Penang Kayu Nasi Kandar

This outlet in MidValley opened fairly recently, sometime in the later part of 2014. Being that it’s a ‘mamak’ in a mall, do expect to pay higher than usual for your regular nasi kandar or maggi goreng.
The premises are clean and the interior is more modern, definitely different from their other existing outlets. One thing all Kayu’s have in common is their service level: it’s pretty slow. You need to wait a while before you will be served.
As for the food, it’s consistent with normal Kayu fare, their roti canal and teh tarik tasting above average. If you need to get your mamak fix while shopping in MidValley then do drop by here.

Newly opened Kayu Nasi Kandar is famous for its delicious, well, Nasi Kandar. Its also famous for being another thing, very expensive. But opening at this new location, you could see why. But I usually treat this restaurant as a very luxurious version of the Mamak stall. I only go once in a while for their delicious spread if, and only if, I have extra money to splurge.
Heres a rough idea of how expensive it is. Once I went to their outlet in Kota Damansara and heres what I dished out: rice, chicken, squid and kuah campur and my bill came up to RM18. Can you magine? At a normal Mamak stall, I can get a whole days meal from that for two days straight! Sigh.
The outlet in Mid Valley was tastefully done. It was clean, neat and very well lit especially during the day because the pergola feature allowed sunlight to penetrate through to the space, which is always a good thing for any development. More sunlight = less energy usage = savings + environmental friendly. Tadaaaa! Green Architecture!
Aaaaaanywho…I was drinking at The Library next door one day and before I went home decided to grab a quick nasi campur to go before the beer pangs hit me. I got the rice, fried chicken, and some fried fish eggs (which I absolutely love!) and the kuah campur. Bill: RM14.50
Sigh…

I used to work around MidValley so on my first day on the job, my colleagues took me to this ‘mamak’ restaurant at MidValley. The Penang Kayu Nasi Kandar in my opinion was a bit overrated as the food served is not more special than other ‘mamak’ restaurant.
The plus point of this place is that it is much cleaner and has somewhat a much modernized interior than most ‘mamak’ restaurants around Malaysia. The service was quite slow as well even though they had a lot of workers and the food tasted normal in my opinion. I simply ordered one Fried Maggi and Iced Tea. This already cost me RM9.20 when in most ‘mamak’ restaurants can get RM7.
I found out that this restaurant has a service charge which is a first for me as I have not encountered this before. This restaurant still has a lot of customers and a few branches in Malaysia. Therefore, to some people, the food and the charge are reasonable but to me, it is slightly overrated.