Where To Wine and Dine in New Zealand
Hello,
While New Zealand is widely lauded for its snow-capped alpine mountains in winter, green rolling hills (which make it the ideal backdrop for some of Hollywood’s most beloved films), what stood out to me on my very first visit wasn’t the stunning nature, as breathtaking as it was, or the fact that its sheep that outnumber its people fivefold, but rather its food and wine culture. Read more here.
Check out our list of Tatler Best Spotlight Restaurants for 2026 here.
Also in this week’s newsletter:
- 10 new restaurants, cafés, and bars in Malaysia to visit in July 2026
- Battered comes to B.E.D
- Pirates, parasols and pioneers: what you didn’t know about the Piña Colada
- How the godfather of Chinese roast duck transformed an imperial classic into a modern empire
- Specialty coffee and fine chocolate collide at the first ever KL Mocha Fest 2026
See you next week!
Katelyn Tan
Dining Editor, Malaysia and Indonesia
Editor’s Picks
10 new restaurants, cafés, and bars in Malaysia to visit in July 2026
With a mixture of exciting new openings and highly anticipated expansions into the city, here's a round up of some new spots to try this month
MORE DINING STORIES
The love for fish and chips knows no bounds, and for the first time, the team at Battered are expanding their operations further out into the city, finding a new home in B.E.D in TRX
From a morale-booster to resort staple, discover the boozy history of the Piña Colada
From a single piece of critical feedback to an empire selling nearly one million birds a year, Dong Zhen-xiang explains how he engineered a leaner, hyper-crisp alternative to traditional Peking duck
KL Mocha Fest will happen from July 3-5, 2026, at KLGCC Mall
Tatler Tidbit
- Looking for more new restaurants to check out? Here is our constantly updated list of new restaurants that have opened each month.
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SINGAPORE | The best new restaurants and cafes to visit in Singapore this July 2026
