SunnyDae, Sri Petaling

Sri Petaling's sandwich stop should brighten the bread lover's day with its wallet-friendly selection of toasts, freshly cooked to order on the griddle. SunnyDae's creations are plumply stuffed and flavour-packed, from the yolk-rich Egg Mayo (RM6.50) to the fuss-free, filling Salted Egg Fish Fillet (RM9.50).

Sunny Dae

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MMG Patisserie, Sri Petaling

If the pastry cream is your favourite component of choux au craquelin, check out MMG Patisserie's plumply stuffed puffs, which come in distinctive Asian tea-flavoured varieties - Japanese hojicha, Chinese Pu'er, Thai milk tea and Malaysian teh tarik (RM8.80 each). Crackly and crunchy to the bite, rich and luscious to the chew, with all the aroma you'd crave from each flavour.

Also worth sampling from MMG (which stands for Mama Girl Baking): A Malaysian take on Medovik, a lightly honeyed layer cake of caramelised crispness, perfect for a teatime treat, a playful change from cheesecakes and chocolate cakes.

MMG Patisserie

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The Hungry Lab, Sri Petaling

If you live within 10 kilometres of Sri Petaling, a takeout from The Hungry Lab is totally worthwhile. This is one of Sri Petaling's best new cafes of 2021, helmed by a Malaysian chef and his Vietnamese wife who met in Macau. After eight years of working there, they left Macau for Malaysia this year, setting up this space that serves drop-dead delicious banh mi, hot dogs and more.

The Hungry Lab's banh mi does justice to the spirit of Saigon - this is a beautifully balanced Vietnamese sandwich superstar, heartily heaving with roast pork, creamy pate, floss, tomatoes and cilantro in a light, crackly-crusty baguette, invigoratingly lively with fresh, dynamic flavours (RM15.80). We'd happily have this every morning for a week.

The Hungry Lab's hot dog also exceeds expectations - more than meets the eye, it showcases a pork sausage with plenty of snap, lined with pork bacon, blanketed with fruits and herbs, saucy and mustardy in a buttery browned brioche roll (RM16.80). It should be a cloying mess, but instead, it's confidently moreish, the most satisfying hot dog we've munched in recent memory.

Main courses prove very promising - the spring chicken is marvellously moist and meaty, roasted with a Vietnamese touch too, lemongrass-marinated and cushioned with torched dried lemongrass for aromatic allure (RM36.80).

The Hungry Lab

38-G, Jln Radin Bagus 3, Bandar Baru Sri Petaling, 57000 Kuala Lumpur. Tel: 012-833-8343

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Maclyn, Sri Petaling

From Baileys-infused burnt cheesecake to whisky-laced Musang King ice cream, Maclyn offers marvellous twists to crowd-pleasing treats.

The Irish cream liqueur is mellow but unmistakable in the cake's cheese batter and cremeaux, layered with cocoa sponge for sumptuous forkfuls of spiked creaminess (RM18 per slice).

The ice cream is intriguingly inviting too - the first spoonful breaks through a surface of crunchy-buttery Sable Breton cookie crust, plunging into smooth ice cream that tastes aromatically all durian initially, with nuances of single malt whisky revealing themselves midway in the mouth (RM45).

Maclyn

18, Jln Radin Bagus 7, Sri Petaling, 57000 Kuala Lumpur. Tel: 016-529-8927

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Loffi Sourdough Pillow Buns, Sri Petaling

Sri Petaling's new Loffi serves up freshly baked sourdough pillow buns with savoury, sweet and spicy fillings.

Warmed up to order, the buns remain reasonably tender for an hour or two after purchase (RM9.90 for a set of two buns, or RM45.90 for six sets).

Our favourite is the Nasi Lemak bun, nutty and coconutty with a fiery sambal kick. The Teriyaki Mushroom buns are robustly salty-sweet, while the Pumpkin Cranberry buns blend the earthy and the tangy-fruity.

The buns are fuss-free, simple enough for a household snack.

Our best bet of the dessert buns is the Belgian Dark Chocolate, which will have you licking melted chocolate off your fingers. The Japanese Raisin Matcha bun seeks to capitalise on the city's current green-tea cafe craze, while the Blueberry Cheese bun is certainly a jam.

LOFFI

21, Jalan Radin Bagus, Bandar Sri Petaling, 57000 Kuala Lumpur. Tel: 019-222-7837

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