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Chinatown's new hidden tea room offers an engaging escapade with Chinese tea, served not only in soothing sips but transformed into desserts and culinary delights. Make a reservation at least a few hours in advance for this experience - Hi Tea Malaysia currently serves a distinctive diversity...

 Fans of blue and green vistas might enjoy an afternoon at White & Black, an oasis of calm that opens today with a Titiwangsa lakeside view to complement coffee and cakes.White & Black Lakeside TitiwangsaJalan Tembeling, Kuala Lumpur. Daily, 10am-10pm.

Bandit steals the spotlight in SS2 this month, serving up Asian-inflected brunches and an array of flavoured shokupan in a setting overrun by its adorable raccoon mascot. Japanese milk bread is Bandit’s preservative-free speciality, baked with Japanese flour, French butter and cream, laced with m...

Fans of Italian comfort fare can consider checking out Damansara Kim's Casa Of Italy - the Gnocchi alla Genovese is gorgeously green with basil, generously tossed with zucchini, sun-dried tomatoes, pine nuts and Grana Padano with extra virgin olive oil (RM29), while the Risotto alla Pescadore is ...

Peetzaduh was one of our favourite pizza deliveries of 2021, so we're happy to see its founders open a full-fledged restaurant this year. If you love experimental pizzas with wacky twists, this is the pizza parlour for you.Pizza blanketed with squid roe? The Wasabi-roe is the current special that...

 Stepping into TREC KL during the day is now a sobering reminder of how many restaurants have closed here since 2015. But one has its lights on to keep the faith - MingMom Chinese Cuisine, scarcely a month old, braves the silence of this enclave to serve casual Chinese comfort fare. A bowl of por...

Seven years ago, we were walking near our former workplace when we stumbled on an unexpectedly exuberant coffee kiosk outside the Ampang Park LRT Station. Long before Believe became Ted Lasso’s watchword, Optimist Coffee’s baristas had Believe emblazoned brightly behind their counter, working ent...

Fans of friendly bars will enjoy their visit to Her House, hidden on the higher levels of a vintage Chinatown shop-house.Call Me Your Lady and The Lady You Think might be the two cocktails to order first, featuring gin and vodka respectively, blended with the likes of cream or chrysanthemum.Pair ...

 Summer comes early: The new 15 May cafe beckons customers to savour a Seoul-style picnic in a mall, with meals charmingly served on wicker trays in a park-inspired setting. The perfect lunch? A spicy Korean beef sourdough sandwich, partnered with kimchi and pickles, followed by a fruit-topped yo...

Draftsroom is Imbi's new hidden cafe, discreetly tucked between two kopitiams, serving sourdough toasts, pastries, terrific coffee and kombucha. Still a work in progress, Draftsroom's name is a nod to how coffee can often be tweaked and tuned, its final form brought to fruition by the barista who...

The Travelling Duck's flagship fowl flew over 10,000 kilometres to be in Malaysia: This new restaurant in Tropicana Gardens Mall specialises in Bayswater-style roasts of London Duck, the Irish-origin, fat-rich breed of duck that's coveted for its clean, fragrant taste and convincing tenderness. H...

This cosy new PJ corner serves northern Malay classics, spanning Kedah’s laksa utara to Kelantan’s tepung gomak. Snack on the kuih specialities, freshly fried for lunch, with hot and heartening highlights like peneram gula kelapa.  Dapur Kue Maneh395, Jalan PJU 1/1, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Here's a peaceful spot for sushi and more in Cheras, made to order with fresh ingredients. Beyond unagi nigiri, it's worth checking out well-priced, well-prepared salads and sushi burritos, including a big bowl of egg with edamame, tomatoes, Japanese cucumbers and carrots on greens (RM10.50) and ...

This Japanese-run restaurant offers tasty takes on yoshoku Western-influenced meals, served hot and hearty, fun and fuss-free. Kenkori eggs make everything better in the spaghetti with hamburg and a sunny-side-up in a beefy, tomatoey sauce (RM34) and omurice, with moreish sweet-savoury rice wrapp...

 Vietnamese coffee verrines, creamy and charming, and vanilla chantilly Swiss rolls, dense and decadent, are among the desirable desserts served at Texture by C3 Lab, which opens for dining in this week at Atria Shopping Gallery.Texture by C3 LabG06 & G07, Atria Shopping Gallery, Jalan SS 22/...