3-5 The Oldest Coffee House in Medan

 Tim loves anything having to do with eating or drinking.  He and Lisa love coffee - and one of the staples of there many moves to many countries has been Starbucks coffee.  They have a collection of Starbucks mugs from around the world.  But Tim also loves finding local coffee places and restaurants.  This day he wanted to take us to the oldest coffee house in Medan called Kada Kopi Apek.

The front of the coffee place - no sign announcing the name of the place.

Trying to decide what do order.

Tim ordering - with the help of the dude sitting in the table next to us who jumped in to help.  The two ladies in pink and taking the order.  We also got an Asian noodle dish from the restaurant next door delivered to our table at the coffee shop.  This can also happen at a lot of the smaller restaurants.

The back of the restaurant.

One of the things you must try is the bread or toast spread with Kaya jam.  Kaya jam is made from coconut milk, eggs, sugar and Pantan leaves.  It is quite sweet.  You are supposed to eat it with a poached egg.

The egg was poached to perfection to my taste!

The table next to us was celebrating a birthday.  When I saw they had a cake I asked Tim if we could order it.  Turns out they had brought it in with them.  The dude in the beige with his back to the camera (the one who helped Tim order) must have overheard and one of the guests brought two small pieces of the cake to us.  Such a kind gesture - and the cake was good!

A beautiful cake.  They did sing Happy Birthday - the long Dutch version.  This area of Indonesia was once under Dutch rule - and there is still much influence.  You can find Dutch architecture, food and this tradition of singing Happy Birthday in Dutch.

In the back of the restaurant was this Buddhist offering on the floor.

When we finished out meal we went outside for more photos of the area.  Not sure if this is the restaurant where our noodle dish came from.

There is a line of Hindu food places down this street.

And then we are off for our next food adventure - by car - not the vehicle above!