My Weekend Plan

Ask anyone in Melaka where breakfast really happens and the answer is almost never a hotel buffet. It is a plastic chair at a roadside stall, a plate of hot roti canai torn by hand, and a bowl of dhal or fish curry to dunk it in. The historic city gets all the tourist attention, but the roti canai scene lives in the kampung and the housing estates, where a handful of ...

Going fully plant-based in the Klang Valley used to mean settling for a plate of stir-fried vegetables and calling it a night. Not anymore. Kuala Lumpur and Selangor now have a proper spread of vegan restaurants, from refined plant-based fine dining in Desa Sri Hartamas to vegan ramen in Bukit Damansara, banana-based bakes in Petaling Jaya, and mock-meat local favouri...

Few things beat a proper buffet dinner in Penang when you want to feast without watching the bill climb dish by dish. The island has quietly built one of the best spreads of all-you-can-eat options in the country, from grand hotel buffets loaded with fresh seafood to lively steamboat and grill spots where you cook your own supper late into the night. Whether you are m...

Penang does sunsets and skylines better than almost anywhere in Malaysia, and the island has quietly built a proper rooftop scene to make the most of them. Climb a few floors above the heritage shophouses of George Town and you get a completely different view of the place, the strait glowing gold in the evening, the ferries crossing to the mainland, and the low roofli...

A tripped main switch on a Sunday night, a ceiling fan that hums but will not spin, or a new home that needs its whole wiring checked before you move in. Electrical jobs are the ones you do not want to gamble on, and in a fast-growing city like Johor Bahru there is no shortage of people offering to help. The tricky part is telling a careful, properly trained electrici...