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Ara Damansara’s new Tangerain Cafe is a bright, friendly space for merry munching. Its crowd-pleasing comforts span poke bowls to pastas, fish and chips to French toast, salads and soups to sourdough sandwiches. For a teatime pastry treat, try Tangerain’s playful ice cream croissant for a crisp...

 Ramen with house-cut noodles and slow-simmered broths, coffee with home-roasted beans: Mana Ramen is Shah Alam's soulful new refuge for patient pleasures.Recommendations include Tantanmen Ramen, thickly nutty-smoky with teriyaki chicken, jammy egg, spring onions and chilli oil; Spicy Miso Ramen,...

Dapo & Dough is Shah Alam's beautifully welcoming new home-based bakery-cafe, serving sourdough specialities with sun-soaked serenity.Oven-fresh, warmly fragrant sandwiches include smoked salmon with herbed cream cheese, cherry tomatoes and baby spinach.Also try the take on Turkish cilbir, ...

Holly Belly Coffeetiam is PJ New Town's latest stop for Malaysian and Southeast Asian favourites, from nasi lemak and bubur to ayam gepuk with stingingly spicy sambal gajus and add-ons like bayam goreng.

Bak chor mee, paofan, haw flake flavours, freshly reimagined at JIE: Chefs Lee Kook Siong and Ooi Poh Kuan infuse inventiveness in JIE's new seasonal menu, bringing boldness to Bukit Damansara's borderless Chinese restaurant.Meticulously prepared with thoughtful sourcing and committed craftsmans...

Follow the flavour trail of India to Barbeque Nation Select, newly launched in NU Sentral, where smoky tandoor traditions mingle with street food and spices for a culinary celebration.Promising a fresh, fast-casual take on Indian dining, Barbeque Nation's Select format serves a simple but sat...

Tiny Dusun is Klang’s charming new kampung cafe, helmed with heart and homespun hospitality by a wife-and-husband team, Nana and AG. Head here for regional local fare rarely seen in modern Malaysian cafes, from Kedah’s pek nga pancakes with gulai ikan to Negeri Sembilan’s kuih sopang stuffed...

Fringed by forest-style views, Sunseed Wellness Bistro is JAM PJ's summery new space for nourishing fare like salmon rice bowls with fresh coconut coolers.

Niko Niko Onigiri has launched a lovely new location in Puchong, serving nearly 50 signature recipes, from octopus onigiri to unagi onigiri, plus a complete spread of Japanese comfort fare, spanning soba and somen, donburi to ochazuke. For salmon-with-avocado fans, savour this scrumptious c...

Moza is the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia's newly refurbished public restaurant, bright and welcoming with Middle Eastern and Mediterranean flavours.  Linger over Lamb Adana Kebab, lusciously moist and meaty with saffron rice, grilled peppers, sumac-spiced onions, toum garlic dip and sahawiq hot...

India's iconic Barbeque Nation brings a fast, flexible take on Indian dining to the high-energy hub of NU Sentral: The newly launched Barbeque Nation Select is where the spice route meets the express lane, perfect for KL's urban lifestyle.Savour India's most popular flavours: Chaat and street foo...

PJ Old Town’s new Confit features French flavours of ratatouille, onion soup, beef stew, braised chicken, croque monsieur and creme brulee, plus duck confit, naturally. House-baked toast comes with three infused butters: Ratatouille butter, limau kasturi herb butter and honey garlic confit bu...

Nito Coffee Bar is a soothing new coffee hideout inside Damansara Perdana’s Raptroom music collective studio space.Sip espresso tonics and filters by Nito’s friendly founder Jun amid an atmospheric event gallery-lounge.This distinctively discreet fourth-floor refuge is now brewing Tuesday to ...

Bendang is Kampung Baru’s charming new space for classic Malay cuisine, with traditional touches of Negeri Sembilan, Pahang and Johor. Bendang’s kitchen hits hearty, heartwarming beats, from smoky itik salai masak lemak to sultry gulai ayam kampung to tangy tempoyak daun.

True to its name, Garden Pizza harvests its own herbs for lively pizzas. The house special Briracha brings fresh basil to beef strips, San Marzano tomatoes, sriracha and sour cream for a Southeast Asian tangy-spicy kick, while Chick Alfredo is buoyed by dill to balance chicken pepper...

Junghee Malaysia is the sleek new KL spin-off of a Korean-born contemporary restaurant, carrying Seoul’s colour and creativity to The Campus Ampang. Sujebi promises pasta-style playfulness here: Chewy dough strips in a creamy-steamy broth of boiled bracken ferns, blanketed with perilla seeds,...

Bubbly Boo is JAM PJ's new gelato shop, scooping up smooth satisfaction with Italian and Malaysian flavours. The Hazelnut soothes with naturally nutty notes, while other choices promise fun pairings, from the colourful coupling of Cameron Strawberries laced with real fruit and Blue Boo tangy bu...

Likely launching later this month, Physical Store by Davon is the first showroom-cafe of DAVON, a Malaysian supplier of matcha, coffee beans, chocolate and granola.To mark this milestone, DAVON will introduce a heritage-grade matcha limited edition, Getsu, a top-tier blend of Yame-origin Okumid...

