Shopping on weekends can be a rather expensive affair. Shoppers not only have to battle with traffic jams going into the shopping centres, expensive parking rates but also expensive food in mall food courts and restaurants.

I don’t like paying for overpriced cafe food as I find that some of them tend to be pretty bad hawker style with an inflated price tag. So, I was thrilled to discover a reasonable place to eat lunch when I was last shopping at Ikea and Ikano Power Centre. Read more below.

In between Ikano Power Centre and Ikea is an area filled with several food options which are cheaper than the usual cafes in Ikano. There is a rather wide variety – mamak food from De Irfan’s Cafe, nyonya food from Mama Nyonya, Dunkin’ Donuts, malay food and Taiwanese street food from Shilin Street Snacks. Tables are available for people to dine from any of these little outlets and a lunch there can cost approximately RM7 as opposed to RM20 in a cafe.

De Irfan does a mean mee rebus or mee rojak for approximately RM8 and has a choice of delicious pre-packed nasi lemak options for approximately RM3 with chicken or squid. Mama Nyonya is also hugely popular with their wide variety of nyonya cakes and noodles.

So the next time you are shopping in Ikano or Ikea and the hunger bug strikes, why not drop by one of these stalls on Level P1, Ikano Power Centre for a meal that will not break your wallet!