Kayu Nasi Kandar - Box Hill, Melbourne

After hearing and talking about it for the last few months, we had an opportunity to try Kayu Nasi Kandar. Steven and Serena, Maureen & I drove to the place in Box Hill. It is about 20 minutes from where I live. Thursday Night was very cold and a great night to try out the hot and spicy food.

Parking was no problem since it is a weekday. It will be a problem if it is the weekend because there are also others restaurants around the vicinity. The restaurant looks clean and cosy except I don't like the food counter in the middle of the shop and have taken much space.

We order teh tarik and teh lihir before we order the meal because we were cold. The teh came and it was disappointing. It was not piping hot and it was just below warm. The teh tarik has no tea taste, it taste like weak tea and has no foam. Rich Mahal, another Indian restaurant, make better teh tarik and it is hot and foamy just like back home.

Since we were there the first time, we decided to share and we ordered Nasi Kandar Chicken, Nasi Kandar Beef Rendang, Nasi Lemak Biasa,Fish Curry, Roti Canai and Roti tissue. The Nasi were good and spicy but the roti canai was not crispy like back home. I think it was premade and microwaved, thus making it chewy. Roti Tisu was good and have to be eaten while it is hot otherwise it will quickly turn soft. However, the nasi lemak, in my humble opinion was a bit pricy of $6.50. Singapore Selera, read my previous post, goes for only $3.50.

No, I will not purposely drive all the way there for the food but if I am around there I would drop in. I will give it 6 out of 10.


*Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here is entirely based on my personal tastebuds and may vary for others. The reviewer also declares that he has not received any monetary or non-monetary compensation from the restaurant for writing this review.