MELBOURNE | Down a residential side street in West Melbourne, at the base of an unassuming block of apartments you’ll find Myth Cafe. It’s a small cafe that opened in late 2021, specialising in Malaysian hawker-style breakfast and lunch dishes. I recently popped in to visit for What’s On Melbourne.
Myth Cafe (short for My Taste of Home) is a culmination of two lockdown side hustles. Malaysian-born Lincoln Lee decided to start making a delivering yong tau foo, while at the same time his colleague, Laysee Koh, was cooking up Northern Malaysian khao jam. In November 2021 they teamed up with friend Michael Loh to open a bricks and mortar cafe.
On the menu, you’ll find the two signature dishes that started it all, served a variety of ways, along with other Malaysian hawker-style dishes. Yong tau foo, tofu and vegetables stuffed with fish and pork paste is a must try. There are several options available, fried or soup tofu and wontons, and veg like chilli, okra, and mushroom.
You can get the yong tau foo as a set with your choice of soup or sauce, or as part of a set with another dish like chee cheung fun (steamed rice noodle rolls) or “old school curry noodles”.
The other signature, khao jam, is a generous serve of fragrant, green-tinged rice cooked with more then 10 type of herbs. It’s served with fish flakes, grated coconut, raw veg, fish crackers, salted egg, sambal, and optional fried chicken. Mix it all together and you’ve got something special.
Beyond the specialities, there’s things like kaya toast, nasi kak wok, yee mee, and curry puffs. To drink, it’s espresso-based coffee drinks, and Malaysian drinks like Kopi O, hand-pulled Teh Tarik, and Cham C.
Myth Cafe
48 Rosslyn Street
West Melbourne
Victoria 3003
Australia
Telephone: 0460 659 400
E-mail: n/a
Website
Open
Mon, Wed – Fri: 7:00am to 3:00pm
Sat – Sun: 8:00am to 3:00am