From intimate dinners to daily meals or full-on festive feasts, these KL-based home catering services deliver incredible food straight to your doorstep. (Left: Image by @mejamakan.my. Right: Image by @joannessy.)
Maybe you foresee a busy week, you’re putting together a short-notice gathering, or you’re straight up craving a homemade meal at work without lifting a single wok, but you’re tired of the usual suspects on Grab. WYD?
From flavourful Peranakan dishes to unique meals made by refugees, these delivery services bring soul, spice, and everything nice to your table. Here’s a list of the ones we love and would recommend in a heartbeat.
1. The Secret FoodSmith | Peranakan
Started by Florence Wong, The Secret Foodsmith is a home food business that offers unique, healthy takes on Peranakan favourites for individuals, small groups, and events. Made to order using the finest ingredients, with no artificial flavouring or colouring, and meticulously home-cooked, Florence’s specialities are artisan nasi kerabu and Nyonya nasi ulam that promise to impress.
As one glittering review states, “An absolute gem of a find. Ordered the nasi ulam for a gathering – the quality, taste, presentation, and portions were fabulous. I wish all online caterers can deliver as well as this.”
2. Mejamakan | Malay
Curated from authentic Malaysian recipes passed down through generations, Mejamakan brings a warm taste of home to your dinner table. They offer an easy and hassle-free subscription-based service for families to enjoy delicious home-cooked meals together, particularly those who don’t have the time or capacity to cook during their busy work weeks. Their chef, Aunty Ari, makes fresh, seasonal, and locally-sourced ingredients the stars of the show.
Check out their changing weekly menu and subscribe here.
3. Silva’s Home Kitchen | Indian
With a delectable, ever-changing weekly menu of traditional Indian lunch boxes, Silva’s Kitchen packs an exciting punch with solid favourites the likes of mutton varuval, chicken peratal, mushroom pepper masala, and more. Both vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals are cooked fresh daily, Monday to Friday.
Hearty, flavourful, and made with love, Silva’s Kitchen promises to deliver affordable, heartwarming meals that feel like your mom’s packed you lunch. Check out their socials for updates on the weekly menu.
4. Lolili’s Delights (Halal) | Chinese
Founded and passionately run by two Chinese Muslims, Ah Lo and Ah Li Li, Lolili’s Delights have taken it upon themselves to preserve the essence of traditional Chinese cuisine. It’s a cause rooted in the nostalgic dishes that filled their childhood memories before they converted to Islam. In doing so, they’ve brought their rich culture and glorious flavours to Muslim tastebuds. We’re talking home-made Halal delights including bakkwa, chicken lap cheong, Hokkien mee, claypot chicken rice, bakchang, chicken luncheon meat, lotus leaf rice, and chwee kueh.
5. The Nkd Lunchbox | Western
Clean eating has never felt more indulgent. If you’re looking for all-natural, healthy, and delicious food, The Nkd Lunchbox has you covered. Offering healthy Halal Western-style meals made from fresh, high-quality ingredients and superfoods, The Nkd Lunchbox offers subscription plans, on-demand lunchbox deliveries, and large order/corporate event options nutritionally designed by a team of chefs.
Think guilt-free super bowls, wraps, pasta, and more that defy the stereotype that healthy food is boring. Expect colourful, generously portioned dishes that are packed with flavour.
6. PichaEats | Various cultures
This incredible initiative brings authentic cuisines from marginalised communities into your home, featuring traditional, flavourful, family-style dishes made by chefs from Palestine, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and Myanmar that you’d be hard-pressed to find in Kuala Lumpur. From the first to last bite, their dishes deliver an explosion of flavour that’ll leave everyone raving long after the meal is done.
Beyond delicious food, you’d be supporting these refugee and immigrant cooks who are sharing their cultural heritage through family recipes, making every order a small act of cultural exchange and community support that makes a difference.
Check out their menu and pre-order here.
