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Sarawak laksa with a sprinkling of grated cheese? In any other restaurant, this might be a gimmicky novelty, but we can trust Er Lou Cafe's Kuching-born founder Jasmine to do justice to her home state's heritage. The cheese adds a mild milkiness to this mellow bowl that's made extra-notable with ...

Welcoming vibes, wholesome cooking: T42 is a terrific fresh face in Bukit Jalil.T42's lei cha is lovely - fresh textures galore, courtesy of long beans, sweet leaves, black-eyed peas, pickled radish and peanuts, flooded with mint basil soup over steamed rice; for RM15, this might be the neighbour...

From spicy sausages to smoky skewers, crisp spring rolls to crunchy insects, Vientiane's nighttime street food scene throbs with temptations for every palate.

Skip the scones, cast out the cucumber sandwiches: KL’s most distinctive high tea of 2020 brings an exuberant medley of Malaysian sweets and savouries to the table, served in a 13,000-square-foot setting that’s as sumptuous as this triple-tiered feast.De.Wan by Chef Wan 1958 in The LINC KL promis...

The Great Fork might be NU Sentral's most gorgeously furnished restaurant, with cosy nooks lined with calming murals inside and a spacious, leafy terrace perched on the fifth floor outdoors. Its menu confidently crosses continents, hopscotching from Asia to America - starters span the Indonesian-...

Have you ever tried telur ikan mayong, Malaysia's equivalent of salmon roe? Like ikura, these translucent globules burst explosively in the mouth, lightly cooked in Negeri Sembilan's style of asam pedas at Jang Salai House. This relatively rare treat of fork-tailed catfish roe has a muddier, fish...

RM3 for main courses like prawn noodles, chicken hor fun, and chicken rice; RM2 per basket of dim sum; free egg tarts, tau fu fah and more: Nam Heong is celebrating the launch of its latest outpost in Sunway Pyramid with plenty of exciting offers starting 24 February 2020.Nam Heong in Sunway Pyra...

Wyndham Grand Manama offers a spectacular backdrop for breakfast, showcasing the skyline of Bahrain's increasingly modern capital city.

Sourdough scholars say the tradition of their bread is as old as brass-making - in Germany, known for some 300 varieties of bread, sourdough was a staple before brewer’s yeast emerged in the Middle Ages. Those medieval bakers began their efforts before sunrise everyday, tending to stone and clay ...

Local cheeses, grains, nuts and dates make for a satisfactory breakfast at Saudi Arabia's Radisson Blu Jeddah Corniche.

TTDI goes green: Vegan product purveyor Hijau now offers its plant-based spreads, sauces and sambals as part of meals at Thursdvys cafe. Main courses (available 1pm-10pm) include edamame hummus with crispy kale chips and toasted pumpkin with sourdough toast (RM22), sweet potato gnocchi with plant...

If your family and friends are craving Nam Heong's cherished classics, combine the convenience of ordering on GrabFood with terrific savings of 50 percent off your order, valid until 8 March 2020.The promotion is available for Nam Heong's menu selection from its various outlets, including Sunw...

Breakfast at Sheraton Kuwait takes guests on a culinary tour through the Gulf region, from moutabel eggplant dip to warak enab stuffed grape leaves, hummus to the ubiquitous morning staple of ful medames stewed fava beans, plus steaming-hot lentil soup and om ali bread pudding.

Promising respite from the crowds of BSC and Telawi, Bunglow37 is Bangsar's hidden secret, a refurbished home-turned-restaurant tucked at the end of a road less travelled.Meals are pleasantly prepared, with an eye on wholesome ingredients - grilled organic chicken leg with mashed potatoes and veg...

Mad Mex, the Sydney-based chain of Mexican fast-food restaurants, rolls into the Thunderdome of Suria KLCC with its first Malaysian outpost, serving up customisable burritos and tacos with a focus on fresh, wholesome ingredients with authentic Mexican chillies and chipotles.First, choose your pre...

It's worth waking early for breakfast at Qatar's Al Najada Doha Hotel, where the spread might comprise bulgur wheat topped with chicken, meaty shawarma, tabbouleh parsley salad studded with pomegranates, sumac-spiked croissants, kanafeh pastry drizzled with Nutella, plus plenty of cheeses.

