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Words: Vincent Chin Photos: Monica Tindall For just that second, I wanted that warm juiciness to hover in my happy place a bit longer when Caning broke it, “Oh my God! This pork is good!” I know! Atlas Gourmet Market, Four Seasons Place KL The Atlas Gourmet Market at F…
Words: Monica Tindall Photos: Rich Callahan You may have noticed I’ve been having some fun recently feeding my two carnivorous teammates a slew of vegetarian meals. Well, today they get their own back with a visit to Naughty Babe Dirty Duck in Sri Hartamas with a me…
Words: Monica Tindall Photos: Rich Callahan When we first visited Marco Creative Cuisine in 1 Utama, we couldn’t believe the incredibly good value-for-money menus offered. A whole degustation of seven courses was priced at only RM78! Eighteen months on from ou…
Words: Monica Tindall Photos: Rich Callahan Sausage KL is a new all-day-breakfast café just opened in Ampang that celebrates all things pork. “It’s all very non-halal. It’s sausages, bacon, it’s pork ribs,” says co-owner Matt. Tucked away on the ground floor of …
Words: Nathaniel Jay Pictures: Monica Tindall Ante Publika is best known as a porkalicious hideaway in Kuala Lumpur. But the coffee is pretty good too. While dining with CK (the public relations front man), he jokingly said that Ante was, “progressive cookin…
Words: Chris Moore Photos: Monica Tindall Walking up the dimly lit staircase adjacent to Tom, Dick and Harry’s in TTDI, I wasn’t entirely sure of what I was about to encounter. I mean I had never heard of the establishment I was about to visit, and the recent Googl…
Words: Craig Selby Photos: Monica Tindall The Eighth Avenue in Publika is a friendly, chill out kind of place. It has a nice mix of expats and locals, great ambience and comfortable seating for long nights of eating, drinking and chatting. Positioned as a place …
Words: Patricia Podorsek Photos: Monica Tindall Neighborhood vibes are one of the many things I like about living in KL. Every part of town, it seems, has a distinct feel, largely defined by the selection of shops and eateries where locals spend their time. In m…
*Mosto is now closed. Words: Matt Jones Photos: Monica Tindall Nothing beats good hearty Italian fare and Mosto KL has it down pat. Don’t be fooled by the upscaled appearance of the space, this homage to casual Italian dining is all about the flavours and the hos…
Words: Patricia Podorsek Photos: Monica Tindall In the mythological spirit of Chinese New Year, allow me to tell you a story. Once upon a recent day in KL, a writer for one of the city’s food blogs was driving across town through the nearly empty streets. Many of t…
Monica Tindall Meatology Restaurant and Bar in TTDI, the same name as the book by Chef Yenni Law, boasts all things made in-house, all things done in a warm community spirit, and of course, all things extraordinarily meaty. Standing proud as a neighbourhood icon f…
Monica Tindall Let’s get this straight from the start. Enoteca in Plaza Damansara was once called Neroteca. It is no longer Neroteca, however, despite a similar name and logo colouring, Enoteca, Italian restaurant in Damansara Plaza, has a new chef, new managem…