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Le Pont Boulangerie et Café Bridges Cultures, Moments and
Gastronomic Creativity
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Le Pont Boulangerie et Café has officially
opened its stately doors in Old Klang Road, Malaysia with
a three-storey French European boulangerie-patisserie-
café offering wholesome cafe cuisine, traditionally arti-
sanal yet innovative breads and pastry, custom-roasted
house blend coffee and specially-crafted drinks.
The inspiration behind the name Le Pont (French
for ‘The Bridge’) comes from the desire to capture the
vision of a unique space where people can come together
and forge new friendships and the aspiration to create a
food & beverage concept where food and drink connect
seamlessly. Thus was born a French Euro - pean bou-
langerie-patisserie-cafe that strives to connect cultures,
link great food with memorable moments and showcase
culinary expertise and gastronomic innovations.
This vision materialised in the modern French
cuisine café menu, European inspired creations that grace
the bread and pastry shelves and carefully-crafted coffee
experiences. To solidify the vision, a space was designed
where concrete co-exists with wood perfectly to invoke
functionality and warmth. The result is a comfortable
meeting point for work and play, family and individual,
food and drink.
“Le Pont bridges the seemingly impossible,
bringing together in a unique manner food, design, and
space. Artisanal craftsmanship meets contemporary
cafe culture, giving rise to a space where relationships,
connections and communication can blossom. This is The gastronomic experience of Le Pont is
infused into every aspect of Le Pont from the warm and centred on the trio of pastries & breads, the cafe and
intimate yet industrial modern design of the cafe to the speciality coffee. Each of these three central pillars
gastronomic experiences afforded to patrons,” said Mr A embodies a distinct food philosophy and a commit-
K Tan, Executive Chairman of BUTBO Group. ment to its customers.

Malaysia National Judges Workshop
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The workshop was iniatiated to assist
local judges by providing them insights into the
world judging standards and how these local
candidates can improve their skills in both sen-
sory and technical scoring of baristas in these
competitions. As the Malaysian national com-
petitions draw closer to date, the participants
received 4 full days of scoring and evaluation
training, as well as assessments to how a judge
should always potray themselves during a
competition.
Participants were required to fully
understand the rules and regulations of the
*Photo credit (Malaysia Specialty Cofffee Association) world competitions and mock routines were
recreated to test these local judges on their
The Malaysia Specialty Coffee Association recently or- capabilities.
ganized the first ever national judges workshop together with Joe According to the MSCA committee, a
Hsu of Taiwan on the 14th of September. The workshop was held number of local based judges workshop will be
at both dcAcademy and Barista Guild Asia respectively, lasting a organized to assist in developing local judges in
total of 4 days. the coming months.
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