Spotlight

Huuha Land’s new Esters brings coffee and chocolate from northern Thai farms to KL’s city centre, championing craft, character and community.Choose from multiple varietals of 75% and 90% for your hot chocolate fix, fun and funky with fermentation, paired with cempedak bread or banana bread. Bla...

Pournama launches this weekend in Tun HS Lee Road's Hup Qing Hub, serving focaccia sandwiches, pasta, coffee and more. We can't be there but we wish the friendly team here all the best!

Bangsar Village’s new Rumoh Mekda honours Pantai Timur heritage touchstones: Turmeric-tinged nasi kerabu with sweetly charred lemak bakar and a fresh flurry of herbs; satar parcels of smoothly minced ikan selayang, softly grilled in banana leaves with aromatics; oxtail singgang, slow-simm...

Kuasong brings HK cafe-inspired charm to KL’s bakery buffs, a friendly new spot for fragrantly flaky-fluffy croissants and buttery-crisp shio pan in Fraser Business Park.

Likely launching by month’s end, KOHA Bistro is Old Klang Road’s upcoming space for modern European bistronomy with bravura. KOHA’s menu reads of assured ambition: Beef tripe with sea grapes and salmoriglio in bean broth; pan-seared branzino with cashew cream and lacto cabbage; braised beef br...

Mont Kiara's family-friendly, community-loving Pebble Cafe is a calm hideout to soothe the spirit, open to the public inside Trinity Pentamont. Spaghetti bolognese offers hearty flavours of nineties nostalgia.

Fans of strikingly sited cafes, check out Putrajaya's new Buar Cafe, tucked in a support column of Putra Bridge, peering out to Putra Mosque.Buar Cafe's interior is framed by geometric lattices with lovely views of Putrajaya's lake, mosque and picturesque surroundings, a serene spot for mango mat...

Part mocktail parlour, part art gallery, fully a safe space, Hang Kasturi Road’s new Teetoturtle turns the tables on day drinking, pouring alcohol-free attractions with aromatic allure. Teetoturtle’s mocktails showcase a choice of two bases: The Southeast Asian-accented Jamu (a mellow spice mix ...

Laksatiam is Chinatown’s new stop for southern Thai-inspired laksa, lusciously starring springy-silky rice noodles made fresh each morning, soulfully flooded with fish in turmeric broth or chicken in green curry, soothingly fragrant with herbs and spices.  Fun fact: Laksatiam is a spinoff of the...

Bukit Jalil’s new Shyng Coffee rises as a Song Dynasty garden-inspired contemplative cafe for coffee and tea in soothing serenity.

Pasta for delivery can be a disaster, but L’Osteria e Cucina Cheras does a dependable job of transporting a trattoria’s tastes and textures. Staples span Spaghetti di Gragnano IGP, Naples’ protected durum-wheat pasta with sauce-clinging firmness, and Rigatoni Napoletani, robust ridged tubes wi...

Chinese tea-infused soft serves: Chinatown’s new Five Snowmen churns ice cream that harnesses China’s highland-sourced tea for sensuous smoothness. The Wuyi Mountain Da Hong Pao is the bold beauty, oolong rooted in Fujian’s misty, mineral-rich cliffs, the ‘King of Rock Tea,’ roasted with caram...

Nude has stripped back its new home in Bangsar, evolving into a destination restaurant by chefs Ai Li Ong and Josh Chua, partners in life and the kitchen. Nude is ambitious: Fresh house-rolled pasta, on-site dry-aged meat and crafted-from-scratch desserts, drawing on the founders’ substantial ...

Pazzo is Section 17’s new sandwich stop for crazysexycool ciabatta stacks, packed with prime-time pork and other mighty meat. Kick off with the Crunch Time of crackly-juicy belly porchetta, charred red peppers, cream cheese, rocket and balsamic. Pazzo’s roster ranges from the Threesome (jamon ...

DDD Bakery Cafe is PJ Old Town’s charming new roti cafe, baking up brioche buns, potato buns, muffins, milk toast and more. The STS (Semua Try Sikit) Platter delivers DDD’s daily bread with house-blended basil butter and kaya for oven-fresh carb indulgence.Also available: Buns with everything fro...