Spotlight

Zalaye Claypot brings a new noodle experience to Subang: Claypot White Prawn Mee in pork-prawn broth. This stall serves slick yellow noodles and thick rice noodles in stock shaped by the body of pork bones and the sweetness of prawn shells, mixed with fluffy egg, topped with prawns, pork, fish ca...

Salt bread and bagels with a Borneo highland salt twist: SS2’s new Salt Bake serves its own spin on oven-fresh favourites. Salt Bake harnesses Sarawak’s Bario natural mineral salt from the Kelabit Highlands, fire-dried in bamboo tubes for cleanly rounded, mellow salinity. Salt bread with fou...

Tatih Coffee Company has launched a new espresso bar in Desa Alam, taking baby steps from roasting coffee to brewing espressos. Tatih specialises in commercial blends at competitive, cost-conscious rates for cafes, starting at RM30 per 250 grams, with wholesale prices no higher...

PJ pork pursuers, point your snouts to Sea Park's new Kinfolk for a swine-dining, crackling good time. Go whole hog with smooth starters like porchetta di testa, a thin-sliced rosette of collagen-rich rolled cheek, tongue, ear and skin with a clean-tasting, supple-textured bite, perfect wi...

Ara Damansara’s new Tangerain Cafe is a bright, friendly space for merry munching. Its crowd-pleasing comforts span poke bowls to pastas, fish and chips to French toast, salads and soups to sourdough sandwiches. For a teatime pastry treat, try Tangerain’s playful ice cream croissant for a crisp...

 Ramen with house-cut noodles and slow-simmered broths, coffee with home-roasted beans: Mana Ramen is Shah Alam's soulful new refuge for patient pleasures.Recommendations include Tantanmen Ramen, thickly nutty-smoky with teriyaki chicken, jammy egg, spring onions and chilli oil; Spicy Miso Ramen,...

Dapo & Dough is Shah Alam's beautifully welcoming new home-based bakery-cafe, serving sourdough specialities with sun-soaked serenity.Oven-fresh, warmly fragrant sandwiches include smoked salmon with herbed cream cheese, cherry tomatoes and baby spinach.Also try the take on Turkish cilbir, ...

Tiny Dusun is Klang’s charming new kampung cafe, helmed with heart and homespun hospitality by a wife-and-husband team, Nana and AG. Head here for regional local fare rarely seen in modern Malaysian cafes, from Kedah’s pek nga pancakes with gulai ikan to Negeri Sembilan’s kuih sopang stuffed...

Moza is the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia's newly refurbished public restaurant, bright and welcoming with Middle Eastern and Mediterranean flavours.  Linger over Lamb Adana Kebab, lusciously moist and meaty with saffron rice, grilled peppers, sumac-spiced onions, toum garlic dip and sahawiq hot...

Bendang is Kampung Baru’s charming new space for classic Malay cuisine, with traditional touches of Negeri Sembilan, Pahang and Johor. Bendang’s kitchen hits hearty, heartwarming beats, from smoky itik salai masak lemak to sultry gulai ayam kampung to tangy tempoyak daun.

Bubbly Boo is JAM PJ's new gelato shop, scooping up smooth satisfaction with Italian and Malaysian flavours. The Hazelnut soothes with naturally nutty notes, while other choices promise fun pairings, from the colourful coupling of Cameron Strawberries laced with real fruit and Blue Boo tangy bu...

Likely launching later this month, Physical Store by Davon is the first showroom-cafe of DAVON, a Malaysian supplier of matcha, coffee beans, chocolate and granola.To mark this milestone, DAVON will introduce a heritage-grade matcha limited edition, Getsu, a top-tier blend of Yame-origin Okumid...

For a fun twist on Roti John, try The Beret Bistro in Setia Alam for playful heartiness, textured with juicy minced chicken and crunchy chicken skin. Also check out the young-at-heart Avocado Bliss Hash Browns, featuring golden hash browns topped with chopped avocado, popcorn chicken, carrots...

The Ruai Room is Bukit Petaling’s new Sabahan-founded, Borneo-flavoured restaurant, its garden setting inspired by a communal longhouse spirit. Specialities indigenous to Sabah and Sarawak hold their natural ground here: Manuk pansuh bamboo-steamed chicken, soothingly herbaceous in tapioca ...

Club De Piston is Klang's car-themed cafe and clothing store: Sip on Einspänners crowned with salt cream in a garage-style studio setting of steering wheels, automotive rims, model vehicles and racing seats.