Mirabella Pasta, Kuchai Lama

Mirabella is Kuchai Lama’s new stop for pasta like puttanesca, linguine emboldened with tomatoes, anchovies, capers and chillies, shelled out with mussels, prawns and scallops for a fair RM24.80.

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Bike Bandits, Petaling Jaya

Pedal to PJ’s new Bike Bandits for cheerful coffee without the wallet burn: The Aerocano is a creamy-smooth RM8 bargain at this cyclists’ clubhouse and merch retail studio. 

Kefi Kohi launches soulful new space inspired by communal home corners

Kefi Kohi has a soulful new space, warmly conceived like a cosy home with rug rooms and reading corners, inspired by Chinese family lounges and Japanese tatami ledges.

The shift is seamless: Kefi Kohi still basks in sunlight and leaves, bakes and brews, conveniently beside its former locale in PJ’s Section 19.

Snack on scrumptious shio pan with strawberry jam while sipping coolers like Shoju (genmaicha carbonated with clarified pink guava) and Chamisu (hojicha thickened with milk, cream and ladyfingers).

Coal Coffee & Drinkery, Bangsar

Coal is Bangsar’s new cavern for caffeine and creative coolers, the dayside doppelgänger of cocktail parlour Coley, mining morning magic instead of midnight mixology.

Coal is no diamond in the rough; it’s a fresh front for flat whites with the proven polish of Coley, which has been working whisky wizardry since 2016.

Serving from 9am, Coal shows how a night owl’s haunt can shine before noon, swapping shakers for steam wands and bar bites for brunch-and-brew beauties.

House bakes span hearty bagels stuffed with chicken, fennel-apple slaw and red pepper with aquafaba emulsion, plus flavourful fried chicken sandwiches with ulam raja slaw and pickled mango butter glaze. Charcoal choux conceals vanilla cremeux for yin-yang contrast.

Mocktails like Seed keep the imagination flowing, pouring coffee with almond milk, infused with jackfruit and chestnuts. Also sip on Coal’s own-fermented soursop kombucha for a bright start.

Nuo Nuo, Taman Desa

Nuo Nuo is Taman Desa’s new stop for Kanomsiam-style petite pandan sweetmelts, prepared hot to order on the griddle with a custardy Bangkok-loving coconut milk chew.