The Bread Project, Petaling Jaya

New in Taman Rasa Sayang, The Bread Project promises a contemporary palette of craft and crusts to trust, by the friendly baking pros of PJ's Kona Bakehouse and Butter & Spice.

Unique standouts include the Hojicha Mochi Terrine Bread, a dark bun decadently layered with hojicha terrine, mochi and cream cheese, pillowy-playful with a soft, stretchy chew. Other innovations introduced here include the Passionfruit Brownie Danish and Raspberry Rose Custard Bloom.

Shio pan seekers, bookmark The Bread Project's salted sensations, irresistibly indulgent with thick fillings of taro and butter. More highlights span mentaiko baguettes with mala chilli oil, meticulously fine-tuned for top-tier flavours and textures.

Also try airy-crumbed focaccia sandwiches such as the banh mi-inspired Vietnamese-Italian hybrid of lemongrass-grilled chicken, pickled carrots and radish in fragrant flatbread.

The Bread Project should become a neighbourhood favourite for hot meals too, like lamb stew and shakshuka-style baked eggs. Pair with palmier-topped Einspänners, lusciously whipped.

Lorong, Happy Garden

Tuck into tamago toast at Happy Garden’s new Lorong, stretched out on a serenely secluded neighbourhood lane, grounded in genuine warmth.

Lorong serves Japanese-inspired specialities like honey-marinated salmon ochazuke, yaki udon, chicken nanban don and beef hambagu with yuzu kosho, in a fresh collaboration between Nost Coffee and Ophanim Coffee Roasters.

SUCA Urban Sip, Cheras

SUCA Urban Sip is Cheras’ bright new bingsu-and-cooler cafe, bursting with the colour, creativity and cheer of a big-hearted team.

If you indulge in only one shaved-ice treat this month, make it the Mango Royale Bingsu, a Thai-Korean blizzard of coconut milk snow, crowned with red ruby ice cream, mango, mochi and peanuts.

For sparkling charm, the Pink Rock Asam Pedas is a quality quencher, a tad savoury, a tinge spicy.

SUCA, also home to SUPEREALLY streetwear, is now in a secret soft launch, tentatively 1pm through midnight.

Hot Buns Co, APW Bangsar

Like a comet pulled from orbit, Hot Buns Co blazes into APW Bangsar, bringing the burger-makers of Patties & Dough here for good, following a trail of pop-ups in KL.

The Bone Marrow Burger is a diner-style seared smash: Double Hereford beef patties with punchy pressed depth, jagged and juicy, thick and textured, their heat and heft bundled in pillowy grilled buns, pooled in cheese and perky with pickles, roasted herbs, confit garlic and compound bone marrow butter for unlimited umami.

Hot Buns Co takes over from JUS Resto Bar in APW.