Bau Bau Café

When Hishamuddin Rais said please come to the opening of Bau Bau Café, on Jan 1, 2007, how can I refuse… This is THE Hishamuddin Rais, the interesting personality – my super senior at Malay College, writer, director, thinker, film maker, change agent/activist – but most of all, he is a nice man.


.........................Hisham Rais

The cafe opening programme was an interesting one.

With candles as the source of light (yes, macam blackout), it started with a 'sajak' recital by Datuk Samad Said and later a group of talented young men provided the music that sounded like the carnival in Rio De Janeiro + Barbados + Jamaica.


.........................Dalam gelap nampak silhouette


.........................Dalam gelap nampak Rizal


.........................Dalam gelap nampak lauk

According to Hisham, the Café is a project by his friends to make a bit of money and give it to charity after deducting the operating costs. A wonderful idea indeed.

Hisham’s guests were an interesting mix – journalists, artists, investment analysts, bankers, politicians, students and ‘beautiful people’ that you just can’t ‘silo’ into ‘categories’ as they are ‘fluid’.

Old Boys of MCKK were there to give their support -- Rizal, Pian, Zaim, Man Cowboy, Aziz ‘Conot’ Hassan and others.

Oh yes, where is Bau Bau Café? It’s at Central Market, right next to Liquid.

And the food? I enjoyed the rendang and sambal udang. And yes, they have ‘air sirap’.

And the nasi goreng and roti jala pun sedap.


.........................Me