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When life gives you Lasilicious, order a lemon butter cake at this bakery-cafe that’s fresh in Bangsar; the cake is densely moist, as lemony-buttery as we’d hope for (RM10 per slice). Looking for something less sugary but still decadent? Lasilicious’ thickly slathered avocado sandwich with a crea...

In the mood for burgers, Korean fried chicken, spicy mala specialities and much more from your favourite restaurants in IOI City Mall? Check out IOI SHOPZ on CLUB IOI to satisfy your hankerings: Ordering online on www.ioishopz.com.my or through the CLUB IOI app offers convenient deliveries and ...

Snack attack: This new TTDI-based delivery service specialises in moreish munchies. The Cheese Burger Wontons (RM11.50) come filled with fresh ground meat, turning burger patties into bite-sized parcels of protein, wrapped in skin that's supple in the centre, crisp around the edges.The Coconu...

Sri Petaling's saucy, spicy new take on fried chicken deliveries is battering up a storm of succulence.Burger Blek's chicken is crowd-pleasing - crunchy-battered thigh meat, conveniently deboned, sandwiched in burgers (RM10.50) or served on their own ( (RM12.90 for two pieces, partnered with thre...

The evolution of pasta in Malaysia: Pasta Boss' Beef Rendang Carbonara Pasta pours full-bodied flavour into succulent, seven-day-brined brisket, mingling harmoniously with a light, lemony cream sauce (RM23), while the ChimmiChicken Ulam Pesto Pasta seeks to celebrate ulam raja, though it's ...

Bring us these bagels! Cata’s delivery-friendly bagels are lovingly handcrafted with 00 finely ground Italian flour and organic barley malt-syrup, cold-proofed overnight, punched down, risen at room temperature, boiled, brushed with egg wash, and then finally baked. This painstaking boil-then-bak...

What do experienced French chefs enjoy cooking and eating?  We visited Le Cordon Bleu Malaysia's kitchen at its Sunway College campus to meet two of its most seasoned chef instructors, who shared their favourite recipes with us - a beautiful modern fish dish with a hint of Japanese inspirations, ...

With two years of experience in making cold brew coffee and nearly 18 hours of brewing poured into each amber glass bottle, Third Project KL promises cool, confident caffeination. Steeped in their fridge and sent to ours, Third Project KL's Black Cold Brew (RM13) is smooth and juicily plum-sweet,...

  While visiting the Benedictine abbey of Monserrat, take time for a tasting of liqueurs made on this mountain, some fragrantly floral, others with nutty nuances of walnuts and macadamia.

Malaysian MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman typically earns attention for his work in his constituency of Muar, his youth-centred advocacy with his MUDA political movement, and his TikTok and Instagram videos with his cats Meow Meow and Toby.Now, he's adding another role - as an F&B start-up e...

Taking your business online can seem daunting. With so many e-commerce platforms to choose from, it can be difficult to pick the right one, especially with hidden fees and complicated setups that may take weeks or even months before your shop goes live. Cococart is designed to take local business...

When's the perfect time to brew your coffee after the beans have been freshly roasted? For Malaysian coffee supply specialist Millilitre, less than a week is what it takes, with the new Super 7 Fresh series of single-origin beans, currently sourced from Ethiopia and Kenya.Beans are locally roaste...

You might sometimes enjoy your salads with a shower of olive oil, a splash of sesame oil, or even a sprinkle of walnut oil for a balsamic vinaigrette.  But your next favourite healthy oil could be ELAIESE red palm fruit oil, perfectly paired with two special summery salads at Salad Atelier fro...

Hot meals and wheels: This concept cafe offers not only Japanese-inspired cooking but electric scooters, which customers can test before deciding whether to purchase. Roll with ramen - prices prove surprisingly wallet-friendly; the spicy ramen with scallops and corn costs RM12.90, tasty enough to...

If you love verdant cafes where plants vastly outnumber people, Florescence by World of Phalaenopsis is worth the 45-minute drive from KL's city centre to Ulu Yam. Waddling ducks welcome you to this pondside paradise, nestled in an orchid farm where summer seems abloom all year round.Florescence'...

Veteran barista Alang makes a mean magic and a fab flat white for pick-ups on the porch of this Bukit Damansara home. Alang's new effort, Eggin, is meant to eventually open as a cafe in Plaza Damansara nearby, but for now, it's nice to watch Alang at work outdoors in this pleasant leafy space, a ...

