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The best restaurants and cafés open during Hari Raya

Where to eat out if you're in KL during the long Raya weekend
Written by Time Out KL editors
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Are you staying in KL for the long Raya break? We know the lure of Netflix and iflix is strong, but before you disappear into the black hole of binge-watching, we show you the best places to go for a bite in KL during the five-day weekend (assuming you were savvy enough to take leave on Friday). Selamat Hari Raya!

Best cafés for brunch

Li
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Li

Chef Heng Kit, formerly of Kitchen Table, heads the open kitchen at neighbourhood restaurant Li, where updated Malaysian fare comes in the form of pork toast...
Restaurant Tai Ji Eatery
Restaurants

Restaurant Tai Ji Eatery

Puchong is dim sum central (at last count, there were at least four dim sum restaurants all located within a couple of blocks at Bandar Puteri alone), but old...
Chequers
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Chequers

The American waffles-and-chicken combo has finally crossed geographical borders, now available as a Chicken Cobb Sandwich at Chequers, featuring crispy...
Haikara-Style Café
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Haikara-Style Café

  • price 2 of 4
Run by husband-and-wife team Kato-san and Yuko-san, this cosy café has been keeping Japanese expats in Subang Jaya well caffeinated since 2008. You’ll see him...
Fest at Jaya One
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Fest at Jaya One

  • price 2 of 4
If nasi lemak cheesecake and nasi lemak gelato don’t appeal to your taste buds, skip the dessert versions of the breakfast staple and have nasi lemak as a...
Hong Kong Chee Cheong Fun stall
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Hong Kong Chee Cheong Fun stall

  • price 1 of 4
Different from the usual brown sauce-laden KL-style chee cheong fun, Hong Kong-style chee cheong fun is basically fluffy rice noodles rolled with juicy shrimps...
Huckleberry Food & Fare
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Huckleberry Food & Fare

  • price 2 of 4
Even in its infancy, Huckleberry Food & Fare is shaping up to be one of the best bakery-cafés around. The space is huge; it takes up two shoplots with one...
DOMA Modern Korean
Restaurants

DOMA Modern Korean

  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • price 2 of 4
DOMA is the model restaurant that just wants to have fun, but wants to be taken seriously as well. Simply looking at the menu, there are loud suggestions of...
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Best coffee shops

BEAM
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BEAM

Short for Bean Expedition at Manufactory, BEAM launched in the unlikely neighbourhood of Bandar Sri Damansara to much fanfare. The specialty café not only...
Brewmen
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Brewmen

Amidst the bustling, double parking chaos of Solaris Mont Kiara, Brewmen is an isle of calm that serves notably inventive concoctions, including Espresso Bomb,...
Cream (closed July 6)
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Cream (closed July 6)

Café and coffee roastery Cream is exactly what its name implies: a serene space, airy and light-filled, swathed in palettes of pale wood and off-whites....
DR.Inc
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DR.Inc

Good luck finding this intriguing café on the quiet streets of Jalan Kemuja. Located on the same row as Fierce Curry House and walking distance from Menara UOA...
The Hub
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The Hub

Filter coffee bar The Hub may seem like your usual neighbourhood café, patronised by families and yuppies hunched over their laptops. But the pink micro...
Pulp
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Pulp

  • price 2 of 4
The paper-cutting room for the nearly 50-year-old Art Printing Works factory and warehouse on Jalan Riong may have gotten the makeover it deserves. Pulp,...
Roast Factor Glee
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Roast Factor Glee

Roast Factor Glee wins on account of being a micro-roastery – a feature that enables owner Tan Shyue Chin to control the darkness of her roast. Always go for...
Seraph Awaken (closed July 6)
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Seraph Awaken (closed July 6)

After a year of selling coffee in a roadside-setup (alongside fruit sellers and pasembur food trucks), husband-and-wife team Cheau See and Chun Hoong finally...
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Best places for ice cream and dessert

Foo Foo
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Foo Foo

  • 3 out of 5 stars
Judging by the crowd at Foo Foo on a Monday night, plated dessert cafés are a huge gap in an industry still plagued by lazy iterations of hollandaise on egg. I...
Softcore
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Softcore

  • price 2 of 4
An exciting addition to Bandar Sunway's growing crop of cafés is Softcore, whose name refers to its signature molten cakes that come in Belgian dark chocolate,...
Pâtissez Malaysia
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Pâtissez Malaysia

