The Bread Bar Dinner Menu Words: Amanda ChinPhotos: Monica Tindall ‘Bread’ and ‘Bar’ are two words that instantly hit my feel-good hormones, so when Monica asked me to visit The Bread Bar, it was an instant yes. I’d heard about th…
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The Café @ Embun Janda Baik – Great Day Trip from KL
Monica Tindall If you don’t have the fortune to stay at Embun Luxury Villas, you can at least have the chance to dine at The Café @ Embun. It’s worth the 45-minute drive out of KL just to sit in this haven surrounded by green. Before you’ve even eaten, the […]
Wurst KL, Sausages and Slides, Bukit Bintang
Words: Shaun Humphries Photos: Monica Tindall I can’t say I’ve ever started a meal with a high-pitched scream, so our recent Sunday visit to KL’s newest homemade sausage joint – Wurst – was definitely an exhilarating first. The visit started out pea…
Marta’s Kitchen, Spanish Food in Mont Kiara
Words: Aisling Cullen Photos: Monica Tindall Spanish tapas have always been a favourite of mine. I first heard about Marta’s Kitchen through Spanish friends. They raved about the cuisine there and used Marta’s catering services for their son’s first bir…
Fittie Sense, Fit Food, Gut Bar, Nice Cream, Healthy Food Bangsar
Words: Aisling Cullin Photos: Monica Tindall Malaysia has some incredibly tasty dishes. It isn’t famous however for its healthy food. The national dish, nasi lemak, literally translates as ‘fatty rice’ and it is usually served with a good helping of deep fr…
Modi & Rosa, Italian Dining and Wine Bar in Damansara, Kuala Lumpur
Words: Patricia Podorsek Photos: Monica Tindall Growing up in the shadow of the Ford Rouge Plant, immigrants dominated my neighborhood. Families arrived from all points of the globe to work at the factories of industrial Detroit: Greeks and Mexicans, …
Bijan Bar and Restaurant, Malay Food with Beverage, Kuala Lumpur
Words: Aisling Cullen Photos: Monica Tindall Bijan has long been my go-to restaurant when I have family or friends coming to visit me in Malaysia. I’ve always loved its exotic atmosphere, thoughtfully designed traditional décor and the Malay style of cooking…
The Daily Grind, Gourmet Burgers, Ampang
Monica Tindall Burger lovers might know The Daily Grind from their outlet in Bangsar. They are one of few restaurants in Malaysia that can claim to be an original. Hitting the scene back in 2008 they pioneered the path for gourmet burger joints across the country. S…
Via Pre, Friendly Italian Restaurant, Taman Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur
Words: Aisling Cullen Photos: Monica Tindall Living in the city centre has its benefits – lots of shops and amenities are on my doorstep, good restaurants and bars are within a 5 minute reach… but with life in KLCC, you can never get away from the constant noise […]
Monnalisa Italian Restaurant, Neighbourhood Neapolitan, Hartamas Shopping Centre
Words: Louise Miller Photos: Monica Tindall My first glimpse of Carmine left me in no doubt that he was the owner of Monnalisa. Standing with an unmistakably proprietorial pride in the middle of the restaurant, the Italian’s initially formidable aura immed…
Luretta D.O.P. Isetan, 1 Utama, A Lesson in Italian Passion
Words: Claire Matheson Photos: Monica Tindall Innocuously hidden away on the top floor of Isetan in One Utama, surrounded by Japanese restaurants, is an absolute treasure trove of cured meats, stockpiles of virgin olive oils, Mediterranean chee…
Baba Nyonya, Peranakan Cuisine, Avenue K, Kuala Lumpur
Words: Matt Jones Photos: Monica Tindall I have to admit, whenever I descend an escalator to a basement food court and find myself in what feels like a culinary desert of Subway sandwiches, a 7-11 and a noisy local noodle shop, my appetite tends to wane. So what […]