Kin Wah kopitiam//锦华咖啡店

锦华咖啡，可说得上是新山区数一数二的传统咖啡店。无论是咖啡的浓度，香味。都非常符合海南咖啡的特色，配上两片新鲜，烤好的kaya roti.. 此乃人生一大享受。唯一的投诉，就是太多人了，一席难求。
Jing Hua kopitiam, could be considered as one of the few Kopitiam that serves authentic Hainanese Kopi in JB. It's coffee's aroma, and texture, eating it together with Kaya roti Toast..is simply heavenly enjoyment..My only complain about this place? its simply too crowded..and limited seating capacity.

Corner Kopitiam..its easy to spot it.

This is just crowded and small the kopitiam is

Kaya with Butter toast..yummy

Kopi ..my favourite

食物Food：4／5 推荐海南早餐三宝，kopi , roti, 鸡蛋
服务Service：2／5 收钱的老板娘不是很友善
环境Env：3／5 太多人，不过很古色古香
价钱Price：1.40 kopi 面包价钱忘了。
整体Overall：3.8／5

Kin Wah Kopi Tiam 锦华咖啡店

39-67 Jalan Tan Hiok Nee

Bandar Johor Bahru, 80000 Johor Bahru, Johor

GPS:1.456838,103.76434

Hiap Joo bakery// 协裕面包西菓店

一说到协裕面包西菓店，在新山可算得上是家喻户晓，只要在JB土生土长的居民一定都有听过。
他们家最著名的莫过于香蕉蛋糕。
此家特别之处，在于还用传统的窑，木材来烘制香喷喷
的面包和香蕉蛋糕。
第一次，经过时，看到外面摆满木材还以为是家私店。其实，都是用来烧烤用的。
如果要买刚出炉的蛋糕，时间是3.30pm 过后。通常卖不完的会留到明天早上卖。
而第一批面包则是在12.30pm 出炉。通常卖到2.30pm. 左右就完了。
当我们在享受美味的面包时，又可以参观旧式的烘烤技术，真的让品尝美食更上一层楼！

Simple frontage, you will never expect it is a bakery

Old school Oven ...

Wood Stack up on the side for ussage

Preparing the bread

Signature Banana cake 蛋糕松软，香味四溢，让人欲罢不能。

Talk about Old school bakery in town, one would naturally think of Hiap Joo Bakery, the location is in the heart of the JB town area, Jalan Tan Hiok Nee road, or Cultural street, as the local like to call it. They are one of the 2 remaining bakery that still uses wood for baking, not only it is higher costs, it is also time consuming, every step, and temperature control, does not comes with a turn of a knob, but through years of experiences. 
The shop looks almost like a furniture shop, from exterior as it piles up lots of wood. So, do ask the locals if you can't find the location. Before coming down, do make sure you come at the right timing to enjoy the freshest bake..
For Bread- the 1st batch comes out at 12.30pm Noon, which are sold out by 2.30pm
For Banana Cakes- The 1st batch comes out at 3.30pm to 4pm.. it will be available till closing time, as they will bake excess, and allow patrons to purchase the over night cakes tomorrow morning.
The best part about this food experience? you get to see old baking methods and enjoy a good cake at the same time.


FOOD食物：4.5/5
PRICE价钱：4rm 小， 8rm大
OVERALL整体：4.5/5 一定要试！

Hiap Joo bakery// 协裕面包西菓店

13 Jalan Tan Hiok Nee

Bandar Johor Bahru, 80000 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

Open daily 7am to 6pm , Sunday till 12pm( only banana cakes)

GPS: 1.456669,103.764378

Ah Hua kway teow @Jalan Segget // 亚华果条汤@jalan Segget

这家坡底的亚华，是三家中历史最悠久的店面。对此店的水准可说是期待最大的一家。今天，刚巧路过，顺便停下脚步，试试看这家老店。
店内的陈色依旧保持很旧式的店屋。没冷气也没粉刷，感觉，时间在这里停留。
因为，不是很饿，叫了一碗小的，5rm试试口味及水准。

果条汤的卖相，明显不多料，几片猪肝，瘦肉，无法引起我的食欲. The appearance dosen't look too appealing

果条烫的适中。比起ksl,的来得好。令人最失望的尽然是那引以为豪的汤底，味道，淡而无味，只有ksl那家的浓度的十分之4。

Ingredients are nicely sorted

Rest Day on ever Saturday

Old shop house frontage

This particular Ah Hua at Jalan Segget, is the oldest shop among the three outlets in JB, I have high expectations of this shop, because usually the first shop would maintained its standards. Manage to drop by the shop today and have a quick meal...ordered the 5 rm to have test of its taste. 


