Gourmet luxury travel - Malaysia and the world
Blue Elephant Lounge & Bar Patricia Podorsek and The Yum List (Monica Tindall) As children, we learn that red light means stop and green light means go. But what about a blue light? What does blue light mean? At Plaza Damansara, the little blue light on the pavem…
Kristin Cosgrove and Monica Tindall The best keeps getting better as La Scala, a regular on The Yum List “best of” lists, welcomes new chef Emil Sassolini, straight from Italy. Chef Emil has a passion for fresh and wholesome ingredients, sourcing local veggies a…
Han Sen Hau and Monica Tindall Speakeasy is a term that has been thrown around a lot lately when describing taphouses with bartenders who dress like characters straight out of a Fitzgerald novel, but there’s nothing prohibitive when it comes to the wondrous den o…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
What do you do and how did you get into the industry? I am a Master Baker (Maitre Boulanger in French), and I have to say that I was very much influenced by my late father (he was also a baker). I used watch him working even early in the […]