Kayu Nasi Kandar

Please don’t come here! Seriously the prices here are expensive. The nasi campur is ridiculous and I’m never going to order their nasi campur ever. The fish is like rm5, and chicken about rm4 and veggies depending can be about rm4. Total I paid was like rm13! If you add with nasi kandar can be about rm16! Even their service is bad when you want to order stuff, alot of them ignore you like as if they are placing priorities on other people first. Too many times when I come here for breakfast and I just want to order Roti Bom I get ignored many times, and when I pay is like rm6 plus with milo ais. Sorry man, no more Kayu nasi kandar for me here.

To all people out there, here unfolds a true story. Man I never thought I’ll ever feel cheated by eating Nasi Kandar. I haven’t read or heard anything of this place before I gave it try. Together with me was a couple of friends, neither of us knew the evilness this place holds.
Being a constant Nasi Kandar fan, I went by the food counter to grab some dishes for my Nasi Kandar. I took some curry, sotong, and fried chicken. I also ordered an extra fried egg, because the ones in the counter looks soggy and «old». So we enjoyed our meals, it was not bad, a typical Nasi Kandar you can find anywhere.
Everything changed when I saw the bill. My meal itself was a mind blowing RM30. I went through the bill a million times to see if it was a typo. Nasi Kandar for RM30? Here I thought I was having a simple lunch that won’t cost me more than RM10. My friend’s meal was almost RM40. When I spreaded this to my other friends, I was told that they didn’t have a fixed price per portion on the food there, instead, they charge us any amount they liked, kinda like depending on their moods? This is what I was told, and I’m not saying it’s true.
But, it still doesn’t defy the fact that this place is ripping people apart. Death by chocolate? More like Death by Nasi Kandar.

Gosh, I ordered a bowl of Maggie Mee and it cost me about RM6 bucks I remember, I could just buy a whole pack of noodle and cook it for the whole week.
Kayu Nasi Kandar is popular for the nasi kandar because it indeed taste better than the general outlets because of the fresh and aromatic curry. However, the price that I have to pay is also about 30%-40% more expensive that the usual outlets. Though the food quality is slightly better, they still serves us small portion and I cant help feeling like I’ve been ripped off after every meal. Maybe the food is not over the top hence I would mind paying for the meal I had.
Would I come more if I am richer? Yeaps I will. Value for money? Overpriced.

Most people tend to frequent the more widely known Pelita Nasi Kandar. However Kayu is a gem in it’s own right. Situated right smack in the middle of Taipan, most Subang-​ians relish the place as it’s the only restaurant open 24 hours in the USJ/​Taipan area besides McDonalds. Fret not, the food is fresh even in the wee hours of the morning. No food poisoning or any issues thus far. Tried and tested, folks. Though to be on the safe side, maybe you might want to order something that is cooked on the spot such as the Maggi Goreng or a roti.
Ladies, the place is also brightly lit and parking right in front of the restaurant is not a problem late at night. The staff are pretty friendly too and if you’re a regular you’ll notice that most of the staff have been around for some time now and are familiar sights to the regular Subang patrons. The food is pretty average, as you would expect in any other Nasi Kandar joint. What makes this place a gem is mostly due to it being the only familiar 24 hour place nearby for the surrounding USJ neighbourhoods.