FOOD食物：2.5／5 Soup is too bland, tasteless.
ENV环境：2／5 Very old shop, a bit dark and hot
Service服务：3／5 老板娘蛮友善 The lady boss is quite friendly
Overall 整体：2.5/5 味道有负亚华老字号，令人失望。Passable taste, quite a let down coming from the most famous brand of kway teow in JB


Also Read food review of Ah Hua @ KSL HERE

Ah Hua kway teow @Jalan Segget // 亚华果条汤@jalan Segget

Jalan Segget

Bandar Johor Bahru, 80000 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

GPS:1.458141,103.764284

Timing :Morning and Afternoon ( closed on Saturdays)

It Roo Cafe-The Best chicken chop in town

这是必点的鸡扒-号称The Best Chicken Chop In Town
可以选择炸或烤，酱料蘑菇或者黑胡椒。。
吃鸡扒当然要吃蘑菇酱，我们还加了2粒鸡蛋 This the signature dish, chicken chop, you can have it grilled or fried, choice of gravy, black pepper or mushroom..eggs is additional order

Maintaining the "Nostalgia" feel in the cafe

这羊扒我酱是不错。。可惜肉太硬要不断。。。Lamb chop taste not bad, but a bit tough to cut through

Menu and pricing

Shop frontage

切得大大块马铃薯，好吃, potato wedges taste good

Food review by Monori Tan

IT Roo Cafe-The Best chicken chop in town

17，Jalan Dhoby,80000 JB

GPS:1.456824,103.763528

Tel:07-2227780 

Restoran Shafina Nasi Kandar 24jam

RM10.50 for this plate

RM 9.50 for the above portion, consider expensive in JB's standards

Shop is 24 hours near Legenda Tasek apartment

What is Nasi Kandar?? This a question that is bothering me since I ever come across this dish. Apparently, this dish is very common is Northen Malaysia, namely Penang, is very much like the Nasi Padang that you could find in any Mak Mak store. According to a JB friend from Penang, the main taste difference lies in the curry, which uses different spices, unlike Nasi Padang. 

In Fact, this is one of the rare shops that sells this dish. This food review is written by a Penang resident..to authenticate it's taste..

Food review by Chen Xin rong

food=4/5 for JB standards it will be a 4, cos there isn't a lot of choices, but if this store is in Penang its a 3/5

Price=3/5 大众化

environment=mamak档 2/5

service=2.5/5 

Restoran Shafina Nasi Kandar 24jam

Jalan Tun Abdul Razak (Susur 6)

81200 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

GPS:1.487665,103.724113

Salahuddin bakery

Located along Jalan Dhoby, this aged old bakery has stand the test of time, started in 1937, it is one of the remaining bakery, besides Hiap Joo that still use wood fire for baking. The current owner is the 3rd generation, who is related to the original founder Mr. Salhuddin.

I recommend visiting this place in the morning, before 10 am, because you get to the bakers getting ready to bake the 2nd or third round of the bread.

The various bread, and pastries are laid out on the table for the customers to select, 

Popular choices includes, coconut bread and curry puff.

Comparing the taste of bread, his bread is softer, and has less of the "wood smell" as compared to Hiap Joo bakery. 

Food：3.5/5 

Pricing ： 2.50 RM for a packet of 5 buns bread

Overall：3.5/5 worth the calories!!

