Impossible Foods is making its award-winning, plant-based meat available to home chefs in Asia in nearly 200 grocery stores across Hong Kong and Singapore — the first time Impossible Beef Made From Plants has been available for home chefs outside of the United States.
In Singapore, Impossible Beef priced at SG$16.90 (SRP) will start rolling out this week at nearly 100 NTUC FairPrice stores, including FairPrice supermarkets, FairPrice Finest and FairPrice Xtra hypermarkets. In addition, Singapore’s biggest online grocer, RedMart, is selling Impossible Beef for home delivery.
Cookbook
Impossible Foods joined the recipe-sharing frenzy, launching its first cookbook this year. Following its initial release, the cookbook was named a #1 Best Seller in Amazon’s Burger & Sandwich Recipes category, as well as #1 New Release in Amazon’s Sustainable Living and Vegan Cooking categories. Impossible™: The Cookbook (Chronicle Books) is now available for sale in Asia, through online sellers such as Kinokuniya, Amazon.sg, Amazon.com, and Book Depository..
Impossible™: The Cookbook highlights the convenience and versatility of Impossible Beef — and it shows how simply switching to plant-based meat can transform the global food system. In addition, the book includes recipes for savory starters such as Vietnamese Imperial Rolls, Pan-Fried Chive Dumplings and Jamaican Patties with Calypso Sauce — as well as center-of-the-plate mains such as Thai Laab with Fresh Herbs, Turkish-Spiced Sandwiches with Garlic Sauce and Szechuan Mapo Tofu. The cookbook includes an entire chapter dedicated to burgers and a complete section on beverage pairings.
The cookbook features 40 recipes from some of the pioneering chefs and personalities who introduced the product to the world, including May Chow (Little Bao, Hong Kong), Andrei Soen (Park Bench Deli, Singapore), Ricky Leung (EMPRESS, Singapore), and Que Vinh Dang (NHAU, Hong Kong).
A Safer and More Convenient Access To Grab Your Favourite Fried Chicken and Pizza Meals
Kuala Lumpur, 23 October 2020– QSR Brands (M) Holdings Bhd (‘QSR Brands’), the region’s largest quick service brand that operates KFC and Pizza Hut Malaysia, announced its partnership with GrabFood, Malaysia’s fastest growing food delivery service, allowing greater accessibility to customers across the nation.
With more Malaysian staying at home due to the recent implement of the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO), this timely collaboration between GrabFood and QSR Brands extends more access points for customers to enjoy their favourite KFC and Pizza Hut meals easily without leaving their homes.
This partnership is expected to fuel further revenue growth and supports QSR Brands’ customer-centric strategy of channel expansion and greater accessibility. To date, a total of 870 KFC and Pizza Hut outlets nationwide have been on-boarded with GrabFood. Together with KFC and Pizza Hut’s own delivery fleet as well as the on-going foodpanda partnership, KFC and Pizza Hut’s delivery footprint is expected to continuously expand to meet and serve all Malaysians.
If you’re ever feeling hungry, just order yourself a hot and crispy KFC fried chicken or freshly baked pizzas from Pizza Hut via GrabFood, all in the safety and comfort of your home!
Cocomax Thailand has unveiled an innovative 100% pure coconut water ideal for consumers during this COVID-19 pandemic period. The new Cocomax coconut water contains vitamin A, which is crucial for maintaining vision. Vitamin A is also known as an anti-inflammation vitamin because of its critical role in enhancing immune function.
As more consumers stay indoor, Cocomax coconut water with vitamin A will help improve the vision of individuals who now engage in more screen time on their smart devices compared to the pre-COVID-19 period.
The new coconut water with vitamin A is available at 7-Eleven outlets in Thailand.
Spooky season is fast upon us and although trick-or-treating isn’t feasible this year, we’ve got the perfect treats for you. Available now on foodpanda till 1 November, Krispy Kreme is giving you a sweeter way to celebrate with its Halloween series.
Stitchy
Featuring three special Halloween donuts – Bloodshot, Snorty, and Stitchy, eat up the Halloween atmosphere with these spookishly adorable creations.
