Gourmet luxury travel - Malaysia and the world
Words: Louise Miller Photos: Monica Tindall The latest addition to Damansara Heights’ metamorphic Jalan Batai is this classy Thai bar and restaurant. Opened by the team behind The Social, El Meson and Estilo, Ekkamai announced itself with a promise of qual…
For one week only (January 20th – 26th) Michelin-starred chef Marcello Fabbri is taking guests on gastronomical journey of flavours with the Taste of Italy promotion at Villa Danieli, Sheraton Imperial Kuala Lumpur. As this promotion is short lived, I …
Words: Shaun Humphries Photos: Monica Tindall Hearing the phrase – “the morning after” – conjures up some interesting notions. Some good, some not so good, but always entertaining (and memorable, if not a bit fuzzy). After a recent Yum List visit to the The …
Our love story begins with a lotus flower bouquet, a poem, a love potion welcome drink and a red pen to sign in. Seems nothing has been left to chance at The Pavilions Phuket when it comes to encouraging affection. Cupid has engineered every detail and the stars are al…
Words: Linnea Welker Photos: Monica Tindall Fifty-seven floors up, next to Kuala Lumpur’s world famous Petrona’s Twin Towers, Marini’s on 57 is one of the city’s most lively and stylish places to go for an evening. The floor to ceiling windows provide incredib…
Words: Shaun Humphries Photos: Monica Tindall What does a surgical light from Queensland, Australia, Albert Einstein’s formulaic scribbling and delicious Japanese whiskey all have in common? You can find them all at Employees Only. A cozy little speak …
Interview with Rabindran Ramachandran, the man behind Interlude, TTDI What do you do and how did you get into the industry? I initially went to Melbourne Australia for a diploma in Hospitality Management. Part of the course required me to work in a restaurant. It w…
Words: Kirsten Durward Photos: Monica Tindall There’s nothing quite like trying somewhere that has all the comfort of the familiar but offers you something new and fresh at the same time. And this is why I love Como at TREC KL. Created by the trio behind Pisco on Jala…
Words: Kirsten Durward Photos: Monica Tindall TREC – Taste Relish Experience Celebrate – declares the branding at this new entertainment hub along Jalan Tun Razak, where venues rub shoulders along a pedestrian walkway above plenty of parking…
Banyan Tree Phuket has gone through some major refurbishments in the past six months, one of which being the introduction of a new Mediterranean and seafood restaurant, The Watercourt. Views are splendid with its lagoon-side locale, and weather allowing, the b…
Words: Patricia Podorsek Photos: Monica Tindall With a name like “RGB and the Bean Hive,” this café located in a quiet neighborhood near KLCC conjures up images of The Hundred Acre Wood and a silly bear who gets his head stuck in a jar of honey. And, like the fairy […]
You’d think the more I travel the more relaxed I’d become. Not so! The more years I tock up on the road, the less patience I seem to hold, and the more I desire hassle-free travel. In my youth, the hair-raising ride hitched on the back of a truck with […]