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Croisserie: New location in Bukit Damansara

Croisserie: New location in Bukit Damansara

February 3, 2025

Croisserie has moved to a larger location in Plaza Damansara, with twice as much space for patrons to pause over pain perdu, pistachio tarts, pumpkin tartines and much more, bookended by shelves of baking literature, soothingly sunlit with leafy views. An enjoyable neighbourhood escape, warml...

Ceylon House, Bukit Ceylon

Ceylon House, Bukit Ceylon

February 1, 2025

KL’s Bukit Ceylon fittingly embarks on the Sri Lankan spice trail, thanks to the new Ceylon House, the latest chapter of the Cinnamon Group that runs Aliyaa, Yarl, Nadodi and more. Expect a swirl of sultry sensations that stretch from Colombo to Chennai, from prawn kottu roti to chick...

Bad Artist Coffee Co, Petaling Jaya

Bad Artist Coffee Co, Petaling Jaya

January 26, 2025

After two years of helping coffee novices begin brewing at home with select roasts and starter-kit tools, Bad Artist Coffee Co is premiering its first public space in SS2 this February, for a fellowship of filters and flat whites.Founder Han has put together a textured, tactful space, manifesting...

Sesuatu Coffee, Kota Damansara

Sesuatu Coffee, Kota Damansara

January 25, 2025

Here's something for pie pursuers: Kota Damansara's new Sesuatu Coffee serves home-baked key lime pie as a scrumptious weekend special, custardy-creamy and citrusy-tangy, a pleasant pairing with flat whites.

Ben & Col Cafe, Taman Universiti

Ben & Col Cafe, Taman Universiti

January 24, 2025

Helmed by husband-and-wife founders harnessing Penang family recipes, PJ’s Ben & Col serves home-made lor bak with a pleasantly meaty bite and juicy bang kuang char flavourfully laced with pork belly, convincing of a matriarch’s careful cooking. Asian rice platters are also an attraction ...

Limapulo Terrace, Tong Shin Road

Limapulo Terrace, Tong Shin Road

January 22, 2025

Tong Shin Road's Limapulo Terrace is the new spin-off of the Limapulo family of restaurants, serving Peranakan classics in a charismatic space that channels 1960s charm. Pair the signature Nyonya laksa, sultry and soulful, with the Baba tea, laced with gula Melaka for soothing sweetness.

Nonagon Roastery, Petaling Jaya

Nonagon Roastery, Petaling Jaya

January 19, 2025

With a nine-seat caffeine bar, lined with a remarkable rock garden landscape, PJ’s new Nonagon Roastery will soon offer an enthralling experience in a Japanese-inspired space of serenity. Roasting its conscientious curation of beans, sustainably sourced from connections with coffee-cultivat...

Clato, Taman Tun Dr Ismail

Clato, Taman Tun Dr Ismail

January 17, 2025

TTDI’s new Clato tempts us with the classic touch of a Parisian morning cafe, featuring French favourites with the flag of Champagne-Ardenne clinging to the skylight. Clato’s takes on baked eggs a la Florentine, beautifully runny with spinach and mushrooms, plus toasts and pancakes layered wi...

Esca, Petaling Street

Esca, Petaling Street

January 15, 2025

Escape to Esca, Petaling Street's new crossroads for cross-border cuisine, with vibrantly lively influences that span Budapest to Beirut, Italy to India to Indonesia, Sichuan to South America, with detail-driven substance to sustain a splashy sense of style. True to Esca's name (Latin for 'f...

O.BBa Jjajang, The Starling

O.BBa Jjajang, The Starling

January 15, 2025

Singapore-born O.BBa Jjajang has opened its first Malaysian offshoot in The Starling, specialising in Korean-Chinese soul food, spanning jajangmyeon to jjamppong.Try the thick, tempting noodles, slick and slippery in chunjang black bean gravy with chunky, fresh-fried chicken leg and a runny egg f...

Chim Chim, Taman Overseas Union

Chim Chim, Taman Overseas Union

January 13, 2025

OUG's new Chim Chim champions a Thai take on cooling bingsu - the signature Thai Tea Bomb promises photogenic layers of Thai milk tea shaved ice with house-made Thai tea sauce and Thai tea gelato, crafted with Thai-sourced tea leaves, while the Pink Himalayan Nom Yen is playfully pretty in pink...

La Stellar Maison, Bangsar

La Stellar Maison, Bangsar

January 12, 2025

Bangsar’s new La Stellar Maison fuses Malaysian flair with French and Italian finesse for tasty transformative takes on familiar favourites. The Baaah Kut Teh Pasta is a claypot of comfort, bringing together house-rolled tagliatelle, eggy and smooth, with tender lamb, generously portioned in r...

Two-Bite Bakers Cafe, Cheras

Two-Bite Bakers Cafe, Cheras

January 11, 2025

Two Bite Bakers has soft-launched its first cafe, a trove of treats for flaky, fluffy fun. Mochi maniacs might marvel at pastries and cakes like croissants crammed with colourful mochi balls, red bean paste and fresh cream or fragrant pandan sponge rolls with a pleasurably chewy mochi centre....

Brasserie Alma, Yap Ah Shak House

Brasserie Alma, Yap Ah Shak House

December 31, 2024

Brasserie Alma is the city centre's suave new venue for elegant evenings of live music with classic French fare like escargots in garlic herb butter, Black Angus steak tartare, mushroom velouté with white truffle oil, steak frites, tarte tatin and dark chocolate mousse.

Cinta & Kopi, Kampung Pandan

Cinta & Kopi, Kampung Pandan

December 29, 2024

If you love local cafes with character and charm, check out Cinta & Kopi, new in Kampung Pandan, helmed by a husband-and-wife team with welcoming warmth.Previously a pop-up, Cinta & Kopi now has its own physical space, partly inspired by the slow brew bars of Indonesia and Japan, lined ...