 per head.
Outside under the monstera, afternoons and early evenings. Canapes off the wood oven, and it stays open to the sky.
Full buyout
92 across both. From RM12,000.
Everything, inside and out, from six until close. We move the tables to whatever shape you need.
Come in out of the glare.
16 Jalan Kemuja, Bangsar Utama59000 Kuala Lumpur
- Tuesday to Thursday
- 8am - 10pmDinner from 6pm
- Friday and Saturday
- 8am - 11pmDinner from 6pm
- Sunday
- 8am - 5pmBrunch only
- Monday
- ClosedThe plants get the room
Bookings are confirmed by a person on WhatsApp, usually within the hour we are open. Nothing on this page holds a table on its own.