Scribble Garden Café, Johor Bahru

Coffee can be quaint.

Cafés are a dime a dozen these days, it seems. Every week seems to herald the opening of another artisanal café or slow coffee bar. The hype has made the coffee scene more happening (apparently) but it can be a chore keeping up with every debut.

Johor Bahru is not exempt from this trend but we haven’t really given it another thought. The new and fashionable cafés tend to be overcrowded, for one thing, and the service lacklustre. So it was a pleasant surprise when we stumbled upon something new to us (but not altogether new, being over a year old at this point) after lunch in the southernmost capital one day.

Scribble Garden Café is part boutique and part café, and all unassuming charm. There were only a couple of other tables occupied when we entered, which made it perfect for a post-lunch cuppa. Books fill the shelves; the pastel green walls lend some unexpected warmth.

We relax, sip our coffees, and give blessings for cafés that haven’t been invaded by the masses.

聽朋友說，近來新山的咖啡館有越開越多的趨勢。
果不其然，十月初我們從紫馨吃完午餐后，往車子停放處走時，
才走沒幾步，就看見了一家叫Scribble Garden Café的服裝店兼咖啡館。
從外頭看進去，發現裡頭的佈置挺不錯的，
而且人潮不多，正好可以讓我們坐下來看書聊天。
反正距離和朋友和下午茶的時間還早的很，
先喝杯咖啡幫助消化好了。 😛

其實這裡主要還是以售賣服裝為主，咖啡和食物的選擇并不多。
不過雖然同時是服裝店和咖啡館，
卻不見擁擠，反而給人挺自在的感覺。
而綠色的牆壁和明亮的環境更給人一種很舒服的感覺。
在泡過一些擁擠得寸步難行的咖啡館后，這裡寬敞得讓我驚訝。
（好啦，其實是因為我體型龐大，擠不過那桌子與桌子間的距離 :P）
當天我們共點了卡布奇諾和手沖黑咖啡。
我一般喝黑咖啡都是以單品為主，不過這裡的卻是綜合咖啡。
（如果沒記錯應該是四種不同的豆子所調和而成的。）
口感挺平衡順口的，不過我就嫌它太平衡了，有點單調。
我個人會比較喜歡帶有花香和果酸味的咖啡。