It’s quite a feat, pulling together 18 restaurants, bakeries and street food vendors in Chinatown to contribute their best to a Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner. And it’s happening in Seong Ying Chai, off Jalan… Read More
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Yun House — a Chinese New Year feast to revel in
It’s Chinese New Year feasting with a flourish at Yun House. It begins with the Mantis Prawn and Lily Bulb Yee Sang, presented with a cloud of deepfried glass noodles atop the myriad vegetables, pickles,… Read More
Chinese New Year dining like it was in Golden Phoenix
The iconic Golden Phoenix pops up once again at EQ Kuala Lumpur for Chinese New Year. Some traditional dishes of its past are served up, together with some new dishes. We dined off a Bright… Read More
Christmas feasting and giving at EQ Kuala Lumpur
Even sushi has a festive feel if you decide to dine at Kampachi at Christmas. I enjoyed my softshell crab sushi and chawan mushi with duck consommé, with slices of roast duck atop it. All… Read More
Nyonya food to love at Lama Restaurant
Unlike in Penang a good Nyonya restaurant has been hard to find in KL. So were we delighted to hear about Lama Restaurant, and also its familial connection to a Nyonya friend of mine who’s… Read More
Temple Street delights with HK cafe fare
Temple Street is one of the latest cha chan teng (HK café) you could visit in KL. It’s a cavernous one in Mid Valley Megamall, with a large menu to match. A sip of my… Read More
Change, and the essence of India at Flour
The essence of India is subtly definable in Chef Yogi’s cuisine at Flour, as he takes you on an epicurean journey round the subcontinent. No one quite does it like him. We are to embrace… Read More
Yun House’s bold new flavours, mooncakes
The Signature Dimsum Trilogy showcased some of the bold flavours that are being introduced in the new menu at Yun House at Four Seasons. First the Fish Maw Dumpling with cordyceps flower in a bamboo… Read More
Little Allegra, small cafe that’s big on pastries, cakes and coffee
My first encounter with Little Allegra, a hole-in the-wall bakery in a residential estate in Ipoh, had been with its famed cempedak cake at a wedding lunch in Kuala Lumpur. Who could forget the luscious… Read More
Dining for Mooncake Festival at Elegant Inn
For pure enjoyment of a dinner or lunch at Elegant Inn, nothing beats a well curated set menu. And there are two of them for the run-up to the Eighth Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival… Read More