Gourmet luxury travel - Malaysia and the world
Monica Tindall This bar is no longer open. Instead, find a new concept in its place here. Lou Shang Bar & Cafe, one of KL’s most friendly speakeasies, has cooked up some enticing new cocktails and The Yum List, ever so obliging, volunteered to try them out. For a f…
Coquo KL is a place of personal conflict. One side of me wants to shout to the world about how great it is and tell every self-proclaimed gourmand to take a seat at the table right now. The other half desires to keep it quiet: my spot, where only an […]
Words: Claire Matheson Photos: Monica Tindall Yalumba’s Finest Composition. In Concert With Hilton. Rich loamy soils over clay form the deep baseline. Undulating hills of verdant grape vines all in neat rows provide the rhythm. A variety of differing alti…
Words: Matt Jones Photos: Monica Tindall. Energy and Enthusiasm: Caning. * Sadly El Maiz is now closed. I always wondered what a family gathering at Monica’s Venezuelan husband Caning’s house would be like, and now I know. With energy in abundance, …
Words: Robin Pascucci Photos: Monica Tindall Jungle Bird Rum Bar – An Educational Experience The last place I expected to have an educational experience was in a bar. And yet, I learned more about rum in an hour with the owners of the Jungle Bird …
Words: Matt Jones Photos: Monica Tindall. Ohmagoodness… if you can manage to find it (and thank goodness we did, because it was totally worth), Omakase + Appreciate is one of those ‘in the know’ speakeasy spaces that makes you appreciate you̵…
Words: Jessica Kate Stagg Photos: Monica Tindall Upon opening the menu, we are greeted with the words “When the caterpillar thought her life was over, she turned into a butterfly and began to fly”. This phrase perfectly captures what the Butterfly Dessert Caf…
Words: Aisling Cullen Photos: Monica Tindall Spanish tapas have always been a favourite of mine. I first heard about Marta’s Kitchen through Spanish friends. They raved about the cuisine there and used Marta’s catering services for their son’s first bir…
*** This restaurant has now closed in Ampang but you can find chef T.C. at here at Stoked instead. Words: David Stagg Photos: Monica Tindall Email received from The Yum List, subject line: “Fwd: Guest Chef T.C (ex Noma Chef de Partie) pop-up dinner at Flint Am…
Words: Shaun Humphries Photos: Monica Tindall Take three, 20-something friends, enrol them at a university near London and make them all study economics and business – what do you get? A financial services firm? Nope. Maybe an internet start-up? Wro…
Words: Viktor Simonic Photos: Monica Tindall An invite to a luxury steakhouse? It seems Monica can see right through my inner carnivorous self. I had previously heard of Marble8, famously known for its dry and wet-aged beef of prime cuts, and was eag…
Words: Patricia Podorsek Photos: Monica Tindall Relentless nomad that I am, it is never a problem for me to toss a toothbrush and a change of clothes into a bag and head off for some crazy adventure. Long hikes, palm-lined beaches, gritty markets… I applau…