Food and luxury travel - Malaysia and the world
A Tasting Menu at ChoCha Foodstore Words: Kitty Noble Photos: Rich Callahan ChoCha Foodstore, for the uninitiated, is a fashionable restaurant nestled amongst the shopfronts in Chinatown, the current darling of KL’s food scene. The rustic design of the former …
Sanctum Wellness Monica Tindall Branded as “an urban hideaway,” Sanctum Wellness on the 29th floor of EQ Kuala Lumpur more than lives up to its tagline. Housing a spa, fitness centre and absolutely spectacular, sky-high infinity pool, it’s an all-in-one wellne…
Sommelier Alison Christ’s favourite wines for home delivery Words: Alison Christ One evening on an adventure with Monica, we were chatting about my new “day job” since the world has come to a partial stop. After two decades of “working the floor,” recommending wi…
Timothy Anthony – Órale In this interview, Timothy Anthony, founder of Órale, a restaurant selling Mexican-inspired street food in Damansara Utama, tells of his change in career and the moment Órale came to fruition. What do you do and how did you get into t…
Oh Cha Matcha Words: Monica Tindall Photos: Rich Callahan Inspired by a trip to Japan, serial cafepreneur brother team Choong Kar Wai and Choong Kar Heng “realized the world needs to drink more matcha” and decided to bring the benefits of the beverage to Malaysia. …
Festive Takeaway Boxes KL 2020 Monica Tindall Last year, Hilton Kuala Lumpur blew us away with their Christmas buffet. For traditionalists, it was one of the most spectacular smorgasbords we’d come across, with the biggest wow factor being every sort of roast im…
Christmas Takeaway KL 2020 Monica Tindall No doubt Christmas 2020 will be celebrated a little differently than in the past. While Facebook and Google Photos are sending me “memories” from a year ago, we are busy making our own unique, albeit smaller, moments to ch…
Ethical Gifts 2020, Batik Boutique Monica Tindall I do try my best to live a zero-waste lifestyle, insisting that no gifts be purchased other than those that are edible, growable or educative in nature. Perhaps because I do make such an effort to reduce my impact, a…
The Cabinet Bangsar Words: Kitty Noble Photos: Rich Callahan I have to confess that The Cabinet, which officially reopened this month after a two-month renovation, was my first foray into a cigar lounge. I’ve seen them on the telly, so had a pretty good idea what t…