Food and luxury travel - Malaysia and the world
Most party-goers seem to know Changkat Bukit Bintang but have you heard of Jalan Mesui? Just two streets over from the popular night-spot another happening vibe has developed. Here you find a friendly mix of expats and locals out to have a fun time with good food, cr…
Monica Tindall Confession: I put this list together primarily for my parents who visited KL this month. They are big coffee fans and I wanted to provide them with a map of places they could walk to while I was at work. So here’s a list of cafes so good […]
Monica Tindall Bean Brothers at The Linc KL offers great coffee in a beautiful green setting. Taking a ground floor lot, the café is walled with glass providing both indoor and outdoor seating. Filled with a refreshing abundance of potted plants, it is a delight to …
Words: Maggie Casey Photos: Monica Tindall As Monica and I somewhat tepidly make our way into what appears and is in fact, an operating high-end suit tailors shop, I get a rush of excitement in my stomach about what is to come. KL is a city that never ceases to […]
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: Patricia Podorsek Photos: Monica Tindall At its core, haute cuisine is about technique, about artistry, about novelty. Marrying culinary precision with new combinations of ingredients supplies diners with experiences that cannot be replicated in a h…
Words: Jessica Stagg Photos: Monica Tindall In a small Italian town north of Venice, a young boy spent hours in his grandparent’s restaurant learning to love fresh ingredients and perfect the art of cooking. That young boy grew up to become Chef Marco De Cecco, who …
Words: Kitty Lang Photos: Monica Tindall Celebrating the launch of Nobu Matsuhisa’s latest cookbook, World of Nobu, Nobu Kuala Lumpur offers a seven-course omakase menu highlighting the creations of chefs from Nobu restaurants around the world. Two of the rec…
Words: Monica Tindall Photos: Rich Callahan For four days only, guests at Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur’s Lafite restaurant can dine on the cuisine of world-renowned Chef Ricardo Chaneton! Visiting this week from Restaurant Petrus, Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong, c…
Words: Nathaniel Jay Photos: Monica Tindall The uninitiated to Changkat are often lured by the song of the hostess sirens, forever singing, “Happy hour. Buy 3 get 3!” or whatever the promotion is that week. Too often a passerby will crash into the metaphorical ro…
El Toro Loco KL Words: Monica Tindall Photos: Rich Callahan It didn’t take us long to find the newly opened Spanish restaurant and bar in Kuala Lumpur, El Toro Loco at Fraser Place. Our noses are quick to sniff out a glass of sangria and a slice of tortilla Española. […]
Words: Matt Jones Photos: Rich Callahan To be honest, I’m not quite sure what I was expecting when Monica asked me to accompany her to Improv Bistro in the Wisma Lim Foo Yong building on Jalan Raja Chulan. Promoting itself as a ‘bistro that hosts live bands and music p…