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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 6 of Kuala Lumpur's Most Instagrammable Restaurants

6 of Kuala Lumpur's Most Instagrammable Restaurants: Shelley Yu's, Buncit Bao, Paperfish, Pan & Tamper, The Good Co, Rubberduck

Feed your feed. The saying goes: "you eat with your eyes first"...

My home country of Malaysia - a melting pot of cultures, languages, and flavours - has always been famous for* its unique flavour palate of Malay, Indian, Chinese, dan lain-lain (and others). In the last decade or so the makan (foodie) culture has shifted its focus ever so slightly from cheap, fast, and gritty street food to trendy, photogenic eateries thanks to the millennial and Gen-Z obsession with sharing on social media (Do you remember when you could tuck into a meal right away instead of waiting for everyone to take a dozen shots for their blogs, Instagram, and Snapchat? No, me neither). For an expat who returns to her native Kuala Lumpur every 6 months or so this means that each trip is filled with exciting new dining destinations, and this trip will be no different...except that the moment I land in Malaysia this coming Monday I'm on a strict diet ahead of my detox in Chiang Mai. No caffeine, no meat, no sugar - only raw fruits, water, and steamed vegetables. Oh sweet, delicious irony. Here's my wistful look at 6 of Kuala Lumpur's New Instagram-worthy Cafes & Restaurants - call it a digital FOMO, if you will...

*Let's be real, the food is the best thing about Malaysia. Stunning natural beauty? Rare and exotic species of wildlife? Yes, well, I can't eat a rainforest can I? ...can I?

MORE THINGS TO SEE, EAT, AND DO IN MALAYSIA

Food & Drink

June 17, 2017

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 6 of Kuala Lumpur's Most Instagrammable Restaurants

Feed your feed. The saying goes: "you eat with your eyes first"... My home country of Malaysia - a ...

A Birthday Lunch hosted by Fendi at The Majestic Kuala Lumpur

BREAKING MY POST-PLASTIC SURGERY CONFINEMENT AND RECLAIMING MY SOCIAL LIFE

WITH MUMMY'S FENDI BIRTHDAY LUNCH AT THE MAJESTIC KUALA LUMPUR

💐 🥂 🍾 🎂 ✨

Oh, the sweet, orchid-scented air of freedom! What a fragrant, welcome change from the antiseptic-tinged pall of hospital wards and stagnant shroud of self-imposed social fatwa following my cosmetic surgery. As per doctor's orders, I had spent a week convalescing at home with my social life* as existent as my stomach fat post-liposuction - in other words, none at all. It was my mother's birthday week and as you know, fashion brands love to throw birthday parties for their favourite customers (case in point: Dior and Louis Vuitton). I had to miss the birthday lunches/brunches/teas hosted in honour of mummy by Miu Miu, Prada, and Louis Vuitton for the sake of my health, but happily I was well enough to attend the last of her fashion birthday celebrations - hosted by Fendi at the orchid conservatory of The Majestic Kuala Lumpur.

*I DID GO OUT TO GET MY EYEBROWS AND NAILS DONE THE DAY BEFORE, BUT PERSONAL UPKEEP DOESN'T COUNT - THAT'S JUST COMMON DECENCY...

Fashion & Beauty

April 03, 2017

Fendi Birthday Lunch at The Majestic Kuala Lumpur

BREAKING MY POST-PLASTIC SURGERY CONFINEMENT AND RECLAIMING MY SOCIAL LIFE WITH MUMMY'S FENDI BIRTHDAY LUNCH AT THE MAJ...

Kuala Lumpur: Mandala-making, meditation, & an introduction to yoga with Yogatara

GETTING MY MANDALA ON AT YOGATARA WITH LINA TARA

SECRET BANDAR UTAMA LOCATION, KUALA LUMPUR

Kuala Lumpur

March 28, 2017

Kuala Lumpur: Mandala-making, meditation, & an introduction to yoga with Yogatara

GETTING MY MANDALA ON AT YOGATARA WITH LINA TARA SECRET BANDAR UTAMA LOCATION, KUALA LUMPUR

The Good Co. in Bangsar is a healthy, meat-free, clean-eating cafe in Kuala Lumpur popular for their cold-pressed juices, artisan sandwiches, smoothie bowls, and salad pots.

THE GOOD CO, BANGSAR: HELPING BUSY MALAYSIANS EAT HEALTHIER,

ONE NASI LEMAK IN AN INSTAWORTHY MASON JAR AT A TIME

Food & Drink

March 15, 2017

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: The Good Co, Bangsar

THE GOOD CO, BANGSAR : HELPING BUSY MALAYSIANS EAT HEALTHIER, ONE NASI LEMAK IN AN INSTAWORTHY MASON JAR A...