Bloodshot
Bloodshot is an icing-dipped strawberry filling doughnut and is decorated with bloody strawberry jam and sugar eye piece to look just the role; Snorty is a ring doughnut dipped in icing and yellow splats, pumped with refreshing lemon curd filling; and Stitchy is filled with chocolate kreme, dipped in dark green icing, and decorated like our classic monster with icing and sugar eye piece.
Snorty
These k-reepy donuts are available in assorted flavours and sizes of half-dozen or dozen, these flavours boxes are available from $17.70 on foodpanda.
Despite the current challenges, Toppen welcomed 13 new local and independent tenants
The shopping centre is developing a pedestrian bridge for better accessibility, connectivity and customer convenience for everyone visiting the Tebrau meeting place.
Thirteen new tenants open with exciting new offerings at Toppen, a big sign that business is bouncing back again.
(Johor Bahru, 22 October 2020) – Toppen Shopping Centre has unveiled its plans for a new pedestrian bridge that will link its centre to a neighbouring retail complex, effectively making the shopping experience for visitors even better. Going over the busy Persiaran Bandar Desa Tebrau, the 86-metre elevated pedestrian bridge will enable the community to travel safely and easily between Toppen and AEON Tebrau.
A Walkway to Bridge Physical Distance
With early approval from the Johor Bahru City Council, the pedestrian bridge will connect Toppen’s sheltered bus stop to AEON’s outdoor parking space. Construction of the bridge started in early August and is expected to be completed by January 2021. The covered bridge will provide shoppers and employees with a more convenient and safer alternative to crossing the current busy eight-lane roadway.
“As we approach our first anniversary, we remain committed to our vision of being the heart and hub of the Johor Bahru community. We are always looking at new ways to improve accessibility in and around our centre, including Tebrau as a whole,” said Joakim Hogsander, General Manager of Toppen Shopping Centre. “With the high volume of shoppers and residents in the area, we see this new feature benefiting the community whether they are visiting us, IKEA Tebrau, AEON, or simply crossing over to the other side. We built this pedestrian bridge of our own accord, and we hope that it will benefit the local community as a public amenity for a safer and better tomorrow.”
Introducing New Retail Options Under One Roof ‘Topp’
In spite of Malaysian’s economic challenges during the Movement Control Order (MCO), Toppen continued to welcome 13 new local and independent tenants to offer customers more options in areas of Beauty & Health, Fashion, Food & Beverages (F&B), Furniture & Household, Electrical & Digital Goods as well as some new services. The new tenants are D’Natural, O’Care, Top Secret, Historia Hair Salon, Shoe City, Prestar Jeans, TW Shoes Station, JIRE, SAY CHIZU Hokkaido Cheese Toast, MyeongDong Topokki, My Digital Lock, Segi Ganjaran Money Changer, and ONEXOX.
oppen introduced its own Beauty & Health space known as Beauty Stories, which houses a specially curated selection of independent beauty and health brands
In September, Toppen introduced its own Beauty & Health space known as Beauty Stories, by Toppen. The area is designed to house a specially curated selection of independent health and beauty brands ranging from beauty, skincare and nailcare, to overall health and wellness.
With the addition of these new partners, the 1.2 million square feet retail space is now 92 percent leased, complementing the current attractions including IKEA Tebrau, TGV Cinemas, B.I.G Supermarket, Harvey Norman, just to name a few. The Topp, the centre’s unique community hub, features a water splash park, skate park, zen garden, multipurpose courts, and alfresco dining for shoppers to enjoy.
The community offerings at The Topp such as rock-climbing wall, skate park and water park have recently reopened to the public
“At Ikano Centres, our ambition is to break the traditional retail mould and go beyond just shopping to create a meeting place for the many. Now, more than ever, we know how important it is for people to have easy access to a safe, inspiring place for shopping, eating out, hanging out with friends, playing with the kids and just getting everyday errands done. We are extremely fortunate to have a fantastic mix of tenants who continue to put their trust in us and see the tremendous opportunities to build their businesses at Toppen. With every new opening, we create new job opportunities for Malaysians while filling the needs we see in our community — and that is really rewarding,” said Arnoud Bakker, Head of Leasing, Ikano Centres.
