Monica Tindall Afternoon tea at Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur was already a decadent affair. With grandiose views from double-story glass windows and a buffet spread that winds across display after display of mouth-watering temptation, it seemed they had perfecte…
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Bean Brothers, Café at The Linc KL
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 …
Grizzly The Intermark, Café, Great Coffee & Toasties
Monica Tindall I am always on the hunt for a good coffee and Grizzly in The Intermark is my go-to place when running errands. A quick little pick-me-up sets me in high spirits before ticking off one of my least favourite chores – grocery shopping. Grizzly offers more …
Le French Festival 2019, Kuala Lumpur
Monica Tindall Tonight we’re celebrating the 18th edition of Le French Festival (LFF) 2019 presented by G.H. Mumm at Sofitel Kuala Lumpur Damansara. Happening from April 4th until May 12th, 2019, LFF fills the month with French films and gastronomic events. It’…
Breakfast Mont Kiara @ Fat Olive Food Garage
Words: Kitty Noble Photos: Monica Tindall The team at Fat Olive Food Garage, run by Stacee (a former producer) and Kike (life-long chef), has started serving breakfast… and pizza! Known for their mouthwatering tapas, scrumptious paellas, and home-baked so…
The Attic Bar, Hidden Bar Chinatown & Italian Food
Words: Patricia Podorsek Photos: Monica Tindall It’s no secret that Chinatown’s got some of the hottest night spots in KL these days. It’s also no secret that we all love the excitement of speakeasies with their hidden entries and speciality cocktails. It’s not a …
Brixton 23, Hidden Bar, Bukit Bintang
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 […]
The Lolla Co, Café Amp Walk, Great Coffee Ampang
The Lolla Co Words: Maggie Casey Photos: Rich Callahan The Lolla Co closed at the end of 2019 due to renovations of AmpWalk. It’s a typical Monday afternoon in KL’s Ampang Hilir neighbourhood. The midday afternoon sun is beginning its daily churn into a sky ready fo…
Atlas Gourmet Market, Four Seasons Place KL
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…
Burger on 16 KL, Best Burgers Bukit Bintang
Burger on 16 Words: Charlotte Donvang & Monica Tindall Photos: Rich Callahan I haven’t had a burger for ages! Having a craving for one was not the problem. The difficulty lay in not knowing of any place that served a decent burger in KL. Well, that has now been …
Nadodi Restaurant KL: Chef Sricharan’s Memory Menu
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…
Mickey Mouse High Tea, W Kuala Lumpur
Words: Maggie Casey Photos: Rich Callahan As I have gotten older and my childhood drifts further and further away I have realized that one of the greatest joys of adulthood is revisiting the things that you loved as a child. Disney, and more specifically Mickey …