Bru Cafe & Bar, Taman Yulek

Taman Yulek’s new Bru Cafe & Bar stirs up something different, remixing coffee, cocoa, tea and even house-fermented mead into playful pours.

Sunset Drive cruises in with Kelantan single-origin cocoa, blended with black tea, pink peppercorn and berries for a medley of earthy fruitiness.

Sunny shines with Bru’s own mead, a honey wine florally scented with chrysanthemum and osmanthus, lifted with cola and rhubarb syrup.

Tired of strawberry matcha lattes? Try Deep Matcha: Uji matcha meets milk, rhubarb syrup, elderflower and soda for a layered, lightly fizzy twist.

Pair your potion with rum-tinged tiramisu, assembled fresh to order.

Seminyak, Sunway Pyramid

Soft-launching this week, Seminyak brings Bali-inspired breeziness to Bandar Sunway.

Chill out with invigoratingly icy Indonesian treats to beat the heat, from Es Teler (with avocado, coconut and jackfruit coulis, poured with condensed milk and raspberry sauce) to Es Rujak Gobet (with young mango, pineapple, cucumber, mint, calamansi and rojak sauce).

Seminyak's kitchen will start running later this month. Current complimentary tapas provide a preview of tipat cantok (rice cakes with blanched veggies in peanut sauce) and batagor (fried fish dumplings and tofu), paired with ginger-turmeric jamu.

Seminyak is part of Sunway Pyramid's new Terrace outdoor annexe near the main entrance.

7AM Cafe & Studio, Petaling Jaya

For crack-of-dawn caffeine cravings, Section 17's new 7AM Cafe & Studio is wide-awake at 7am, coupling coffee with captivating floral 3D jelly cakes.

Fun fact: 7AM is founded by the friendly couple behind Jane's Nem, also in Happy Mansion. 7AM houses the baking studio that births baguettes for Jane's banh mi.

Buttersome, Petaling Jaya

Buttersome is Section 17’s friendly new neighbourhood bakehouse-cafe, with a scrumptious spread spanning chilli cheddar scones to cinnamon twists, Nutella matcha cookies to Brooklyn blackout cakes and Dubai chocolate tarts.

Fans of focaccia, feast on Buttersome’s, some speckled with pistachios and apricots, others splashed with potatoes, mushrooms, herbs and truffle oil, fragrant and flavoursome with a pillowy chew.

Coffee is lovingly brewed too: Hand-pours rely on a range of Brazilian, Ethiopian, Yunnan and Sumatran beans.

Look for Buttersome’s playful, pastry-loving duck mascot, crowned with a yellow beret, clutching a stick of butter.

Aralia Ceylon and Indian Cuisine, Aman Suria

Aralia brings together Sri Lankan and southern Indian fare in Aman Suria, serving classic meals like curry-soaked, leaf-wrapped kuliyal rice, sweet and spicy with a firm seafood bite, mixed with fish, shrimp and squid, paired with creamy buttermilk lassi.

Mula x Illustrasi Kopi, Taman Pinggir Tun Dr Ismail

It begins: Fans of friendly, airy alfresco spaces, check out TTDI’s new collab between Mula and Illustrasi Kopi.

This hideout highlights northern Malaysian comfort fare, from Utara-style nasi lemak bungkus with a livelier sambal kick to weekend specials like freshly griddled lempeng kelapa with gulai ikan.

Contemporary crowd-pleasers like strawberry matcha round out the selection at this relaxing retreat, where Mazzy Star’s melodies melt into the morning breeze.