A walk through Kuching's old streets does not need another full meal at every stop. Sometimes I would rather save a little room for coffee and cake. Moon & Sun Coffee, at 11 Wayang Street, fits that kind of pause: close to the heritage-street route, with coffee and pastries at the centre of the visit. [image: 1792394989186-moonsun-google-original.jpg] Google Map / Moon & Sun Coffee The cafe officially opened on 7 June 2024, after a soft-launch period. That matters more than calling it another “new cafe”: its coffee-and-pastry identity was already in place at the beginning. Alongside espresso drinks, hand-brew coffee gives the stop a different direction from simply ordering the sweetest drink in the room. I would keep the first order small. One coffee and one cake are enough to decide whether this becomes a longer break, rather than ordering as though it were a lunch stop. A cake with a local connection One part of that early story is Indulgence Batik. This no-bake cake combines a chocolate-fudge top, a cream-cheese middle and a Milo-and-biscuit base. The cut biscuits create the patterned cross-section behind the name kek batik. That is a more interesting reason to look at the cake counter than choosing a slice only for its decoration. [image: 1792394989824-moonsun-photo-04.jpg] Google Map / Moon & Sun Coffee The pictured slice is another example from the cafe's cake selection, not the layered batik cake described above. For me, the pairing is the point. With a chocolate-and-biscuit cake, I would lean towards a straightforward coffee rather than turning both halves of the order into dessert. If a coffee-and-tea combination sounds more appealing, dirty chai brings espresso, masala chai and milk together in one drink. Those are two quite different ways to approach the same coffee-and-cake break. [image: 1792394990359-moonsun-photo-06.jpg] Google Map / Moon & Sun Coffee Make it a pause, not another packed itinerary I would put Moon & Sun between the old-street wandering and the next proper meal. The appeal is a specific combination: a Wayang Street address, a cafe built around coffee and pastries, and a batik-cake story that connects the sweet side of the order to Malaysia rather than to a generic cafe checklist. Moon & Sun Coffee 11, Wayang Street, 93000 Kuching, Sarawak Listed opening hours: daily, 8am–10pm. Google Maps — Moon & Sun Coffee, Wayang Street Image credit corrections and removal requests are welcome through KuchingHub.