Kitchen Haven 28, Taman Bukit Indah
November 12, 2018This suburban neighbourhood gem is a sanctuary for soulful, protein-fuelled meals: Comfort food rarely gets more soothing than the braised pork belly, lusciously layered, rounded out with steamed rice and a soft, 63-degree egg, plus a genuinely good vegetable soup that's thick and sweet with toma...
DOU, Damansara Perdana
November 10, 2018Its name might sound Chinese, but DOU's horizons are decidedly more far-reaching: Italian and French aspirations are all over the gnocchi with parsnip cream (RM38), risotto with foie gras (RM60) and beef cheeks cooked with red wine, completed with horseradish cream and charred carrots (RM65). The...
Habanna Charbroil Grillhouse, Taman Paramount
November 9, 2018Habanna makes a mountain out of meat, tempting customers with thick cuts of everything from charbroiled U.S. Berkshire pork belly with green apple sauce (RM29.90) to Australian Black Angus rib eye steaks (RM99.90 for 300 grams) - meat that meets the mark for carnivorous cravings. Lamb, chicken an...
Buranchi, Puchong
November 8, 2018Serving a Japanese-inspired brunch menu all day long, Buranchi is a calm but cheerful new cafe where customers can indulge in fluffy omuretsu-style omelettes with Japanese curry and sausages (RM15), savoury pork yakiniku bowls with an onsen egg (RM17) and Japanese sweet potatoes prepared with the...
Lapan Wellness Cafe, Petaling Jaya
November 7, 2018Healthy vegan fare is Lapan's number one priority, with meticulously wholesome, minimally processed offerings inspired by both East and West. The extensive selection includes brown rice bee hoon flavoured with two-year unpasteurised barley miso (RM19), teriyaki-tinged tempeh burgers with soy mayo...
Sticks Lok Lok, SS2 Petaling Jaya
November 5, 2018Sticks takes lok-lok out of the streets and into a modern casual restaurant: Choose from up to 100 different types of skewers, spanning broth-stuffed 'bursting' pork balls to otak-otak fish balls, century eggs to quail eggs to duck breast, bacon wraps to Taiwanese sausages.Dunk the fresh-tasting ...
Paloma Tea House, Cheras
November 4, 2018This serene sanctuary specialises in single-origin Japanese and Chinese tea sourced straight from the farms: For sips that soothe, select one of Paloma Tea House's eight green tea varietals, three white teas, three black teas or seven oolongs to brew at your table - the Wong siblings who run this...
Tai Zi Hong Kong Dim Sum, Sunway Mentari
November 3, 2018With dim sum served in colourful hues naturally dyed with butterfly pea flower and spinach, bearing cool names like the Pink Lady Dumplings and Gold Award Coriander Dumplings, it's clear that Tai Zi strives to offer an interesting take on this familiar genre. Prices are pretty reasonable, with a ...
Nuromen Cafe, Damansara Uptown
November 2, 2018The Kuching-origin Nuromen Cafe launched its first peninsular-based outpost recently in Petaling Jaya, specialising in beef noodles, both classic and contemporary: For the former, the garlicky kolo mee seeks to bring a bit of Sarawak to Damansara Uptown, served with beef soup complete with stewed...
Good Monster, Mid Valley Megamall
October 31, 2018Stomping into Mid Valley, Good Monster serves up modern rice bowls with Asian flavours and flair. The Nyonya Pescetarian, for example, is a hearty Malaysian mix of seafood and fibre - aromatic virgin coconut oil rice blanketed with ikan bakar, otak-otak, sambal ikan bilis, curry pineapple, four h...