High-end restaurants get a boost as Malaysians splurge on revenge dining

KUALA LUMPUR – Imagine being served melt-in-your-mouth beef from free-range cows raised on local straw, clean air and mineral water from Japans Mount Daisen. Or sampling fine sushi served on trendy Louis Vuitton tableware, with panoramic city views from a restaurant perched at the top of a 50-storey tower.

This is the sort of unique dining experience that many Malaysians emerging from coronavirus-induced lockdowns are seeking, if the number of high-end restaurants opening in the capital lately are anything to go by.

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