Where to eat out if you're in KL during the long Raya weekend
Are you staying in KL for the long Raya break? We know the lure of Netflix and iflix is strong, but before you disappear into the black hole of binge-watching, we show you the best places to go for a bite in KL during the five-day weekend (assuming you were savvy enough to take leave on Friday). Selamat Hari Raya!
Chef Heng Kit, formerly of Kitchen Table, heads the open kitchen at neighbourhood restaurant Li, where updated Malaysian fare comes in the form of pork toast...
Puchong is dim sum central (at last count, there were at least four dim sum restaurants all located within a couple of blocks at Bandar Puteri alone), but old...
The American waffles-and-chicken combo has finally crossed geographical borders, now available as a Chicken Cobb Sandwich at Chequers, featuring crispy...
Run by husband-and-wife team Kato-san and Yuko-san, this cosy café has been keeping Japanese expats in Subang Jaya well caffeinated since 2008. You’ll see him...
If nasi lemak cheesecake and nasi lemak gelato don’t appeal to your taste buds, skip the dessert versions of the breakfast staple and have nasi lemak as a...
Different from the usual brown sauce-laden KL-style chee cheong fun, Hong Kong-style chee cheong fun is basically fluffy rice noodles rolled with juicy shrimps...
Even in its infancy, Huckleberry Food & Fare is shaping up to be one of the best bakery-cafés around. The space is huge; it takes up two shoplots with one...
DOMA is the model restaurant that just wants to have fun, but wants to be taken seriously as well. Simply looking at the menu, there are loud suggestions of...
Short for Bean Expedition at Manufactory, BEAM launched in the unlikely neighbourhood of Bandar Sri Damansara to much fanfare. The specialty café not only...
Amidst the bustling, double parking chaos of Solaris Mont Kiara, Brewmen is an isle of calm that serves notably inventive concoctions, including Espresso Bomb,...
Café and coffee roastery Cream is exactly what its name implies: a serene space, airy and light-filled, swathed in palettes of pale wood and off-whites....
Good luck finding this intriguing café on the quiet streets of Jalan Kemuja. Located on the same row as Fierce Curry House and walking distance from Menara UOA...
Filter coffee bar The Hub may seem like your usual neighbourhood café, patronised by families and yuppies hunched over their laptops. But the pink micro...
The paper-cutting room for the nearly 50-year-old Art Printing Works factory and warehouse on Jalan Riong may have gotten the makeover it deserves. Pulp,...
Roast Factor Glee wins on account of being a micro-roastery – a feature that enables owner Tan Shyue Chin to control the darkness of her roast. Always go for...
After a year of selling coffee in a roadside-setup (alongside fruit sellers and pasembur food trucks), husband-and-wife team Cheau See and Chun Hoong finally...
Judging by the crowd at Foo Foo on a Monday night, plated dessert cafés are a huge gap in an industry still plagued by lazy iterations of hollandaise on egg. I...
An exciting addition to Bandar Sunway's growing crop of cafés is Softcore, whose name refers to its signature molten cakes that come in Belgian dark chocolate,...
If Garage 51's over-the-top milkshakes laden with decadent toppings get you shuddering with delight (or horror), brace yourself for the original freakshakes...
Not far from Jalan Kemuja's row of eateries like Southern Rock Seafood and Fierce Curry House is Bean Reserve. Operated by the same team as Brewmen, the café...
The once-minimalist menu (two soft serve flavours and a variety of toppings) at Hail's Soft Serve is now replaced with a dessert spread featuring waffles,...
An offshoot of Mikey's Original New York Pizza, Mikey's Frozen Custard churns out creamy, rich soft serve available in vanilla, chocolate and a seasonal...
After opening to much fanfare in Singapore, Taiwan's famed soft serve joint Honey Creme has finally landed in KL – just in time to join the soft serve craze...
One of our favourite coffee openings in recent months is tucked in Empire Damansara’s quiet hallways. Seven Cups is a calm, clean space with light pinewood...
Puchong is dim sum central (at last count, there were at least four dim sum restaurants all located within a couple of blocks at Bandar Puteri alone), but old...
Opened in 2003, The Ming Room serves authentic Cantonese cuisine with a touch of creative liberty. Recently refurbished, be impressed with the historical and...
With eight branches across Klang Valley, Jin Xuan has come a long way from its humble beginnings on Jalan Kuchai Lama as Kam Hin Restaurant. As one of the most...
You might be compelled to order Grand Harbour’s cutesy signature dim sums – quail egg dumplings that look like little sparrows, piggy lotus paste...
The newly-refurbished restaurant now has an edgy retro-modern interior, setting the stage to serve up the simple, home-cooked fare. Select from a choice of dim...
We have to congratulate Tai Zi Heen for making a pork-free siu mai that’s almost indistinguishable from the regular porky version. Sure, when it’s...
This halal dim sum institution is one of the places that proved sceptics wrong by showing that yes, it’s possible to serve pork-free dim sum in KL, and...
The dim sum basics at MinMax, an old favourite for affordable pork-free dim sum in the city, doesn’t disappoint. The siu mai (made with chicken and...
In the larger world of dim sum, Lai Po Heen’s selections may not impress, but as a pork-free alternative, they can certainly please. These aren’t...
Dolly Dim Sum’s accessibility (it has outlets in Avenue K and Nu Sentral) has made it the unofficial dim sum place for people who don’t usually eat...
If you have guests to impress, soak up the traditional aesthetics at Luk Yu while nibbling on dim sum. Despite the absence of pork, the dim sum menu sticks to...
Tired of the usual suspects when it comes to banana leaf rice? We bury our fingers in rice and curry to track down some of Klang Valley’s lesser-known banana...
If you can't afford a trip to Japan, experience Japanese cuisine right here in KL at these best restaurants and cafés for ramen, sushi, omakase meals,...
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