Savia, Menara Hap Seng

Savia is Menara Hap Seng's new Mexican restaurant that spotlights the southern state of Oaxaca, the culinary heart of tlayudas and moles.

Start with tlayudas, the Oaxacan reply to pizza. A dinner-plate-sized tortilla is the foundation for a flavour-packed feast of luscious lamb, refried beans, melted Monterey Jack cheese and queso fresco, rich and robust, crisp and creamy.

Another Oaxacan icon, chicken mole negro, takes the form of fajitas here, sizzling with bell peppers and onions, served with sour cream, jalapeños, shredded cheese and guacamole. Build your own mouthfuls of chicken with black-brown sauce, its smoky savouriness crafted with ancho and guajillo chillies, chocolate, garlic, honey and herbs.

Salmon Noodle, Lot 10

Tokyo-inspired salmon ramen: Salmon Noodle is Lot 10's new stop for sea-sweet slurps, swathed in salmon sashimi, swimming in salmon stock.

Channelling Kagurazaka-born Salmon Noodle 3.0, KL's Salmon Noodle serves flat noodles in soothingly creamy broth built with salmon head, bones and flesh in the fashion of French fumet de poisson.

You can see everything by ordering the Special Salmon Ramen with garnishes galore, assembled in a Japanese-sourced handcrafted bowl.

Wrooof, Petaling Jaya

Paws meet pastries at PJ’s new Wrooof, Taman Bahagia’s pet-friendly cafe with three resident dachshunds trotting in on selected days.

Sit and stay for shio pan stuffed with smoked cheddar and genmaicha coolers with macadamia sea salt foam, human treats worth wagging our tails for.

There’s more to fetch soon: Wrooof’s warmly welcoming team will unleash hot meals, spanning donburi to pastas, before October ends.

HEA, Petaling Jaya

Dessert and do nothing at PJ’s new Hea, a charming hideout for creative house bakes in Section 19.

Don’t miss the Kaya & Eggs, a fluffy-thick slice of pan-fried butter cake layered with pandan cremeux, indulgent with yolk-inspired mango gel on coconut chantilly.

Also try the Banana Butter: Comfortingly warm banana cake, decadent with almond butter, bruleed banana and miso caramel.

Other playful twists on familiar favourites include Miso Honey Corn Focaccia with a nectarous umami kick.

Grab a chair for leisurely lounging over the Calamansi Lemon Tart and Banana Leaf Matcha, its bittersweet fruitiness balanced by salted foam and Biscoff crumbs.

Lattea With Qi Pastries, Puchong

Lattea with Qi Pastries is Puchong’s new pastry purveyor, with veteran dessert-makers whipping up wonders like the Royal Noir, decadently regal with a crisp Valrhona coating that conceals more Valrhona chocolate and a hazelnut filling laced with caramelised nuts. 

The sourdough pain au chocolat is crackly to the bite, creamy to the chew, dark and dreamy with Valrhona chocolate lattes.