Nikka Kitchen & Lounge is the new café in town that promises a warm, friendly, atmosphere, good food and more importantly, a good time for all its patrons. Located along the bustling Jalan Maharajalela in Kuala Lumpur, Nikka finds itself tucked neatly in one of the ground floor premises of an office block facing the Merdeka 118 towering skyscraper. The Asean Food & Travel team was recently invited to a small gathering to preview the café before it officially opened its doors to the public on the 26th of January and were left very much impressed with what they saw. The café exudes an intimate, cosy atmosphere as one enters.…

H-Code’s newest epicurean oasis pays homage to cooking’s primal roots with a rustic yet refined open-fire culinary experience.   Rediscover Open-fire Dining: A Departure from Modern Haute Cuisine Cooking returns to its primal origins at Hong Kong’s newest gastronomic mecca, situated within the epicurean enclaves of H-Code on Pottinger Street, directed by acclaimed Executive Chef Miguel Gallo. Fireside is a dance between man and fire, and presents the naked complexity of each and every ingredient, demonstrating how every element – from season, soil, to age, feed, and climate – manipulates the ever-changing and dynamic flavour profile of an ingredient. The kitchen, the first of its kind in Hong Kong, forgoes…

Johnnie Walker kicked off the new year in style this month with the launch of the world’s first Johnnie Walker ‘Blue Table’ at Shanghai’s Taian Table, a restaurant recently honoured with three Michelin stars. The world’s first Johnnie Walker Blue Table opens at Taian Table in Shanghai ‘Blue Table’ is an exclusive new concept curated by Johnnie Walker to provide discerning whisky connoisseurs and celebrities with the ultimate sensory experience of the Johnnie Walker Blue Label brand. Taking place over three nights, the event in Shanghai saw VIP guests seated at exquisitely prepared blue tables where taste buds were treated to a riveting symphony of rarified aromas and complex flavours,…

Feng Wei Ju, 8½ Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA and Lai Heen Once Again Receive Michelin Stars Continuing its star-winning brilliance, Galaxy Macau Integrated Resorts announced today that StarWorld Hotel, Galaxy Macau™, and Broadway Macau™ make another glorious achievement in the newly released MICHELIN Guide Hong Kong Macau 2022. Feng Wei Ju has been awarded 2 Michelin Stars for the 6th consecutive year, while 8½ Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA and Lai Heen at Galaxy Macau each continue to hold one Michelin star. And three other restaurants received the Michelin Selected restaurants recognition. The extraordinary performance of these Michelin-star-studded restaurants demonstrates Galaxy Macau Integrated Resorts’ continuous effort in the innovation of catering…

PATRÓN Tequila, the world’s leading ultra-premium tequila has joined forces with Grammy-nominated musician, director, author, and all-round talent Michelle Zauner, perhaps better known as the frontwoman of Japanese Breakfast, to release the PATRÓN x Japanese Breakfast Cocktail Courier Kit. The kit, featuring the brightly refreshing Persimmon Paloma, proves that a few natural elements artfully combined can give birth to perfection — be it in song, tequila, or a cocktail.   “At PATRÓN, we celebrate progressive pioneers like Michelle who have a bold, creative confidence in everything they do,” said Chloe Lloyd-Jones, the Vice President of Marketing at PATRÓN Tequila. “PATRÓN goes to extraordinary lengths with our production process to achieve…