Gourmet luxury travel - Malaysia and the world
Blaq Coffee subscription is one of our favourite delivery services in Kuala Lumpur. It’s rather simple really. A team of experts source the best coffee from top small batch coffee roasters in Malaysia. Each month they select four single origins from four diff…
Words: Margaret Elizabeth Photos: Monica Tindall Seven Cups is an oasis of tranquility in the intriguing and bustling Empire Mall. Owner Eve Von developed her love for coffee on business trips and wanted to be able to imbibe delicious and unique coffees …
Words: Han Sen Hau Photos: Monica Tindall “Making the strange familiar and the familiar strange” comes second in a long list of clichéd expressions used to describe the creative writing process, trailing just behind the omnipresent “show, don’t tell” a…
Words: Monica R. Clear Photos: Monica Tindall Walking into Metal Box Restaurant and Café, one is greeted by a surprisingly airy atmosphere. As a walk-through restaurant that enters from the ground floor of Empire Damansara, and exits out onto a sp…
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…
Artisanal breads and third wave coffee beans is what first attracted our visit to the Bread Lounge in GTower Hotel. Upon arriving however, we’re too taken by the décor. I giant red chili sculpture centres the low lounges, and indoor plants line the surrounding …
RGB Coffee We’re always on the hunt for a good coffee but have only found a few spots in the KL city centre that consistently satisfy our fussy preferences. When one of our go-to places, RAW, closed last year we were deeply disappointed. But… as old doors close new one…
High tea is already a rather fine gourmet tradition. Nibbling petite pastries and finger sandwiches with a hot cuppa and pleasant conversation sees an afternoon passed with much delight. This in-between-meals sojourn however, has been jazzed up a notch at t…
Words: Patricia Podorsek Photos: Monica Tindall With three-story trees, twinkly Santas, and halls draped in lights, stepping into Pavilion at this time of the year is like walking into Christmas Wonderland. It’s no surprise, then, that the fashionable …
Convinced by the caffeine-crazed looks in people’s eyes when mentioning the name, Tony D’Angelo, and urged on by coffee lovers in Adelaide’s affectionate dubbing, the “God of Coffee,” we knew we had to meet the acclaimed coffee roaster in person so begged him …
Words: Annelene Foss Svingen Photos: Monica Tindall The Kitchen Table is a recently opened bakery and restaurant in a busy neighborhood in Damansara Kim. It offers an attractive food and dining concept with most of the food made from local Malaysian products…
Simplyd, The Curve Simplyd, The Curve A groovy diner style outlet, Simplyd is the latest creation of the Delicious Group. Lower prices than the main brand, expect to find lots of specials, and be able to fill your tummy with less than RM20. Beckoned to enter by a ch…