Month: August 2017

Astor Bar, The St. Regis Kuala Lumpur

Astor Bar, Cocktails at The St. Regis Kuala Lumpur

Words: Claire Matheson    Photos: Monica Tindall Gold domed tiled ceilings sparkle warmly in the soft light. Gold leaf splashbacks glimmer against a smokey dark marble bar. Hints of the precious metal gleam from recessed gold leaf ceilings in between the crys…

InterContinental Abu Dhabi

InterContinental Abu Dhabi -Luxury Hotel

InterContinental Abu Dhabi – A Grand Dame on the Marina Monica Tindall Long flights, the 14-hour plus kind, are not for me! I vowed a number of years back to never put myself through that torture again. So to break up my summer travel between Asia and Europe I st…

Byblos Sur Mer, Lebanese Restaurant, Abu Dhabi

Byblos Sur Mer, Lebanese Restaurant, Abu Dhabi

Byblos Sur Mer – Abu Dhabi Monica Tindall Specialising in marina views and a complete food and beverage experience, Byblos Sur Mer is InterContinental Abu Dhabi’s Lebanese restaurant. It’s comes with high repute and we’ve been told that guests travel all …

Lafite, Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur

Lafite, Beats and Brunch, Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur

Words: Patricia Podorsek   Photos: Monica Tindall Sunday brunches in KL can be a little formulaic. Most profess weekly free-flow bubbles and buffet tables laden with iced seafood, a charcuterie station, carved roast for the carnivores, and a festive dessert …

Casa Latina & Cacao Lab, Ampang

Casa Latina and Cacao Lab, Latin American Food, Ampang

Casa Latina Words: Shaun Humphries     Photos: Monica Tindall Sadly, Casa Latina is now closed. It’s not every day that you get to meet (and eat food created by) a celebrity Venezuelan chef in Kuala Lumpur. So, whenever the occasion arises, I always jump on it. Th…

Prego, The Westin Kuala Lumpur

Prego Italian Restaurant, The Westin Kuala Lumpur

Prego Italian Restaurant Words: Patricia Podorsek   Photos: Monica Tindall Trying to keep a restaurant going for more than a decade in KL is a little like trying to weave a motorcycle through the traffic on Jalan Tun Razak: With patience and a good driver, you’ll …

Hotel Das Central, Soelden

Das Central, Luxury 5-Star Hotel in Soelden, Austria

Words: Sarah Rees     Photos: Monica Tindall A hotel is so much more than the sum of its parts. Das Central, the only five-star hotel in the beautiful town of Sölden in the Ötztal Valley, has an impressive list of features and attributes to satisfy even those well…