The best of Avenue K

This may be the only time you’ll feel excited being trapped in a room. You know the drill: Find clues and solve puzzles within the time limit to escape. Equipped with secret passages, trapdoors and better props, the inventive rooms at Breakout are a cut above its competitors. Dark, mysterious and a locked room – all that’s missing is a zombie to complete the perfect Walking (Date) night.

It pains us to share this with you, but yes, you can actually find peace (with a dazzling view of the Petronas Twin Towers) in our busy city. Behold, the Avenue K rooftop – our happy place away from sweaty joggers and camera-slinging tourists. The last time we checked, there were only a few families reading quietly or stretching out on the grass so the space is still quite hush-hush at the moment. No skateboarding or partying please – Instagramming should be your most strenuous activity here.

What’s better than a game of pool after work? Right now, it’s table tennis, and you can play for free on the third floor of Avenue K. We’ve seen pros slice and smash around as if an Olympic medal depended on it. Here’s a nugget of wisdom for beginners: stay off the sweatbands.
Rent equipment for free from the information counter on the ground floor. RM50 deposit for two paddles and three balls; maximum one hour playtime.

You don’t need a Tiger mum to tell you this but your child’s education starts from the nursery. Primrose Hill is based on a British (EYFS) and Scandinavian (Active Learning) curriculum, which encourages kids to learn art, music and even theatre in a studio-based environment. Sign your tots up for their fun-filled school holiday programmes too.

Their well-edited selection of books on graphic design, animation, architecture and the odd fashion book puts chain stores to sorry shame. Having won over art obsessives and comic geeks, Basheer is the nucleus for interesting reads including Danny Gregory’s ‘art Before Breakfast’ and Dana Thomas’s autobiography on John Galliano and Alexander McQueen.