If Garage 51's over-the-top milkshakes laden with decadent toppings get you shuddering with delight (or horror), brace yourself for the original freakshakes...
Bean Reserve
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Bean Reserve

  • price 2 of 4
Not far from Jalan Kemuja's row of eateries like Southern Rock Seafood and Fierce Curry House is Bean Reserve. Operated by the same team as Brewmen, the café...
Hail's Soft Serve
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Hail's Soft Serve

  • price 1 of 4
The once-minimalist menu (two soft serve flavours and a variety of toppings) at Hail's Soft Serve is now replaced with a dessert spread featuring waffles,...
Mikey's Frozen Custard
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Mikey's Frozen Custard

An offshoot of Mikey's Original New York Pizza, Mikey's Frozen Custard churns out creamy, rich soft serve available in vanilla, chocolate and a seasonal...
Honey Creme
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Honey Creme

After opening to much fanfare in Singapore, Taiwan's famed soft serve joint Honey Creme has finally landed in KL – just in time to join the soft serve craze...
Seven Cups
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Seven Cups

One of our favourite coffee openings in recent months is tucked in Empire Damansara’s quiet hallways. Seven Cups is a calm, clean space with light pinewood...
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Best places for dim sum

Restaurant Tai Ji Eatery
Restaurants

Restaurant Tai Ji Eatery

Puchong is dim sum central (at last count, there were at least four dim sum restaurants all located within a couple of blocks at Bandar Puteri alone), but old...
Ming Room
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Ming Room

  • price 3 of 4
Opened in 2003, The Ming Room serves authentic Cantonese cuisine with a touch of creative liberty. Recently refurbished, be impressed with the historical and...
Restaurant Jin Xuan Hong Kong
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Restaurant Jin Xuan Hong Kong

With eight branches across Klang Valley, Jin Xuan has come a long way from its humble beginnings on Jalan Kuchai Lama as Kam Hin Restaurant. As one of the most...
Grand Harbour
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Grand Harbour

You might be compelled to order Grand Harbour’s cutesy signature dim sums – quail egg dumplings that look like little sparrows, piggy lotus paste...
Xin Cuisine Chinese Restaurant
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Xin Cuisine Chinese Restaurant

  • price 4 of 4
The newly-refurbished restaurant now has an edgy retro-modern interior, setting the stage to serve up the simple, home-cooked fare. Select from a choice of dim...

Best places for pork-free dim sum

Tai Zi Heen
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Tai Zi Heen

  • price 3 of 4
We have to congratulate Tai Zi Heen for making a pork-free siu mai that’s almost indistinguishable from the regular porky version. Sure, when it’s...
Maju Palace
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Maju Palace

This halal dim sum institution is one of the places that proved sceptics wrong by showing that yes, it’s possible to serve pork-free dim sum in KL, and...
MinMax Restaurant
Restaurants

MinMax Restaurant

The dim sum basics at MinMax, an old favourite for affordable pork-free dim sum in the city, doesn’t disappoint. The siu mai (made with chicken and...
Lai Po Heen
Restaurants

Lai Po Heen

  • price 4 of 4
In the larger world of dim sum, Lai Po Heen’s selections may not impress, but as a pork-free alternative, they can certainly please. These aren’t...
Dolly Dim Sum
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Dolly Dim Sum

  • price 2 of 4
Dolly Dim Sum’s accessibility (it has outlets in Avenue K and Nu Sentral) has made it the unofficial dim sum place for people who don’t usually eat...
Luk Yu Tea House
Restaurants

Luk Yu Tea House

If you have guests to impress, soak up the traditional aesthetics at Luk Yu while nibbling on dim sum. Despite the absence of pork, the dim sum menu sticks to...

More restaurants to visit

Best banana leaf restaurants in KL
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Best banana leaf restaurants in KL

Tired of the usual suspects when it comes to banana leaf rice? We bury our fingers in rice and curry to track down some of Klang Valley’s lesser-known banana...
Best Japanese restaurants in KL
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Best Japanese restaurants in KL

If you can't afford a trip to Japan, experience Japanese cuisine right here in KL at these best restaurants and cafés for ramen, sushi, omakase meals,...
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