More merry melodies at No Black Tie – The Star, 11 October 2012
The Star, 11 October 2012 N. Rama Lohan Kuala Lumpur’s No Black Tie continues to bristle with exciting entertainment. HoW time flies. It doesn’t seem that long ago that a cosy club popped up in the Changkat Bukit Bintang area in Kuala Lumpur, a venue that lived and breathed live music. From local stalwarts to...
Turning a proud 14 – The Malay Mail, 5 October 2012
The Malay Mail, 5 October 2012 by Errol de Cruz IF you’re a jazz friend or fiend, you’ve got October all planned as No Black Tie celebrates its 14th wonderful year in the business, with a calendar packed with music goodness. The list of celebrities turning out to make this a month to remember includes...
Eat, Drink & be MeRi!
Just a stone’s throw away from Changkat Bukit Bintang, the MeRi neighbours are a cluster of restaurants, cafes and bars – a hideaway in the heart of your city. We are fun, we are neighbourly, we are Palate Palette, No Black Tie, DELUCCA, LOBBY, LUST, PAPER + TOAST and Taps Beer Bar. There’s nowhere better...
Kendraka – Hindustan Times, 13 August 2012
Hindustan Times, 13 August 2012 Hitting The Right Note Ethno jazz band Kendraka first performed at the jazz club No Black Tie (NBT) in Kuala Lumpur in May 2012. “Evelyn Hii, the owner, heard the album and decided to get the first Indian jazz band to NBT. By the time we concluded the four-concert series,...
Dress Up, Or Down. The Asian Wall Street Journal
The Asian Wall Street Journal August 1-3, 2003 Dress Up, Or Down by JOHN KRICH No Black Tie has nothing to do with dressing up or fashion. Down a side street lined with run-down bungalows and Indian food stalls, this cozy wood-paneled club and bar is Kuala Lumpur’s leading live music venue for foreign acts...
36 Hours in Kuala Lumpur, The New York Times
The New York Times, NYTimes.com December 2009 36 Hours in Kuala Lumpur by NAOMI LINDT As the name suggests, the loungey club No Black Tie was conceived as an antidote to the stuffiness of classical-music halls. But it has since grown into one of the city’s coolest and most eclectic night spots. Covered in polished,...
Kuala Lumpur : from bottom to top, The National, Abu Dhabi
The National, Abu Dhabi March 2010 Kuala Lumpur : from bottom to top by JOHN BRUNTON “At the end of the meal, all the girls pile into the waiting limo and drive off to KL’s latest exclusive nightclub, the Mandarin Oriental’s Sultan, while I grab a cab for Jalan Ceylon. This neighbourhood is the heart...
Kuala Lumpur : 10 Things to Do in 24 Hours, TIME.com
TIME.com September 2010 Kuala Lumpur : 10 Things to Do in 24 Hours by JOHN KRICH Introduction By design or lack of populace, Kuala Lumpur is Asia’s green capital, where monkeys scamper close to skyscrapers and the occasional boa constrictor slithers across six-lane traffic. Centered around a colonial inheritance of ordered landscaping and dominated by...
HOTSPOT : Where to be Seen, Malaysia Tatler
Malaysia Tatler June 2007 HOTSPOT : Where to be Seen Back to Black DESCRIBED AS KUALA LUMPUR’S BEST-KEPT SECRET, RUBINI KAMALAKARA EXPLORES THE ECHOING STRAINS OF THIS UNIQUE CITY VENUE Like many a success story, the trail of stepping-stones leading to a resulting triumph can be traced far back in time. The story of No...
SPOTLIGHT : Evelyn Hii, KLue Magazine
KLue Magazine April 2000 SPOTLIGHT : Evelyn Hii by Warren There’s no denying that for Evelyn Hii – proprietor of No Black Tie, a charming bar nestled near Cangkat Bukit Bintang – music is equal parts life and passion. Hailing from Sarawak and clasically trained in the US, the spirited lady is wholly fervant about...