Buttermood, Mont Kiara

Buttermood is Mont Kiara’s new Korean-run bake shop for salt bread with a confidently crisp bite, scones with a convincingly crumbly chew and butter tteok with coppery caramelisation.

Also find feathery madeleines, beautifully browned financiers, fresh milk and other firm favourites.

Buttermood is founded by a friendly South Korean husband-and-wife team; she brings over a decade of professional baking experience from her home country, while he supplies a chef’s seasoned skills. Dine-in seats are limited for now, with more furnishing and fuller fare of sandwiches and Korean-roasted coffee by next month.

Buttermood is open to the public at the residence lobby entrance of Gateway Kiaramas.

Bean Brothers Coffeehouse, Setia Alam

Bean Brothers Coffeehouse opens up beautifully in Setia Alam, peering through curved windows over broad bands of treetop green and sky blue. Feathery foliage brings this cinematic landscape calmly inward with olive and timber tones, warm and welcoming for breakfast of berry quinoa granola yoghurt and Ethiopia Gotiti coffee.

Shoko Cafe, Shah Alam

Shoko Cafe is Shah Alam's new stop for house bakes like butter tteok, with convincing caramelisation that conceals a supple chew. Pair with the salted maple latte, sea salt americano with aromatically savoury cold foam, and salted brownie chocolate beverage that evokes brownie à la mode. Future hot meals might include playful Hawaiian-inspired loco moco.

Kultur, Subang Jaya

Ying Ker Lou: Hakka Minced Pork Rice

Voyage Kitchen & Patisserie x Emberwood Coffee Roasters, Assemble & Co

Event space Assemble & Co is hosting a new twice-weekly pop-up in Bukit Petaling: Voyage Kitchen & Patisserie and Emberwood Coffee Roasters combine forces for pandan red bean and avocado pistachio cakes, plus scones and house bakes with plenty of coffee choices and matcha coconut lattes. Check their pages for the weekly schedule, mainly Tuesdays and Wednesdays this month.