Gourmet luxury travel - Malaysia and the world
ESSA Spa at Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur Monica Tindall I love being reminded of gems we have right under our noses. Sometimes, you search far and wide and forget the treasures you have at home. ESSA Spa at Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur prompted this revelation. It’s r…
#DineWithChef 2024 – Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur Words: Fatiha Faidzan Photos: Han Sen Hau The annual #DineWithChef series at Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur returns with a celebration of local and international cuisines through a hotel takeover. T…
Barbie Ultimate Staycation by Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur Monica Tindall I’m a Barbie girl, in the Barbie worldLife in plastic, it’s fantastic… Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur has introduced its first thematic staycation experience with the BarbieȒ…
The Grand Getaway KL Monica Tindall I am constantly surprised by Malaysia’s food and beverage industry’s ingenuity and refusal to give up. No one is lying down and letting a pandemic dominate their survival. Instead, creativity is being pushed, an…
What do you do and how did you get into the industry? I had a keen interest in cooking since childhood and once I completed school, I took up a degree course in hotel management and started off with the Taj Mahal group of hotel as a management trainee in […]
What do you do and how did you get into the industry? My role at Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur is the Executive Sous Chef, mainly in charge of Western cuisine and THIRTY8. My team and I are involved in designing new menus which are locally sourced and creatively made. I […]
Words: Viktor Simonic Photos: Monica Tindall You’ve likely heard it before and you’ll hear it again: Thirty8’s major selling point lies in its awe-inducing 360o view spanning across KL’s cityscape. As soon as we step out of the elevator its floor-to-ceilin…
What do you do and how did you get into the industry? I was in my mid-teens, growing up in Switzerland and as is the custom there at that age, I needed to take up an apprenticeship. I didn’t really have any clear idea of what I wanted to do, […]
Words: Patricia Podorsek Photos: Monica Tindall There are views, and then there are VIEWS. Many restaurants in KLCC can boast views of the park, the twin towers, the skyline. But how many can boast views of ALL of these, through floor-to-ceiling windows at ey…
Chef Byron Zhang who oversees all Chinese cuisines of Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur, shares with The Yum List his recipe for Chicken Szechuan Style. …
Words: Han Sen Hau Photos: Monica Tindall Afternoon tea parties might not share the Mad Hatter’s penchant for whimsy but they’ve definitely inherited Disney’s adaptation’s riot of colours, be it through coquettish pastries or florid accoutrements. Though TH…
Thirty8 Bar Cachaca by Sagatiba at THIRTY8 Bar at Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Words by Araceli Arismendi Photos by The Yum List (Monica Tindall) Saúde (Cheers) pronounced saw-OO-de in Portuguese became a part of my vocabulary at the end of a perfect evenin…