Spotlight

Bangsar’s new Porch & Pantry Cafe is a family-friendly space for cod tacos and strawberry matcha, complete with a children’s slide that reflects founder Stacey’s vision of a backyard playground. Shelves are stocked with Malaysian-made kitchen staples such as pancake mixes, inspired by househo...

Mee Rebus Johor, Putrajaya

New to the neighbourhood, The Tender Boss trucks into TTDI with flavourful chicken tenders.The Tender Boss brines and batters fresh chicken tenderloin, dredged and deep-fried to order, craggy and crunchy with true-to-form tenderness, showered with seeds and herbs, complete with a choice of creamy...

Wisma Cosway’s new Nommeco promises plant-powered sushi, prepared fresh to order: The signature set of ten, completely vegan, features Pad Kra Pao Uramaki, ‘Tuna’ Uramaki, ‘Egg Mayo’ Uramaki, ‘Calamari Ring’ Rice, ‘Unagi’ Nigiri, Crusted ‘Egg,’ ‘Salmon’ Inari, Ground ‘Beef’ Inari, ‘Crab Mayo’ I...

Named for the Korean earthenware steamer used for centuries to make rice cakes, Desa Sri Hartamas' new Siru celebrates tteok tradition with handmade confections that bridge the classic and contemporary.The Rice Cake Sampler changes everyday: You might find pillowy pumpkin injeolmi coated in caste...

TTDI’s new Ramen David engineers pork-free ramen with scientific precision and soulful passion, calibrating noodle to broth, tare to toppings, by the founders of Cafe Bistrot David.  The Kaki Shio is richly structured: Noodles cut to a 1.4mm width at medium hydration, holding their springy bite...

Beat the workweek blues with bakes and brews at Taman Desa’s new OPIS Cafe, open for walk-ins at OPIS Coworking Space.

The Coffee is JAM PJ's new stop for caffeine and coolers, with gelato frappes and lemonade sodas for pretty-in-pink perkiness.

For devotees of deliberate baking, PJ’s new Granule rises to the occasion: Baked egg pastries break into a brilliantly buttery crisp, yielding to a soft-set yolk in spring onion pesto; sourdough slices balance depth and density, decadent with whipped butter; chocolate-slathered swirls come comf...

Kepong's new Little Boxes Bakery thinks outside the (bread) box in scrumptious sourdough style, kneading character into crackling crusts. Top-seeded treats include multigrain loaves popping with poppy seeds, pumpkin seeds, flax, quinoa, oats and black and white sesame.Fun fact: Little Boxes Bak...

Bangsar's new Sri Eurasian Cuisine borrows inspiration from Malacca's Kristang culinary heritage, serving specialities familiar to the state's Portuguese Settlement.Soulful classics span the sweet-spicy prawn bostador, creamy with crustaceans and pineapples in chilli paste, to lamb smore and su...

FLAW+people is the new coworking space and cafe by Melawati’s Ground FLAW: Beef up on gyudon while grinding through deadlines in this daylight-drenched bastion of birch, concrete and calm contours, one floor below Ground FLAW’s main cafe.

Bangsar’s new Warung Putih wears a Malaysian name and speaks fluent Italian under Bologna-born chef Manuel Sanzo, its menu spanning tagliatelle alla puttanesca to tagliolini e piselli, ragu-stuffed squid to truffle-scented chicken scaloppine.

An illustrated menu inspired by Barcelona’s iconic architect Antoni Gaudí. An Art Deco interior with an arched steel-framed entrance hoisted by crane to the eighth floor. A kitchen that threads European finesse through Malaysian favourites like roti kaya, rojak, spring rolls, curry laksa, Hakka m...

Hulu Blavk is Bukit Damansara’s new matcha parlour for desserts and drinks steeped in gentle green grounds. Specialities span silky-custardy matcha-layered purin pudding; Yame-style eclairs with matcha-or-hojicha-infused pastry cream; buttery berry matcha tarts; and pineapple matcha coolers, ...