Kuala Lumpur

October 11, 2016

Summertime Sadness

CHOCHA FOOD STORE, MERCHANT'S LANE, and PS150 - the three new watering holes bringing an old-school but young-blood revival to Jalan Petaling in Kuala Lumpur's Chinatown.

SPEAKEASY, BUT CARRY NO SELFIE STICK - THE REVIVAL OF KUALA LUMPUR'S
CHINATOWN THANKS TO 3 NEW HIDDEN WATERING HOLES

Food & Drink

October 06, 2016

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 3 Hidden Gems in Petaling Street

SPEAKEASY, BUT CARRY NO SELFIE STICK - THE REVIVAL OF KUALA LUMPUR'S CHINATOWN THANKS TO 3 NEW HIDDEN WATERING HOLES...

Kuala Lumpur

October 03, 2016

Formula 1 Malaysian Grand Prix 2016

CONSERVATORY CHIC AT BOTANICA + CO, BANGSAR SOUTH

Of all the erroneous assumptions my Western friends make about me, the one that most defies logic is that I should adore heat and humidity or at the very least be accustomed to it. Let me break it down for you - One: Mad Dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun, Two: By that reasoning, why do you gwai los complain about the cold in winter? Three: Malaysians drive their air-conditioned cars to air-conditioned offices then to air-conditioned watering holes and finally back to their air-conditioned homes. So no, my experience of the searing tropics is limited to the three and a half minutes the valet makes me wait for my car, and my love for all things tropical is best appreciate in the chilly confines of an air-conditioned space. It's the only way to admire palms and fronds without being eaten by Aedes mosquitos, really...

So when I got wind (like an air-con breeze, haha) of a fresh botanics-inspired restaurant arrival housed in an air-conditioned greenhouse, I made my way to the new-ish township of Bangsar South in search of Botanica + Co.

Food & Drink

September 25, 2016

Kuala Lumpur: Botanica + Co, Bangsar South

CONSERVATORY CHIC AT BOTANICA + CO, BANGSAR SOUTH Of all the erroneous assumptions my Western friends make about me, the...

Breakfast Thieves, Kuala Lumpur's hot new brunch spot, makes its way to Malaysia from Melbourne

STEALING GLANCES AND TAKING BITES AT

BREAKFAST THIEVES, BANGSAR

There's a name for the international design language of post-social media cool - reclaimed Industrial chic juxtaposed against Calacatta marble, mason jars, and fiddle leaf figs - the hipster aesthetic of which is designed (that is, according to Kyle Chayka's piece for The Guardian) as a soothing balm for the "wealthy, mobile elite" who want their 'authentic and off the beaten track' with a side of wifi. Chayka calls it AirSpace, and bemoans this globalised style as homogenous. Personally? Hey, if it keeps my Instagram feed neat... In all seriousness though, I'm all for the world being a smaller place especially when said globalisation manifests itself in the form of delicious, delicious brunch.

And apart from the New Yorkers nobody does brunch like the 'Strayans. Cafe culture has spread like bushfire in Malaysia thanks to the country's relative proximity to the Antipodes. My second favourite* entity to arrive from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur is the second branch of the new Bangsar café that's got all the Instagrammers and brunch hunters excited - Breakfast Thieves.

*my most favourite is arriving today. Boomchickawahwaahhh

Food & Drink

September 23, 2016

Kuala Lumpur: Breakfast Thieves, Bangsar

Breakfast Thieves, Kuala Lumpur's hot new brunch spot, makes its way to Malaysia from Melbourne STEALING GLANCES AND ...

All a busy lady's beautifying needs - hair, nails, lashes, and waxes - conveniently located in one industrial-chic Bangsar salon.

Fashion & Beauty

November 23, 2015

176 AVENUE, Bangsar: My one-stop beauty destination

All a busy lady's beautifying needs - hair, nails, lashes, and waxes - conveniently located in one industrial-chic Bangsar salon....

Another evening, another intimate dinner with some of Malaysia's most powerful and influential.

Food & Drink

November 22, 2015

Started From The Bottom Now We Here (II)

Another evening, another intimate dinner with some of Malaysia's most powerful and influential .

Follow me for an insider's view of how Malaysia's 1% celebrate the Spirit of High Society.

Kuala Lumpur

November 02, 2015

Malaysia Tatler Ball 2015

Follow me for an insider's view of how Malaysia's 1% celebrate the Spirit of High Society.

Today marks the 17th year of Formula One in Malaysia, with the teams and cars travelling from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur for the second leg of F1 season. Yesterday I welcomed the 17th year of Formula 1 in Malaysia at the Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix Gala 2015 where the teams principles, drivers, and members of several royal families were the guests of honour.

