Shiren Coffee, Kajang
April 19, 2025Kajang's new Shiren Coffee is a real treat for coffee enthusiasts who cherish genuine care and character poured into each cup. With 15 years of professional experience in Malaysia's coffee circuit, Shiren's seasoned founder Tai brings an ethos of empathy, authenticity and humanity to his fir...
Loro, Petaling Jaya
April 18, 2025PJ’s new Loro runs on cakes and caffeine in a bright space with a light spirit. Banoffee pies peel up a pleasant combo with coffee, chai or chocolate; Loro sources its coffee beans from a range of Malaysian roasters, spanning Liten to Lucid. Fun fact: Loro, which means two in Javanese, refers ...
Couers Cafe, Sri Petaling
April 15, 2025Go coconuts for Sri Petaling’s new Couers Cafe, where signature desserts and drinks include the tropical-themed Onde Onde Cake coupled with Coconut Hojicha, crafted with pesticide-free coconut juice from Couer’s founder’s family farm in Malacca.
TFW Coffee, Tun Razak Road
April 14, 2025Pavlova and pineapple tarts murmur softly and sweetly from the city's new TFW Coffee, the first cafe of The Flour Whisperer purveyor of bakes. Trial-running at Tun Razak Road's Micasa Shoppes, TFW Coffee coaxes out crowd-pleasers, from burnt cheesecake to sea salt chocolate chip cookies to t...
Lo & Behold, Petaling Street
April 12, 2025Look out for Lo & Behold, Petaling Street’s foxy new den for fun treats of tacos, pastas, fried chicken, smash burgers and soft serves, served with flavourful Asian flair from noon to midnight. With five varieties of tacos on the menu, each sounds enticing: Ribeye carne as...
Tonda Pizza Romana, Kiara Bay
April 11, 2025If pizzas make your world go round, circle in on Kiara Bay’s new Tonda Pizza Romana. Tonda Pizza Romana is a fresh concept by the founders of PJ’s Round Pizza Napoletana, shifting the compass from Naples to Rome. Tonda's Roman-inspired pizzas feature thinner, crispier crusts than Round’s N...
Napolia, Chow Kit
April 10, 2025Tackling Naples’ time-honoured street food, Napolia is KL’s new space for pizza portafoglio, pizza fritta, arancini, frittatina and crochette. With cries of ‘ciao’ welcoming customers and Come Prima blasting on the speakers, Napolia serves a spirited slice of Naples for the senses. Munch on...
Pizza Day, Taman Desa
April 6, 2025Pizza degustations at Pizza Day: Taman Desa's unique new Italian-run restaurant serves a seven-course menu comprising three types of pizzas, three focaccia sandwiches, plus three desserts at RM78+ per person.Pizza Day harnesses an Italian-built modular oven that engineers uniform cooking for u...
The Riff District, Bangsar
April 5, 2025A herb-struck cocktail, nodding to nasi kerabu, laced with ikan bilis-infused liquor? Or one with Parmesan-permeated bourbon, topped with torched banana, paying playful homage to pisang cheese?The Riff District is Bangsar's distinctive new den, tended by thinkers and tasters in Telawi, includin...
GoodNosh, Petaling Jaya
April 4, 2025Feel-good fare at GoodNosh: Section 17's new creative cafe for kombucha beverages and kombucha-infused food specialises in tropical vegetarian temptations, by a friendly team that focuses on fermented fun spanning tempeh to tauchu.GoodNosh crafts its own kombucha mindfully and meticulously: The S...
Silly Bee Bagel, Bandar Botanik Klang
April 2, 2025BKT-inspired bagels in Klang? Buzz on over to the new Silly Bee Bagels for its playfully pork-free BKT Bagel, sandwiched with succulent lamb shoulder suffused with herbs that convincingly evoke a light bak kut teh broth, placating cravings for carbs and protein alike. Silly Bee bakes its own...
Jiak by Amy Beh, Klang
March 30, 2025Relying on the repertoire of veteran Malaysian chef Amy Beh, Klang’s new Jiak fuses classic kopitiam crowd-pleasers with contemporary cafe creations. Nasi lemak daging rendang or spaghetti aglio olio ayam berempah? Butter kaya Hainan bread or sourdough toast with telur goyang? Teh O limau or ma...
Daigu Coffee, Klang
March 26, 2025For fans of independent coffee bars with Tokyo-inspired character and charm, Klang's new Daigu Coffee is indispensable, a one-woman cafe with a soulful, soothing identity. Founder Cheau See harnesses her husband's home-roasted coffee for dark, deep drips, representing a range of...
The Industry, Damansara Heights
March 25, 2025Cast in concrete, leather and metal, The Industry is Damansara Heights' new industrial-chic gastrobar, rugged with rustic, rust-toned rawness. The kitchen builds on the Brick House Group of eateries’ sleek stylings, pairing brunch pleasures, pastas and more with punchy coffee and punchie...
Momo Yakitori, The Exchange TRX
March 24, 2025Framed to resemble a retro Tokyo train station, Momo Yakitori is The Exchange TRX’s new stop for sultry succulence - pull up and ring the bell, all aboard for grilled skewers of chicken tsukune (blended with nine herbs and spices), charred skin and more, egged on by 63-degree onsen yolks and th...