And Many More…
Hogsander explained: “We truly have something for everyone. We understand that the year has not been easy for many. That is why we have taken steps to ensure the community is still able to come together and create positive experiences in a safe way. Toppen has put strict processes in place to help ensure the health and safety of our visitors. We set up thermal scanners and MySejahtera contact tracing checkpoints at all entrances, intensified our cleaning routines and placed hand sanitiser dispensers throughout the centre. With the precautions taken, the community offerings at The Topp have recently reopened to the public. So, family and friends can choose, to rock climb or skateboard with friends, while kids and adults can cool down at the splash park or take part in activities at the multipurpose court.”
Opened in November 2019, Toppen Shopping Centre is one of five anchored-by-IKEA shopping centres in Southeast Asia. Following the success of other IKEA Stores and shopping centres in the region, Toppen will continue to evolve the concept of traditional shopping centres to create a better everyday life for the many people.
The Korean restaurant chain MyeongDong Topokki has announced their very own packaged MyeongDong Topokki packs for consumers to make topokki from home. With the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) kicked off in the Klang Valley region in Malaysia, foodservice operators are forced to shift their focus back to retail offerings.
The MyeongDong Topokki packs, made in South Korea, are available to purchase on Shopee, Lazada, all of the MDT outlets, on their website (https://www.myeongdongtopokki.com/) and through their WhatsApp Number: +60 12-661 7900.
Apart from the latest topokki pack, MyeongDong Topokki also has numerous Korean meals in the form of kits available for purchase online.
Klang Valley Urbanites and Visitors to Enjoy New Best-of-Class Brands by Q1 2021
KUALA LUMPUR, 15 October 2020 – The Starhill, located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur’s most famous shopping belt Bukit Bintang, is rolling out the red carpet to fans of top global brands from Europe and around the world come Q1 2021, when it opens its doors with a slew of Malaysia’s first-ever exclusive flagship stores and new-to-market concepts and experiences. Previously known as Starhill Gallery, this iconic shopping destination for tourists and locals alike first announced its transformation plans and new identity as The Starhill in October last year.
The Starhill will be reinforcing its position as the Home of the Tastemakers, where the mall will redefine Kuala Lumpur’s shopping scene in a whole new concept that infuses hospitality into the retail experience. Patrons will shop and stay in a refined home-like environment replete with tasteful, thoughtful touches of true tastemakers.
The Starhill Jalan Gading
“Amidst the current challenging times for the retail industry, we are delighted to share exciting news today after keeping things under wraps since The Starhill started renovation works a year ago. We will be welcoming a number of top global brands to complement the brands that our patrons have come to love in The Starhill over the years. Tenants will showcase refreshed new concepts in order to offer both our loyal clientele and new shoppers a whole new experience in our Home of the Tastemakers. Our transformed boutique mall presents four floors of premium retail environment, designed to defy the ever-prevalent cookie cutter mall trend and to offer every visitor more meaning, authenticity and connection. This new incarnation of The Starhill is a crucial undertaking that strengthens our position at the forefront of the fast-changing and fluid retail landscape,” said Mr Joseph Yeoh, Vice President of YTL Land & Development Bhd.
“Although we were faced with some unexpected circumstances due to the implementation of the Movement Control Order (MCO) to curb the pandemic spread, we are thankful that our renovation timeline caught up with delays and has remained on track. The Starhill is set to welcome patrons in early 2021,” he added.
Central Atrium of The Starhill
New luxury brands with exclusive flagship stores in Malaysia that are opening on the Ground Floor of The Starhill include Balmain from France, Patek Philippe from Switzerland, Philipp Plein from Switzerland and Tom Ford from the USA – with the new flagship store featuring their pret-a-porter collection including master tailoring and much sought-after beauty products. Paul & Shark and Stefano Ricci, both luxury menswear brands from Italy, will be amongst other new brands with first-ever flagship stores in Malaysia, soon to open its doors on the Upper Ground Floor of The Starhill. To up the ante in luxury, caviar seafood bar and fashion lounge Mari*Star – a brand new concept by The Marini’s Group, will be fronting the street at The Starhill as the newest one-stop destination for trendsetters in Kuala Lumpur.