Homemade baos, sold steaming-hot on the porch of a Sri Petaling house: If you love fresh, tender baos, loaded with comfortingly familiar fillings, check in at Connie Bao.The biggest baos (RM4) are massive, too large to fit into the palm of a hand, packed with pork, hard-boiled egg and mushrooms i...

Serving everything from Nasi Uduk with Opor Ayam to Mutton Meat Loaf with eight local spices in an all-butter crust, Cik Sabi promises soulful meals by Malaysian theatre veteran Sabera Shaik, who spins skilfully from choreography to cooking with her latest effort. We recently received a meal bo...

A family-run farm that helps other families who run farms: HF Grocer has been selling its own produce, spanning papayas to pineapples, cultivated in Bentong for more than five years. In September 2020, its founders went online at hfgrocer.com and soon brought neighbouring farms into their platfor...

Aloft Kuala Lumpur Sentral is dedicating more than a fortnight to all dads out there with its fantastic Father's Day platters, available for takeaway or delivery on 14-30 June. Let Dad sit back, relax and put his feet up as Aloft's culinary crew does all the work, letting your family enjoy a fe...

Have a pita party: Say hi to ELLO, delivering puffy, fluffy pocketfuls of sunshine, transforming salads, sandwiches and even burgers into wholesome pita pockets, plump and perfect.Malaysia might feel like a million miles from Marrakesh now, but The Moroccan brings a bit of the Red City to KL, loa...

Soule, her husband Rick and their pal Danny weren't planning to name their first cafe Googoo Gaagaa. But a twist of circumstance resulted in this memorable Queen-inspired moniker for a friendly new space with fun touches of art, including fluorescent paintings to be illuminated by black lights.Ta...

  For a taste of Greenlandic fare, the Katuaq Cultural Centre Cafe in Nuuk, one of the world's northernmost capitals, is popular with locals and visitors alike, serving up the likes of reindeer hot dogs; open sandwiches heaped with redfish and halibut; and tapas platters comprising everything fro...

The city centre's latest omakase restaurant specialises in Edomae sushi, showcasing marinated aged seafood draped over rice seasoned brown with red vinegar.Iki Omakase currently offers a sushi box for takeout and delivery - at 12 pieces for RM228, it's a reasonably priced collection, considering ...

Study the shelves for a curriculum of craft beers from across the globe at this colourful new bar - the British-brewed Pride & Joy by Vocation is crisp and cleanly hoppy, while Life & Death is bold and malty, as bitter as life sometimes is.Upstairs, One Big Bite is set to launch its dinin...

An Algerian street-food staple, garantita is a savoury chickpea cake, spiced with cumin and harissa, stuffed in a sliced baguette, sold on corners all across Algiers, the country's capital - a basic but brilliantly tasty sandwich.

Find a bit of bliss in creamy rice bowls, cool tong sui and charming croffles at Sri Petaling's new Happy XiXi. In the battle of the bowls, victory belongs to the one triumphantly topped with thick tamago slathered with mentaiko sauce, a complete and convincing meal with corn, cherry toma...

Meatless menus have muscled into the mainstream with a vengeance. In Manhattan, the three Michelin-starred Eleven Madison Park, one of the world's most acclaimed restaurants, announced in May that it was abandoning all animal products, including meat and seafood, in favour of plant-based dishes.C...

Celebrate the festive spirit of Gawai this week with a very special box by Cafe Chef Wan that promises a soulful, sumptuous spread from Borneo.The Gawai Festival Platter is available for takeouts and delivery until Sunday, 6 June 2021, showcasing rare produce from East Malaysia. Its once-a-year o...

If you love luscious desserts, Sucrose's fab four temptations will be irresistible, creamy and dreamy, named cryptically for four women - Eva, Audrey, Liu Ying and Josephine.It's challenging to choose a favourite, but Eva certainly wins our heart - a chocolate Paris-Brest layered with hazelnut cr...

While visiting Mongolia's 40-metre-high Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue, stop by the bar inside for a sip of the country's favourite vodka, the Chinggis.

If bread is your balm in troubled times, Bröom might bring you a bit of comfort in carbs, in a soothing space that speaks of solace and serenity. Fun fact: Bröom's name might look and sound Scandinavian, but it's also a nod to brooms, a reference to time spent on contemplation while cleaning up a...

Fresh-baked fruit tarts for tempting teatime takeouts at this friendly new Cheras cafe: BeanGood's treats come blanketed with toppings like orange curd (with a fragrant citrus zip) and Korean strawberries with yogurt cream (with a full-bodied berry zing), layered over a crunchy, gently nutty almo...

