Spotlight

MonoGround Coffee is Alam Impian's new cafe for bakes and brews, grounded in easygoing, everyday enjoyment. Beans currently come from two respected roasters, KIS for black coffee and Curate for milk-based, while croissants are powered by PJ's Contour.  The Mont Blanc is the citrus-charged ...

Unstable Concoction is now brewing curious chemistry, Hartamas’ new cafe-lab that splices spice and savoury sensations into caffeinated coolers while spinning Sade and Travis Scott on vinyl. La Reina is layered with cacao nib tea, strawberry and chilli cheong, slyly slinking from fruity bright...

Knotted Cafe is Shah Alam's new family-friendly space, helmed by a husband-and-wife team, centred on 'ikatan,' the ties that bind. Cosy low seats and board games beckon customers for crowd-pleasing fare, some with Southeast Asian inflections: Creamy tom yam prawn pasta with a heat that bu...

Flippies is Bukit Jelutong's new stop for pancakes made with house-whisked batter, fluffy and flavourful, finished with salted maple butter. Go bananas with Flippies' pancake folded inside and showered on top with bananas,  gorgeously caramelised, glossed with golden maple syrup.

BlackWhitekafe is Kayu Ara’s new caffeine stop, brewing with its own-roasted beans and whisking up coolers of matcha and hojicha lattes. Japanese-inspired meals will be available next week; find BlackWhitekafe in Glomac Centro’s Smile Bento.

Bangsar’s new Flai takes flight with coffee and friendly neighbourhood comfort, promising pancakes, pastries and more. Flai, the sister space of The Curve’s Flint Cafe in collaboration with Laiyan KL, opens 8 Sept, 8am-3pm; find the powder-blue frontage in the Taman Taiping flat on Tandok Road ...

2nd Breakfast and Cozy Cookies have combined forces for their first full-fledged space in Mutiara Damansara, serving terrific toasted muffin sandwiches, cookies, shakes and a brilliant banoffee pie. Six breakfast sandwiches headline the menu, saucy and sloppy with the cheerful team’s own-craf...

PJ’s new stop for shio pan, bagels and canelés, Hahasard has launched a takeout stand to front its upcoming two-woman bakery-cafe. Shio pan comes classic, firm with a suitably buttery-salty pull, or filled with scallion cream cheese, yuzu cream cheese or red bean paste. Bagels balance a cr...

Taman Paramount’s new Twenty Five N 25 promises a Taiwanese chef’s recipes rooted in memory, its name nodding to Taipei’s latitude, its menu leaning into generations-old culinary comforts. Our best bet: Steamed Flatfish taps into household pantry traditions, dressed with cordia fruit seeds, ...

Barcelona-born News & Coffee is launching its first Malaysian pop-up in SMTH by ELSE, bringing its cult combo of speciality coffee and independent print to KL, summoning the spirit of the Catalonian capital’s street-side newsstand kiosks. A possible springboard for Asia’s first permanent Ne...

Evo Levant is TTDI’s new restaurant by a mainly Syrian team, serving modern Levantine specialities with timeless Middle Eastern hospitality. Starters span Smoked Eggplant, blanketed in tahini sauce, pomegranates and crispy fried onions, balancing smouldering richness with cooling creaminess...

Likely launching 11 September, Unstable Concoction is Hartamas’ upcoming experimental cafe, putting a playful spin on its drinks and decor. Unstable Concoction’s madcap beverage scientists are still brewing up formulations, but clues on their lab walls hint at cold brews with house-made ch...

Three Little Brick is the new spin-off of the city centre’s One Brick Drop, a wide-windowed, welcoming space for lush serenity in Steppes Mont Kiara. Exclusives to Three Little Brick include modern Japanese creations like crackly katsu prawn ramen in steamy-spicy crustacean broth and crisp...

Launching this weekend, Manyflow HQ is the architecturally ambitious new flagship of Klang’s prolific family of cafes that spans Moka to Mykro, Maple to Manual, Medium to Midoree, Mofika to Morigin. Manyflow HQ thoughtfully ties in the cafes’ recurring themes: Sculptures and shelves, slats...