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Makan by Chef Tan

5.0 (2 reviews)
Closed • 11:30 am - 3:00 pm, 5:00 PM - 9:30 PM

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Berempah Malaysian Street Food - Shop front

Berempah Malaysian Street Food

4.0(2 reviews)
3.4 km

Well coat me in sambal and call me spicy, there's a new Malaysian restaurant just down the road…read morefrom me and I don't know what its name means but it's fun to sound out phonetically. Berempah. See? Swung past for one of their lunch specials, got the $9.90 vegetarian curry (with a hit of sambal on the side, natch). Welcome to flavourville, population: your homeboy me. The curry is made on lentils with big steaming hunks of potato and eggplant, there's tomato and carrot in there, and coriander and chilli. I'd actually eat it just as a soup but I love rice so much I'll never look a gift rice in the face if someone is throwing it at me. I'd just catch it in a bowl and now it's my rice. These guys better get used to seeing me at lunchtimes on my phone.

One of the few restaurants that open early, at 5:00pm. With young kids it was nice to be able to…read moreeat early. The service was pretty good and the portions reasonable. Food tasted good. The kids had satay chicken and spring rolls followed by deep fried battered squid. I can't help but compare them to the Salt & Pepper Squid served in the Qantas First Class Lounge in Sydney. They taste just the same! The Fried Koay Teow was a little pale but pretty good. The specialty of the house, crispy skin pork in special sauce was good but a little too oily. I could not eat too many pieces. The curry chicken with Roti was ordinary. Sambal Kankong was passable. There was no iced Kopi, so I settled for iced milk tea. This was extremely sweet but tasted okay when you add a bit more water.

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Berempah Malaysian Street Food
Berempah Malaysian Street Food - From the street

From the street

Berempah Malaysian Street Food - Crispy Skin Pork in Special sauce

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Crispy Skin Pork in Special sauce

Neptune Palace Restaurant

Neptune Palace Restaurant

4.1(29 reviews)
3.6 km•Sydney
•$$

Neptune Palace was one of the few restaurants in Sydney that don't charge a 10-15% surcharge on…read moreSundays (they still do on a public holiday though). We were staying right down the street at the Marriott and decided to order takeaway from this restaurant. There was only one hostess and she was busy juggling walk-ins, seating customers with reservations, and handling incoming calls. However, she was pleasant and relatively efficient. We ordered 3 items for a total of ~$60 USD: XO Chilli Prawn Cutlets Beancurd and Vegetables in Oyster Sauce Vegetable chow mein The portions are huge! The containers were literally packed to the brim. We had enough to feed 3 people for dinner and for breakfast the next day. Would definitely recommend!

Very nice Chinese/ Malaysian restaurant in the Circular Quay area of Sydney…read more They use Halal standards for food handling and prep. We dined in the upstairs portion of the restaurant ( which is tucked in a multi use building ). Service was friendly and attentive. Food was absolutely delicious. Fresh seafood. Fresh veggies. Portions were decent sized. They do have some pricing quirks to be aware of: There is a minimum spend per person and I believe it varies with party size. They charge a 10% surcharge on Sundays. Not sure if this standard in other restaurants but I doubt it. I'm mentioning it so diners on Sunday are aware. I liked the food enough that I just chalked it up to a vacation u expected expense. I'd eat there again if I had the chance. Notorious MD approved!

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Neptune Palace Restaurant - 2 restaurants up the escalator- Chinese or Japanese

2 restaurants up the escalator- Chinese or Japanese

Neptune Palace Restaurant - Chinese chow mein

Chinese chow mein

Neptune Palace Restaurant

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Mamak Village - Store front - long line for free food on opening day

Mamak Village

3.0(4 reviews)
8.8 km
•$

OUTRAGEOUS It has…read morebeen a few months since this new branch opened back in Sept. I thought the "teething problems" might be gone by now....I WAS WRONG. Saturday 2pm - Went into the restaurant, placed my order at the cashier and I was told that the wait would be 30 mins. WHY? "There is only one chef in the kitchen" Seriously? One chef working on a weekend???? I was hungry, homesick...so I said fine. The pathetic small plate of Char Kway Tiao was a disappointment. Perhaps the ONLY chef was burnt out from the endless orders, but there was no "wok hei" to the noodles, portion was small and ......it did not taste like char kway tiao ! :( Someone can take the dukedom from me.

Hmm I am not sure why this got such scathing reviews from the other two i read, sure its not going…read moreto blow your mind but it isn't a bad place. The prices are good and the service has always been fast when I go there. To the person who complained about them only having one chef on a Saturday, this is explained by the fact that most of the business this place gets is from uni students during the week, a lot of campus outlets aren't even open on weekends so that fact that this one is is a bonus. The food I have had was all pretty decent, sure i have had better roti and nasi lemak, but I have also had worse, The brekkie was tasty the few times I had it but I haven't had it in a fair while so i can't be sure how it is now. All in all, a nice little place to grab a bit when you are on campus without breaking the bank.

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Mamak Village - Nice environment ....

Nice environment ....

Mamak Village - Indoor seating area

Indoor seating area

Mamak Village - Free food on september

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Free food on september

Makan by Chef Tan - malaysian - Updated July 2026

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