Month: January 2020

Interlude TTDI Burger

Interlude TTDI, The Barbeque Fest

Interlude TTDI Words: Monica Tindall   Photos: Rich Callahan It’s been a few years since we last visited Interlude in TTDI. Despite our long absence, our arrival feels familiar and just as welcoming as we recall our first visit. The gastro bar has maintained its …

Coré The Korean Cuisine

Coré The Korean Cuisine, Tropicana Avenue

Coré The Korean Cuisine Words: Monica Tindall    Photos: Rich Callahan Coré, The Korean Cuisine on the ground level of Tropicana Avenue, feels immediately welcoming. Its clean lines, natural woods and plenty of greenery boast a cool, serene mood. While the int…

Envi SkyDining Menara TA One

Envi SkyDining, Bar & Club, Rooftop Menara TA One KL

Envi SkyDining Words: Jack Perry    Photos: Rich Callahan When your dining destination is the 36th floor of a KLCC tower with 360-degree-views and the iconic Petronas Twin Towers sitting in your lap, your expectations are going to be high. Ours were, and Envi Sky…

De.Wan The Linc KL

De.Wan, The Linc KL, Afternoon Tea

De.Wan 1958 by Chef Wan Words: Anna Chew   Photos: Rich Callahan How often have you been invited to dine in a Malay family’s home? If those invitations are not as often as you’d like, you’re in luck! The concept behind De.Wan at The Linc KL is to provide meals home-co…

Lounge in the Sky Malaysia, Lou Sang in the Sky

Lounge in the Sky Malaysia, Elements KL

Lounge in the Sky Malaysia Monica Tindall Lounge in the Sky takes the meaning of sky bar quite literally! Hoisting guests, the lounge and waitstaff, 150 feet in the air, the open-walled salon really does have guests drinking in the heavens. Lounge in the Sky is the n…

Rare The Food Company Damansara Perdana

Rare The Food Company Damansara Perdana

Rare The Food Company Words: Jack Perry & Monica Tindall    Photos: Rich Callahan Rare The Food Company’s co-founder, Ken Lai, loves to eat. He loves to travel, and he is admittedly a bit of a ‘cooking-gadget geek.’ So why not combine those loves into a world-w…

The Chow Kit Hotel

The Chow Kit, Ormand, Boutique Hotel Kuala Lumpur

The Chow Kit – Simplified Luxury Monica Tindall Once forgotten suburbs in Kuala Lumpur are receiving renewed attention, and The Chow Kit epitomizes the possibilities of finding value in overlooked places. Somewhat resembling the intrigue of discovering a spe…

Sakura Den

Sakura Den, Asian-themed Cocktail Bar

Sakura Den Words: Monica Tindall   Photos: Rich Callahan Sakura Den is a place where drinking is guilt-free as booze is combined with health tonics, liquor with Chinese medicine. At this craft cocktail bar off Old Klang Road, you can literally detox as you retox…

Gavel Coffee Kitchen Craft Beers

Gavel Coffee Kitchen Craft Beers, Jalan Yap Ah Shak

Gavel Coffee Kitchen Craft Beers Words: Monica Tindall   Photos: Rich Callahan Part of the revival of the Chow Kit area, Gavel Coffee Kitchen Craft Beers is a bright little spot standing out from the crowd with its happy yellow façade and respectable craft beer c…

MoMosita Taco Bar Chow Kit

MoMosita, Tacos, Cocktails & Coffee, Chow Kit

MoMosita Monica Tindall Coffee, cocktails and tacos – what more could you need? Chow Kit’s latest casual dining outlet, MoMosita, brings all three to this under-explored part of the city. On the ground floor of MoMo’s Kuala Lumpur, a playful concept hotel by the O…

The Chow Kit Kitchen & Bar

The Chow Kit Kitchen & Bar, All-day Dining

The Chow Kit Kitchen & Bar Monica Tindall The responsibility of two of KL’s leading gastro-preneurs, The Chow Kit Kitchen & Bar comes with high expectations. Eddie Chew and Christian Bauer are behind Troika Sky Dining (Cantaloupe, Fuego, Coppersmith, …