Talad Thai Banana, our latest snack craving, has landed in Malaysia: This Singaporean-born, Thai-inspired destination for fried bananas and other fun fritters is now open in IOI City Mall Putrajaya for crispy-creamy pleasure!Authentically Thai, these treats feature Thai-farmed namwa bananas (klua...

For a fun twist on Roti John, try The Beret Bistro in Setia Alam for playful heartiness, textured with juicy minced chicken and crunchy chicken skin. Also check out the young-at-heart Avocado Bliss Hash Browns, featuring golden hash browns topped with chopped avocado, popcorn chicken, carrots...

The Ruai Room is Bukit Petaling’s new Sabahan-founded, Borneo-flavoured restaurant, its garden setting inspired by a communal longhouse spirit. Specialities indigenous to Sabah and Sarawak hold their natural ground here: Manuk pansuh bamboo-steamed chicken, soothingly herbaceous in tapioca ...

Club De Piston is Klang's car-themed cafe and clothing store: Sip on Einspänners crowned with salt cream in a garage-style studio setting of steering wheels, automotive rims, model vehicles and racing seats.

Hometown Hainan Coffee has launched its latest location in Hextar World Empire City, bringing authentic Malaysian food favourites to a vibrantly sunlit space for the Damansara Perdana neighbourhood.Fusing contemporary and classic charm partly inspired by European elegance, Hometown Hainan Coffee ...

Irene is Shah Alam's stylishly shadowy new cafe with artistic allure.Bakes include garlic shio pan, satisfyingly crisp to the bite, buttery-soft to the chew, aromatic with garlic, parsley and cheese.Irene's kitchen is capable of  complete meals, from mushroom soup with sliced baguette to tem...

Explore the new Cuvée Nadéline selection of exceptional Bordeaux wines, exclusively available at hank’s!Now launching at The Gardens Mall until 5 April, these six labels represent family-owned estates, renowned for quality and authenticity in French wine-making.Guess 1 out of 3 wine aromas and sp...

Liberica MY Hub has launched a new meat-free cafe in The Ka Yin 1898, a heritage building that will soon house a wider range of eateries and eclectic businesses in an effort to be Sultan Road's community and cultural hub.Try Liberica MY Hub's take on Southeast Asian classics like Thai pad kra pao...

Gentle reader, check out Cheras’ new Gentle Mess for buffed-up bagels like the Lox, with smoked salmon, cream cheese, capers, pickled onions, sliced tomatoes and dill, and Beef Bacon with fluffy eggs, served hot and hearty in The Graph Hotel.

With a new flame-charred, carbonised facade of reclaimed wood inspired by Japanese yakisugi traditions, Taman Taynton View’s Ah Gong House returns after a three-month refurbishment. This soulfully rustic home for bakes and brews has refreshed spaces both inside and out on the garden, pairing ...

Yew Yew is moving on up to a new larger space in The Ka Yin, beating Chinatown’s heat with coolers like the Coco Houjicha Cloud.

A premium curation of Bordeaux wines, brought into Malaysia exclusively by hank's: Explore world-class French bottles at hank’s Cuvée Nadéline roadshow, now until 5 April at The Gardens Mall. The specially curated Cuvée Nadéline labels represent six family-owned estates with up to eight gener...

Taman Desa’s new Bibimbap Market dishes out 13 different Korean rice bowl recipes, from steak and eggs to avocado with fried egg, dakgalbi chicken to bulgogi beef, kimchi tuna to spicy clams, truffle butter mushrooms to cheesy gyeran.The seasonal Cockle Bibimbap stirs up with spring and spice for...

Mykro Artisanal Coffee is Bandar Botanic’s new cafe for creative concoctions, beautifully framed by honey-hued panelling, crimson canvases and flourishing foliage. For a Japanese-Chinese convergence of chazuke and suan cai yu, slurp the steamy pickled mustard soup poured over soda-battere...

ONI Coffee is launching its latest space, bringing Japanese-inspired comfort fare like hamburg chazuke onigiri with hojicha lattes to a friendly Section 19 cafe. ONI PJ officially opens Thurs, 26 March.

The Thiiird is the city’s new stop for house-baked desserts with heart, with a rotation of specialities like olive oil chocolate cake and orange loaves, delightfully dense and moist. Pair with strawberry milk, swirled with kitchen-simmered compote.

Set to launch next month, Monk is Subang’s upcoming cosy jazz corner, serving coffee, tea and cakes while Thelonious Monk spins on the turntable. Snack on house-baked French sliced apple cake, lusciously layered with a full-bodied ripe-fruit bite, and citron tart with curd that melts soothi...

Mentaiko shio pan and strawberry cream cheese milk buns make a morning match with sakura coconut coolers at Nokisaki, Bukit Rimau’s friendly new Japanese-inspired bakery-cafe.

Kao Mongkhol is Bandar Menjalara's new spot for Thai rice and noodle specialities, from khao khao moo to khao soi and khanom chin. Duck noodle devotees can savour a rich bowl of chunky-fleshy duck leg with sen lek white rice noodles in dark, deep soy sauce-based broth.

Mont Kiara’s new Bread & Bakar burns bright for sun-soaked, sourdough-stacked brunches and BBQ binges. Try a taster of toast, bagel, croissant or lahmajun with mix-and-match, cross-continental sides like smashed avocado, refried beans, beetroot hummus and baba ganoush. Every element...