Food and luxury travel - Malaysia and the world
Tifa KL Trillion Words: Sathya SelvarajahPhotos: Rich Callahan Every so often, there comes a place that captures your heart for innumerable reasons. Is it the quality of the food? Yes. Is it the mad happy hour deals? Of course. Is it the alfresco seating outside th…
Kapitan Haus Words: Matt BrownPhotos: Rich Callahan Three cheers for the reinvigoration of Chinatown, where after a few quiet years during covid, businesses are emerging and staking their claim to a piece of KL’s returning nightlife. There are bars that are hid…
Her House Bar Chinatown KL Words: Matt Brown Photos Rich Callahan Located upstairs in a space once used as an antique store and mahjong café is a solid metal door that doesn’t seem to be used for anything. Push it open and step into a psychedelic, neon-filled p…
Luxury Villas Kuching Monica Tindall Embraced by Mount Santubong to the west and the South China Sea to the east, the new luxury villas at Cove 55 just outside Kuching are in a picture-perfect location. Their setting, minimalist design with a thread of tribal infl…
Modern Cuisine Kuching – Local Produce Monica Tindall Describing themselves as “one part local, one part global, and one-part special sauce,” the team at Kechala takes pride in showcasing local produce in innovative ways. Their goal is to make everyday e…
Craft Cocktails Kuching – serving cocktails fancier than you are Monica Tindall Malaysia is full of surprises, and Borneo has proven again and again to hold some of the best-kept treasures. This time the gems are in the form of craft cocktails, shaken, buil…
Gai by Darren Chin, TTDI Words: Han Sen Hau Photos: Rich Callahan The beginning of this review starts with its end, where I excitedly attempted to dissect leftover morsels from Gai with my very own chef de cuisine, my mother. The mystery and marvel that is Darren Chi…
Roots Restaurant, Kuching Monica Tindall Roots restaurant in the heart of Kuching embraces all I love about contemporary dining – fresh ways to use the familiar in a stylish but casual setting. Focusing on local ingredients prepared in innovative ways, the kitc…
Italian Wine Dinner Monica Tindall Strato is often overlooked in the handful of beautiful restaurants and bars at Troika Sky Dining. Sitting next door and upstairs to Claret wine bar, the Italian restaurant benefits from the group’s well-chosen wine list, opti…
Luxury Beach Villas, The Danna Langkawi Monica Tindall A 20-minute drive from the airport on a jungle-edged road opens up to pretty Telaga Harbour and the pristinely white building of The Danna Langkawi. We’ve stayed here several times before, but this we…
Italian Restaurant Langkawi – The Terrace Monica Tindall It’s rare for resort restaurants to attract a crowd outside of their in-house guests. The Terrace, the Italian restaurant in The Danna Langkawi, though, breaks the standard by creating an i…
Opus Bistro Celebrates 20 Years! Words: Matt BrownPhotos: Rich Callahan For any food and beverage business to have survived the last two years is an amazing feat of resilience and creativity. For Opus Bistro in Bangsar to not only have weathered the last two but th…