Happy Lok Diner is a long running Chinese and Malaysian food venue at 53 Crwys Road in Cathays. Its neighbourhood setting and broad menu make it useful for an informal dine in meal as well as collection or delivery, with cooking that draws strongly on Cantonese and Malaysian favourites.
The selection moves between rice and noodle dishes, roast meats, fried starters and sauced main courses. Diners can build a familiar Chinese meal from dishes such as ribs, prawns, chicken and vegetables, then add steamed or fried rice and share several contrasting preparations across the table.
Malaysian recipes give the menu a particularly distinctive side. Beef rendang brings slow cooked meat and aromatic spice, while nasi lemak combines coconut rice with chicken curry, sambal, peanuts and fried egg for a complete meal with rich, savoury and spicy elements.
The straightforward diner format suits students, local residents and groups looking for generous comfort food without a formal occasion. Delivery ordering is prominent, but the variety of sharing dishes and rice plates also works well for customers who want to sit down and explore both Chinese and Malaysian flavours together.
Address: 53 Crwys Road, Cathays, Cardiff CF24 4ND, Wales
Happy Lok Diner Menu
Starters
Sesame Prawn Toast
Satay Chicken
Japanese Dumplings Chicken
Crispy Aromatic Duck (3 pieces)
Malaysian Style Spare Ribs
Chicken Wings
Roti Canai
Tempura Prawns (4 pieces)
Vegetarian Starters
Spring Roll (6 pieces)
Vegetable Dumplings (5 pieces) V
Edamame
Tempura Veg
Vegan Crispy Aromatic Duck (3 pieces)
Soups
Tom Yum Chicken Or Beef
Tom Yum Prawns
Chicken Sweet Corn Soup
Chicken Dumpling Soup (With Three)
Malaysian Specials
Nasi Lemak (Legs Or Breast)
Coconut flavored rice served with chicken curry, garnished with peanuts, fried anchovies, sambal and half of a hard-boiled egg.
Bak Kut Teh With Rice
Malaysian herbal soup with pork ribs in a clay pot served with rice and youtiaw (fried dough)
Roast Duck with Boiled Rice
Crispy Roast Pork with Boiled Rice
Honey Roast Pork with Boiled Rice
Roast Chicken with Boiled Rice
Hainanese Chicken Rice
Poached chicken served with seasoned rice, garlic chili sauce, and ginger condiment. (Available on Sundays, Mondays, and Tuesdays).
Tofu braised in soy sauce with rice (v)
Seafood Hor Fun With Egg Gravy
Stir-fried rice noodles with egg gravy and prawns
Assam Laksa
Fish-based sour soup with rice noodles garnished with thinly cut cucumber, pineapple, onions, and mint.
Char Kway Teow
Stir-fried rice noodles (hor fun) with prawns, egg and bean sprouts
Sarm Bao Rice (3 roast meat with rice)
Honey roast pork, chinese roast chicken and chinese crispy roast pork served with boiled rice.
Roast pork with tofu and rice
Chef Specials
Claypot Pork Belly with Salted Fish
Stir-Fried Roast Pork With Spring Onion And Garlic
Mapo Tofu
Claypot Japanese Tofu With Seafood
Claypot Malaysian Spicy Chicken
Stir Fried Roast Pork With Pak Choi
Malaysian Style Stir-Fried Water Spinach
Water spinach is also known as Kangkung or Morning Glory. Choice of sauce: ginger and garlic, Malaysian shrimp paste or bean curd paste.
Stir-Fried Pak Choi With Ginger And Garlic
Clay Pork Aubergine With Minced Pork
Sea Food Dishes
Malaysian Style Steamed Sea Bass With Soy Beans And Chili Paste
Assam Seabass
Whole Seabass steamed in a spicy, tangy sauce with tomatoes, aubergin, okra and chillies.
Steamed Seabass with Spicy Lime Sauce
Whole steamed sebass in malaysian style sauce with fresh chillies and black pepper.
Steamed Seabass With Soy Sauce
King Prawn Dishes
Malaysian Style Butter Prawns in Egg Floss
King prawns in egg floss, curry leaves are used to enhanced the flavour of this dish.
Salted Egg Prawns
Prawns bathed in salty egg infusion
Kam Heong Prawn
A signature Malaysian dish, fragrant Malaysian spices are used to cook this dish.
Kung Po King Prawns
savoury and sweet with a spicy kick.
Salt And Pepper King Prawns
Prawns cooked in salt and pepper.
Broccoli King Prawns
Salted Egg Squid
Squid in salted duck egg batter.
Kung Po Squid
Savoury sweet with a spicy kick.
Chicken Dishes
Malaysian Style Chicken Curry With Potatoes
Malaysian style Butter Chicken in Egg Floss
Chicken pieces wrapped in a cosy blanket of egg floss. This dish has a perfect balance of sweet and salty. Curry leaves are used to enhance the flavour.
Kung Po Chicken
Sweet savoury with a spicy kick.
Chicken With Green Peppers And Black Bean Sauce
Sesame Chicken
Chicken in a slightly sweet tangy sesame sauce. Served with julienne cucumber, spring onions and garnished with fresh coriander.
Sweet And Sour Chicken
Chicken Rendang
A dry curry made with Malaysian spices.
Coriander Chicken
Thai Green Chicken Curry
Beef Dishes
Beef With Green Peppers and Black Bean Sauce
Beef With Black Pepper Sauce
Crispy Shredded Beef
Beef Rendang
A dry curry made with Malaysian spices.
Thai Green Curry With Beef
Mee Goreng Noodles
Malaysian style stir fried egg noodles. Slightly spicy.
Chicken Or Beef
King Prawn
Vegetables
Fried Udon Noodles
Seafood Black Pepper Sauce
Chicken Or Beef
Prawns
Vegetable
Pad Thai Noodles
Chicken Or Beef
Prawns
Vegetables
Mee Hoon Noodles
Malaysian rice noodles (vermicelli) stir fried with spicy Malaysian spices.
Chicken Or Beef
Prawns
Vegetable
Desserts
Banana Fritters With Ice Cream (Vanilla, Chocolate or Strawberry)
Tau Fu Fah
Silken soya bean pudding served with syrup infused with Pandan leaves. (Pandan has a subtle fragrance characterised by delicate notes of rose, almond and vanilla.
Soy Bean Drink With Seagrass Jelly
Ice Cream (Vanilla, Chocolate Or Strawberry)
Savoury Tau Fu Fa
Nasi Goreng
Malaysian style fried rice cooked with spicy Malaysian spices.
Beef or Chicken
Prawns
Vegetable
Fried Rice
Kam Heong Seafood Fried Rice
Seafood fried rice cooked with fragrant Malaysian spices.
Pineapple and King Prawn Fried Rice
Yung Chow Fried Rice
Egg Fried Rice
Boiled Rice
Small boiled rice
Sauces
Sambal
Homemade chilli garlic sauce
Satay Sauce
Curry Sauce
Vegan Starter
Vegan Spring Rolls
Vegan Japanese Dumplings
Edamame
Vegan Crispy Aromatic “Duck”
Vegan Mains
Claypot Aubergine with Tofu
Stir Fried Morning Glory (water spinach)
Stir Fried Pak Choi with Ginger and Garlic
Stir Fried Broccoli with Vegan Oyster Sauce
Salt and Pepper Tofu
Tofu Rendang
Kung Po “Chicken”
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