Food Explorer & Home Chef
This year, Lady Yi’s Tea House at Four Points by Sheraton Kuala Lumpur, Chinatown is presenting its Lunar Treasures Mooncake Collection, an ode to childhood memories and time-honoured traditions. This year’s celebration features two new additions to their crowd-favourite mooncakes and a festive gift box …
Once a year, the Oriental Group of Restaurants come up with a special chef’s menu, and this year is extra special as it is their 25th anniversary. Curated by their Master Chefs team, the unique dishes require special ingredients, arduous preparations and delicate skill. The …
For Mid-Autumn Festival 2024, EQ presents a delicious array of mooncakes in both traditional and modern interpretations – Celestial Treasures with 11 flavours of mooncakes to choose from. The traditional baked mooncakes in golden brown traditional pastry comes with white lotus with a single yolk, …
Indonesian food can be quite different from Malay food. Apart from masakan Padang which we’re more familiar with, there’s Sundanese and Javanese style cuisine, as offered by Betawi in TTDI, KL which is quite different. Exotic drinks such as Wedang Jahe, Bajigur, Bir Pletok Berawi …
The new AC lounge in AC (Antonio Catalan) Hotel under the Marriot group sashayed into the scene a couple of months back, offering top notch tapas (small sharing plates) under the expert guiding hands of chef Angie Hiew. What’s even more attractive here are the …
Chalet, located in Equatorial Hotel Kuala Lumpur, was one of the only establishments where European cuisine was served and food prepared tableside in the 1970s. The experience was often the first venture into fine-dining for many guests, with Chalet having a reputation for its impeccable …
My latest obsession – a hidden gem in Plaza Damas KL called Beszz Cafe. This is probably the only authentic Mexican resto in KL, if not Malaysia. Mexican chef Ivan Chavarria Hernandez has made it his mission to share his Mexican heritage food and educate …
If someone breaks a plate, I’m startled at the crash. At El Cerdo, it’s done puposely when someone orders the house specialty, but every time a plate breaks, I still jump a bit. El Cerdo is known for its piggy dishes, so it was interesting …
It was instant reconnection with chef Julia Ung as we shared food stories and nyonya history at her latest abode DS Wine. Together with chef Onion, they make up Jung & Co, taking care of the food aspect at wine bar DS Wine. We had …
Teppan Maru-Take is located deep, deep inside Seibu department store in TRX KL. In fact, I had no idea there were so many Japanese eateries inside, including a small omakase dining corner. It makes sense that Teppan Maru-Take, an offshoot of Okonomi in Pavilion KL, …