Spotlight

Turkish tapas? Things are looking up on The Row, thanks to the new Up Restaurant, where Istanbul-inspired small plates include beef manti, boiled or crispy-fried, paired with yoghurt; borek cheese spring rolls with chilli jam; Ottoman kebab of grilled lamb with eggplant and baked cheese; and ...

Celebrate the launch of PJ's new CHU by Chef Nickt, brought to Section 17 by the founders of Honest Butcher, serving specialities that span japas to Josper-grilled steaks, plus ten kinds of tonkatsu-style cutlets, including Japanese beef katsu, foie gras katsu, Greenland halibut katsu, Hok...

A standing ovation for Arcoris Mont Kiara’s new Sits, serving soulful signatures such as prawn paofan, a bubbling-hot crustacean casserole of rice in rich-as-roe broth, comfortingly concentrated with a king’s ransom of prawn essence.  Also check out the Asian-marinated quail wings, ai...

Taman U Thant’s new Liten Coffee is a friendly stop for caffeine, a ten-minute drive from KLCC - this cafe-roastery serves a Costa Rican-Indonesian house blend in a calm, charmingly furnished hideout with home-style vibes.

Evolving from a home-based supper club into a full-fledged restaurant, TTDI's new O.rang celebrates craftsmanship and community - the kitchen patiently ages its duck, cures its mackerel, sun-dries its beets, ferments its plums and strains its ricotta, resulting in revelatory flavours on ravishi...

Boulders and bagels, colourful climbs and calamansi roll cakes: PJ’s new Pinch is a safe stop between rocks in a hard place, serving by the slopes of 3 Damansara’s Batuu Climbing gym.  Pinch's coffee hits the spot in a caffeine-craving pinch, harnessing a Brazil-Yunnan blend with roasted nutty...

For fans of compact cafes, Sri Petaling's new Jotominute Coffee merits a ten-minute stop for well-crafted drinks and dessert - nicely balanced hot chocolate and hojicha lattes, lovely with house-made moist matcha tiramisu.

Yoshinari Hanare is the new spin-off of Sri Hartamas’ Yoshinari Japanese Restaurant, replacing Saisai in Plaza Damas and serving multi-course sushi and seafood lunches. The eight-seat counter offers a calm refuge for lovingly prepared meals - highlights might comprise chawanmushi with shrimp ...

Not a morning person? Lazy Eye is the new pour-over pop-up for you: Barista-founder Ben begins brewing at noon, every Thursday to Sunday in Tun HS Lee Road’s Shuang Xi. Cultivating a corner where he and his customers can come together with a sense of belonging, Ben concentrates on character in ...

From Surabaya to KL: Indonesia’s Jokopi has unveiled its first Malaysian cafe on Tun HS Lee Road, serving milky coffee specialities. Sip on Java-jazzed refreshments like Kopi Susu Arang (charcoal-dark, with aren palm sugar), Kopi Susu Kaya (with coconut milk and kaya) and Kawista (fruity with...

A sliver of Saint-Étienne in Sri Hartamas: Bistro Léa is the neighbourhood’s friendly new nook for French flair with a dash of Italian dreaminess. Lunch includes entrees like ouef en meurette, a poached egg encircled by escargots, veal bacon, Swiss browns and pearl onions, embodying the robus...

 Launching soon with lovely ninth-floor views of Dutamas in The MET Corporate Towers, Culinart is a bright, welcoming choice for cheerful meals of slow-stewed beef goulash with aromatic ginger lattes.

Klang's new Spoon & Spark ignites the imagination for irresistible East Asian desserts and drinks with a Malaysian twist or two. Taiyaki is the top treat, in creative savoury styles such as stuffed with curried potatoes for karipap taiyaki or sweetly crowned with luscious sakura ice crea...

Sin Chew Kee Road's new Hoifan Company is a welcoming stop for wonderfully playful takes on familiar favourites. Expect the unexpected - chicken siew bao is served Wellington-style, with sweet-savoury barbecue-flavoured chicken in buttery-flaky puff pastry, while fresh-baked egg tarts come...

Solaris Dutamas’ new Gan-Nen-Do is KL’s first restaurant to specialise in juwari soba, aromatically made with 100% pure buckwheat flour, not mixed whatsoever with wheat flour. This Japanese-headed venue relies on Hokkaido-sourced buckwheat flour for its noodles, kneaded, rolled out an...