Lai Po Heen at Mandarin Oriental Welcomes Chef Thomas Fong from Doha
April 24th, 2024
A knockout dessert at this year’s best new restaurant so far, capable of haunting customers’ dreams: Creamy Gula Melaka marquise with crispy, lightly sour meringue – both brilliant even on their own, though the pulut ice cream makes this transcendent, certain to be of 2015’s finest.
Address: Lower Ground Floor, KDU University College
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Cat In The Box backs a diverse range of locally based F&B entrepreneurs, offering the likes of a Gula Melaka nut tart baked by a German expatriate who has lived in KL for several years.
Address: Lot 111 Heritage Lane, Empire Damansara
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This ‘Purple Rage,’ an East-meets-West crepe with Japanese sweet potato, coconut sago & pandan-infused Gula Melaka seems destined to leave customers delightfully appeased, not angered.
Address: 47, Jalan 17/45, 46400 Petaling Jaya
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Delicate sago-&-gula melaka panna cotta, a ravishing riff on cendol.
Address: 65 Jalan Telawi 3, 59100 Bangsar
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Swich’s Brazilian dark roast coffee constructions are inimitably idiosyncratic – you’ll find the likes of lattes laced with Gula Melaka painstakingly sourced from a Malaccan plantation that café founder Cheng Cheng insists is superior to Jonker Street wares – on her regular trips south, Cheng Cheng purchases 50 kilogrammes of Gula Melaka at a go to bring back to KL.
Address: 54, Jalan SS21/58, Damansara Utama
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Sourced from home baker Ling’s Kitchen, the Gula Melaka egg tart offered at this café is a tasty new take on familiar flavours.
Address: 59-1, Jalan Bangkung
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This Japanese hot spot offers a refreshing ensemble of green tea ice cream, mochi, azuki beans & gula melaka.
Address: L-12A-G, Palm Square, Jaya One
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A reliable favourite, clinging beautifully to tradition: Sago Biji Gula Melaka, as great as it gets.
Address: The Sphere, Unit 1-1A, 1st floor, No. 1 Avenue 1, Bangsar South, No. 8 Jalan Kerinchi
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Whimsical serves whopping bowls of muesli, turned into a tropical treat with coconut gelato (laced with Gula Melaka), plus honey cinnamon milk.
Address: D2-G3-05, Solaris Dutamas, 1, Jalan Dutamas 1
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A pleasurable panna cotta, sweetened with Gula Melaka syrup & textured with sago pearls inside the cream.
Address: B-01 Viva Residency, Jln Suppiah Pillay, Off Jln Ipoh
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Cakes here come from respected indie baker Petiteserie Desserts, with options like The Cendol (pandan sponge, sago gulamelaka, coconut cream & jelly).
Address: 21, Jalan SS21/34, 47400 Damansara Utama
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No lack of enticements for the sweet tooth here, including chunky-soft French toast that’s pan-fried with Nestum & sprinkled with roasted pistachios, served with berry coulis, diced peach & Gula Melaka.
Address: G12 Empire Damansara, Jalan PJU 8/8
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The signature coffee beverage is called ‘The Salty Koffie’ (RM13), with iced coffee, Gula Melaka & some salt combining to taste like something out of a cendol bowl. Deliciously well-balanced in its sweet-salty dimensions, ideal for a hot afternoon.
Address: E-83-G.3 Palm Square, Jaya One
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Malacca-style popiah- soft spring rolls (the wrapping’s made fresh everyday) stuffed with turnips, coriander, bean sprouts, cucumber & a dash of gula melaka sweet sauce, garlic & chilli.
Address: 2 Jalan Abdullah, Off Jalan Bangsar, Bangsar Utama
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Made in-house: Japanese cotton cheesecake, textured with dessicated coconut, topped with gula melaka but far from saccharine.
Address: 9, Jalan PJS 11/2
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