Hé Ni Coffee: New home in Petaling Jaya

Hé Ni Coffee has a new home, moving from PJ Old Town to Section 22, steeped in a soulful neighbourhood spirit, welcomingly wood-framed with lived-in warmth.

Founders Wen Shuan and Jeffrey bring heart and humanity to Hé Ni, serving their personal bakes like strawberry mousse cake and banana bread, pouring patient brews like the Yunnan Menglian from their own small-batch roasts.

It’s a gorgeous space with genuine character, calm and charm in every corner.

Eleven at Saujana, Shah Alam

Straddling Ara Damansara and Shah Alam, Eleven at Saujana is a friendly new neighbourhood cafe for everything from avo toast to key lime pie, spaghetti puttanesca to shrimp fried rice.

For sunshine, serenity and steak frites, take a table by the leafy-viewed windows and try the Black Angus striploin, succulently medium-rare with seasoned fries.

Crêpes du Café, Kota Damansara

Crêpes du Café is Kota Damansara’s new French-inspired crêperie, a family passion project by trailblazing Malaysian mixologist Shawn Chong, who spent five formative schoolboy years in Paris.

Crafted by co-founder Amy, conscientiously cooking with an instinct for balance, these white-flour crêpes come in sweet and savoury styles, some blanketed with brûléed bananas, peanut butter and Kapiti ice cream, others rolled with shimeji mushrooms, battered oyster mushrooms and garlic butter.

For the heartiest helping, have these smooth, thickly tender crêpes crowned with chicken fillets, cherry tomatoes and a garlicky-rich, kitchen-simmered pomodoro sauce, paired with rouge-hued elderflower soda sweetened with strawberries and apples. Très charmant.

Elo Coffee Roasters, Kiara Subang Jaya

Elo Coffee Roasters is the new caffeine supply corner inside the Kiara Subang Jaya cafe, freshly transplanted from Mont Kiara to SS19 Subang. 

Sip soothing piccolos with Elo's ever-evolving stable of house-roasted blends. Also try Kiara's Hainanese chicken chop, a pure throwback to old-school kopitiam nostalgia with the kitchen's own comfortingly savoury gravy.