Kinfolk, PJ Sea Park

PJ pork pursuers, point your snouts to Sea Park's new Kinfolk for a swine-dining, crackling good time.

Go whole hog with smooth starters like porchetta di testa, a thin-sliced rosette of collagen-rich rolled cheek, tongue, ear and skin with a clean-tasting, supple-textured bite, perfect with house-pickled cornichons, and Perak-cultivated oysters layered with lardo and kitchen-spiced hot sauce.

Lunch features squeal-worthy twists on pasta and rice: Spaghettini is a real boar, tossed with nduja spreadable sausage and marinated cockles, while pad kra pao proves a pig deal, extra-crunchy with a sty's worth of crackling.

Kinfolk's Smoky Porky Cake is a destination dessert, gently savoury-sweet with cured pork, candied fruits and walnuts, served warm and softly indulgent with rum and cream.

Tangerain Cafe, Ara Damansara

Ara Damansara’s new Tangerain Cafe is a bright, friendly space for merry munching. Its crowd-pleasing comforts span poke bowls to pastas, fish and chips to French toast, salads and soups to sourdough sandwiches.

For a teatime pastry treat, try Tangerain’s playful ice cream croissant for a crispy-creamy coupling, paired with a mellow hojicha latte.

Mana Ramen, Shah Alam

 

Ramen with house-cut noodles and slow-simmered broths, coffee with home-roasted beans: Mana Ramen is Shah Alam's soulful new refuge for patient pleasures.

Recommendations include Tantanmen Ramen, thickly nutty-smoky with teriyaki chicken, jammy egg, spring onions and chilli oil; Spicy Miso Ramen, a rich and robust classic with chicken chashu; and Karaage Rice Bowl, comforting with crunchy-juicy deep-fried chicken.

Dapo & Dough, Shah Alam

Dapo & Dough is Shah Alam's beautifully welcoming new home-based bakery-cafe, serving sourdough specialities with sun-soaked serenity.

Oven-fresh, warmly fragrant sandwiches include smoked salmon with herbed cream cheese, cherry tomatoes and baby spinach.

Also try the take on Turkish cilbir, creamy eggs with tangy yogurt, melted butter, chilli flakes and crackly toast, fabulous for a family breakfast, Monday to Friday.

Holly Belly Coffeetiam, PJ New Town

Holly Belly Coffeetiam is PJ New Town's latest stop for Malaysian and Southeast Asian favourites, from nasi lemak and bubur to ayam gepuk with stingingly spicy sambal gajus and add-ons like bayam goreng.