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Coffee Time at The Ficca’s Café, Ipoh

The Ficcas Cafe
1. the welcome board at the door of The Ficca’s Café

I was excited when I got to know of the opening of The Ficca’s Café on 21st December, 2014. No doubt, more and more Westernised cafés are mushrooming in Ipoh these couple of years, but The Ficca’s Café is one of the few in town that offers single origin coffee.

The Ficcas Cafe
2. The Ficca’s Café

The Ficcas Cafe
3. barista William preparing my Balancing Syphon coffee with beans from Guatemala

I may not have a particular inclination towards coffee but my mom loves her cuppa, so it was a good opportunity to sit down as a family for hi-tea last Sunday.

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4. my Balancing Syphon coffee is ready to be served by Gilbert - RM20

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5. barista William preparing my Irish coffee with whisky - RM20

The Ficca’s Café is run by three Ipoh gentlemen in their thirties, although there are seven partners in total. When it comes to coffee, the person in charge is William Lo, a qualified City & Guilds Barista.

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6. paper drip (V60) with coffee beans from Ethiopia + almond biscuit - RM12

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7. hot chocolate - RM9

There are about forty different types of coffee available here but the pride of the café is the range of single-origin coffee and alcohol. To control the quality of beverages, only filtered water is used.

The Ficcas Cafe
8. hot chocolate - RM9

The Ficcas Cafe
9. cappuccino with cinnamon powder - RM8

This is one café that serves food and drinks as healthily as home-cooked meals. In line with the healthy concept, French fries and nuggets are prepared using an air fryer, which means less fat, less guilt.

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10. French fries - RM5 & nuggets - RM6.90

The Ficcas Cafe
11. strawberry cheesecake & blueberry cheesecake - RM11 per slice

As a matter of fact, all the pastries, cakes and sandwiches are made by the team at The Ficca’s Café. I found that impressive as all of them are self-taught bakers. It drives home the point that passion is the best ingredient in any recipe.

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12. sandwiches - tuna & ham @ RM7.50 each and bacon @ RM8.50

The Ficcas Cafe
13. tiramisu - RM8.90

Alongside the coffee, you can see the many types of light food that I have ordered. The Ficca’s Café doesn’t serve main meals because the whole objective here is for one to savour the coffee at one’s own sweet time.

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14. Hokkaido cupcakes - RM4.90 each

The Ficcas Cafe
15. chocolate almond mousse - RM8.90

I appreciate the clean-cut and uncluttered look of the café, a breath of fresh air from the quirky cafés that have sprouted mainly in Old Town.

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16. creme brulee - RM6.90

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17. icon of the café – Ficca the Cat

The reason for this ambience, according to one of the partners, Gilbert, is that they don’t want to distract diners from the coffee. Indeed, an eatery should not attract the crowd with its decor but with the authenticity of the menu.

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18. the many expressions of Ficca the Cat as sketched by Gilbert

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19. photo board

The Ficca’s Café can sit about 40 – 50 pax at a time. When you are there, check out the sketches of the mascot of the café, Ficca Cat, adorning the walls. They are all done by Gilbert. Actually, Gilbert and William were animators who left their careers to pursue this new interest.

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20. some of the coffee apparatus for sale at The Ficca’s Café

The Ficcas Cafe
21. partners Raymond Fong (2nd from left), Gilbert Ng (middle) and William Lo (2nd from right)

In fact, with a background in animation, Gilbert hopes that he could incorporate it into The Ficca’s Café, firstly, by introducing the work scope of an animator by displaying an animator’s table set at a corner of the café. That is going to be an Instagram-worthy spot!

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22. The Ficca’s Café frontage

The Ficca’s Café
Add: 15, Jalan Centre Point 1, Pinji Centrepoint, 31650 Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
GPS Coordinates: N 04° 35.027′ E101° 05.219′
Tel: +6012-5521700 (Gilbert Ng)

Business hours: 11am – 11pm except Tuesdays

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