Whenever we go for our family vacations outstation, I always look forward to the breakfast; before departing on our journey to wherever we’re headed to, like Malacca, Ipoh, or Penang. It was a family tradition to go to McDonalds for breakfast. And that meant the McDonald’s Big Breakfast!
It is a hearty morning combo of scrambled eggs, chicken sausage, a freshly toasted English muffin and golden Hash Browns.
Then, when we eat at cafes and browse the menu, my eyes would skip the coffee, the tea, the pastas, and the sandwiches, and venture straight to one of the most expensive items on the menu: Big Breakfast.
I guess looking at the McDonald’s big breakfast model, a typical big breakfast in a cafe would consist a combo of at least 1 meat, 1 egg dish, 1 vegetable, and 1 carbo dish.
But what’s a big breakfast and in it?
A big breakfast typically consists of a hearty spread of foods such as eggs, bacon, sausage, toast, pancakes or waffles, along with sides like hash browns, fruit, and yogurt, providing a substantial and satisfying start to the day. According to ChatGPT.
Then a big breakfast typically cost around RM25 to RM30+.
So, today, we’ll be exploring my top big breakfast spots in Kuala Lumpur and then travel down to Petaling Jaya. If you’re planning a big breakfast food trip, you can follow in this order.
Each cafe’s big breakfast prices are subject to change by the individual cafes and prices mentioned are as of this writing.
Bean Brothers
Click here to see Bean Brothers in Kuala Lumpur on Google Map.
Termed the Flexitarian, Bean Brother’s big breakfast is on a whole other level. The Flexitarian priced at RM36, consists of a round bread, lettuce, grilled cherry tomatoes, bite-size sautéed mushrooms, fillet chicken in strips, scrambled egg, avocado, cheese slices, ham slices, and a small bowl of baked beans.
Why do I say it’s on a whole other level? It comes with an avocado, which is not a typical food in a big breakfast.
Bean Brother’s big breakfast (Flexitarian) is priced at RM36.
Bray Bakery
Click here to see Bray Bakery in Kuala Lumpur on Google Map.
Bray Bakery’s big breakfast is known as The Baker’s Breakfast. Priced at RM29, it consists of eggs of your choice, mushrooms, cultiveat tomatoes, truffle miso arugula, pesto, and sourdough toast.
For this Baker’s Breakfast, I had scrambled eggs. Despite the lack of the typical sausages, ham, and/or hashbrowns in a big breakfast; the Baker’s Breakfast also felt filling.
Watermark Restaurant
Click here to see Watermark Restaurant in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur on Google Map.
Watermark Restaurant’s Big Breakfast, priced at RM26, consists of egg, chicken sausage, beef bacon, baked beans, grilled tomato, and hash brown.
While you can also have your choice of egg, you have an additional option in the choosing. You can choose from poached, scrambled, or fried egg. Here, I went with the (safe) scrambled egg. As you can see, it is quite a sizeable portion of scrambled egg, filling up about a quarter of the plate.
Then what’s more unique is the sizes of the chicken sausage, beef bacon, and hash brown. It’s not the usual big and long sausage, big slice of bacon or ham, and 1 piece of hash brown. In Watermark’s Big Breakfast, they are in small and bite-size.
Bakery Cafe Hachi
Click here to see Bakery Cafe Hachi in 1 Mont Kiara in Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur on Google Map.
Hachi Bakery Cafe’s big breakfast is an English Breakfast. It consists of baguette, baked beans, salad, tomato, sautéed mushrooms, scrambled egg, bacon, and chicken sausage. Years ago, it was priced at RM24.80.
While there was no hash brown, it was made up with the bacon.
The Daily Grind
Click here to see The Daily Grind in Bangsar Village in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur on Google Map.
The Daily Grind’s big breakfast is called TDG Big Breakfast (RM37). It consists of premium chicken sausages, beef bacon, eggs, grilled tomatoes, mushrooms, spinach, and buttered toast.
Here, you can’t see the spinach and beef bacon, because it’s hidden under all the other food. Anyway, instead of hash browns and salad, there’s beef bacon and spinach to go with. Then instead of scrambled eggs, it’s sunny side up egg; it’s still egg.
Touche Pastries & More
Click here to see Touche Pastries in Section 17, Petaling Jaya on Google Map.
Touche Pastries is The Big Bad Boy! At RM28.90, it consists of beef bacon, turkey ham, artisanal sausage, scrambled eggs, and toast.
Here, the toast is hidden under the scrambled egg.
Cafe Tujoh
Click here to see Cafe Tujoh in Section 17, Petaling Jaya on Google Map.
Cafe Tujoh’s big breakfast or also known as Full Aussie, consists of scrambled eggs, smoked duck, mushroom, charred tomato, chicken chorizo, and toasted bread.
In a bit more detail, the vegetable is lettuce, the smoked duck is strips of smoke duck, the mushrooms are sautéed mushrooms, and the charred tomato has a melted cheese on it. What I like about Cafe Tujoh’s Full Aussie, is that it has smoked duck, in addition to the chicken chorizo. Then, if I recall, the Full Aussie was priced at RM28.
Dough! Bakery & Cafe
Click here to see Dough in Section 17, Petaling Jaya on Google Map.
Dough’s big breakfast, termed as Dough’s Breakfast and priced at RM28, consists of 2 pieces of sunny side up, chicken bratwurst, roasted tomato, sautéed mushrooms, potato gratin, mixed salad, and classic sourdough bread.
