Review: WIP on the Park
April 28th, 2025
Amid a bumper crop of thorny fruits ready to be chopped open & consumed, Kampung Durian House's unique attraction is its house-made organic Musang King durian ice cream.
Nara kicked off with a confidently conducted trial run for both friends & paying customers this past weekend, unveiling an early oeuvre of breakfast bowls, wraps, salads, sandwiches & sides with plenty of promise.
Chuckles is a cafe which tries to foster a cheerful spirit with its colourfully artistic flourishes in Taman Tun Dr Ismail.
Wheeloaf is a 'mobile gourmet bakery' for paninis and cheese sandwiches.
Recently opened to complement its original outlet, even the smallest of its bak kut teh serving proved substantial.
Sean checks out a new claypot bak kut teh specialist that has sprung up in a surprising place, serving rainy-evening soul food.
Meltz offers a diverse menu with Marlon Brando casting his watchful gaze on patrons here.
Jipangi this week introduces soft-serve ice cream in J-shaped puffed corn canes, a conspicuous attraction that hails from Insadong in South Korea's capital.
The cup is always full, never half-empty, at The Optimist Coffee, serving flat whites, roasted hazelnut lattes & pandan lamingtons with plenty of smiles outside the Ampang Park LRT station's street-level entrance.
The second premium waffle outlet to open in recent days is Madame Waffle, a quick-service cafe at the Mid Valley mall that promises Liege waffles with a Tokyo-inspired twist, fulfilling the brand's tagline, 'Belgian waffles meet Japanese flavours.'
Despite the deluge of boat noodle eateries, each one does have something definingly distinctive. Here at Aroi-Kaa, it's a boat!
Boat noodles make their triumphant entry into Petaling Jaya's SS2, with a tempting twist this time - this new outlet reputedly relies on the recipe handed to its founders by the owner of Victory Monument's most popular boat noodle eatery in Bangkok.
Folks in search of relatively wholesome recipes can now explore Fortunate Coffee, a new vegan restaurant & coffee bar in Riverwalk Village off Jalan Ipoh.
Sean Yoong explores Malaysia's first Magnum cafe, already a major magnet for crowds near GSC's Mid Valley multiplex.
Cat In The Box recently moved more than a whisker away to a new habitat that's purr-fect for patrons in pursuit of pies & piccolo lattes.