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The Secret Foodsmith The Secret Food Smith
202403038572 (003575500-D)
We specialise in Penang Nyonya food cooked with heart. By appointment only dining and preorder delivery.

14/10/2026

Your lunch deserves to look 👀 smell 👃 and taste 👅 this good ❤️❤️❤️

Old ways, new tools. The soul of Nyonya cuisine remains unchanged. 🌶️The soul of Nyonya cuisine lies in its rempah. Get ...
13/10/2026

Old ways, new tools. The soul of Nyonya cuisine remains unchanged. 🌶️

The soul of Nyonya cuisine lies in its rempah. Get it right, and it makes all the difference.

Many Nyonya private kitchens proudly promote traditional methods of preparation. While preserving traditions is important, let’s be honest — sometimes, the emphasis on doing everything the old-fashioned way becomes more of a selling point than a necessity. Not everything has to be done manually to produce good food!

At The Secret Foodsmith, we believe in combining the best of both worlds. Some things simply have to be done by hand, while technology can help us achieve consistency, save time and labour without compromising taste or quality.

Our super-expensive food processor 😅 took plenty of R&D to get right. We process our rempah without adding water, carefully controlling the consistency to mimic the texture achieved through traditional pounding with a pestle and mortar. It took lots of experimentation, but we got there!

All our rempah for curries, dishes and sauces is made in-house from scratch. No ready-made pastes, artificial flavouring or preservatives. Just real ingredients, prepared with care.

And our Sambal Belacan? Many customers have asked if we sell it. Not at the moment, because it’s seriously labour-intensive! 😅 We hand-press every single calamansi to avoid the bitterness that can come from crushing the peel. We’re talking kilograms of calamansi for just one batch!

For us, authenticity isn’t about how much manual labour goes into making a dish. It’s about the ingredients, the technique, the flavours and the standards we refuse to compromise.

We embrace technology where it helps, preserve traditional methods where they matter, and make no apologies for doing things our way.

That’s The Secret Foodsmith. ❤️

Which is your favourite appetising salad?Acar Awak 🧡Kerabu Kacang Botol Salad 💚Kerabu Kay Nok Nee Salad 🖤 ...
12/10/2026

Which is your favourite appetising salad?

Acar Awak 🧡
Kerabu Kacang Botol Salad 💚
Kerabu Kay Nok Nee Salad 🖤

Do you Prefer Kerabu 💙 Ulam 💛 or a Kahwin 💙💛 of both for your LUNCH?
12/10/2026

Do you Prefer Kerabu 💙 Ulam 💛 or a Kahwin 💙💛 of both for your LUNCH?

A little moment of realisation on our anniversary. ❤️Today, I want to share something that dawned on me while watching o...
11/10/2026

A little moment of realisation on our anniversary. ❤️

Today, I want to share something that dawned on me while watching our customers dine in yesterday.

I’ve stood at my little corner watching our customers many times before, but yesterday felt different. It was like watching little snippets of a movie unfolding right before my eyes. Only this time, they were real.

A family of seven came in. The organiser had been ordering from me since my home-based days. Today, she brought her family, including her elderly mother. I watched a young man sitting beside her, chatting with her and looking after her throughout the meal. The family enjoyed their food while catching up with one another. Such a beautiful sight.

At another table, parents were busy feeding and entertaining their very young children while Grandma happily enjoyed time with the family.

Then came a group of ladies celebrating a birthday. They were busy taking photos before and after their meal, creating memories I imagine they’ll look back on for years to come.

Finally, a young couple who stumbled upon us through Google. They took their time enjoying the food and each other’s company. Good for them! If they have kids in the future, peaceful meals like these might become a rare luxury. 😆

All this unfolded while I stood at my usual corner with a good friend beside me, helping to serve our customers.

And I felt so, so happy.

Perhaps I’ve always been too busy cooking, managing orders or simply too tired to really take it all in. But yesterday, I saw things a little differently.

Our little restaurant isn’t just a place where people come to eat. It’s where families reconnect, generations spend time together, friendships are celebrated and couples enjoy precious moments.

