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Find a great 'pan mee' out of a house in Sungai Way, at Kedai Kopi Hoh Piah

PETALING JAYA, June 15 -- With its narrow, densely packed roads and many businesses still run out of converted homes, Sungai Way has an aesthetic unlike other suburbs in Petaling Jaya. While rapid de... Read More


Into the belly of The Gathering Beast: Brilliant, sometimes bizarre 'Chinese fusion' cooking in Aman Suria

PETALING JAYA, June 12 -- The Gathering Beast, set loose on Aman Suria barely a month ago, is unlike anything else in the neighbourhood in more ways than one. For one, its sweeping exposed-brick faca... Read More


Craving a snack? Go bananas for the 'pisang goreng' and 'kuih bakul' at USJ 2 Goreng Pisang in Subang Jaya

SUBANG JAYA, June 1 -- As a kid, I used to take the bus (read: small van) home from school in Subang. I lived the furthest, so I was always the last one off. Most of the other kids lived nearby, so ... Read More


What's for lunch? A simple, satisfying 'nasi berlauk Kelate' at Warung Soho in Plaza Damas

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 -- Of the many things I love about living in this country, our definition of a "work lunch" is one of them. I take tremendous pleasure in knowing that a cold sandwich or stale pa... Read More