Best Food in Tanjung Malim (2026)

Updated October 2026 · 3 spots

Sitting on the Selangor–Perak border, Tanjung Malim is the classic highway pit stop, and the reason to stop is Yik Mun's steamed pau, curry chicken and kaya buns from a family that has been making them since the 1920s. The UPSI university crowd keeps the newer taman busy with Thai-style tomyam houses and cafés, so drop in for lunch rather than a quick toll-plaza snack.

Known forTanjung Malim pauHainanese chicken chopThai tomyam seafoodhighway pit stop meals

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Top of the list in Tanjung Malim: Yik Mun Restaurant for Dim Sum, Restoran Village Tomyam Seafood for Seafood Restaurant and Hitz Cafe for Brunch Café.

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Yik Mun Restaurant

🥟 Dim Sum · Tanjung Malim Old Town, Tanjung Malim, Perak

☪︎ HalalRM10–RM25Since 1926

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Order: Tanjung Malim pau (chicken curry, beef curry, red bean, kaya) and Hainanese chicken chop

The name behind the famous Tanjung Malim pau, with family roots in the town going back to 1926. Generations of north-south travellers have pulled off the highway for a bag of curry chicken buns and a plate of Hainanese chicken chop, and the shop is halal certified.

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🦀Seafood Restaurant

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Restoran Village Tomyam Seafood

🦀 Seafood Restaurant · Taman Universiti, Tanjung Malim, Perak

☪︎ HalalRM15–RM40

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Order: Dry tomyam prawns, butter prawns, Thai sizzling fish and kangkung belacan

A busy halal Thai-style seafood restaurant in the university township, where UPSI families and students go for spicy tomyam dinners. Dry tomyam prawns and butter prawns are the orders.

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🍳Brunch Café

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Hitz Cafe

🍳 Brunch Café · Tanjung Malim Old Town, Tanjung Malim, Perak

☪︎ HalalRM15–RM30

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Order: Western plates and café drinks in the old town

A halal-certified café in a restored old-town shophouse, offering good-value Western dishes and coffee. A comfortable sit-down stop between Yik Mun and the highway.

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Yik Mun Restaurant

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Hitz Cafe

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