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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...

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...

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...

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...

If char koay teow with add-ons of freshly shucked siham and fried duck egg is your one true love, Bukit Jalil Foodie Paradise's CKT might be the next thing to fall in lust with. The signature platter starts at RM16, with RM10 of extra kerang in our serving, succulent and saturated in every spoonf...

Rice bowls topped with char siu, tamago and Japanese curry (RM18.90) bring together Chinese and Japanese favourites in one warm, soulful serving at this brightly welcoming new cafe.TC Chantel Cafe1-39, Residensi Park, Persiaran Jalil Utama, Bukit Jalil, 57000 Kuala Lumpur. Tel: 013-392-3915

Banana leaf rice meals in a pleasantly leafy space, for an enjoyable lunch at Section 17's friendly new neighbourhood place.Big Leaf's BLR clocks in at RM8.50, featuring three vegetables and four curries, comprising crab, salted fish, chicken and dal, soothingly and soulfully spiced, evoking home...