Soft-launching this Friday, Mossarium Cafe is a delightful destination for fans of philodendrons and platyceriums - lovingly crafted by welcoming founders, this is a lush retreat to soothe the soul. Sip matcha lattes amid monsteras and moss walls - Mossarium seeks to be a community hub where people and nature come harmoniously together. Find Mossarium Cafe for a breath of fresh, leafy air at 27-2, Pusat Komersial LGSB, Sungai Buloh (near That Plant Doctor, our favourite source of soil mixes ..read more

Eight years old and still going strong, Luce Osteria Contemporanea is a lovely choice for pizzas, pastas and other Italian pleasures, from a unique volcanic pizza inspired by Mount Vesuvius to a porcine rendition of Roman saltimbocca. Explore Luce's evocative setting in Raja Chulan's Old Malaya, a century-old heritage building in the shadow of KL Tower. The two-storey space spans rustic corners that resemble a weathered enoteca to a glass-walled upper level with sunbeams streaming in from the skylight. For pizza pursuers, Luce's menu is a must - with scores of classic and contempora ..read more

Basking in the sunshine of a beautiful skylight, Old Klang Road's new The Eighth Cafe serves up a soothing cafe experience, brewing up smooth tiramisu lattes and coffee matcha lattes for a morning escapade ..read more

Luce Osteria Contemporanea: 8 years, dozens of different pizzas, countless contented customers Watch our video here about Luce - full feature to follow this week ..read more

Set to soft-launch later this week, Bandar Sunway's Kooky Bowl keeps the Kooky empire rolling to a new neighbourhood, following in the footsteps of Kooky Cream and Kooky Plate. Here, the Sunway University campus crowd can savour a mix-and-match medley of East-and-West fare by day, with a diversity of desserts like ice cream, cakes and even tong sui by night ..read more

KL's new cafe with old-world charm, a five-minute walk from Merdeka Square: Fiftig Seofon (translated to 57, a tribute to 1957) is a lovely fresh space in a heritage townhouse. In this sanctuary of serenity in the city centre,. the welcoming team serves specialities from East to West, from Nasi Lemak Pattaya to Smoked Salmon on Sourdough Toast, coupled with classic coffee and contemporary lattes. For a less guilty lunch, go for the Grande Soya Lah - toasted pecans with rolled oats, mixed berries, yoghurt and organic soybean milk - plus citrusy coolers like the Asamboi Ginger Lime a ..read more

With inspirations that stretch from Nice to Naples, Section 17’s new NICE Bistronome brings together the repertoires of a brasserie and ristorante, with French escargots and Italian arancini sharing a single menu. Chef Andy Choy’s command of the captivating open kitchen marks NICE Bistronome as the latest spin-off of the Chateau Dionne commonwealth, located below its sister cafe Doux Doux. Start with NICE’s specialities of Nice - Niçoise salad, with an addictively rich anchovy dressing, and a thick, tender and tasty ratatouille of Mediterranean-inflected vegetables that Gusteau would ..read more

Chinatown’s cafe boom continues with the soft-launch of Neighbour Club, the latest spin-off of the JWC Coffee Roastery group.  Sip on JWC's signature blends and single-origins, plus coffee coolers like the Kaya Butter Coffee and Guava Fizz, while shopping for snacks like Choc Oh Sourdough Crackers. Fun fact: This address also houses a JWC cocktail bar by night ..read more

Spearheaded by South Korean founders, Damansara Perdana's new Bibimer is a hole-in-the-wall kitchen that specialises in customisable bibimbap and kimbap.  For the egg-cloaked bibimbap, choose a base of white or multigrain rice; protein such as tuna, soy or spicy dakgalbi, and soy or spicy bulgogi; toppings of bayam, bean sprouts, carrots, cucumber, radish namul, seaweed, shiitake mushrooms and stir-fried kimchi; rounded out with sauces of gochujang, bokkeum gochujang, yangnyeom ganjang or ssamjang. It's a tasty, generously loaded bowl, enough for hearty eaters, starting at RM17.9 ..read more

Luna Kitchen beams into Tun H.S. Lee Road this week, serving house-baked banana loaves coated in creamy chocolate chips, complemented by some of this street's most satisfying coffee. Sandwiches should be available later this month, followed by a hot kitchen of Russian and Eastern European specialities in mid-2024 (fun fact: the Latvian and Bruneian couple who founded Luna Kitchen also run Two Sons Coffee in Bandar Seri Begawan). Service at Luna Kitchen shines with welcoming warmth.  ..read more