Kuala Lumpur

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Fahrenheit 600, Coffee & Brunch, Kuala Lumpur

Margaret Elizabeth and Monica Tindall As you approach Fahrenheit 600 the exterior immediately welcomes you with a shot of green framing the entrance around the outside eating area. Through the plate glass window you see a modern, yet cosy restaurant design wit…

Pastry Institute of St Honore, Bread and Pastry School

Kristin Cosgrove and Monica Tindall Attention all home chefs, career bakers, and lovers of all things sweet and baked – there’s a new game in town promising to turn us all into master pastry chefs, The Pastry Institute of St. Honore. St. Honore, the French p…

Organica Lifestyle, Meat and Gluten Free, Bangsar

Louise Miller and Monica Tindall Once in a while, we stumble across a place that ticks so many boxes on our culinary wish list that it feels like a genie has materialised to do our bidding. Organica Lifestyle is one such place. An urban sanctuary of clean and delicio…

A Li Yaa Island Restaurant and Bar, Sri Lankan Cuisine

Patricia Podorsek with Monica Tindall A little digging around on the internet turns up the fact that Sri Lanka has been known for centuries as “Gem Island,” prolific in producing gems of the highest quality for the world market. Stones like sapphires, rubies, an…

Best Healthy Delivery Services in Kuala Lumpur

 How are your New Year’s Resolutions coming along? Did you promise yourself that you’d do a bit more exercise and eat a little more healthily? Here are some convenient services to help keep you on track, in our list of: Best Healthy Food Delivery Servic…

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Torii, Yakitori and Whisky Bar, Damansara Heights

  Louise Miller with Monica Tindall As a fan of Japanese cuisine’s flavour-packed and healthy grilled skewers and, although no connoisseur but certainly not averse to a good whisky, I was delighted when asked to review Torii’s new Damansara Heights…

where to stay in kuala lumpur

GTower Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

GTower Hotel boasts a convenient location in the heart of Kuala Lumpur’s city centre, a fine range of business amenities, and proudly holds Malaysia’s first green certification. An abundance of food and beverage outlets, and lifestyle facilities too make t…

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Mosaic, Seafood Buffet, Mandarin Oriental Hotel KL

Words: Ross Jones       Pictures: Mandarin Oriental The Mandarin Oriental is a stalwart of Malaysian luxury tradition.  The service is a constant state of impeccable and the environment takes one to an unadulterated place of high luxury.   All that being sa…

Fiercer, North Indian Cuisine, Publika, KL

Fiercer, North Indian Cuisine, Publika Ellen Smillie and Alasdair Hamilton with Monica Tindall Do not shy away from a restaurant with a name like Fiercer, though the name does say it all – the food definitely holds its own in the mass of restaurants th…

Tanzini Upper Deck, GTower, Kuala Lumpur

We ascend to the Upper Deck of Tanzini in the GTower and are greeted with elegant environs framed with glass walls on the roof of the building. Mirrored ceilings reflect long strings of warmly glowing light bulbs, and extra-long golden curtains drape from the tw…

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Food Matters, Healthy Food Subscription Service, KL

Food Matters, Healthy Food Subscription Service Healthy eating made “accessible, affordable and absolutely delicious” Browsing the Food Matters website has me wondering if we’ve saved the best to last? For the first part of 2015 we’ve been exploring healthy…

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Tanzini, GTower, Kuala Lumpur

Tanzini, on the 28th floor of GTower, breathes a romantic, elegant dining ambience in the evenings. Warmly lit with candles and soft lighting, smoothly tuned with soft jazz rhythms, and abuzz with happy diners, the mood is amorous and joyful. Tanzini Lounge C…