Tasty Chapathi @ Jalan Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur

Price: Mid-range 

Cuisine : Indian (with a good range of vegetarian options!) 

Catphobia-Friendly?: Yes

Pork-Free 

You know one of those restaurants where everything that arrives on your dinner table are perfect tens, no misses? Tasty Chapati is one of those rare gems for us, and is possibly our favourite place for soulful Indian dishes right now (we have had our iftar 3 times here within the span of 1.5 weeks, if that says anything). 

Chutney Mary @ Jalan Telawi 2, Bangsar

Price Range : Mid-range   

Cuisine : North Indian 

Recommended For : Family dinners (or with friends; meals here are best shared) 

Catphobia-Friendly? : Oh yes! 

One of the best feelings in the world is finally stepping into a restaurant that you've passed by for years! What makes it even better? When the restaurant exceeds all expectations and delivers a memorable meal =) 

We absolutely loved our dinner at Chutney Mary, which we have the good folks of StarHero to thank for! The dinner was kicked off with the quintessential North Indian starter, Paneer Tikka. Basically firm cottage cheese slices are coated in a light batter and baked in the tandoor. The hint of black cumin seeds provides a delicious dimension to this starter staple. 

Call for Nominations: Time Out KL Food Awards 2013

It's that time of the year again! 

Yes, Raya is indeed around the corner, but we're referring to another exciting event that's also got us pumped: the Time Out KL Food Awards! 

The awards, which honour the best of the best food finds in the city, are all the more exciting due to the fact that the nominees are all voted by the public! What better way to get to know the best restaurants in town than through the eyes of its seasoned dwellers? Plus, the shortlisted restaurants make an awesome makan-makan to-do list! Here's last year's list for your reference. 

Nominations are now open until 31st August 2013, so head on over to the voting page and enlighten Kuala Lumpur on your favourite food haunts! Categories this year include Best Cheap Eats, Best Healthy Eats, Best Place for Coffee, Best New Restaurant and many more. (We had a hard time picking just one favourite restaurant for each category, traipsing from one insanely scrumptious memory to another, but pulled through somehow). 

Happy voting! =) 

Arumugam's Naan & Tandoori @ Ampang Point

Price Range : Budget

Cuisine : Naan & Tandoori  

Recommended For : A simple dinner out 

Catphobia-Friendly? : No! There’s a chief cat amongst the cat clan here about the size of Richard Parker  

We’re pretty sure this naan place, despite its immense fame for reputably having the Best Naans in Town, is actually nameless. Some call it ‘that naan place opposite Ampang Point’, some ‘naan sebelah Galeri Guitar’, and some fondly refer to it as Uncle Aru’s. The lack of an official name does nothing to deter its steady flow of customers: mention ‘naan in Ampang’ and undoubtedly this is the first place that will pop to mind.

Claypot Briyani @ Restoran Kapitan, Georgetown

Price Range : Mid-range

Cuisine : Indian

Recommended For : A good serving of briyani done right!

Catphobia-Friendly? : Yes  

Whatever the circumstances, every time we’re in Penang, a stop at Kapitan is a MUST! Well, where else are we going to get our claypot briyani fix? Since our first visit to Kapitan in 2009, we’ve been trying to find a claypot briyani place in KL to tend to our cravings, but have had no such luck!  And so, Kapitan always remains as one of our biggest highlights in any of our Penang trips =)

Restoran Omar Khayam @ Jalan Medan Tuanku, KL

Price Range : Mid-range

Cuisine : A fusion of Middle Eastern and North Indian

Recommended For : Large gatherings (meals here are much better shared)

Catphobia-Friendly? : Yeah!  

Omar Khayam has been around, in that same very spot, for at least three decades now and is one of those rare places that still manage to retain the same tastes we used to love from back in the days. For many people, this was one of those places our parents used to take us for those special occasion dinners (The only unfortunate thing is their new decor... long gone are their grand mirrored walls adorned with intricate mosaics, now they are painted a tacky orange-brown).

Ramadhan Buffet @ Khan Baba, Taman Tun Dr Ismail

Price Range : Mid-range 

Cuisine : Arabic & Pakistani 
Recommended For : You, if you prefer quality to quantity 
Catphobia-Friendly? : Yeah! 


We are grateful that Ramadhan has been a rather blessed one for us so far, and we hope that it is too for all our Muslim readers. As the fasting month approaches the end of its first week, we’re now going on our iftar patrol to check out great places to buka puasa at.

Annalakshmi @ Temple of Fine Arts, Brickfields

Price Range	Depends on you, really
Type of Cuisine	Vegetarian (Indian)
Recommended For	Those trying to go vegetarian but cannot stomach the idea of a meatless meal
Catphobia-Friendly	Definitely!

We got to know about this place from our fellow foodie, Azz. She told us that the place served really delicious vegetarian food and had a nice, almost posh ambience. We have our days where when we’ve wolfed down too much meat, we feel the need to balance it back by upping our veges intake. A small attempt at being healthy, maybe. But either way, we were keen on Annalakshmi, so we asked Azz if the place was expensive. She smiled intriguingly and said, “You pay what you feel you should be paying.”