Why are collaborative dinners so popular in KL now?

Although collaborative dinners often don’t make money, chefs are motivated to do them to give diners new experiences and learn new things themselves. — PLATFORM HOSPITALITY

In the past few months, the dining scene in Malaysia has been privy to a large number of collaborative dinners, often termed four-hands or six-hands dinners. These are dinners that showcase the collective talents of at least two different chefs from different restaurants who come together and put up a menu that reflects their combined culinary skills.

Culinary crossovers are not new. In fact, top chefs around the world have been doing this for years, often travelling to different parts of the globe for collaborations. Even in Malaysia, collaborative dinners have been around for awhile and before the Covid-19 pandemic, were a starry feature of the local dining scene.