Believe it or not, it used to be a tall order finding specialty coffee in Bukit Jalil. Not anymore. Afloat is a café and micro-roastery helmed by the husband-and-wife team, Jimmy Leong and Loo Choy Leng. Behind a black bar, baristas offer espresso and filter coffees, rare finds spotlighting competition coffees and exclusive coffee lots, signatures such as Irish coffee, and more. Everything is roasted weekly on-site.
Pair a cup of coffee with a bagel sourced from Kona Bakehouse topped with blueberry and cream cheese or something savoury, like smoked duck. The caramel pudding with earl grey gelato is a sweet treat. Keep an eye out for Afloat’s collaborations with other buzzy food friends in the scene; previous partnerships have seen Universal Bakehouse’s bakery-on-wheels roti van set up at the café entrance and a Le Petit Four Patisserie pop-up featuring dainty desserts and confectioneries.