What’s unique about Dough’s big breakfast is that instead of serving hashbrown, it is replaced with potato gratin.
Potato gratin, also known as gratin dauphinois, is a classic French dish made with thinly sliced potatoes layered in a baking dish, typically with cream, butter, garlic, and sometimes cheese. The dish is baked until the potatoes are tender and the top is golden and crispy. It’s a rich and indulgent side dish often served alongside roasts or as part of a holiday meal.
Strangers at 47
Click here to see Strangers at 47 in Section 17, Petaling Jaya on Google Map.
Strangers at 47’s big breakfast is Big Breakfast Crepe BBC and it’s priced at RM30. It consists of wholemeal crepe, herb chicken sausage, chicken ham, sautéed mushrooms and spinach, hash brown, baked beans, caramelised onions, eggs your way (sunny or scrambled).
Here’s a different big breakfast, instead of serving the typical (sourdough) bread and (maybe) lettuce. Stranger’s at 47’s big breakfast changes things up with wholemeal crepe and sautéed spinach.
If you’re looking for a not so heavy big breakfast because of the sourdough bread, you can consider the wholemeal crepe in Strangers at 47’s Big Breakfast Crepe BBC.
Asa Cafe
Click here to see Asa Cafe in Taman Paramount, Petaling Jaya on Google Map.
As per Asa Paramount’s menu, their big breakfast, priced at RM35, consists of real chicken sausage, sautéed mushroom, sourdough, tomato, greens, scrambled egg, and hashbrown.
I must reiterate that they served a nicely cut up sourdough bread. Unlike some cafes, a sourdough or 2 is served as a whole slice. The mushrooms are not small but fat, long, and juicy. The tomato was a grilled, half-tomato. The yellow protein was a flat piece of scrambled egg. If you can’t see and find the “real chicken sausage”, it’s hidden under the sautéed mushrooms. Unlike some cafe’s sausages where the sausage tend to be fat, thick, and long, Asa’s sausage is of a decent size.
My Gracious Kitchen
Click here to see My Gracious in SS2, Petaling Jaya on Google Map.
My Gracious Kitchen’s big breakfast is Mama Breakfast. Priced at RM25.90, it consists of herb sausage, baked beans, hash brown, egg, toast, chicken pepperoni, baked tomatoes, and vegetables.
It’s little bit simpler, yet with a touch distinction as well. Instead of sourdough, it is toast bread. The egg is the default sunny side up. You’re not given the choice of choosing your egg. Here, you’re not given 1 hash brown only, but 2 hash browns. Then, instead of ham or bacon, it is chicken pepperoni.
Annie Day Coffee
Click here to see Annie Day Coffee in SS2, Petaling Jaya on Google Map.
Annie Day’s big breakfast is a Supreme Breakfast. At RM28, it consists of chicken sausage, beef bacon, chicken ham, hashbrown, two eggs, baked beans, side salad, sourdough bread, and butter and jam.
While the Supreme Breakfast has all the trappings of big breakfast, it goes a little out of the way to include butter and jam, so that you can enjoy your sourdough bread with some sweetness.
Milligram – Coffee & Eatery
Click here to see Milligram in SS26 Taman Mayang Jaya, Petaling Jaya on Google Map.
Milligram’s big breakfast is Kilogram Brekkie. At RM29, it consists of button mushrooms, pork sausage, pork bacons, scrambled eggs, milk bread, baked beans, hash-brown, and salad.
Here, instead of sourdough bread, we’ve milk bread for a change. The hash-brown is a small round piece of hash-brown. Everything else is standard as you would expect in a big breakfast.
Kheng Wah Restaurant
Kheng Wah’s big breakfast is USA Breakfast. At RM18.90, it consists of luncheon meat, Taiwan sausage, French toast, french fries, fried eggs, baked beans, and assorted beans.
Kheng Wah’s big breakfast is a fusion kinda big breakfast. The meat is unique and different, in that it’s Taiwan sausage and luncheon meat. It’s not the typical ham, bacon, or chicken sausage. The bread is French toast and not sourdough bread or baguette and not even normal toast bread. The vegetables is frozen vegetables with some cherry tomatoes. Lastly, what’s cool is that it has french fries!
Twenty Fourty Six
Click here to see Twenty Forty Six cafe in SS23 Taman SEA, Petaling Jaya on Google Map.
2046’s big breakfast (literally termed Big Breakfast on the menu) priced at RM32, consists of chicken ham, scrambled egg, lettuce, grilled tomato, mixed mushroom, hashbrown, potatoes, and sourdough bread.
In addition to the hashbrown, 2046’s big breakfast goes further by including grilled potatoes as well.
SIS & Co
Click here to see SIS & Co in SS23 Taman SEA, Petaling Jaya on Google Map.
SIS & Co’s Big Sis Breakfast (RM32) consists of housemade sausages, streaky bacon, ham, button mushrooms, roasted cherry tomatoes, scrambled eggs served with freshly toasted baguette.
Instead of the usual sourdough breads, here we got freshly toasted baguette.
Memorie Cafe
Click here to see Memorie Cafe @ One Utama in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya on Google Map.
Memorie Cafe’s big breakfast – The Memorie Big Breakfast – at RM19, consists of twin fresh organic eggs (scrambled or sunny side up), chicken supreme, baked tomato parmigiana, sautéed mushroom, baked beans, and chicken frankfurter.
I hope you found this list of big breakfast spots for your big (breakfast) adventure when cafe hopping around town. You can also view the map of each spots below.
