Tao Zui Kitchen, Bandar Damai Perdana

Tao Zui Kitchen is Damai Perdana’s new family-run cafe for comforting rice bowls, warmly led by chef Tao, his wife and his sister.

Aburi Five-Spice Pork Belly is lusciously layered with slow-cooked meat, fresh-tasting with fragrant smokiness, perky with pickled cucumbers and onsen tamago. Pair with supple-smooth chilli oil wontons, soulfully tongue-tingling.

Fun fact: Cooking runs in Seremban-born chef Tao’s family. His grandfather worked in a Hainanese kopitiam in Port Dickson, where their household enjoyed preparing communal meals like chicken rice. 

The Break House, Titiwangsa

Titiwangsa’s welcoming new The Break House is home to house-cooked basmati nasi lemak bungkus with strawberry matcha lattes. Look for the pick-up window framed in red.

Pachini, Bukit Jalil

 

Nesuto, Gamuda Cove

To-tea-lly Japanese inspirations: Gamuda Cove’s new Nesuto serves heartwarming, soul-comforting Grilled Saba Ochazuke of deboned mackerel, clean and fresh-tasting with genmaicha-oolong broth, light-textured but complex-flavoured. Choose Kuromai Japanese black pearl rice for higher fibre and nutrients.

Nesuto
2-45, Plaza Cove, Persiaran Cove Utama, Bandar Gamuda Cove, 42700 Banting, Selangor.

F3 by Three Brothers, Cyberjaya

Cyberjaya’s latest cafe buzzes with boisterous brews, from charismatic coffee to magnetic matcha. The French vanilla latte transforms F3's flagship Brazil-Colombian blend into silky creaminess, punctuated by caramel notes that evoke popcorn.

F3 Coffee by Three Brothers
6-G, Blok C, Jalan GC 1, Cyberjaya, Selangor.
Daily, 12pm-10pm. 

PMTD Coffee, Petaling Jaya

PMTD Coffee is back, moving from Dataran Sunway to PJ’s Section 19. Scale the stairs for the Mount Fuji cooler layered with jasmine tea, coconut milk and a creamy cloud of foam.