Salahudin bakery

Address：26 Jalan Dhoby Bandar Johor Bahru, 
80000 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

GPS :1.457044,103.763675

Operational Timing：Morning till afternoon

Frontage looks simple ...u might not realized it is actually a bakery

Bread and pastries are put on the table for selection 

Bakers preparing the oven for baking

Love the smell of hot bread in the air...yummy

坡底美食第二站

可以和Hiap joo, bakery，相提并论的旧式面包店， 创业于1937 年。同样坚持用传统木材烘制
面包。

面包的口感，个人觉得比hiap joo， 来的好吃。虽然没卖香蕉蛋糕，但是他们的各式面包让人


看得眼花缭乱。

推荐：咖喱角，椰子面包。

食物：3.5/5 

价钱：3／5 2.50rm 一包面包

整体：3.5/5 值得试

Salahuddin bakery

地址：26 Jalan Dhoby Bandar Johor Bahru, 
80000 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

GPS :1.457044,103.763675

时间：早上到下午

Sang Heng Dried Noodles // 生 兴 茶餐室

One of the oldest teochew style noodle shops in town, another one would located just further down, I was told they are all related, selling the same style of noodles.

This shop, located besides OCBC stretch, does sells teochew braised duck as well. The place can get quite crowded and the Old man selling the noodles, will literately get into his own "zone" where he doesn't acknowledged your order...

That can get quite troublesome, as you have no idea if your food order has been taken note. But surprisingly, he remembers!!

Anyway, lets talk about the food then.

Since this is already such an established shop, there is no need for ratings.

Whats Good?

The soup, is rich and tasty, (not sure if there is MSG though) according to Eric Koh, their soup differs from the others that are being offered in JB, as they uses prawns as their primary broil, instead of the bones.

Each bowl, has a assortments of ingredients which is shown in the pictures, consisting of prawns, pork, fish balls, pork balls etc. the lard, is another killer...really crispy and melts in your mouth...

Whats Bad?

The portion of each noodle at 5RM is reallllllyyyy small...a bit like He Cheng Ji wanton mee, please order big portion if u are hungry..next, the hygiene is really bad..the boss collects money and cook noodles, without washing hands of course...definitely not for the weak stomach...hahahaha

Address：1-12 Jalan Tan Hiok Nee, Bandar Johor Bahru, 

80000 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

Next to OCBC stretch

GPS: 1.456832,103.764718

Operational Time：Morning

Angry man staring at me

Ah Pek working hard...

Nice presentation...but the portion is misearable

生生 兴 茶餐室

坡底第三站

credit: bestfood admin, Eric Koh

再去一家坡底的老字号, 听eric 说，这家的汤底是用虾来熬。

赞：面的配料丰富，有虾，肉丸，鱼丸。特制辣椒吃到我冒汗，哈哈。汤，很鲜甜。

弹： 5rm 不够吃，面有点少，老伯，有点＂爱买，爱买＂点菜时，也不做回应，不懂到底有没有听到，卫生方面有待加强，因为，老伯一手收钱，一手煮面。


地址：1-12 Jalan Tan Hiok Nee, Bandar Johor Bahru, 

80000 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
OCBC 同排
GPS: 1.456832,103.764718

时间：早市

Fu Zheng Xing Restoran // 福振兴餐室

Is this the best Big Bao in JB town area? At least that was what one of my friends told me.. i have the luck of the having it once..like 2 years back..it was really good.


However, luck was not with me this time round..went there at 10 am, the big baos are all sold out!!, so have to settle for 2nd best..small bao.. content is supposed to be the same..but apparently not. 


Slightly salty, and does not include an egg... better luck next time..oh yeah, inside this same kopitiam there is also another stall that sells the same type of teochew noodles in Sang heng...

Shop：Fu Zheng Xing Restoran

18-26 Jalan Siu Nam, Bandar Johor Bahru, 

80000 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

GPS:1.45902,103.766001

opposite Mobil

Operational time：Morning before 10 if possible

Finally found the place...

The landmark is Esso station facing the CIQ area

Big bao is out of stock, got to settle for second best...small bao

Decent filling..skin of the bao is soft...but, still prefer the big bao

坡底最好吃的大包？

这家是有位友人介绍的，这家店里也售卖点心，还有面。

坡底最后一站

店名：福振兴餐室

18-26 Jalan Siu Nam, Bandar Johor Bahru, 

80000 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

GPS:1.45902,103.766001

Mobil, 对面那排店屋

时间：早市 

推荐：大包， 饭菜，干捞面 

可惜没口福，10am 大包卖完，照片的是小包。味道和大包有所不同，偏咸， 没有鸡蛋。

听说有时生意好时，9am就卖完了。

Jing Hua Kopitiam's Nasi Padang Stall // 锦华咖啡店的Nasi Padang

Heard so much about this stall, in town area, but the parking in that area is really atrocious, and really not adviseable to go down during peak timings. Nasi padang is probaly one of the many comon local dishes offered in JB . This stall has been recomended by many friends..I guess I just have to try once right?

