Mil Toast House at The Exchange TRX, KL
Korea is a hotbed of BBQ restaurants and aesthetic cafes – much like how Malaysia never runs out of kopitiams and mamaks. Mil Toast House is one of those trendy cafes in Korea that has become very popular and made itself known abroad.
The bakery cafe is where thick cube-shaped honey bread and soufflé French toast are the things to eat. It was founded in Seoul, later expanded to Bangkok, and recently landed at The Exchange TRX in KL.
We will always cherish a piece of roti bakar in the morning but Korean-style breads are just as tempting. So, we visited this highly raved cafe to bring you this review.
Steamed bread & fluffy soufflé French toast
The long queue outside Mil Toast House was hard to ignore – even their plentiful seats weren’t enough to accommodate the flock of curious Malaysians.
Some were there to compare the local outlet to the ones in Korea and Thailand while others were like us: first-timers wondering if the cafe was worth the hype.
The interior of the shop boasts a minimalistic and aesthetic Korean ethos with off-white, brown, and cream tones.
A long bar counter stretches along one side of the cafe, where customers can watch coffee brewed and bread steamed inside bamboo baskets.
The menu is carb-led. Steamed Bread (from RM9), Soufflé French Toast (from RM23), and Honey Bread (from RM23) are among the popular picks.
There is also an extensive list of drink offerings, such as Flavoured Milk (RM13), Marmalade (RM16), and Drip Coffee (from RM12).
Here’s our verdict
Our order of the Chestnut and Sweet Potato steamed breads came wrapped in a steamer cloth and served in a bamboo basket – much like how soup dumplings are served in dim sum restaurants.
The loaves were soft and slightly chewy. Instead of flavoured spreads, they were stuffed with real sweet potatoes and chestnuts.
The chestnut loaf was good. The sweet nuttiness accentuated the savoury and buttery taste of the bread.
But the sweet potato flavour came across as excessively starchy, resulting in a jelak taste.
The accompanying cream was unnecessary for us as it only added more sweetness to the already sweet bread. We thought it would make a better pair with the plain bread.
Then it came time to sample the Butter Red Bean Soufflé French Toast.
Four small cubes of egg-bronzed toast are topped with a snowfall of powdered sugar. On the side sat three even smaller cubes of black sesame, butter, and red bean spreads.
This plate was so aesthetically pleasing that we had the urge to feature it on our Pinterest board.
As much as the toast sang on the plate, it didn’t carry the soufflé-like airiness and fluffiness. The texture leaned towards a slightly softer toast instead.
But the spreads were delicious. They brought out the sweet and eggy flavour of the toast – the red bean spread was our favourite.
Mil Toast House’s first outlet in Malaysia
Despite the hype surrounding Mil Toast House, our experience turned out rather underwhelming.
At the visit’s end, we concluded that the breads were decent but nothing exceptional. The steamed bread resembled those in kopitiams – albeit with different fillings – yet were much pricier.
For us, this Korean bakery cafe seems like a place you might visit once out of curiosity but not one that beckons for a return – unless you’re a real carb lover.
Address: L2.84, 0, Persiaran TRX, Tun Razak Exchange, 55188 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
Opening hours: 10am-10pm, Daily
Contact: Mil Toast House’s Instagram
Besides Mil Toast House, here is everything else you can expect from The Exchange TRX, including the upcoming Shake Shack’s first outlet in Malaysia.
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Photography by: xinyeegoh.
Cover image adapted from: The Smart Local Malaysia