Kantan Catering

12/06/2025

Flipping through our trusty recipe books, I stumbled upon an Ottolenghi-inspired gem I just had to share—with my own little spin, naturally 😉. Ultra-silky tofu lounging in a zesty marmalade-soy-calamansi dressing, generously sprinkled with crunchy pistachios, peanuts, and crisp sugar-snap shards. Soft meets snappy, bright meets creamy - sunshine vibes in a dish, perfect for chasing away Melbourne’s winter blues! Meet Sunrise Tofu, shining on our specials board. Vegan, gluten-free, and sooo yum! 🌞✨

02/05/2025

Our current specials? A little bit fun, a little bit fancy, and totally irresistible.

1. Roti Jala: our delicate Malaysian net crepe with a rich chicken curry.

2. Kerabu Pomelo: a zesty pomelo salad with scorched prawns, herbs, toasted coconut, peanuts, and a sweet-tangy dressing.

3. Roti Halloumi: crispy roti layered with fried halloumi and our house-made jam — salty, sweet, and everything in between. An instant hit!

Slide through and pick your fave… or don’t. Order them all Tonight’s specials? 🤭😄❤️

05/02/2025

Melbourne’s been a scorcher lately, but we’ve got the perfect dishes to keep you cool—light curries, fresh salads and bold tropical flavours. Pair it with an ice-cold lychee or teh tarik and you’re set! 🍹❄️ keep cool guys and hope to see you soon! ❤️

29/01/2025

Happy Lunar New Year, everyone! May you all be blessed with an abundance of prosperity.
We made a buffet spread for a recent baby shower. Heart-warming to see our home-style food being ravishly eaten by all the guests. Thank you, Bridget and Fam ❤️

27/12/2024

Join our team! We're looking for passionate chefs with a love for Malaysian/ South East Asian cuisine.

Email us at [email protected]

23/12/2024

Hi guys, we are now closed for the holiday season and will reopen on the 7th of Jan
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Thank you for all your support since we reopened in september. It was a big learning curve starting up a business again, with a small albeit amazing team and a big menu, but Im glad we've done it.
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It was so lovely to see familiar faces as well as new ones enjoying our humble cultural food. Thank you! I hope to share more home-style recipes in the new year with you all. Wait for it, okay? In the meantime, have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

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Hisham

16/12/2024

Since I picked up catering again some weeks ago (after the reataurant has stabilised since re-opening), it's been a ball! - 1. Akishe and Mern's intimate wedding. 2. Kantan Fried Chicken - no.1 customer favourite 3. Roti Jala - the most requested item (turmeric crepe with chicken curry), which just might make a comeback on the restaurant menu in the new year. 4. Fried Mee Siam - Yummy fried noodles, traditionally eaten during tea time 5. Hope St Radio's staff party! 6. Pandan Crepe Cake - a much missed dessert at Kantan on Johnston St. 7. Cleo, my kitty.

11/12/2024

28/06/2023

Hi guys! Hope you're keeping warm in this chilly weather. A lot of you may know this piece of news already from visiting our restaurant the last couple of months. This week will be our FINAL week of service in Fitzroy. Yes, that's right! It's a bitter-sweet moment for all of us here, but definitely not goodbye!
KANTAN is (thankfully) growing - a new place is needed so we can offer up more home-style catering, restaurant as well as retail. We could not have done it over these three years without the fabulous people of Fitzroy and beyond - despite covid, inflation, come what may, you are the bestest of customers that any resto would be jealous to have 🥰
We will definitely miss Fitzroy and its wonderful community. Keep your eyes peeled for updates on our socials. We'd love to see you one final time before our doors shut and make way for another new fabulous restaurant in our stead. Please show them the kind of support that you've shown us.
Thanks from the bottom of our hearts for all your support. See you soon! ❤️

Love,
All of us at KANTAN

15/05/2023

Had the pleasure of catering an important celebration recently - the first Malaysian-Chinese barrister to be appointed Senior Counsel in Australia. The request was for Malaysian style finger food to bring about fond feelings of home for the esteemed guest. Stories like this are so inspirational for other Malaysians to achieve their dreams beyond Malaysia, Malaysia boleh! 🥳❤️ Thanks Vic Uni and Tienyi for making us part of this historical moment.

08/05/2023

Warm homey food on a wet weekend morning ❤️

06/04/2023

We're open on Good Friday and Saturday. Get a good hot home-style meal at Kantan! Its only going to get colder! 🥶

03/04/2023

Wonderful intimate wedding in a beautiful home 🥰 Wishing all the love and happiness to the newly weds Nat and Sam! ❤️

10/02/2023

Another event done and dusted. One last hurrah for before NZ. We will miss you very much ❤️

23/01/2023

Happy Lunar New Year, guys! Did you have a good toss of Yee Sang? 😃
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The restaurant is taking a break during this time and will reopen on Tuesday 22 Feb, although catering orders are still welcomed.
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Some of us are travelling to see family and others are having family visiting from overseas. It's important to spend quality time with loved ones, agreed? 😊
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We also can't thank you enough for your support in the weeks before this break. The restaurant has been so busy with new faces every day, and catering too. Thank you so much! Can't wait to serve you your fav food at Kantan again when we return. See you soon! ❤️

05/12/2022

Mee Siam, currypuffs and spring rolls - a staple food for tea time. Its the holiday season and catering orders are ramping up. Get your orders in before our dates are fully booked out ❤️😊 wheee 🎄

21/08/2022

Finishing off the weekend with this birthday catering. What a fabulous day to shoot some hoops, get hungry and then eat some home style food. An exhausting weekend juggling restaurant and events but there's happiness in all of this 🥳🏀🎉❤️

12/08/2022

It looks like a rainy evening tonight. Why not hop on over to Kantan and have some hot soupy Laksa or our crispy barramundi curry or red lentil curry or prawn panko curry! We have a number of curries to warm you up in no time 😊 see you soon guys!

08/08/2022

Fun fun day catering for Belinda and Chian's amazing Old Shanghai themed wedding! Eighth day of the eighth month - very auspicious in asian culture 🥰 hopefully the mandarin oranges we placed around our buffet set up would add to the auspiciousness.
You know whats extremely satisfying? Its when all the food is finished at the end of an event, which means no food waste at all! And today was that. Just enough food for everyone to have seconds, even thirds. But all finished. Amazing. Well done dear guests 😊
Catering is always pretty exhausting, especially when you're doing everything yourself like me.. but those happy looks on everyone faces after eating my home-style food make it all worth it - beats any day working in corporate for me.
And today a guest said to consider production for my chicken curry (paste). Cant say I havent thought of it.. maybe even bottled kantan fried chicken sauce too if there's demand 😊 - something I have to think about down the line... but now in my tiredness, let me just dwell a little longer in all the positive vibes from everyone I met today 💕.

P/s:
Jak, dont mind me using your pic 😁
Oh, the appetisers in the tiny boats are not my creation but they are beautiful nonetheless and deserve some airtime.