Catcher In The Rye Cafe

J.D. Salinger’s classic novel of teenage angst and alienation might seem an improbable inspiration for a cafe that exudes grace and geniality – but it shouldn’t be a surprise that the founders of Taman Desa’s Wild Sheep Chase, named partly for a Haruki Murakami masterwork, have summoned up another literary influence for their second venue (bonus connection: Murakami translated Salinger’s book into Japanese in the 2000s). Unfurling this month in a decades-old shop-house in PJ’s Section 17, Catcher In The Rye is a charmer, basking in a sun-bathed, white-washed space speckled with wood and leaves.