Rehab Pasar Seni

Rehab Pasar Seni is Tun HS Lee Road's new hideout for sourdough muffin stacks, thick and tender with chicken patties, scrambled eggs, streaky beef, caramelised onions, cheddar cheese and garlic mayo. Couple with chocolate coolers topped with salted maple syrup cold foam, honey and cinnamon.

Ohoh Cafe, Setapak

Ohoh Cafe is Setapak’s super-friendly new stop for hot dogs, house bakes and caffeine coolers.

For a fun lunch, munch on the Jasper Jester Coney dog, nostalgically juicy-savoury with chicken mince; Pistachio Cloud Chiffon Cake, lusciously layered with pistachio ganache and roasted pistachio cream; and Matcha Yuzu.

Fun fact: Ohoh Cafe is part of the SWAN school bags and supplies outpost in Setapak.

Roundtable, Putrajaya

Roundtable is Putrajaya’s scenic new park pavilion cafe, immersed in nature inside Taman Putra Perdana, soaked in sunshine and serenity.

Launching this Friday, 24 July, Roundtable circles the globe for a culinary odyssey, from Bornean umai on toast to Turkish-inspired balik ekmek fish sandwiches, budu fried rice to baked beef pie, Nyonya curry noodles to chipotle spring chicken.

Nearly every table gazes out to greenery, with floor-to-ceiling glass walls dissolving the divide between the indoors and the lush landscape beyond. Oak-toned cabinetry by a stone courtyard complete this calm, contemporary oasis.

Hopeless Romance by Xindean Design x One Half Coffee

A temporary furniture shop themed ‘Hopeless Romance,’ a brewer’s sanctum headlined by Californian Geisha coffee: Xindean Design and One Half Coffee have teamed up for a Chinatown pop-up that blurs the boundaries between design gallery and slow bar.

Serving daily through late August in the SMTH storefront of KL’s Else Retreats, Hopeless Romance focuses purely on pourovers, with a weekly evolving rotation that currently spotlights the Americas, spanning Panama and Bolivia to California.

Sundays on Toro Ranch’s Geisha is an elite coffee from California’s Central Coast in Santa Barbara County, an unconventional terroir far from the tropical regions linked to fine coffee. Ripening at barely 150 metres above sea level, the coffee cherries mature slowly through Pacific fog, ocean breezes and mild temperatures.

One Half does full justice to the freshly ground coffee’s silky profile, unfolding from rose florals to blackcurrant fruitiness and a saline, seaweed-like finish. Sip amid stools and tables by the Penang-based Xindean Design, a timber meditation on imperfection and impermanence, curated by the Sputnik Forest studio.

If you’re visiting soon, congratulate brewer Aaron on his sixth anniversary with One Half this week. Aaron balances patience, passion and precision, coaxing clarity and character from well-rested cups.