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10 tips for making home-cooked Thai food, from a Le Cordon Bleu-trained professional chef
Natchayakorn “Chef Fai” Limkertpol is a graduate of Thailand’s best culinary school, Le Cordon Bleu Dusit in...
Put big American heroes in your mouth at Blimpie’s first Singapore shop
Big fresh subs at U.S. chain’s are currently available in Singapore.
Feast at Taiwan’s famed Ningxia Night Market when it lands in Singapore
Chefs and vendors flying in to serve up some of Taiwan’s most exceptional street dishes, such as Flaming Beef Cubes,...
Irvins to serve salted egg and truffle rice/noodles in Wisma Atria
From salted egg fish skins to salted egg chicken rice.
Chinese New Year 2020: Best goodies to usher in the year of the rat
So good you might want to buy one for yourself.
Chinese New Year 2020: Our picks for the most unique yu sheng to toss
Let’s hope they’ll bring in big money in the coming rat year.
FOOD GUIDES
Eat your way across Asia like a boss11 alfresco and garden-themed restaurants in Singapore for a chill weekend out
Mother Nature is calling your name.
13 Manila restos and cafes with seriously divine desserts: Ice cream, macarons, bingsu, cakes, shakes, and souffles
A lot of desserts are often made to look cute and froofy nowadays, and even if they are — we Manileños do not mess...
2018 in review: Our 8 best food stories, from finding cheap wines, to romantic dinners and the city’s best bubble teas
Eating our way across the city, one place at a time.
Singapore
view allTian Tian Lai Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee at Toa Payoh West Market & Food Centre
| Coconuts Singapore x Grab | Seafood-y goodness in a plate.
Put big American heroes in your mouth at Blimpie’s first Singapore shop
Big fresh subs at U.S. chain’s are currently available in Singapore.
Feast at Taiwan’s famed Ningxia Night Market when it lands in Singapore
Chefs and vendors flying in to serve up some of Taiwan’s most exceptional street dishes, such as Flaming Beef Cubes,...
McDonald’s Prosperity Burger, Twister Fries return Thursday
Important: Chinese New Year fast food is back.
Bangkok
view allStuff your frosted donut hole when Tim Hortons opens in Bangkok
Thai people are crazy for everything Canada, whether its charming Justin Trudeau or so-exotic landscape of snow. But...
Great beans and a little New Mexico flavor Udom Suk specialty cafe
While cafe culture has been conquering Bangkok soi by soi for years, from Ari and Thonglor to Sathorn and the old...
Bangkok gets a cafe dedicated to dollops of honey
Down Soi Sukhumvit 24 — where vegan cafe and eatery Vistro Bangkok opened last year and beer bar 2+4 materialized...
Starbucks Thailand ditches plastic straws, raises cup discount through Feb
Starbucks Thailand announced Thursday that all stores nationwide will replace single-use plastic straws with those made...
Hong Kong
view allPearls of wisdom? Hong Kong pizza purveyors introduce bubble tea pizza
Hongkongers love pizza, and they also love bubble tea, but how will they feel about bubble pizza? Well, for better or...
Sugar Rush: American chain Cinnabon coming to Hong Kong in February
If your New Year’s resolution was to finally start eating healthier in 2020, well, you might want to click the...
Hong Kong Christmas Feasts, 2019 Edition: Where to stuff your face with turkey and trimmings (and much, much more)
If you are one of the many people preoccupied by some of the more pressing matters facing the city these days, it may...
A Meal With a Middle Finger: TST restaurant dishing out special in honor of Junius Ho’s defeat
It’s been three days since the district council elections, and a lot of Hongkongers are still on cloud nine after...
Bali
view allOomba Beach House: chill Sanur vibes offer welcomed respite from the ‘hype’ side of Bali
It's quite the spot to spend a quiet afternoon while in Bali, if that's what you're looking for.
