Kuala Lumpur & the Klang Valley
Aliyaa is a Sri Lankan restaurant in Bukit Damansara, and its Sri Lankan Crab Table is a hands-on set meal built for sharing — Ceylonese tradition handled with contemporary technique. The crab is the…
Crusted is an American deli-style sandwich counter in the Food District at 1 Utama, Petaling Jaya, built around New York pastrami, Philly cheesesteak, Texan brisket and a beef chopped cheese. Its…
Omurise House is a small bakery and brunch kitchen in Taman Desa, doing fresh-baked bread, cakes and build-your-own breakfast plates alongside almond butter blended in its own kitchen. A two-person…
Teng Haw Kedai Kopi serves what locals will tell you is the best curry mee in Kuantan — and Kuantan curry mee is its own thing, distinct from the Klang Valley version. Go early. By 10.30am the…
Fari & Ali's Kitchen is a Persian and Mediterranean cafe in Bukit Damansara, run by cousins Athirah and Samira and named for their grandparents, whose photographs hang on the walls. The carpets,…
Nooshe Jan is Leily Amini's Persian kitchen, running Thursday to Saturday nights inside Fari & Ali's in Bukit Damansara — the cafe belonging to her daughter Samira and niece Athirah. Leily left…
Natalina Italian Kitchen is head chef Stefano Maria La Penna's kitchen in Kuala Lumpur, part of the Cinnamon Group, cooking regional Italian rather than a single house style. Its summer menu is the…
Restaurant JIE's seasonal menu in Bukit Damansara, KL, reworks Cantonese, Hakka and Teochew classics — lei cha, mui choy, yellow wine fish, braised duck and yam rice — with premium produce. Chefs Lee…
Frangipaani's Potli Rice Series is a Sunday lunch at The Republik, Bukit Damansara: home-style rice meals bundled in banana leaves, drawing on Indian street-food traditions and made for taking away.…
Safehouse is a rooftop café on the fourth floor of Sky Society on Raja Chulan, Kuala Lumpur, pouring Mont Blanc cold brew, matcha coconut coolers and a Snickers-style chocolate peanut butter drink.…
Mo's Place is an airy new restaurant in Section 51A, Petaling Jaya, cooking mostly local favourites — a chunky Hainanese chicken chop, char koay teow and nasi lemak with sambal udang petai. It is a…
Buttermood is a Korean-run bake shop in Mont Kiara, known for salt bread with a properly crisp bite, crumbly scones and butter tteok caramelised to a coppery finish. It is run by a South Korean…