We may not be the reason they’re gathering, but we’re fortunate to provide a space where these memories happen, with good food at the centre of it all.

Six years of The Secret Foodsmith. One year of our little restaurant. And yesterday, I realised we’re not just serving food. We’re making room for memories. ❤️

What a beautiful way to celebrate our anniversary!

6 years of The Secret Foodsmith. 1 year of our little dine-in restaurant. ❤️This Saturday marks two very special milesto...
09/10/2026

6 years of The Secret Foodsmith. 1 year of our little dine-in restaurant. ❤️

This Saturday marks two very special milestones for us.

Six years ago, The Secret Foodsmith began its journey as a delivery-only business. For more than five years, we cooked behind the scenes, preparing our food with the same love and care that we do today.

Then, on 10 October last year, we quietly opened the doors to our little dine-in restaurant. It was a new chapter, a new challenge, and a leap of faith.

Looking back, it has been quite a journey. From cooking out of sight to welcoming customers into our little space, from preparing familiar favourites to bringing Penang Nyonya heritage dishes to the table, we have learnt so much along the way.

We are still a small restaurant, tucked away in Taman Desa, doing things our own way. We cook from scratch, take our time to prepare our food properly, and stay true to what we believe in. We may not be the most visible restaurant around, but we are grateful to have found our own little community of people who appreciate what we do.

To everyone who has ordered from us, dined with us, recommended us to friends, or taken the time to leave us a kind review — thank you for being part of our journey. Your support has made it possible for us to keep doing what we love.

Six years in, and one year into this new chapter. We are proud of how far we have come, and even more grateful for the people who have walked this journey with us.

Here’s to many more years of cooking from the heart, preserving the flavours of heritage, and sharing a little piece of Penang with you. ❤️

With love,
Florence & Adrian
The Secret Foodsmith

We’re lucky enough to welcome guests from all over the world 🌏✨Of course, our first mission is to make sure they leave w...
08/10/2026

We’re lucky enough to welcome guests from all over the world 🌏✨

Of course, our first mission is to make sure they leave with happy tummies and wonderful memories of a great Nyonya meal. But once the meal is done… the internal foodies in us take over. 😂🍴

We can’t help but share our favourite local restaurants, hidden gems, must-try dishes and all the places we think they really shouldn’t miss while they’re here.

Because great food is meant to be shared — and we’re always happy to be your unofficial local food guides! 😋❤️

Craving that soft, silky, melt-in-your-mouth Penang Otak-Otak? 😋Here’s the Penang twist: instead of a firm fish paste, P...
02/10/2026

Craving that soft, silky, melt-in-your-mouth Penang Otak-Otak? 😋

Here’s the Penang twist: instead of a firm fish paste, Penang Nyonya Otak-Otak is soft, custardy and fragrant, with a rich coconut base, aromatic rempah and the unmistakable fragrance of daun kaduk.

Ours takes it one step further with generous chunks of fresh seabass — so you get tender pieces of fish in every silky spoonful.

That’s what makes it so distinctly Penang: delicate, aromatic and deeply comforting, like something straight from a Nyonya home kitchen. ❤️

And now, you can enjoy it at The Secret Foodsmith.

🍃 Fresh Penang Nyonya Otak-Otak — available at our restaurant
🍃 Frozen raw Otak-Otak — take some home!

Simply take it out of the freezer, let it sit for 15 minutes, then steam for 15 minutes.

15 minutes to sit. 15 minutes to steam. Then… dig in. 😋

A little taste of Penang, whenever the craving hits. 💛

📣 Acar Awak fans! We have a fresh batch ❤️💛💚🧡
01/10/2026

📣 Acar Awak fans! We have a fresh batch ❤️💛💚🧡

All natural and fresh. Wednesday Blues!!! 💙💙💙
30/09/2026

All natural and fresh. Wednesday Blues!!! 💙💙💙

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Kuala Lumpur

Opening Hours

Monday 11:30 - 14:30
Tuesday 11:30 - 14:30
Wednesday 11:30 - 14:30
Thursday 11:30 - 14:30
Friday 11:30 - 14:30
Saturday 11:30 - 14:30

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+60102254259

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