Spotlight

Soft-launching this Sunday, Kee Corner is Paramount Garden’s new two-level cafe for Asian allure, spanning pan mee to pandan cakes, in a young-at-heart spin-off of the Thong Kee kopitiam brand.For crustacean and caffeine comfort, couple the Malaysian prawn mee and Thai kung phat kaphrao with Japa...

Firewood KLCC is the first Klang Valley offshoot of Penang’s celebrated Firewood open-flame grillhouse, bringing charred charm to KL's city centre. This is KL’s sole restaurant to serve Australian Stone Axe full-blood wagyu beef, served as sirloin or in the Firewood Wagyu Claypot, East-meets...

New in Taman Rasa Sayang, The Bread Project promises a contemporary palette of craft and crusts to trust, by the friendly baking pros of PJ's Kona Bakehouse and Butter & Spice. Unique standouts include the Hojicha Mochi Terrine Bread, a dark bun decadently layered with hojicha terrine, moc...

Tuck into tamago toast at Happy Garden’s new Lorong, stretched out on a serenely secluded neighbourhood lane, grounded in genuine warmth. Lorong serves Japanese-inspired specialities like honey-marinated salmon ochazuke, yaki udon, chicken nanban don and beef hambagu with yuzu kosho, in a fresh...

SUCA Urban Sip is Cheras’ bright new bingsu-and-cooler cafe, bursting with the colour, creativity and cheer of a big-hearted team. If you indulge in only one shaved-ice treat this month, make it the Mango Royale Bingsu, a Thai-Korean blizzard of coconut milk snow, crowned with red ruby ice cr...

Like a comet pulled from orbit, Hot Buns Co blazes into APW Bangsar, bringing the burger-makers of Patties & Dough here for good, following a trail of pop-ups in KL. The Bone Marrow Burger is a diner-style seared smash: Double Hereford beef patties with punchy pressed depth, jagged and juic...

Chinatown’s new Mana Dining on Hang Kasturi Road is where it’s at for a pan-Asian lunch with punch, from pad kra pao gai rice bowls to ramen-style servings of hand-pulled noodles in eight-hour-braised chicken broth. Evenings turn more elaborate,while still retaining regional flourishes, with h...

Choose your own mixed-rice adventure at Cheras’ new Shiwei Eatery, serving up to 50 varieties of meat, seafood and vegetables, stir-fried, simmered and stewed for ravenous regulars at The Netizen residences.

Gua is Desa Sri Hartamas’ new bakery-cafe that nurtures natural nourishment, fuelled by flame-baked skillet eggs and charcoal-grilled chicken, Earl Grey milk tea loaves and cardamom miso mousse cakes, sweet potato milkshakes and piccolo lattes with smoked milk.Balancing eco-friendly intentions ...

Blossoms meet brews at Paramount Garden’s friendly new neighbourhood Floffee, a florist-cafe that brings fragrance to its flagship FAFA Matcha and FAFA Dirty, Floffee’s own Brazilian-Ethiopian coffee blend layered in its floral-infused milk with bouquets of jasmine and osmanthus.

Summoning the spirit of scenic gelaterias by Lake Como, Putrajaya's new Gelato A Lago channels a sweet taste of Italy with cool Malaysian twists beside the Putrajaya Lake. Signature scoops span the Italian icon of Pistachio (the bestseller, nicely nutty with a balanced sweetness) to M...

Oh! Nigiri is Wisma Cosway’s new Japanese-Malaysian collaborative cafe that rolls in with Japanese rice balls.Unique onigiri include the signature with jammy-firm cured egg yolk and soy sauce, as well as a Malaysian-inflected salmon with garlic-ginger sauce that evokes Hainanese chicken rice.

Slowfire Pizza is soft-launching its first store, after over a year of running a street stall and pop-ups in Shah Alam.  Its ten-inch treats blaze out fast and fuss-free after a ninety-second burn, with pleasurably punchy flavours and a puffy, pliable chew. The complete menu should be availab...

Gongsi is Sin Chew Kee Road’s atmospheric new restaurant for what its founders call ‘urban Chinese food,’ tinged with Taiwanese and French flourishes. The cooking is a triumph of taste, texture and technique, with a creative streak of cross-continental inspirations. Service is more t...

ADOUGH Atelier is Sri Hartamas’ soothing new suburban sourdough sanctuary, an atelier of artistry with captivating crusts of fermentation finesse. Final renovations remain in progress, but ADOUGH Atelier has started serving takeout treasures of loaves, viennoiserie and coffee. The space will...