PETALING JAYA, Feb. 1 -- I'm standing in front of a newly painted - though otherwise bare-faced - industrial building in Sunway Damansara.

The facade and outdoor area show clear signs of ongoing work, and I find myself wondering: where's the restaurant?

Anyone familiar with Sunway Damansara knows it exists in a narrow liminal space between Mutiara Damansara and Kota Damansara, and that, apart from a Bean Brothers outpost and a butcher shop, the stretch of industrial buildings before Sunway Rymba Hills is mostly home to warehouses and auto workshops.

Inside, however, is a different story. Warm orange (ochre?) walls wrap around the fully functioning restaurant I was looking for - what the kids would call a "hidden gem" - dotted with low ...