Clean, Green, and Guilt-Free: A Taste of Penang’s Healthy Café Scene
May 19th, 2025
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Category: Features
26
Jul
Bricks and Barrels at Sri Hartamas: Restaurant Review
Barrelling through a sweeping selection of grub & booze at one of this year's popular new watering holes at Desa Sri Hartamas.
25
Jul
BEAM at Bandar Sri Damansara: Restaurant Review
Introducing our top recommendation for this long weekend: Off the beaten track, BEAM opened this week, offering stimulating new ideas in a manufacturing neighbourhood of Bandar Sri Damansara, scarcely a ten-minute drive from Taman Tun Dr Ismail.
24
Jul
Makishima Japanese Restaurant at Sheraton Imperial Hotel, Sultan Ismail: Restaurant Review
Sean Yoong returns to Makishima for fish and fungi (tastes better than it sounds), crustaceans and chawanmushi, okonomiyaki and more.
23
Jul
8 New Restaurants to Visit in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor: August 2014
Looking for a new spot to eat in the Klang Valley? Here are eight new restaurants to visit in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.
23
Jul
Brevis at The Weld: Restaurant Review
Air-Infusion Coffee? Brevis may be KL's only cafe to serve beverages brewed via a patented process that seems pretty obscure, intriguing us enough to check out this tiny new venue in The Weld mall.
22
Jul
Opium at Changkat Bukit Bintang: Restaurant Review
In a setting that harkens back to Oriental opium dens of yore (with a bed & lamps, but no pipes), Changkat Bukit Bintang's latest hotspot surfaces without a whiff of smoky sleaze so far but with a wealth of fusion food & curiously addictive cocktails.
21
Jul
Review: Robata Monkey at Jaya One
Firing up our F&B scene, this white-hot new restaurant transports the unique art of rustic Japanese slow-grilling into Jaya One, serving a smorgasbord of succulent seafood with smoky, savoury subtleties.
20
Jul
Review: Tao Restaurant at Intercontinental Hotel KL
This story is brought to you by Tao Restaurant at Intercontinental Hotel KL. If you're after modern and
19
Jul
Review: Map's at Bandar Sunway
Map's is a cosy, cheerful place run by a welcoming crew, serving good food at fair prices. Pork enthusiasts will be especially ecstatic here: The menu is practically devoted to porcine pleasures!
19
Jul
Review: Doors Cafe at Taman OUG
Doors Kuala Lumpur is linked (through family ties) to Doors Music + Tapas in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, though this outpost will focus on coffee, art & music.
19
Jul
Chapter One in Desa Sri Hartamas: Restaurant Review
This story is brought to you by Chapter One. Somehow, we never got around to asking anyone why this fresh, new
17
Jul
Review: Sangkaya Coconut Ice Cream at Alor
Yet another Thai street-food treat is set to make its Malaysian breakthrough this year: Independent newbie Sangkaya Creamery is bringing locally made, Chatuchak-influenced coconut ice cream to the sultry streets of KL
16
Jul
Preview: Nobu Kuala Lumpur
Southeast Asia's first Nobu is poised to launch in KL within a month, bringing the world's most recognised name in Japanese restaurants to Malaysia. Here's our early peek at what's happening on the 56th floor of Menara 3 Petronas.
15
Jul
Review: Strangers At 47 at Section 17, Petaling Jaya
Here's one cafe that won't be a stranger to success, storming into PJ's Section 17 this week with a striking selection of fanciful & flamboyant crepes, some memorably savoury & others magically sweet. This is one of 2014's most enjoyable new eateries.
14
Jul
Review: Marshall's Burgers at Subang
Marshall's Burgers recently opened its first Klang Valley outpost on one of Subang's quieter streets.
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