Charles In Charge

We discovered this cute as a button themed cafe on a toilet dash through Suria KLCC. Although we had a Chinese lunch appointment, the comic cuteness of it just stuck in my mind, and I was glad the clients were game to have a coffee following lunch at this joint.

Step in for ultimate Schultz!

The gang's all here!

We couldn't eat after a sumptuous lunch, but we had drinks: a hot chocolate and bubble tea. In taste they were average, run of the mill, but as they say, presentation is everything. As such the hot choc rocked with a cocoa art cartoon of the world's famous beagle.

It was a pity to stir this hot chocolate!

No Snoopy in this bubble tea!

It was quite clear that people liked this place a lot. Even post lunch, and with most of the patrons being the office crowd from the city centre, there were still some lingering for dessert and drinks. There was a cheerful, positive vibe in this cafe, which really sold me on it, unfortunately, the chairs, though very in character, were a little uncomfortable for anyone smaller than a size M!

This is Charlie Brown's second outlet in Malaysia. The first opened in Penang's Straits Quay last year. Which brings me to suspect some food dynamics may be changing. In the past eight years, I have heard chefs say that is one wants to make money, not to open up a fine dining restaurant in Penang. The locals, they said, tend to be spoiled because there was so much good street food still available, and fairly cheaply. Well, if the locals are ready to pay RM10 for a cocoa, may be there is hope. But then, it may be just the draw of some really classic, comic company.

Charlie Brown Cafe KLCC

Lot LC-207, 2nd Floor, 

Ramlee Mall, Suria KLCC Kuala Lumpur