If you're biased in favour of flora-filled cafes, Neutrals should win your vote as TTDI's most inviting new space. Plant your roots here with fiddle-leaf figs on one corner, potted ferns hanging from the ceiling, and staghorns branching out of the wall, soaking up the sunshine that streams from t...

At the end of a rustic residential laneway, Kung's Cafe is a charming retreat for a simple Laotian lunch of noodles or rice amid a leafy, hidden-secret setting filled with potted plants.

With health now at the forefront of everyone's minds, a restaurant like Staple Eats with an imaginative outlook on wholesome cooking feels increasingly resonant. What makes Staple Eats stand out is its reassurance that we shouldn't be forced to sacrifice indulgences that we enjoy.This family-run ...

From cakes to coffee beans to Chinese herbs, bedsheets to body wash, claypots to cutting boards to cutleries, Simply Better brings together a top-quality range of lifestyle products from carefully chosen merchants on an online platform that's a breeze to browse and a pleasure to purchase from.T...

Fresh-from-the-oven pies, packed with succulent, saucy meat and vegetables: Three Plates Full nails its pork pies, baked fresh entirely in its Subang Jaya kitchen.Bite into these chunky treats, with their flaky, buttery puff pastry top and crusty pie base, for full-bodied mouthfuls of pork collar...

With about eight recipes available for delivery, Bene Pasta strives to satisfy spaghetti cravings.  We tried two Asian-influenced styles (RM16). The Mala Pasta might be too hot for some of us to handle - the Szechuan spiciness blazes a scorching, stinging path on the palate, burning over the mush...

Sri Petaling's new stall for barbecued pork ribs and belly promises the succulence of 24-hour sous-vide slow-cooking and the sultriness of charcoal grilling.The meat comes with Asian flavour twists, courtesy of a chef whose resume spans top KL hotels, from Shangri-La to Sheraton Imperial, but is ...

Charcox is becoming a neighbourhood favourite in Salak South for well-priced Western fare that's a cut above what's expected. At RM59 for 200 grams of grass-fed Aussie rib eye, customers can't be blamed for lowering their hopes, but this charcoal-grilled steak more than merits the price, a slab t...

Who needs French fries when you can have fried chicken skin to pair with your burger?Sri Petaling's new chicken sandwich truck is a diabolical diet-destroyer, cramming in all the crunch you could crave from fried chicken.The chicken burger is a behemoth, with chunky thigh meat in flavourfully s...

Housed in an atmospheric building that dates back over three centuries in Tunis' old town, Dar Belhadj promises classic Tunisian cuisine; try the osban, a large, gamy sausage stuffed with chopped lamb liver and heart - an acquired taste, but one that's typical of Tunisian special occasions.

Fest is back: This purveyor of chicken waffles and coffee first ran for two years in Jaya One beginning in 2016, then moved to Damansara Perdana with its Malaysian soul-food sister restaurant Grain in 2018 before taking a hiatus in late 2019. Now, Fest's chef-founder Jia Yuan is making a fresh st...

Macarons handcrafted into your favourite Pokemon and comic-book characters, or shaped like a laughing emoji, or resembling kittens, bunnies and even unicorns, complete with hand-painted illustrations in edible icing: Macarons by Madeleine transforms basic macarons into memorable artistic marvels,...

Bangsar's new hidden Japanese restaurant conceals intriguing chambers of secrets, including a crimson teppanyaki counter surrounded by samurai, plus private rooms with nature-loving themes of bamboo forests and cherry blossom mountains.If you enjoy dinner with a show, Kimasu's friendly crew is ea...

Arabic hospitality is potent enough that strangers strolling by might be invited to enjoy a glass of hot tea or cool ayran yogurt beverage to refresh them before they continue their travels.

Kuwaitis love seafood, so it's easy to find the fresh catch from the Persian Gulf here, from the sea's signature fish of moist and flaky hamour to lobsters and prawns. 

Oman takes pride in the bounty of its waters - seafood is well-represented at Grand Millennium Muscat's Bahriyat restaurant, where guests take their pick of the market-fresh catch of the day, cooked in preparations like sardine risotto or simply grilled.

Bear with this Chinatown cafe, where cuddly teddies take over the couches and perch themselves precariously above tables. Fusion fun and flamboyance run riot through the menu: Pasta carbonara is a mound of linguine in a creamy sauce, crowned with a Parmesan crisp, complemented by smoked duck, emb...