Ahead of Waldorf Astoria Kuala Lumpur’s 2026 debut, the French chef’s three new concepts carry a career-long instinct for finding the local in the foreign.

Perched above the Flores Sea at TA’AKTANA resort, Maiga! Bar is doing something most hotel bars in Indonesia do not — building a cocktail program around the place it sits in, not above it.

From intimate 10-seat counters in Ubud to theatric iron-grill dining rooms in Seminyak, Bali’s teppanyaki scene has quietly become one of the most compelling on the island.

Charcoal, binchotan, wood — the fuel beneath a grill is not a footnote. It determines everything that ends up on the plate.

A dish with roots in nineteenth-century Germany, reborn in Japan as a counter-theatre ritual, is now one of the most talked-about dining formats in the city.

From lobster brunches to Indonesian buffets and Easter sweets, here are the best Easter dining offers in Jakarta 2026 worth planning your weekend around.