After Ate @ The Intermark, KL

The specialty at After Ate, a popular, ingeniously realized niche restaurant is dessert and dessert only. At After Ate, most of the action takes place in the kitchen, where the pastry chef and assistants, whip up their creations – decadent chocolate mousse and cake tempered with sweet strawberries, melting yumminess of fromage – cheesecake topped [...]

Thanksgiving @ The Ritz-Carlton KL

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Thanksgiving is a day which should be celebrated with gratitude in our hearts – thanking God for all that we have in our lives. The Thanksgiving holiday is rooted in western traditions – sort if like a harvest festival but actually nearly all cultures celebrate this festival. For instance south Indians celebrate it as Pongal [...]

Fa Ying by Rama V @ Paradigm Mall

Fa Ying by Rama V, is the latest addition to Paradigm Mall, PJ. The name which means celestial princess in Thai, is a perfect match for this contemporary Thai restaurant with a feminine touch. Maybe it’s the striking trademark fuchsia pink seats against stark black deco that pushes all the right buttons (and I do [...]

Seetha Ram @ Little India, Brickfields

We had visited Seetha Ram before without a camera in hand.. now, we were back and armed! From the garish Bollywood posters to the flower sellers who are busy stringing jasmine flowers non-stop to meet the demand, you know you have arrived in “Little India”, Brickfields. Every corner you turn there are shoppers haggled over [...]

Thomas Hardy Wine Pairing Dinner @ Istana Hotel KL

Before today, Thomas Hardy was just a wine that I liked to drink from time to time. That was till I actually met Thomas K Hardy in person. Last week at the Istana Hotel KL, Thomas Hardy wine food pairing dinner, I got to meet the charming man himself. He is in fact, fifth generation [...]

Dinner with Chef Lino Sauro @ Garibaldi KL

A Unique Food Experience with Chef Lino at Garibaldi Restaurant & Bar, KL.. When we read via one FB update that Chef Lino Sauro would be making an appearance in Kuala Lumpur in September, at Garibaldi Italian Restaurant & Bar, we really wanted to meet him. We’d heard so many good things about Gattopardo in [...]

Eaindra @ Jalan Silang, Little Burma KL

On a nondescript block of buildings selling mainly spices, foreign goods, handphones and electronic accessories, the narrow stairwell up to Eaindra restaurant is easy to overlook. However, ask any of the Myanmarese who loiter on Jalan Silang, Little Burma, and they will point you in the right direction. And for those who make it through [...]

Velvety Layers & IOI Mall, Puchong

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One of the latest places for a quick, affordable bite at lunchtime or dinner time, that also offers the lovely dessert known as the Mille crepe, is at Velvety Layers, IOI Mall, Puchong. a million layers of yum! If you find yourself strolling about the mall and not sure what to eat, check out this [...]

High-Tea @ OneSixFive InterContinental Kuala Lumpur

“Why is OneSixFive, named OneSixFive?” That’s what I asked the folks at InterCon KL, and they answered, “It’s the hotel’s lot number on Jalan Ampang .. 165, Jalan Ampang.” Ah.. so now I know, and now, I will never forget! Having a chat with Chef Darrell O’Neill, Executive Chef of the InterCon KL, about his [...]

Maison Francaise @ Jalan Changkat Kia Peng

Maison Francaise, the new French restaurant, that is located in an unassuming little spot in the center of KL, cannot fool the underground gourmet. Oh yes, they are pretty astute about these things, and will always sniff a great new dining spot out, not unlike how a bloodhound sniffs out the slightest hint of a [...]

Just Heavenly Cafe @ BSC

Oh what glee.. Just heavenly has finally opened a cafe in Bangsar Shopping Center, directly across from A Cut Above, called, Just Heavenly Cafe. This means that now, I can actually sit down to a meal in one of my favourite dessert places, after doing my hair. Oh happy day.   Yes indeed.. Just Heavenly [...]