During the student era, the biggest daily problem is “What to eat for today?”! No matter you are currently a student or previously was a student, we are sure you have gone through this most of the time. To most of the students, money may be limited but TAR UCians at Setapak are so good at finding hidden gems. There are several restaurants that serve good food at affordable prices. Let’s check out those restaurants!
The environment of the restaurant is comfy and they are serving foods that are at affordable and in sufficient amount. There are many choices given to the diner as there are combinations of Asian and Western food. Some of the recommended foods are like Mah Lat Japanese Hot Pot, Hamburger set, Bak Kut Teh and Cheezy Chicken Cheese Rice.
Fancy Mee is located near the Wangsa Maju LRT station. Not only the TAR UCian, the people living around Setapak area also loves to come over. The signature dish here is the Chili Pan Mee with strong chili aroma and crunchy fish cakes. The dry or soup Pan Mee is also recommended! They are really good with the making of Pan Mee.
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Looking for curry around the area? Chong Hwa Curry Laksa should be your choice. Their curry laksa is with thick aromatic Curry and a lot of ingredients like the clamps, dry tofu, beancurd skin and fish balls! It is so mouth-watering. Another worth trying meal you asked? Go for the Nasi Lemak!
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If you are thinking of affordable price and delicious food, you should never miss out the mixed rice. Letting you choose the food you want and there are many choices at this 10 Mixed Rice Restaurant. At a normal portion is often around RM 6 over here. This place is the favourite by the students and the people at Setapak.
This restaurant is very well-known for a long time already. It is mainly because of their signature dish, the Cantonese Fried Noodles and they insist in the traditional method of cooking those noodles by using charcoal fire than gas. Adding an egg makes it smoother to be eaten too!
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Madam Yau Kantin is a Hong Kong style restaurant which is opened by a Hong Kong chef and his Malaysian wife. Their vermicelli is totally recommended and the soup is heaven! The soup tasted so good because it is boiled with fresh meat, meat bones and different types of spices. Not only they serve noodles here, try the rice with soup or the cheese baked rice!
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If you ask about western food, Sweet Forest is totally recommended by the TAR UC students. They have different kind of grilled western food for you to choose. The highly recommended dish is their Creamy Salted Eggs Sauce Golden Chicken Chop. Crunchy chicken chop with salted eggi -licious sauce, along with some fries, salad and a bread. The size of this Chicken Chop is so big that one person may not finish it, but the taste is so good that you can’t resist it! There are pastas , rice and some other small bites for you to have also. Come over to try soon!