Let these cookbooks help bring your favourite dishes from some of the city's best restaurants right to your table at home.
There's no denying that the KL dining scene is a vibrant one with new restaurants sprouting up almost on a weekly basis, offering up equally varied cuisines. Eating out is one of the top things to do for most people.
If you'd like to stay home and enjoy a homecooked meal on one of those special occasions, here are some cookbooks by some of the city's best restaurants so you can recreate your favourite dishes at home.
The BIG Life
This debut cookbook of the CEO of The BIG Group Benjamin Yong aims to bring the best dishes from the group's restaurants across the country to your table right at home. Comprising of more than just the recipes from the kitchens of Ben's, Plan B, Ben's General Food Store, Bakar and Beast, it also comes with little anecdotes like Yong's fondest food memories and more, all illustrated with stunning photography by photographer David Griffen. Get it here.
Bijan
If its name and signature batik print are still not enough clues for you, this cookbook is by the one and only Bijan restaurant that has come to be knowned as one of the best Malay restaurants in the city. It was released as part of its 10th anniversary celebration and comes complete with a selection of the restaurant's best recipes as well as the memoir of the 3 women who started it all -- Yuen Sze To, Lissa Yeoh and Way Cheng Yeoh, aka The Good Food Trio. Get yours at the restaurant.
A Kristang Family Cookbook
Perfect the art of Kristang cuisine with this cookbook that is a labour of love of Chef Melba Nunis of Simply Mel's. The restaurant has long been refining the landscape of Kristang cuisine in KL and this book comes with indepth information and guidance to creating the dishes it built its name upon, complete with Chef Mel's personal dining_tatler_stories and experiences with getting them just right every time. Purchase it at the official website here.
The Fat Spoon Cookbook
Klang Valley urbanites would have heard of The Fat Spoon and the two sisters behind its success -- Melissa and Michelle Pong. They now seek to spread their love for Nyonya food on which the restaurant made its name through this cookbook that details the wonderful recipe creations of the duo peppered with their personal anecdotes, allowing you a glimpse into the minds and kitchens of the outlet. Get it online here.
If we've got you itching to cook something now, here's a recipe for a delectable tea-smoked duck.