Luck be a latte done right: Bukit Bintang's latest boutique hotel boasts a beautiful coffee bar, blessed with a modest courtyard that's a calm cocoon from KL's cosmopolitan chaos. KLoé Hotel's hospitality is founded on the philosophy of the kindness of strangers, and Lucky Coffee Bar certainly ta...

Embark on the next chapter of your reading adventures at Book Barter Cafe, where you can bring in a book to trade with any of the ones here. Bestsellers are well-represented, from Dan Brown to Danielle Steel.The cafe component is compact and casual - sip on a subtly bitter flat white (RM8) while ...

For a spot of plane-watching with a few of plates of sushi, head to Fuji before flying out of Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport.

Wok It's build-your-own-box takeaways seem ideal for customers who enjoy customising their meals. We chose brown rice for our carb base, with cockles for protein and broccoli and carrots for fibre, tossed in a mild green curry sauce. It's a satisfyingly balanced preparation, wok-fired for a sub...

'Drink coffee, get horns' is the ominous-sounding threat of Bukit Jalil's latest caffeine bar - but with a flat white starting at RM6, fans of bargain-priced beverages might still come charging into this rhino-loving cafe.Horns Coffee9-10, Jalan Jalil Perkasa 15, Arked Esplanad, Bukit Jalil, 5700...

Tucked in the older neighbourhoods of Manama, Bahrain's capital city, Bu Khalaf is a calm, comforting stop for light-bodied Arabic coffee.

How now, brown bao? KL's latest rebooter of steamed buns stuffs slices of smoked duck with sesame seeds and spring onions into mantou (RM10) and minced unagi into house-baked fluffy charcoal buns (RM10), even passing off brioche as bao, served with butter and biscoff spread (RM6). The results cou...

Yamatatsu was born as a weekend food pop-up last year, but it now has a beautiful home of its own, in a space lined with Studio Ghibli anime artwork, plus manga-loving posters of Naruto, One Piece and Slam Dunk. Its cooking is equally soulful, spanning heartwarming comfort fare from Taiwan and Ja...

With a history dating back seven decades, Haji's street cafe is a time-honoured stop for a meal of Arabian lamb and fish in Manama, Bahrain's capital city.

A four-course dinner with a glittering skyline, a live vocal performance, and an eveningwear fashion show: Vogue Lounge KL knows how to celebrate Valentine's Day in style, blending passionate romance with pleasurable cuisine and panoramic views.Chef Kazuhiko Kojima presents a special four-course ...

Thriving for more than a decade, Aliyaa has become Kuala Lumpur's premier Sri Lankan restaurant, introducing a generation of Malaysians to kothu and kiribath, string hoppers and sambol, Colombo-style crabs and Dutch-Burgher-influenced lamprais.Its inspirations begin with Dr. Parvathy Kanthasamy, ...

For a fresh snack on the go in Manama, Bahrain's capital city, grab a serving of khubz tannour - hot-from-the-clay-oven flatbread, buttered up for melting goodness.

If salted tuna entrails, fermented firefly squid and grilled cod milt pique your culinary curiosity, head to Hartamas' new hideout for traditional Japanese temptations, helmed by Saitama-born chef Kunio-san and his collegial crew.The sound of Japanese-language conversations resonate through this ...

The Flavourist promises Aussie wagyu beef at a reasonable price, with a juicy, buttery-tasting cut costing RM65, weighing between 210 to 250 grams. The kitchen strives to do justice to the meat, an entry-level full-blood wagyu bred in South Australia by the Mayura Station boutique beef producer.T...

Burger & Taco serves precisely what its name promises.For burger buffs, start with The B&T Original, bolstered by a 150-gram Australian beef patty with tomatoes, cheddar and lime aioli (RM14.90). The patty is American diner-style - coarsely textured, with a crisp bite that yields to a ten...

Pork pursuers shouldn't turn their nose up at Snout's Signature T-Bone Pork Chop, which surfaces in striking fashion, heaped high with a more than a forkful of classic carbonara, purely eggy with bacon bits and parmesan cheese (RM33). It's a luscious synergy of pork and pasta, with a worthwhile f...

Shakshouka is the ideal breakfast before exploring Saudi Arabia's city of Jeddah - spiced, skillet-scrambled eggs, moistly fluffy.

In the heart of Sabah's highlands, fewer than 2,500 mainly Dusun villagers live in Tambunan valley, tending to terraced rice paddies less than 50 kilometres from Mount Kinabalu. In recent years, Tambunan has also become a fertile source of ginger, now cultivated across areas equivalent to more th...