Luxury brands at The Starhill which have been much-loved by patrons will reopen with their newest concepts, including Davidoff Cigars, Louis Vuitton, Off-White, Roberto Coin and Shiatzy Chen, all of which will be located on the Ground Floor. On the Upper Ground Floor, the Audemars Piguet flagship store will be doubling in size with a new and refreshed interior concept to reflect their brand positioning, alongside exclusive flagship boutiques by Bedat & Co, Cecil Purnell, Cortina Watch, HYT and Rolex. A flagship CIMBBank branch serving their top clientele will also feature on the same floor.
Meanwhile, at the heart of the Home of the Tastemakers on the Lower Ground Floor, The Starhill Dining celebrates culinary sophistication, bringing to diners fresh, seasonal and globally inspired dining experiences with a diverse spread of gastronomic creations served by the Tastemakers, each with a unique food programming. The Starhill Dining’s collection of captivating dining and entertainment concepts includes Shook!, KL’s choice restaurant that continues to fuel the imagination; Luk Yu Tea House that embraces a poetic Chinese heritage; The Alchemy bar featuring gin botanicals for every season; the popular Jogoya restaurant; fine Arabic cuisine at Tarbush Lounge and much more. Diners can look forward to rediscovering the city’s most riveting dining and entertainment destination hotspot, stylishly reinvented right in the heart of Bukit Bintang this December.
More new and exquisite brands with new-to-market concepts are set to make a mark at The Starhill and will be announced in due time.
Vegan District, a fully vegan grocer in Kota Damansara, has announced the arrival of Beyond Meat. The varieties available are:
– Beyond Burger
– Beyond Classic Breakfast Sausage
– Beyond Spicy Breakfast Sausage
– Beyond Brat Original Sausage
– Beyond Hot Italian Sausage
– Beyond Beef Mince
Established in July 2019, Vegan District is a fully vegan grocer that provides a variety of vegan and organic products. The range includes vegan meat and cheese, biscuits, cereals, snacks, and nutritional supplements as well as personal care products and even pet food. No dine-in service is provided in store.
We are seeing plant-based meat becoming more prevalent now in Malaysia and can be found in specialised stores and in premium grocery outlets. This is a strong indication that the plant-based meat trend is gaining traction, which would encourage more local startups to make inroad into this segment.
Singapore, 19 October 2020 – Singapore Distillery announces its line-up of six unique gins, joining the booming craft spirits scene in the Lion City.
Beginning their gin-making journey in 2017, the local team has spent the last three years building their Ang Mo Kio-based distillery and developing their perfectly balanced gins. The distillery was born out of an idea to make great spirits using Asia’s greatest resource – its diverse array of herbs and spices.
“Singapore has always been a melting pot of different cultures, each with their own cuisines, and we thought these unique flavours and ingredients would be perfect for incorporating into gins and other spirits,” says Head Distiller Ashwin Sekaran.
There’s more to gin production than botanical selection, however, and Ashwin and his team place similar emphasis on the importance of their distillation process. Singapore Distillery’s old-fashioned 500-litre copper still was custom designed for the brand. Made the whisky way, the bulbous head of the copper still helps create the smooth, balanced finish found in each of the gins.
With its launch into the market, Singapore Distillery’s portfolio is currently made up of six signature gins, with another new gin variant and two different vodkas in the works.
Singa Gin
Singa Gin
The distillery’s classic London Dry Gin features a botanical blend of 13 herbs and spices including juniper, cloves, mandarin orange, Ceylon cinnamon, Cassia cinnamon grains of paradise, angelica root, key lime, coriander, orris, cardamom, liquorice, and Sarawak pepper. Distilled using a mixture of vapour infusion and maceration, the resulting gin boasts layers of flavours, balanced and smooth enough to enjoy neat yet bold enough to serve with tonic or in a cocktail.
