Adough Atelier is the newest of the Adough outlets and it’s quickly become one of our favourites. Like the others, it’s built around sourdough, with fresh bakes up front and a few surprises on the menu like sourdough pasta, which you’ll end up thinking about long after you’ve ordered it.

It does get packed, but that’s never stopped us. When we just want a honey shio pan and a solid cup of coffee to go, this is where we head. And if you do find a seat, there’s plenty of light streaming in to make it worth staying a while.

Some breakfast spots are easy to say no to. This isn’t one of them. 2nd Breakfast has mastered the art of the English muffin sandwich, with toasted muffins, delicious fillings and the kind of breakfast that makes getting out of bed feel worthwhile. Now sharing a space with Cozy Cookies in Mutiara Damansara, you can also get your pancake fix, sip on a shake and finish with freshly baked cookies. Saying no to breakfast? Not here.

Alta Cafe in Bangsar is the sibling to Sitka and Studio where the cooking takes its cues from cafes in Copenhagen, Paris and Rome. Almost everything is made from scratch, from the sauces and pastries down to the small things on the plate, like the house-made crème fraîche that comes with the omelette.

The food is simple, but you can tell how much work goes into it. The stracciatella with honey and olive oil is a crowd favourite, and the pancakes are easily one of our favourite things on the menu.

The Bread Bar is a bakery at heart and everything on the menu leads back to the sourdough. Each flavour is built from its own starter, and every loaf takes at least three days to make.

You can taste it in everything, from the small plates of toasted sourdough with spreads to the loaves lined up to take home, like country brown, toasted millet and wholemeal rye. If you only order one thing, get the signature grilled cheese with tomato soup. It’s five cheeses pressed between their own sourdough and we’d come back for that alone.

House of Wheat has a two outlets in Kuala Lumpur, but our favourite is the one in Chow Kit. It’s tucked into a quiet residential row, inside a converted house that feels like home from the moment you walk in.

Sourdough is at the heart of everything here, from thick, chewy slices on the breakfast plate to a maritozzo filled with whipped cream that’s light and not too sweet.

Get to Maple Artisan Coffee before the lunch crowd and you’ll practically have Klang’s cosiest cafe to yourself. The coffee is good enough that one cup usually turns into two, and breakfast comes out looking as nice as it tastes. By lunch, every table’s taken and the room gets a lot livelier, so if you want the quiet place for an early morning start, come early.

Bricks & Bread feels like walking into a bakery where everything is still warm from the oven and that alone sets the tone for the morning.

You tell yourself you’ll just get coffee, then suddenly there’s bread on your table, maybe something sweet too. It’s simple, but it hits every single time. And that’s exactly why it works so well early in the day.

Kopenhagen Coffee does breakfast in a way that feels almost custom-made. Instead of a fixed plate, everything starts from a simple idea. You build it yourself.

How you want your eggs, what kind of bread you’re in the mood for, the protein you feel like having, even the drink that fits your morning. It’s all there, but trust us when we tell you it doesn’t feel complicated at all. More like putting together a breakfast that actually matches your mood that day.

And the catch? You don’t need to cook it yourself.