It's 5pm on a weekday evening, on what seems like the calmest street in Bangsar. A tinkling piano accompanies Norah Jones' unmistakable voice, wafting gently out of The Enclave Gastrobar's speakers. Two women enjoy early drinks at their table, seated beside vintage local advertisement artwork fro...

Aphrodite herself might be charmed by Apollo Dining, rustic with rammed-earth pillars and counters, elegant with a leathery-leafed kelat nenasi tree rising to ceiling height. The restaurant promises intriguing perspectives - it's co-founded by a Malaysian who found inspiration in Milan, run by a...

Madfoon is one of the Arabian peninsula's most time-honoured recipes, a relic of times when Bedouins cooked their food in buried underground pits. Fall-off-the-bone lamb with fluffy, aromatic rice - a should-try in modern Saudi Arabia.

Savoury sandwiches with a triple-pork threat of bakkwa, luncheon meat and pork floss, stuffed with a soft omelette in an equally soft bun (RM10); grilled pork skewers, sweetly glazed, with a creamy fried egg and rice (RM15): Asia Street Food Club takes inspiration from regional hawker fare to off...

Tucked on the first floor of a Subang shop-house, Tiennielicious is a family-run cafe that's a labour of love, led by its founder Tien, who lives in this neighbourhood and is now pursuing her passion for baking after raising her daughter nearly to adulthood. This space is meant to make customers ...

It was past lunch hour when we visited Mona this month, but the restaurant remained bustling and boisterous, a testament to its popularity for Publika's visitors. The setting is lustrously polished, coupling nostalgic photographs with glassy, reflective modernity, but Mona's F&B offerings mig...

Indonesian celebrity presenter Ruben Onsu's Geprek Bensu has launched its first Malaysian outpost in Bukit Bintang, serving up the increasingly popular ayam geprek - batter-fried chicken smashed with raw chilli sambal that's insidiously fiery. For this KL salvo, Indonesia and Malaysia meet, as th...

It's 3pm on a Tuesday afternoon and Jibril is packed with patrons, filled with tables of twentysomethings catching up with each other on their latest hijinks. They've all succeeded in discovering the restaurant's not-so-secret entrance, a discreet door that opens up a brick wall into a whole new ...

Named for the alcea flower, beloved by the wife of Alcea Coffee's co-founder, this is one of Cyberjaya's top stops for thoughtfully brewed coffee.Sip on a Ethiopian Ayehu pour-over, relying on naturally processed beans from a sustainability-practising farm, beautifully light and pleasant, with of...

Big Bottle might sound like a watering hole, but it springs one intriguing culinary surprise: Zao cai fen gan, the Foochow speciality of mustard greens fermented in red rice wine that's beloved in Sarawak's Sibu town. Served soupy with thick vermicelli, pork and prawns, this is a piping-hot bowl ...

Hipster cafes have overrun the world, including in Kuwait, where Caffeine serves locally inflected open sandwiches topped with labna yogurt cheese, za'atar spices and espresso balsamic to complement coffee relying on beans from across the globe.

If noodles fuel your food fantasies, Krung Thep's Noodle Bar By Day could be your afternoon delight, with the exuberant sounds of stir-frying echoing throughout the open kitchen. KL's hottest new Thai restaurant of the past six months has introduced a fun concept that replaces its a la carte men...

Brunch enthusiasts have been flocking to Chow Kit's captivating Rise & Shine by Tapestry - but now, this space can finally be savoured past sunset, when it takes on a dreamy, dramatic glow in the beautifully lit dark. Tapestry Dining's exemplary evening menu sources sustainable ingre...

You have until the end of this month to enjoy a meal at Royal Canton, which wraps up its time in DC Mall on 31 January 2020.Royal Canton's Lunar New Year selection hits all the essential notes, with mid-range menus that span everything from hot and hearty poon choy to steamed dragon tiger grouper...

Like many of Petaling Street's recently revived shop-houses, Satay Pappasu charms with an interior that nods to nostalgia in its effort to entice today's social media generation. Its satay selection includes Australian lamb, beef tenderloin, beef stomach, and sotong - lean, with a sturdy chew.Sat...

Samfu is a striking space, but its appeal is more than skin-deep: Its Nyonya specialities include pongteh that comprises both pork and chicken instead of forcing customers to choose only one, plus a stirringly spicy babi cili garam that showcases beautifully tender pork with plenty of heat. The p...