Coconut Pandan Gin
Coconut Pandan Gin
This uniquely Southeast Asian gin is distilled and vapour infused with fresh coconut hearts, freshly grated coconut and pandan leaves. Distilling these three ingredients together with the standard gin botanicals gives the gin a fragrant, creamy character that makes it the perfect tropical spirit.
Lime Garden Gin
Lime Garden Gin
This variant is distilled with a trio of Southeast Asian limes for a bright citrus-forward profile. The gin features calamansi (Limau Kasturi, a small, sweet green lime with a delightfully bright orange interior), key lime (Limau Nipis, boasting a bold herbal-floral aroma and stronger lime flavour than most varietals) and kaffir lime (Limau Purut, a lime with a rough exterior and intense citrus fragrance).
Singapore Sling Gin
Singapore Sling Martini
Created to be the perfect base to make a Singapore Sling, this gin is distilled with each of the ingredients found in the iconic cocktail. The blend of oranges, cherries, angelica, pineapple and limes is vapour distilled to infuse bright flavours and a herbal, floral bouquet into the spirit.
Stolen Roses Gin
Stolen Roses Gin
A take on Southeast Asia’s beloved Badung, this gin gently distils a blend of roses with traditional gin botanicals to impart a delicious aroma. The gin is then rested with roses to pick up another layer of flavour as well as its lovely red colour. The finished product is lightly sweetened with natural cane sugar to round off the finish and create a smooth, satisfying gin.
Kyuri Gin
This gin is distilled with fresh Japanese cucumbers and sakura flowers, creating a refreshingly floral profile. Fresh Japanese cucumbers are rested in the base spirit for 24 hours before being distilled, with additional cucumber vapour infused along with Sakura flowers to preserve their fresh, bright flavours.
Each of the six gins is bottled at 42.5% ABV, resulting in a spirit that brings out the best flavour of the botanicals. The gins are each smooth enough to be enjoyed neat, with flavours strong enough to stand up to tonic water or other ingredients in a cocktail.
Singapore Distillery’s gins are available for purchase at singaporedistillery.com, with each variant available in a 50 ml sample (S$6.90) or full-sized 750 ml bottle (S$69.90). A sample pack is also available with a 50-ml bottle of each of the six gins (S$35.90). The gins are also available in bars and restaurants across Singapore including Ah Sam Cold Drink Stall, IBHQ, Flying Monkey and Open Farm Community.
Bidor Kwong Heng, a trusted soy sauce maker in Malaysia, has partnered with Hamadaya Shoyu from Japan to launch a new range of halal-certified Japanese sauces. The key selling point of this partnership is Bidor Kwong Heng’s halal-certified manufacturing facilities and Hamadaya’s more than 200-year-old history in soy sauce production in Japan.
Hamadaya’s 200-year-old, time-tested recipe has been recognised for its supreme quality and premium taste by Monde Selection and International Taste Institute.
Image by Hamadaya Sauces
The Hamadaya’s JAKIM-certified halal sauces in Malaysia comprise the following products:
Hamadaya Japanese Oyster Essence Sauce (260ml)
Hamadaya Japanese Seasoning Soy Sauce (300ml and 500ml)
Hamadaya Japanese Soy Sauce (300ml and 500ml)
Hamadaya Japanese Reduced Salt Soy Sauce (300ml and 500ml)
Hamadaya Sauces are now available at the nearest AEON & AEON Max Value Supermarkets in Malaysia. Hamadaya is also available at Lazada and Shopee. Prices range from RM 8.90 to RM 11.90.https://invol.co/cl1inac
Both Hamadaya Shoyu and Bidor Kwong Heng are part of Hong Kong’s Heritage Foods along with Singapore’s Woh Hup. All the acquired companies have demonstrated strong tradition and heritage.
Even before the rollout of Hamadaya Shoyu’s halal products in Malaysia, Bidor Kwong Heng has already started exporting Malaysian-made Hamada soy sauce to China in 2019 following the technology transfer to Bidor Kwong Heng.
The collaboration between Bidor Kwong Heng and Hamadaya demonstrates how Heritage Foods has strategically made full use of the synergy of both companies to bring Japanese halal sauces to Southeast Asia and possibly to the Middle East.
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