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Serving souffle pancakes and bubble tea, Hotcake hits the sweet spot for Sri Petaling, with another offshoot planned in Damansara Uptown soon. These Japanese-inspired hotcakes, a tad denser than typical, are available in seasonal flavours like the current Taro-bly Yummy Red Bean, showered with purple yam sauce and adzuki beans (RM17.90). The bubble tea is enjoyable enough, with moreish-textured boba pearls (RM9.90). Hotcake 18, Jalan Radin Bagus 8, Sri Petaling,  Kuala Lumpur. Open Mon-Thurs, 11am-12am; Fri-Sun, 11am-1am. Tel: 03-2856-2269 This feature first appeared on  eatdrinkkl.com Check out the new Eat Drink KL official Facebook & Instagram pages. Follow us for the freshest updates, fun contests & more, at: Facebook:  facebook.com/ eatdrinkkl Instagram:  instagram.com/ eatdrinkklcom Stay up to date: The Eat Drink KL newsletter is sent by email to subscribers every Monday; it's the Klang Valley's foremost weekly round-up of new restaurant openings, F...

By EDKL Writer A.A. Yambitious: Reflecting and revamping Teochew culinary traditions, Little Bing's big temptation is its pot of fish with yam, bean curd skin and mushrooms, swimming in a milky broth with a nuanced stock blended from fish, chicken and pork. The fish is fresh, flaky and moist, while the refillable broth is soulful and soothing - the grouper is a safe bet (RM88 for a substantial, steaming-hot serving that two patrons can savour for a supremely filling meal), alongside other options like red snapper and tiger grouper, available in various portion sizes. The cooking here draws from Malaysian chef Heng's three decades of experience (with more than 20 years spent in Singapore's hotel sector), ranging from pan-fried banana prawns with Sarawak black pepper to braised pork belly with red rice sauce to fish steamed in house-made sauces that span superior soy sauce to spicy Nyonya sauce. If you're having the fish pot, you could bookend your meal with another Teoch...

By Aiman Azri Bananabro takes a mother’s advice to heart, promising banana leaf rice that abides by the words of its head chef’s mom: “If it isn’t good enough to serve to your family, it isn’t good enough to serve to your customers.” That passion for food has been part of Bananabro’s DNA since the beginning – the brand is spearheaded by three Malaysian bros who travelled the country on bicycle, always savouring authentically local dishes throughout their routes. Fate intervened when they reached mainland Penang and fell in love with banana leaf rice that they tried there. Within months, they had coaxed David, the man who ran that BLR outpost, to move to KL and become the head chef of their new enterprise. Bananabro, which began in Berjaya Times Square exactly a year ago and has since spun off a second branch in Sri Petaling, offers soul-warming fare that generations of patrons can relish together – as a mural on its wall in Sri Petaling illustrates, the food here is meant to bring peop...