Kuala Lumpur

March 27, 2015

PETRONAS Malaysia Grand Prix Gala 2015

Today marks the 17th year of Formula One in Malaysia, with the teams and cars travelling from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur for the second...

If you were in K.L on Saturday evening you’d have been dazzled by the incredible fireworks display in the city centre, right beside Suria KLCC and the Petronas Twin Towers. You may had also noticed a light show coming from Malaysia’s largest projection screen above the W Hotel, on the site of the soon-to-be Tropicana The Residences. As pedestrians looked up in awe at this stunning pyrotechnic display, myself and a select guests witnessed this spectacle from above - 57 floors up to be exact - at the Global Launch of The Residences by Tropicana.

Kuala Lumpur

March 23, 2015

The Residences by Tropicana - Global Launch, Kuala Lumpur

If you were in K.L on Saturday evening you’d have been dazzled by the incredible fireworks display in the city centre, right beside Su...

My blog has been described as 'the bridge between Kuala Lumpur and London' by insiders in various industries who celebrate the burgeoning talent of Malaysia's keenest while lamenting the inevitable brain drain when said talent leaves the country to seek their fortunes elsewhere. Like many privileged youth of my generation I've enjoyed a foreign education, but the difference is that after my studies I stayed on in London for nearly a decade. Yet I've still kept my ties to Malaysia - I have loving, supportive family and friends there; I get work offers from keen clients in K.L; and even Posh, Broke, & Bored is represented in the UK by Asia Pacific's First Blog Advertising Community which was founded by a Singaporean and, you guessed it, a Malaysian.

Kuala Lumpur

March 22, 2015

Nuffnang 8irthday

My blog has been described as 'the bridge between Kuala Lumpur and London' by insiders in various industries who celebrate the...

Greetings from Kuala Lumpur!

Home & Interiors

March 20, 2015

Tropicana The Residences - The Reason I'm Back in Kuala Lumpur!

Greetings from Kuala Lumpur!

I've got my eye on you, Tropicana Residences...more on that in a bit.

Please accept my apologies for my radio silence. I've had trouble readjusting back to London time and my schedule even though it's been a week since I've been back. I guess at the grand old age of 28 I can't handle jet lag like I used to or perhaps I still have vestiges of the 'holiday blues' having just spent a blissful month in South East Asia - Hanoi, Bangkok, Borneo, Kuala Lumpur - away from the bitter English winter.

Home & Interiors

March 07, 2015

Tropicana Residences | Shopping for a Kuala Lumpur pied-à-terre

I've got my eye on you, Tropicana Residences...more on that in a bit. Please accept my apologies for my radio silence. I've ha...

Yesterday was mine and Henry's last day in South East Asia. I started my month-long winter break with Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Hanoi, Ha Long, then met up with Henry in K.L where we embarked to Borneo on an adventure of wildlife, tropical islands, and ushering in the Year Of The Goat, and back to Kuala Lumpur. Today we close the final chapter on February's sojourn and fly back to London, so yesterday we bade a bittersweet 'goodbye-for-now' to K.L and her many tropical delights (although I won't miss the heat, I can tell you that) with a lazy day in the city. Doing what I like to do best: shop, swim, and spa, at my two favourite downtown destinations - Starhill Gallery and Ritz-Carlton, mais bien sûr.

Kuala Lumpur

February 28, 2015

One Last Look At Kuala Lumpur

Yesterday was mine and Henry's last day in South East Asia. I started my month-long winter break with Kuala Lumpur , Bangkok , ...

...We're bringing sexyblack (yeah) them other girls don't know how to dress (yeah)...

Will you just look at my girls all lined up like a girl band? I want to say K-Pop girl group but there's only seven of us - we need at least two more members to make the numbers, ha. Hot damn, are my girlfriends bringing sexy-black or what - and we're all black everything, all black all black 'cos Michiekins said so. That's right. On Sunday we, the Backseat Girls (I'll explain later) synchronised and dressed more or less head-to-toe in black for Michiekin's birthday high tea at the swanky new-ish M Marini Caffè in Suria KLCC. You know what that means - lots of fashion outfit photos! *flexes*

Food & Drink

February 17, 2015

We're Bringing Sexyblack | High tea at M Marini Caffè

...We're bringing sexyblack (yeah) them other girls don't know how to dress (yeah)... Will you just look at my girls all l...

I'm so lucky I got to spend Valentine's Day with some of my best friends; in fact my day was devoted to the celebration of not one, but two birthdays - my best friend (and you know I don't use that phrase lightly) Michiekins, and Loui.

Kuala Lumpur

February 16, 2015

Party Like It's V-Day

I'm so lucky I got to spend Valentine's Day with some of my best friends; in fact my day was devoted to the celebration of not...

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