Everything you need to write about The Harga Index, in one page. Numbers, images, the raw data and a contact who answers the same day. All of it free to use with credit.
📰The story in one paragraph
A Malaysian food-creator startup spent three days hand-counting what four everyday items cost on public delivery menus in every state, and published all 619 prices. The gap is wider than most people would guess: the cheapest nasi lemak with chicken they found was RM5.30 in Terengganu, the most expensive nasi lemak of any kind was RM40.00 in Putrajaya, a prawn set. Along the way they found that a median iced matcha now costs more than a median plate of nasi lemak, and that in Kelantan even the priciest nasi lemak on the platform costs less than the national median plate.
🔢Five numbers
Each one is a real listing, with the item named, so it can be quoted safely.
| Number | What it is |
|---|---|
| RM5.30 | Cheapest nasi lemak with chicken in the dataset. NL Ayam Crispy, Terengganu |
| RM40.00 | Most expensive nasi lemak of any kind. Set 7 Udang, a prawn set, Putrajaya |
| RM8.80 vs RM15.50 | Cheapest and priciest state medians for nasi lemak: Kedah and Selangor |
| RM11.84 | The most expensive nasi lemak found anywhere in Kelantan. Still below the national median |
| RM14.40 vs RM11.87 | Median iced matcha now costs more than the median nasi lemak |
💬Quote
Creators kept telling us the same thing: they were spending fifty ringgit of their own money to review a twelve ringgit plate. That is the problem we are trying to fix, so we started counting what food actually costs. Discovery shouldn't be expensive, for the people making the content or for the restaurants hoping to be found.Keith Ko, co-founder, Share Eat!
🎨Our logo
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Using it
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🖼️Images and data
Free to republish, online or in print, with the credit “The Harga Index by Share Eat!”. No permission request needed.
- The full dataset (CSV, 619 rows)
- Methodology, sources and limits
- Index share card (1200×630)
- Challenge share card (1200×630)
- Charts on the Index itself can be screenshotted and used directly
✅Worth getting right
- The RM40.00 plate is a prawn set, not a plain nasi lemak. It is the most expensive nasi lemak of any kind in that state, which is a different claim.
- These are delivery-platform prices, listed before discounts. Counter prices are usually lower.
- State figures are medians, not averages.
- It is a snapshot, 11 to 13 August 2026. Every row is dated.
👥Who is behind it
Three Malaysian co-founders. Keith fronts the Index and is the contact for anything about the data. Headshots are free to use with credit; click a name for the full-resolution file.
📞Contact
Keith Ko, co-founder, Share Eat!
WhatsApp 014-679 1868 ·
[email protected] · [email protected]
Same-day replies, including weekends. Happy to talk through the method, pull a specific state's numbers, or check a price against its source page while you are on deadline.
🍽️About Share Eat!
Share Eat! is a Malaysian platform where restaurants offer a meal as food credit and local food creators apply to feature them. The restaurant pays in food rather than cash and keeps every video; the creator eats and films without paying out of pocket. It is live on the App Store and currently onboarding its founding hundred Klang Valley restaurants.
The Harga Index came out of that work: if you are asking creators to discover restaurants for a living, it helps to know what discovery actually costs.