Gourmet luxury travel - Malaysia and the world
Words: Shaun Humphries Photos: Monica Tindall I sometimes like to escape. Not for long and not completely, but I do enjoy altering my reality once and awhile. In KL, that can (at times) be difficult with the daily diet of traffic jams and mind-numbing shopping m…
Words: Kirsten Durward Photos: Monica Tindall The three Tamarind restaurants are well known in Kuala Lumpur for their beautiful settings and their unique Thai-Burmese cuisine. Tamarind Hill offers a fresh open setting, quietly situated amongs…
Words: Kirsten Durward Photos: Monica Tindall Vintry group is always a favourite for us, we love the energy and passion of owner Yin-How Wong, we love the simplicity of the food, and we love the range of wines on offer. We always know we are going to have […]
Words by Sarah Rees As someone programmed to be busy and exploratory on holiday, it is with great emphasis that I tell you that I simply didn’t want to leave this hotel. I’m not talking about the inevitable wrench of departing paradisiacal Bali for ‘the real world’, …
Long gone are the days when I used to plan out travel routes in advance, print out maps and directions, write down booking numbers, hotel addresses, contact details and so on. The production of this pile of paper, which consumed far too much time (and took up vital lu…
Words: Aisling Cullen Photos: Monica Tindall Malaysia’s insatiable love of live music venues has been rapidly growing over the past few years, and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down. Timbre, a live music bar and restaurant from Singapore, has opened its first o…
On the Quest for Fuss-Free Healthy Eating Words: Craig J Selby Photos: Monica Tindall With a new location, come some pleasant surprises. Organica Lifestyle is one of my favourite healthy eating (and relaxation) spaces – somewhere to go when you want to get back …
Nadia Khan & Monica Tindall The Yum List first visited Huckleberry Food & Fare not long after is opened less than a year ago, and found an excellent selection of artisanal bread, pastries, fresh brunch items and good coffee, marking it high on the list of f…
Words: Hannah Staley Photos: Monica Tindall As the specialty coffee scene in KL continues to thrive let me introduce you to Q Cup Cafe, a hidden gem on the first floor of a corner shoplot in Jalan Imbi. The decor is simple, the vibe relaxed with homemade cookies a…
Words: Heather Onderick Photos: Monica Tindall There’s something incredibly infectious about Chef Raymond Tham’s demeanor. It could be his his warm smile. Or maybe, it’s the radiant plates illustrating his awareness of texture, sustainable produce and di…
Words: Han Sen Hau Photos: Monica Tindall Forget Water. Wine Flows In Mars. It wasn’t too long ago when NASA made the announcement of its breakthrough discovery of water on the red planet, thus prompting the space agency’s quest for its Holy Grail. With the pros…
Locker & Loft Words: Louise Miller Photos: Monica Tindall By the time I crossed the threshold of this speakeasy-style bar, I’d already broken into a bit of a sweat: as you would expect from somewhere aiming for that sense of clandestinity, the lack of sign…