The cheapest roti canai & teh tarik in Malaysia
Next time you are in Kuala Lumpur and are short of money, you might want to check this place out.
At the Ukhwah Restoran Rakyat 1Malaysia on Lorong Medan Tuanku Satu (next to Prescott Inn), the perennial Malaysian breakfast/snack favourite, the combination of roti canai and teh tarik would set you back a mere RM1.00 (that’s about 30 US cents): 40 sen for the roti canai and 60 sen for the teh tarik.
Eating there everyday would enable you to save up for that stone sink, however the health cost is another matter!
Other items on the menu are resonably-priced too:
- chicken rice: RM3
- can of coke with ice: RM1.50
- mixed tomyam soyp: RM4
- iced tea: RM0.80
It is run by a non-profit oriented cooperative: Koperasi Pendidikan Islam Malaysia Bhd (Ukhwah) which was set up in 1998 and has 50,000 members.
Understandably, almost immediately other restaurants in the area asked them to maintain the market price of food. But good news for the customers: for the time being the low prices stay, because there’s still profit to be made:
- actual cost of roti canai: 20 sen.
- actual cost of teh tarik: 42 sen.
Most restaurants make 200% to 300% profit from selling food anyway.
Source
The Star, 19 July 2009
