The next time you’re headed up to KL, put this spot on your list if you live and breathe ban mian—Wheatcraft Artisan Bakery, located in Mutiara Damansara, Petaling Jaya.
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Founded in 2022, Wheatcraft Artisan Bakery specialises in breads and pastries made exclusively with French flour and butter. Earlier this year, they introduced Sourdough Pan Mee, AKA ban mian, which quickly became a hot favourite with customers.
Their noodles, like the bakes sold in-store, are made fresh daily with French flour, and undergo a 28-hour long fermentation, which gives each strand a better flavour. What’s more, because it’s a sourdough noodle, it’s supposed to be easier to digest too!
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Like at most ban mian stalls, you can choose to have Classic Soup or Classic Dry Pan Mee here; each bowl is priced at RM19, which works out to approximately S$5.40. This may not seem the cheapest if you’re comparing it to prices in Malaysia, but Wheatcraft Artisan Bakery is a cafe after all, and their pan mee is not your regular ban mian!
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This pan mee is also Muslim-friendly, though the bakery isn’t halal-certified. As such, your bowl of pan mee comes with minced chicken, shiitake mushrooms, fried ikan bilis, and other garnishes, including an egg. Do note that the pan mee is only sold from Mondays to Fridays from 11:30am to 4:30pm. It comes with a free coffee or tea!
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Another noodle option to consider, which has seen mixed reviews online, is Crab Siamese Laksa (RM32/~S$9.10), AKA Penang laksa lemak, which is not to be mistaken for the more famous assam laksa.
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Apart from these noodles, fans love the Grilled Cheese with Creamy Tomato Basil Soup (from RM14/~S$4), stuffed with Edam and Memolet cheeses, as well as Sourdough Bagels (from RM9/~S$2.60), which are baked fresh daily. These come in several variations, including Jalapeno, Cheese, and Poppy.
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Seeing as Wheatcraft Artisan Bakery is a bakery, after all, you can’t miss out on their classic bakes: think croissants, pain au chocolat, sourdough scones, danishes, and bread.
If you’re not thinking of heading so far up, we’ve got your JB trip covered too—Ukiyo Cafe is a hidden dessert cafe in Mount Austin with beautiful layered cakes, or you could check out our guide to KSL City!
Address: 26-1, Jalan PJU 7/16, Mutiara Damansara, 47810 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Opening hours: Daily 8am to 5pm
Tel: +60 14-306 1929
Website
Wheatcraft Artisan Bakery is not halal-certified, but uses no pork or lard.
Feature image adapted from @wheatcraft.my
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