I went there at 10.20am, the food just came up, can see from the picture..there is a huge variety of choices..

If you are a Singaporean, plese take not how the system is run in JB for this type of stalls. 

1) 1st, u order Nasi and collect it from the boss.

2) Next you get your own dishes on the plate..lovely..as for portion, u decide but of course u will be charged accordingly

3) next u pay the boss.

Now, there is no fixed pricing, unlike in SIngapre,m 1 meat + 1 veg 2.50 type. The pricing can vary depending on the boss..

what u see in the pic is worth 5 RM, ok for me I guess..cos nasi Padang is lot more expensive in SIngapore..hahaha.

What's Good?

The Sambal, spicy and nice...u can help yourself to it..curry is fragrant.. not the best though, but definitely worthy of recomendation

What's Bad?

Parking is limited, and the seating capacity is really small at this kopi tiam. so go before 11 am if possible, or take away.

Shop：Jing Hua Kopitiam's Nasi Padang Stall

Address：39-67 Jalan Tan Hiok Nee

Bandar Johor Bahru, 80000 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

Malaysia

Jalan Trus / Jalan Tan Hiok Nee intersection。

GPS :1.456838,103.76434

Operational Timing：10.30am till sold out

Lots of variety to choose from

Love the presentation..5 rm for this .. reasonable in my opinion...but my JB friends say it is expensive 

终于吃到了，由于在坡底，停车问题，让我却步。
昨天，终于，找到停车位，步行在坡底，吃吃喝喝。

店名：锦华咖啡店的Nasi Padang


地址：39-67 Jalan Tan Hiok Nee

Bandar Johor Bahru, 80000 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

Malaysia


Jalan Trus / Jalan Tan Hiok Nee 交界处。


GPS :1.456838,103.76434


时间：10.30am till sold out

赞：食物选择多，不贵，而且食物放在小篮子吃，很有特色。sambal 够辣， 香 。

弹：坡底， 停车有限，咖啡店座位有限，中午太多人。建议11am 前吃。

TGIF Resturant

TGIF X mas lunch

Xmas season again, this time round, I had a little gathering with some of forum's members. Was told that this is THE place to go for ambiance in town for x mas. Why lunch then, well dinner is almost double the price.. that's why.

By the way, do you know the ever popular Ladies night, is started from TGIF?  Singapore used to have a branch ..but I think its already closed. 

For 20 RM set lunch, sounds like a pretty good deal I must say..so..whats the verdict then?

Food: 1.5/5

for a start the mushroom soup tasted like campbell soup without the water..yucks that totally puts me off..as for main course I had sphagetti with grill chicken breast..pretty safe choice right..oh man, the taste was so ordinary..and meat so dry.. can't believe this is the standards they are offering...

Ambiance: 3/5

Pretty cosy, I must say. but not the posh type..casual dinning at most

Price: 18.90+ on wards

Overall: 2/5 don't waste your calories in this one

TGIF 

Address: lot 2.01, wisma jotic, 2 jalan Ayer molek, 80000 Johor bahru

GPS:1.456733,103.759673

Tel: +60 72213380

TGIF 的圣诞午餐。

听说在坡底有一间相当有气氛的西式餐厅，Friday's 食物也有水准。所以，今年决定去试试看。

不说，可能很多人都不知道，其实Fridays，早在1965年就在美国纽约开业，至今所流行的Ladie's night也是Fridays 开始的。

个人口味评语，

食物：1.5／5 
蘑菇汤，太咸，不象汤，像羹，太浓稠。喝不下。感觉像campbell soup。
fish n chip 普普通通，grill chicken pasta ，鸡肉太干，pasta酱太少。整体失败。
价钱：3／5 value lunch 18.90rm 蛮划算。
环境：3／5 一踏入餐馆，就给人很舒适的用餐环境。
整体：2／5 吃一次就够了。



店名：TGIF 
Address: lot 2.01, wisma jotic, 2 jalan Ayer molek, 80000 Johor bahru
GPS:1.456733,103.759673
Tel: +60 72213380