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Rasai Machan Sri Lankan Food @ Monash University
The soulful secrets of Sri Lankan cooking are waiting to be unearthed at an unlikely location, inside the students' cafeteria of Monash University Malaysia: A friendly matriarch & her family run...
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Powerplant @ Pearl Shopping Gallery
Furnished with foliage & fuelled by Korean fusion fare, Powerplant channels a cheeky sense of fun: Tapas-style treats include the perilously playful Mandu Roulette (RM19); one out of the five...
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Ingman Ice Cream @ Suomenlinna, Finland
Childhood & adult pleasures abound around Finland's picturesque island fortress of Suomenlinna, a World Heritage site where we found ourselves strolling alongside countless families on a sunny...
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Table & Apron @ Damansara Kim
The name has changed, but this restaurant remains the standard-bearer for meals that evoke the essence of hearth & home - cooking that's meticulous but not belaboured, nuanced though never...
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Kamai Sushi & Bao @ Oslo, Norway
Oslo is a melting pot of cuisines that span the globe - East Asian fare is popular, with fusion eateries like Kamai Sushi & Bao being firm attractions. Imaginative temptations include the Lokka...
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Lankan Cafe @ Petaling Jaya
Food that feels like coming home: With a Sri Lankan chef in the kitchen, this family-run restaurant offers casual comfort food that brings a bit of Colombo to the Klang Valley - the menu evolves...
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W2 Coffee Co @ Sogo
Here's a bright idea: A cosy caffeine bar in the middle of one of downtown KL's busiest department stores, promising a little haven for espresso-based beverages & filtered coffee, conscientiously...
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Happ Cafe @ Tropicana Avenue
Hydrangea therapy: If flowers, cakes & coffee make you happy, Happ might be worth hopping to - helmed by two sisters, this soothing space blossoms with blissful vibes, fusing a brightly lit cafe...
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Proof Pizza + Wine @ APW Bangsar
The proof is in the pizza: The final piece of APW Bangsar's F&B puzzle brings a first-rate conclusion to the eclectic restaurants, cafes & watering holes that have sprung up on this 'creative...
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Bonfire @ The Starling, Damansara Uptown
The place is lit: A restaurant that plays with fire without burning its patrons, this family-run venue fans the flames of cooking with integrity & imagination, harnessing the heat of wood &...
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Doma-Doma @ Tokyo
Doma-Doma might look like a regular izakaya, but adventure & novelty beckons within - start with the smoked jar of chicken, bacon & liver (so good), then attack the sea urchin risotto, 'dragon...
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Gourmandines Malaysia
From French lobster confit to duck rillettes, pate & sausages, Gourmandines carries plenty of food products for purchase or delivery from its city centre base; the team, which also runs KL's French...
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Spatenhaus @ Munich & Au Pied De Cochon @ Geneva
Head-to-toe eating: Battered pan-fried calf's head with potato salad & remoulade sauce in Munich's elegant Spatenhaus ... ... & pork trotters stuffed with chanterelles in Madeira sauce at the...
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Beard Brothers' BBQ @ Kampung Datuk Keramat
BBQ buffs might want to make a house call to Beard Brothers, a home-based set-up whose follicly unchallenged founder Nazri serves devotedly tender beef briskets, ribs & lamb shoulders, smoked low...
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La Caleche @ Chamonix, France
Alpine produce is at its peak in La Caleche, a restaurant strategically sited at the foot of Mont Blanc; order a plate of fera, the Savoy region's mountain lake fish, served with fried girolles, before...
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Secret Garden @ Taman SEA, Petaling Jaya
When we entered at 6pm on a recent Sunday, Secret Garden seemed to be exactly what its name promised: A private sanctuary of calm, easy on the eyes with its leafy embellishments & charming murals...
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Bistrot Geneve @ Geneva Airport, Seafood Bar @ Oslo Airport & Obwarzanki @...
Geneve Aeroport's most appealing F&B venue may be this surprisingly spacious casual bistro, where a meaty pate & some good wine can be bought for a decent price - well, the pate costs 60...
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The Hyacinth Cafe @ Saville Melawati
Start with a spinach-ricotta quiche (RM12), then celebrate the birth of this new baked-fare parlour by Kak Yani - best known as The Kitchen Guardian, one of KL's most respected cake makers - by sharing...
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Bowls Donburi Dining & Leng Leng Pork Noodles @ Bukit Jalil
No fewer than 18 donburi recipes are offered here - Japanese rice-bowl classics, from tendon to unadon, gyudon to chicken katsu don, with prices per portion hovering between RM12 & RM25. The hotate...
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The Yard @ The Intermark
British pies & American milkshakes: Founder Nazri Adam & his boys behind The Yard specialise in a one-two punch of savoury & sweet crowd-pleasers - classic pies that rely on recipes by...
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