Month: January 2016

Mango Aloha, Mid Valley Megamall

Mango Aloha, Mid Valley Megamall, Kuala Lumpur

Words: Kirsten Durward   Photos: Monica Tindall Mangoes are one of my favourite food so an outlet that serves nothing but mango sounds like a treat to me. While mango is certainly the star of the show at Mango Aloha, a variety of freshly made fruit juices and tropic…

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SIX, Cocktail Bar, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur

Words: Kirsten Durward   Photos: Monica Tindall It doesn’t seem like a year already since we last tasted cocktails at SIX, Cocktail Bar in Bangsar. We hear there are new cocktails featured every three months so perhaps we should make more regular visits to this d…

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The Peninsula Bangkok, Thailand

You’ll Never Want To Leave The Peninsula Bangkok  Words: Han Sen Hau   Photos: Monica Tindall It’s half past nine on a Saturday night, and I’m but a capricious hotel guest wishing to take a ferry across to the famed Asiatique whose bright lights twinkle like stars r…

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Kom Ba Wa, Contemporary Japanese, Bangkok

Revisiting Decadent Oriental Exoticism at Kom-Ba-Wa Words: Han Sen Hau   Photos: Monica Tindall Marked only by its large glass windows concealed behind trees that filter the amount of sunlight illuminating its ostentatious interior, Kom-Ba-Wa is easily mis…

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VCR, Cafe and Coffee, Kuala Lumpur

Shaun Humphries and Monica Tindall As a product of the 1980s, I know all about VCRs. For those of you not so familiar with the decade of hair metal and zipper ties, a VCR was an oversized electronic device that allowed you to play movies at home. It was an […]