Mark Lean is an editor and travel journalist who writes extensively about luxury hotels, enjoys deciphering travel, food and wellness trends, and always tries to discover uncommon insights to familiar places.
Gender-fluid, techno-hippie, funky qipaos, slinky satin and glamour-powered … a new generation of Malaysian designers bringing tradition into the present and crafting history into the contemporary
MasterChef UK judge’s criticism of contestant’s traditional dish shows how protective nation is of rich history of its food, comprising Malay, Chinese and Indian influences
Cold war-inspired The Berlin, Prohibition-era The Vault and delightful ‘rhythms’ of Rentak’s old vinyl records are among the Malaysian capital’s great offerings
Bangkok’s super rich dine out at places where the kids wear a tux, the mangoes cost US$48 and you rub shoulders with music-loving billionaires, writes Mark Lean
In a new series, Vladislav Doronin reveals how a luxury hotel’s first impressions – from a proper greeting to a hairdryer’s placement – make lasting impressions
She currently lives in Hong Kong and relishes her relative anonymity here, but she has over 2.4 million Weibo followers, can sing in 10 languages and is the first Malay artist to take the Chinese-speaking pop world by storm
Malaysia’s capital is known for its nightlife and its amazing bars, our favourites of which give an exuberant nod to the future while celebrating the past