Gourmet luxury travel - Malaysia and the world
*Malai Thai has moved to Menara Ample West Words: Alison Brand Photos: Monica Tindall Nestled a stone’s throw from KLCC on the ground floor of Lot 163, Fraser Place, a new top-quality food venue is quickly becoming renowned amongst those in the know as quite possib…
Words: Monica Tindall Photos: Rich Callahan Traders Hotel Kuala Lumpur is renowned for having one of the best club lounges in the city. The views are fabulous and service attentive but up until now, you had to stay at the hotel to benefit from its fantastic position…
Wild Mushroom Market Kunming, Mushroom Mania, Yunnan Words: Louise Miller Photos: Monica Tindall Could Yunnan really have enough mushroom mileage to fill ten days worth of culinary discovery? This was one of the many thoughts that ran through my mind after rece…
Words: Louise Miller Photos: Monica Tindall If we’d been in any doubt over the culinary focus of tonight’s dinner at Court Aux Nuages, an initial glance at the table would have given us a more than a subtle reminder. Stunning clusters of wild mushrooms, the like of w…
Words: Louise Miller Photos: Monica Tindall What I love about food goes far beyond the initial feel-good factor that great flavours induce. My passion is fuelled by so many other elements: how food brings families together and unites whole communities, how it’s …
The Yum List discovers how and why Yew Kiing Kho first ventured into the coffee industry and some news on where he is headed. What do you do and how did you get into the industry? It all started with the craving for a better coffee because surviving in the […]
Monica Tindall It wasn’t that long ago that we discovered Fat Olive Food Garage. Despite being around for a number of years, it took moving to a new location in Mont Kiara to get this Mediterranean gastronome’s kitchen into the mainstream line of vision. Needless t…
Words: Monica Tindall Photos: Rich Callahan Soul Sacrifice in Desa Pandan was the talk of the town when it opened two years ago. Popular with Instagrammers, diners would drive from the other side of the city just to capture a shot of their famous Scotch egg so pretti…
Words: Jon Noble Photos: Monica Tindall In the heart of the city, almost within touching distance of the Petronas Towers, we recently visited Curate, an all-day buffet restaurant in the brand new Four Seasons Hotel Kuala Lumpur. As one would expect of such a rever…
Words: Tania Henry In a city that never sleeps, it’s hard to find the time to relax, recharge and give our body what it truly needs – rest. We are constantly on the go, whether it’s at work, study, running a family, in sports training or with traffic jams and […]
Words: Kitty Lang Photos: Monica Tindall Bar Trigona is the stylish new cocktail bar at the long-awaited Four Seasons Hotel Kuala Lumpur. Resplendent in navy walls, floor-to-ceiling windows, lavish lighting and a heavy-handed sprinkling of marble, the luxur…
Monica Tindall The sun-kissed hills of Tuscan Maremma, where a gentle sea breeze blows and the weather is moderate, is an irresistible temptation. Surrounded by forest, teeming with biodiversity and boasting soil of mixed clay and rock (providing good drainag…