What's Cooking & Brewing at Artisan's Playground by Cookhouse

Here are some more reasons why you should head to Artisan’s Playground soon—for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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Tucker is an all-day breakfast and brunch eatery, inspired by Australia’s café culture. Think breakfast tapas and light eats like eggplant tempura with tomato kasundi, hotcakes with orange curd, berries compote, crushed pistachio and maple syrup, and corn fritters with paprika yoghurt, couscous tabouli, poached egg and sumac for a great start to your day.

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Tucker’s sister eatery, Mabel is inspired by Melbourne’s cuisine but with a focus on sharing plates and punchy flavours. This casual diner is open for lunch and dinner, and serves creamy chilli clams and mussels, Mabel’s fried chicken with mint-tofu mayonnaise, pickled chilli relish and crispy curry leaves, and crab and pea risotto with Shimeji mushrooms.

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Drum Coffee Roaster hails from Kota Bharu and supplies their quality coffee beans to over 80 cafés around the country. At Artisan’s Playground, it's both a coffee roaster and a coffee bar, equipped with a Giesen Coffee Roaster and Victoria Arduino Coffee Machine respectively.

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The latest from Raymond Tham of Skillet 163 and Beta KL is focused on grilled eats. The powerful Josper grill cooks such dishes as Mala honey smoked duck breast, grilled baby octopus on sourdough toast, and Australian Wagyu M7 Striploin with chimichurri.

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Mobster Lobster is helmed by Chef Fhaisal of The Red Bean Bag. You're in for a crustacean feast with dishes like salted egg lobster baos, lobster mac and cheese, and the absolutely irresistible sounding sambal lobster rolls.

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The brainchild of Chef Diego Reali, Pie Guys specialises in hand-stretched thin crust pizzas made using a Stefano Ferrara wood-fire oven. Each pie is constructed with gourmet ingredients and given such amusing names as Garlic Girl and First Date Fancy.

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Aliyaa has also brought its famed Sri Lankan cuisine to this location, where you can also expect to find dishes like mud crab curry and sweet appam that made its Bukit Damansara outpost such a huge draw with diners. 

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From the Malaysian duo Otto Tay and Loi Ming Ai, who won the World Pastry Cup Championship 2019, Voila Pattiserie features their signature petit gateaux that look and taste magnificent.

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Named after the royal herself, this patisserie aims to serve all manner of regal and dainty pastries.

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For a cold and refreshing gelato break to beat the Malaysian heat, head to Oopsy Icy that comes with a selection of classic gelato flavours as well as whimsical choices like blueberry cheese and hojicha mochi.

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One Fine Duck is by none other than Extra Super Tanker, which is reputed for its Cantonese fares. Like its name suggests, the highlight here is its roast duck but you will also find other types of roast meats. 

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Apart from food, the Artisan's Playground aims to be a venue to learn and be entertained as well. In the coming months, there will be a number of events happening, from live music performances to coffee workshops. Watch out for the Sarawak Peppercorn Workshop on June 26 and the Mediterranean Summer Affair on June 27.

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