Spotlight

Two veteran chefs, two venerable cuisines, in one convenient venue: La Cucina x Gohan promises recipes that embrace inspirations from both the Mediterranean farms and coastlines and the Japanese meadows and oceans, combining massive steaks and huge sushi rolls, pastas and sashimi, pizzas and unag...

KL's new Caribbean queen promises cooking that's beguilingly diverse, a melting pot of West Indies island cuisine with influences that stretch through Africa and Arabia, spanning goat curry to guava-glazed prawn tostadas, jerk chicken to plantain dumpling soup to broccoli with banana vinegar, rep...

Murals of polar bears wandering through a forest line this whimsical restaurant, alongside rooms where cute cartoon cats and mice frolic on the walls. As you pull up your chair, you might be charmed by caricatures of reindeer and bunnies on the back of the furniture.Stepping into Sunny Queen is l...

KL's best restaurant for the recipes of Sarawak, Long Napir Kitchen is as authentic as it gets beyond Borneo, conceived by a family whose members hail from the Lun Bawang and Kelabit communities, promising a taste of the food they were raised on in Limbang, Miri, Sibu and their other hometowns....

FROZEN heralds a cool homecoming for Ken Liew and Evelyn Lim, who met while working at Melbourne-based pastry chef Christy Tania's artisanal frozen dessert parlour Glace. The two Malaysians have brought a taste of Glace to Bangsar, warmly offering not only ice cream but intriguing cakes made with...

Pulling its own weight in front of Plaza Mont Kiara's boutique gym Firestation, Kettlebell specialises in the sort of meals to reinvigorate health buffs following their workouts. But even for couch potatoes like us, the offerings here prove pretty tasty. Try the meat-free protein rice bowl, packe...

Comfort-fare kitchen Eatomo opens its third outpost this month, berthing in Bangsar after casting its net in Taman Desa and Solaris Dutamas over the past two years. If seafood floats your boat, you might have sailed into one of Eatomo's existing venues since 2016 for its fresh sashimi, poke bowls...

Pavilion's latest restaurant takes customers on a satisfying tapas crawl that remains true to the Spanish culinary spirit of sharing small plates with big flavours: A year after first opening at Singapore's Orchard Central and one month after embarking into Jakarta's Setiabudi One, Tapas Club lan...

Slabs of Sanchoku wagyu strip loins and Margaret River tomahawk steaks beckon seductively from the butchers' chiller, lustrous and luscious in their mouthwatering marbling. Black cod and trout fillets glisten nearby, swept in with the ocean's opulence of Brittany blue lobsters and Irish Gallagher...

Bar Trigona is one of KL's most visually dazzling cocktail parlours, an intricate mosaic of glints and glamour. But its substance is even more remarkable than its style, celebrating sustainable Malaysian produce that includes wild turmeric from Pahang, fresh fruits from a Bangi organic farm, and ...