Eat, drink, and chill out this Holiday season at Mano Beach House
| Coconuts Bali x Mano Beach House | Relax and take it easy at this beachside restaurant and bar
Pillowy, steamed baos with mouthwatering fillings take centerstage at Street Boi Bali
| Coconuts Bali x Street Boi | Bite off more than you can chew at this fusion bao joint
Beef tartare with tempe, fish crudo with coconut milk: Parachute Bali refines simplicity with an Indonesian twist
We’d be lying if we said we’ve never heard of Parachute before. The restaurant’s striking, repurposed cargo...
Jakarta
view allNew pizza joint Pizzza Dealer brings NY-style pizza goodness to South Jakarta’s hip Dharmawangsa neighborhood
Though most Indonesians are usually into thick crust pizza (attributable to the early popularity of Pizza Hut and...
Nasi goreng ‘resembling fried rice’ in caption of Rich Brian’s cooking video angers pedantic Indonesian netizens
LA-based Indonesian rapper Rich Brian has become a de facto ambassador for Indonesian food in the US. Though Brian has...
Basque Lightyear | EDX | WANNABE | Our Picks for the Best New Year’s Eve Parties in Jakarta
Still don't know where to celebrate NYE in Jakarta? Check out our top picks here.
Argentinian brunch and dinner | Hotel buffets | Traditional Christmas dining | Our Picks for the Best Christmas Feasts in Jakarta (Dec 20-27)
We rounded up some Christmas special buffets and specials in Jakarta for y'all. Happy Holidays!
Kuala Lumpur
view allMartell and Babe Restaurant team up for second round of Wonderarium ‘fun-dining’ event
Hello, Coconauts! Tis us — Coconuts KL, eating edition. It’s been a minute, we know. While we’d like...
Best dessert cafes in KL: Where to get cakes, pastries, tarts, ice cream, and more
Sweet dreams are made of these.
Dewakan becomes Malaysia’s first restaurant to crack Asia’s 50 Best, moving to more central location
Dewakan, a tucked away restaurant in the Glen Marie neighborhood of Shah Alam, made history last night after becoming...
Culinary Monstrosities: Oreo rice edition
Oh dear, if only we could go back to simpler, quainter times, where MPs with a predilection of throwing together the...
Manila
view allMatcha Looking For: Starbucks introduces new green tea, espresso drinks
The Philippines doesn’t have a winter, per se, but the weather has been a bit chilly these past few days, making...
RIP Champ: Jollibee phases out two large, iconic meals
Hankering for a meaty, beefy Jollibee Champ Burger this New Year? How about a Big Burger Steak? Tough luck, because the...
Gorge on all-you-can-eat holiday meats at Ruby Jack’s this weekend until January 1
From this Saturday until the 1st of January, Tokyo steakhouse import Ruby Jack’s will be offering their holiday...
Stiff Peaks: Snow-capped cupcakes from M Bakery hit the sweet-tooth scene this week only
M Bakery, Manila’s import of Magnolia Bakery — the little Manhattan cupcake shop that rose to fame thanks to...
Yangon
view allNot your basic hotel buffet: Here are the best brunch spots with local character in Yangon
We’ve got plenty of mega brunch deals to choose from at the hotels around town, but what about when you don’t...
Eat your way around 4 themed Sunday brunches, with free-flow drinks and pool access that will have you saying ‘TGIS’ — Thank God It’s Sunday
| Coconuts Yangon x Rose Garden Hotel Yangon | Four Sundays, four themed brunch buffet specials. Is there a better deal...
My Banh Mi: This modest but mighty sandwich shop in Myanmar Plaza makes spot-on banh mi
It’s hard to miss this modest shop on the top floor of Myanmar Plaza, nestled between the much larger Auntie...
Thank God, It’s Free: Burma Bistro celebrates T.G.I.F. in style with free cocktails
Burma Bistro, on the corner of Merchant and Shwe Bon Thar, has a gift for all of you this coming Friday and for all...