Hello & Co 好客 @ Jalan Ong Yi How, Butterworth

Hello & Co 好客 is a cafe sprouted near to Chung Ling High School Butterworth and nested within a bungalow. The exterior of the cafe looks inviting with a sense of luxury, and the interior yields a cozy and relaxing ambiance. What interesting is that cafe offers a vast variety of dishes such as toasts, western, burgers, bingsu, crepes in a rather affordable price. Though the taste are not explosive but it is well justified by its friendly price tags, a strategy the cafe set seemingly to appeal to the students group.

Although feedback from social media appears to highlight Hello & Co 好客's exceptional friendly service, we did not feel anything worthy mention on their services during our visit other than the swift service. Its bible thick menu did give us a wow factor in the beginning but it was not hard to narrow our choices, thanks to the "thumbs-up" as the chefs' recommendation dishes on the menu.

Hello & Co 好客 @ Jalan Ong Yi How, Butterworth

Premium Rosemary Chicken (RM 18.80) features a roasted chicken thigh but the texture was a tad dry to enjoy. The rosemary sauce given was overwhelming in quantity, partially submerging the chicken thigh. It did possess a shade of herby scent and moisten the chicken, giving an averagely alright taste. It was nicely plated with the chicken thigh sitting on a cup of mashed potatoes and served along with broccoli, mushrooms and carrots. As mentioned, it was not a haute cuisine but did just nice to fill the hungry stomach.

We were eager to try the crepes but were informed all crepes were not available. Therefore, we had a Hello Croissant (RM 9.80) instead. We enjoyed how the "croissant" packs with a handful of ingredients - ham, cucumbers, vegetables and served with potato wedges but the truth is it was never a croissant. The texture was like a soggy white bread, lacking the crispiness expected from a croissant. However for RM 9.80 it was well justified.