Peri-ffic art
Nando’s Art Initiative celebrates its eighth installation this year by upping the art ante.
Party animals
SOME restaurants, cafés and pubs have always been pet-friendly, but Lilo Art Café, Blink Pets Bakery and Hop Hop Cafe, among others, have all upped the ante by allowing pets to roam freely around their eateries.
Off the eaten track
By CHEW JERN IAN and CHEW JERN KEN brats@thestar.com.my Named by TIME magazine as one of the top 10 ideas that will change the world, collaborative consumption is a powerful market trend that fosters a sense of community between consumers in sharing products and services. Co-founded by Audra Pakalnyte and Reda Štare, two enterprising 29-year-old […]
Take a byte!
By KEVIN TAN and CHRISTINE CHEAH alltherage@thestar.com.my You tweet, you eat – that was the basic concept behind last week’s Nuffnang FoodFest. Instead of paying for your food from one of the many vendors at the event, all you have to do is tweet about the vendor through a special mobile app (which you can […]
Food for thought
By DENIELLE LEONG brats@thestar.com.my At my first BRATs assignment, I barely knew what I was doing. All I had prepared for my interview with Thia Megia (American Idol Season 10 finalist) when she visited Malaysia last year was a list of generic questions – one of which was “sowhat do you think of […]
Ramadan ventures
By KEVIN TAN, CHRISTINE CHEAH and DENIELLE LEONG alltherage@thestar.com.my FOR some young Malaysians, Ramadan isn’t just a time for spiritual reflection – it’s also a time to share their food with others. More and more young people are setting up stalls at Ramadan bazaars to share their culinary creations – which range from traditional fare […]
#HiddenMalaysia #RAGEchat
They say the best way to learn about a city is through its people. So in our last #RAGEchat, we asked our followers what is special about their hometowns, and to share their town’s best kept secrets. Here are some of the responses: @trishates: Teluk Intan, Perak! It houses the replica of Italy’s Leaning Tower […]