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Desserts and drinks, homemade with care and thoughtfulness: Yuu Kissa is 16 Sierra’s new Japanese-inspired refuge, lovingly conceived by Windther and Chloe. Seasonal Japanese melon is the core of the current signatures, the Melon Sand, sandwiching fresh, sweetly ripe melon chunks with Greek y...

Hé Ni Coffee has a new home, moving from PJ Old Town to Section 22, steeped in a soulful neighbourhood spirit, welcomingly wood-framed with lived-in warmth. Founders Wen Shuan and Jeffrey bring heart and humanity to Hé Ni, serving their personal bakes like strawberry mousse cake and banana ...

Straddling Ara Damansara and Shah Alam, Eleven at Saujana is a friendly new neighbourhood cafe for everything from avo toast to key lime pie, spaghetti puttanesca to shrimp fried rice. For sunshine, serenity and steak frites, take a table by the leafy-viewed windows and try the Black Angus st...

Crêpes du Café is Kota Damansara’s new French-inspired crêperie, a family passion project by trailblazing Malaysian mixologist Shawn Chong, who spent five formative schoolboy years in Paris. Crafted by co-founder Amy, conscientiously cooking with an instinct for balance, these white-flour crê...

Elo Coffee Roasters is the new caffeine supply corner inside the Kiara Subang Jaya cafe, freshly transplanted from Mont Kiara to SS19 Subang. Sip soothing piccolos with Elo's ever-evolving stable of house-roasted blends. Also try Kiara's Hainanese chicken chop, a pure throwback to old-school ...

Zalaye Claypot brings a new noodle experience to Subang: Claypot White Prawn Mee in pork-prawn broth. This stall serves slick yellow noodles and thick rice noodles in stock shaped by the body of pork bones and the sweetness of prawn shells, mixed with fluffy egg, topped with prawns, pork, fish ca...

Morbier, Munster, Mimolette: Fromage is Bangsar’s new curated cheese boutique, a French-founded comptoir of more than 30 European cheeses, mainly expressive French AOP classics, complemented by select Italian, Spanish and Swiss specialities. Check the chillers for washed-rind raunch, sheep’s-mi...

Salt bread and bagels with a Borneo highland salt twist: SS2’s new Salt Bake serves its own spin on oven-fresh favourites. Salt Bake harnesses Sarawak’s Bario natural mineral salt from the Kelabit Highlands, fire-dried in bamboo tubes for cleanly rounded, mellow salinity. Salt bread with fou...

Market Coffee is Brickfields' fresh, friendly stop for brews and bakes, calm and comfy for a workday afternoon refuge from the office.

Tatih Coffee Company has launched a new espresso bar in Desa Alam, taking baby steps from roasting coffee to brewing espressos. Tatih specialises in commercial blends at competitive, cost-conscious rates for cafes, starting at RM30 per 250 grams, with wholesale prices no higher...

Missy Lab is Sungai Buloh's new spot for crowd-pleasing pastries and cakes, an off-the-beaten-track escape for cheesecake indulgence.

PJ pork pursuers, point your snouts to Sea Park's new Kinfolk for a swine-dining, crackling good time. Go whole hog with smooth starters like porchetta di testa, a thin-sliced rosette of collagen-rich rolled cheek, tongue, ear and skin with a clean-tasting, supple-textured bite, perfect wi...

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...