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Espressamente Illy’s Espresso Shakerato & Greco All’Italiana

james pong — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:00:25 +0000

Espressamente Illy is a popular Italian cafe worldwide.

Espressamente Illy’s Espresso Shakerato Freddo

Espressamente Illy’s Espresso Shakerato Freddo is a double illy espresso, chilled and shaken with ice & liquid sugar. It is quite strong and not for the fainthearted. Espresso Shakerato Freddo retails at MYR 10.50.

Espressamente Illy’s Greco All’Italiana

Greco All’Italiana is illy’s funky version of an iced cappuccino. No doubt it is better than your regular iced cappuccino as not only it is well-balanced between ice, milk and espresso, it has a little bonus of chocolate powder to top it all. Greco All’Italiana retails at MYR 13.

Espressamente Illy’s Spaghetti Carbonara

While the coffee are great, there are nothing to shout about for the food. Spaghetti Carbonara was not too bad, better than the average cafes that serve pasta but I expect it to be a whole lot better since Espressamente Illy ought to be Italian. Spaghetti Carbonara costs MYR 20.

Verdict: Amazing coffee. I’ll stick to my fave Neve Fondete the next time.

Espressamente Illy @ Bangsar Village

james pong — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:00:32 +0000

Espressamente Illy originates from Italy and is actually a quite popular Italian cafe with 200 cafés in 34 countries worldwide. Despite that, its presence in Malaysia is still quite unknown.

Espressamente Illy @ Bangsar Village

Espressamente Illy is a nice place to chill out

Half & Half

Half & Half which consists of rich liquid chocolate blended with espresso, milk and ice was flavorful and chocolaty and slightly sweet. Retailing at MYR 14, Half & Half is nevertheless worth it.

Neve Fondete

Neve Fondete which translates to "deep snow" in Italian is an iced mocha with a twist. In short though, Neve Fondete is easily the best-ever iced mocha on the planet. It was truly enjoyable with somewhat the perfect amount of sweetness but yet pleasing to satiate. Neve Fondete retails at MYR 14 and that is easily cheaper than Starbucks and most cafes in town.

Verdict: Though Espressamente Illy at Bangsar Village doesn’t serve alcoholic coffee unlike its branch at Pavilion, it still has my vote for top-notch and delicious coffee, easily the best in the region. Espressamente Illy at Bangsar Village is the perfect place to chill out — it has a great ambiance, amazing coffee and great service. Most of all, it serves great coffee at a fraction of a price.

Espressamente Illy’s Alcoholic Coffee

james pong — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:02:18 +0000

Calling all coffee lovers, there is a new cafe in uptown Kuala Lumpur and Espressamente Illy is the name. Located besides Esprit Cafe and opposite Starhill, Espressamente Illy is more like a coffee bar than a cafe.

The interior of Espressamente Illy

Angelo Nero is a strong drink with strong coffee and strong alcohol with ingredients such as espresso, amaretto Di Saromo, dark rum, liquid cream and ice cubes. Ossessione tastes sweeter due to the ice cream and other ingredients such as Double Illy Espresso, Baileys, whiskey and fresh liquid cream. Cappuccino Freddo Greco is a non-alcoholic drink and is mixed of Strong Double Illy Espresso, liquid sugar, cold fresh milk and ice cubes and priced at MYR 13 whereas both the alcoholic coffee is priced at MYR 27 each!

From top: Ossessione, Angelo Nero and Cappuccino Freddo Greco

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