WHEN NYONYA MEETS THAI AT BIBIWOK
Rarely do you come across a restaurant serving both Nyonya and Thai food so this is the unique factor which makes Bibiwok different. The contemporary space is outfitted with just the right amount of...
View ArticleSCALLOP & MOONCAKE SENSATION AT LAI CHING YUEN
Six types of mooncakes are available to please mostly purists and sticklers of tradition at Lai Ching Yuen from now until 27 September. Packed in a bright red box with floral motifs, you can select...
View ArticleTOH YUEN UNVEILS ITS MID-AUTUMN TREASURES
Snowskin mooncake fans are in for a treat with Toh Yuen's colourful medley for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival. The most outstanding variant has to be the refreshingly fruity Dragonfruit Paste while...
View ArticleTHE CHYNNA MOONCAKE CONNECTION
Fiery Phoenix (RM29) – an Asian inspired snow skin mooncake takes flight this year at Chynna. Hilton KL’s dim sum chef Chan Teck Woo takes the bold step by combining lemongrass, five spice powder,...
View ArticleMID-AUTUMN 'JEWELS' IN ZUAN YUAN'S BOX
Honey Grapefruit and Mango, Low Sugar Wheat Grass and Green Tea, Low Sugar Royal Milk Tea and Charcoal, Low Sugar Qi Zi Tong Kwai and Chinese Almond and Pandan Lotus Paste are some of the innovative...
View ArticleA SEDAP STOPOVER AT SAMBAL & SAUCE
Malay food is fast making its presence felt in the city, especially in modern shopping malls like NuSentral in KL. Instead of being tucked away as part of the food courts, more independent Malay...
View ArticleMOONCAKE MEDLEY FROM TAO CHINESE CUISINE
Mooncake lovers will see red this year at Tao Chinese Cuisine with Dim Sum Chef Lo Tian Sion proffering his Scarlet Baked Snow Skin with Pandan Salted Egg Bean Paste and Beetroot Powder Mooncake (RM30...
View ArticleMODERN JAPANESE MEDLEY FROM MANMARU
My first encounter with robatayaki was at Keyaki – once a hotel's award-winning Jap resto but now defunct to the annals of my hotelling history.Like fashion, robatayaki has edged its way back into the...
View ArticleOLIVE GARDEN'S ITALIAN RHAPSODY
Pasta and cheese are inseparable in Italian cuisine. Expect abundance of both when you dine at Olive Garden, the largest casual Italian dining chain out of the USA. While you peruse the menu, enjoy a...
View ArticleFAVOLOSO FUZIO IN THE CITY
It’s easy to get a dining party off to a rousing start at Fuzio Bar & Ristorante. Just order the house Antipasti(RM88 for 2 persons, RM148 for 4) and watch jaws dropped when your companions spy the...
View ArticleA TASTE OF KOREA AT MIDO
'Mido' in Hangul means 'taste' and it's the true taste of Korea enterprising owner Joseph Lee aims to deliver when diners step into his restaurant. Mido's brick, mortar and timber façade resembles that...
View Article36 YEARS OF GOOD EATS AT NEW FORMOSA
New Formosa - PJ’s bastion of Chinese-Taiwanese cuisine - celebrated its 36th anniversary in September. To mark the milestone, owner Jeanie Lee and husband Lee Weng Eng (also the resto’s chef) came up...
View ArticleDYNASTY DOES THE TWISTS
Meet Dynasty's show-stealer for Malaysia International Gourmet Festival (MIGF) 2015...this lil' piece of crispy suckling pig skin parked on white glutinous rice. The wondrous textural symphony etched...
View ArticleIN-VAL-UABLE NEW MENU AT SAMPLINGS ON THE FOURTEENTH
Chef De Cuisine Valmurugan Subramaniam is not one to rest on his laurels. The veteran chef decided to shake up and rework the menu for Samplings on the Fourteenth two months ago. Focusing on using the...
View ArticleGO THE WHOLE NINE YARDS AT BROLLY
Nine. That’s the magic number for Brolly’s experiential F&B concepts – all under one roof umbrella as in ‘brolly’. Geddit?It’s another ‘giant’ step for TY Ooi and her biz partners who rocked the...
View ArticleFIRING UP A NEW MENU AT CHARCOAL
Charcoal, The Saujana Hotel Kuala Lumpur’s unique grill restaurant with a Malaysian twist sets itself apart from the traditional Western-style grill rooms by using the age-old technique of charcoal...
View ArticleLET'S GO LABUAN WITH MAB'S PILOT PARKER
Meet Pilot Parker, the cutie mascot for Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) who popped out of a surprise gift box given to me and my blogger friends recently. We were invited on a familiarisation visit to...
View ArticleHIP COMFORT AT KIP HOTEL
Managed by the Lexis Group of Hotels & Resorts, the new and first ever KIP Hotel Kuala Lumpur beckons business and leisure travellers from the Sri Utara commercial district to its doors as of 1...
View ArticleFUN STAYCATION AT DORSETT GRAND LABUAN
People power. If there’s one compelling reason to stay at the upscale Dorsett Grand Labuan, I’d say it’s the friendly, hospitable hotel team who made a world of difference. It boils down to leadership...
View ArticleBURGERS AND LA MARCHÉ MORE AT CHECKERS CAFÉ
Fancy a FREE burger? Then you must take advantage of Dorsett KL's Special Burger Offer. Just Order, Snap & Share your Wholesome Burger in Facebook and Instagram and you’d get another burger...
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