Restaurant Hwa Mei Bak Kut Teh, 40 yrs of taste 华美肉骨茶

Restaurant Hwa Mei

There are so many Good taste BKT in Johor, but a few fit my taste bud. Hwa Mei is one of the few that managed to keep my mind on him every time that i was in JB town in the morning. Now the name of the restaurant is confusing. I would think that it should be called Hwa Mei, instead of Mei Hwa. as Old chinese word reading is always from right to left (reverse when compare to english reading). I am confusing is because searching in internet most of the netizen called this restaurant as Hwa mei. Anyway we are referring to the same restaurant.

Hwa Mei already has more than 40 yrs of running business and is still here. although they had changed the "management team" (I actually mean the cashier), original tau keh nio (Lady Boss) has already passed away due to cancer (My condolence). But the chef uncle always with a white singlet (Bruce Lee style) is still there healthy and cooking. So rest assure that as per my title Original taste for 40 yrs is still here.

Environment in this restaurant is always cosy, this shop is located under a big old tree and windy spot, so you can imagine you don't need air-cond to keep yourself cosy in this place.
Its BKT is cooked using charcoal, and the whole restaurant is filled with mild aromatic smell of charcoal.
In terms of service it has actually gotten better since changes of management, it is now managed by their relative on the cashier and service side.
I would rate a 'B' on its cleanliness. The staff working there is also very friendly :)

It is a bowl type BKT, they managed to keep the tenderness of the pork and you can which part of the pork that you like.
It has a very tasty broth - strong sauce taste, but not heavy taste. taste Best when you are having your "Brunch"

Remember to always order a pot of hot tea when having BKT, Tea is said to be helpful on lowering your blood cholesterol. as BKT is consider high cholesterol food. eg: eating satay with cucumber.

Restaurant Hwa Mei 华美肉骨茶
146, Jalan Lumba Kuda
80300, Johor Bahru 
Johor
Operating hour: 10-2pm

Off days : unknown but open on weekend

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Poh Kee Wan ton Mee (葆记云吞面）well known Pandan Wanton Mee

Sunday Morning,  

Today will be a good day with festive mood, Sun was warm and welcoming temperature breeze. So me and my wife has decided to go for a sumptuous breakfast at Desa Tebrau. That is our traditional favorite breakfast meal Wanton Mee.

There is a plenty of delicious Wanton Mee in JB area. Some selling in the night as a supper and some as breakfast & lunch. so as a malaysian chinese, we can eat wanton mee at anytime of the day whether as breakfast, lunch or supper, but not Dinner (Not enough to full my starving stomach in my opinion).

Poh Kee Wanton Mee

One of the Tebrau area famous wanton mee is at Pandan, it is located behind a chinese temple and since 20 yrs ago there is always 2 stall selling wanton mee in the same place. anyway both also selling very nice wanton mee. but i am not writing this 2 stall, i will be writing this Poh Kee Wanton Mee that is located in Desa Tebrau. it is then 2nd generation that is passed down from 1 of the 2 store that is located in Pandan. I personally prefer this new branch is due to it's quality food (in my opinion it is more tasty than the old shop), cleanliness and ambiance.

Nice Ambiance 

it also come with Music

I love its mee as it has a nice springy biting feel, they are using black sauce for the Mee, which is different from singapore Wanton Mee (Singaporean prefer eating using red sauce), it also give us a sweet taste as it should be, but it's Wanton (meat that is wrapped with a thin skin of flour) it quite normal taste.
Furthermore, apart from its wanton mee, you must also order their Yong Tau Fu, their Yong tau fu is as tasty as it looks. i Particularly love its Taufu and its Eggplant. Must order buddy,

Wanton Mee

Yong Tau Fu (Green Chili)

Tau Ki / Fu Chuk 

Tau fu

Egg Plant

Apart from tasty food, I always thinks that sauce used to dip a food is also very crucial for my option. eating wanton mee must have side dish / Sauce, Green Chili dipped with vinegar to increase our appetite for food, and Chili sauce used to dip yong tau fu. perfect food + perfect side dish = A very happy morning!

On top of all the tasty food that they are providing, they also provide us reasonable pricing for the food!

Pandan Wanton Mee has a long history, i has been eating it for the past 20 yrs. it is a must recommend food for you all.

Enjoy!

Address

52,  

Jalan Harmonium 23/13 

Taman Desa Tebrau 

81100 Johor Bahru 

Operating hours 

to be update (Daily)

Tua Thow Kueh Teow Soup (大头果条烫）

Kueh Teow Soup from Tua Thow (Big Head) in hokkien.
Is another kind of soup broth that is cooked with various type of seafood. Here this Kueh Teow Soup is a bit different from my last blog Ah Hwa Kueh Teow Soup.
here their signature is their Seafood. Fresh Fish Meat, Fish Maw, Fresh clam thats why when you are eating here. Always ask for the Medium or Large size of the Kueh Tiao. The bigger size not only big on the quantity of kueh teow but it also give you more variety of dishes in the soup.

though this is not my favorite, i would give it 3.5 star for the taste of it. it is still a nice lunch you could have. the only flaw is their shop drinks service is bad (not enough waiter cos 1 person working only) and it's hot enviroment. do try to go there only on cooler weather. else i bet you will get yourself wet on a hot sunny day!

The Damage

Ingredient

Restaurant Tua Thow

corner lot beside Mobil Petrol station

Jalan Tun Abdul Razak

Johor Bahru 

Operating hour: 7.30am to 2.30pm 

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2nd generation of Delicious Rojak from Penang (Johor Jaya Jalan Seroja 12)

Mr Goh's Rojaks 

This small stall under the shades of tree is selling one of Malaysia's all time favorite's Tea time Desserts. ROJAK. but it will be eye catching in the afternoon with the continuous patron over the stall. The patrons will more often buy more than 1 packets of rojaks. Of course to bring it back to office to share with colleague (good Malaysian Culture)

Rojak is a desserts with mixture of many small pieces variety of fruits and in addition of Special 'Hei Koh' (Black prawn paste) give a touch of perfection to this dessert.
Local will always heard of rojak joke such as Bahasa Rojak, Rojak knowledge. Rojak in this kind of event will be defined as 'Mixed; Variety'. So you can now imagine that how Rojak is Mixture of variety fruits.

Whats makes this rojak so special?

1. it's well prepared Hei Koh sauce has strong sweet prawn smell. 
2. 'chef' is a good fruits picker. it's fruits is sweet and fresh. 
3. a good variety of fruits. one of my enjoying moment is guessing types of fruit by using my tongue. it is unusual for a rojaks to use too many types fruit. they had use cempedak, jambu air, pineapple, timun, guava and a hell lot more that i cant possibly remember all. it is so enjoyable like opening gift box on birthday. No joke man! 

not sure when is their off day. but they seldom failed my wish. they are always open on afternoon and even on weekend.

They are now on their second generation of selling rojaks. we need to give more support to them for them to stay survive by eating more rojaks. such good authentic food is now very very hard to find anymore. as it is not lucrative as opening shops. 

Seroja 12 Rojak (Stall) 

Jalan Seroja 12

Taman Johor Jaya

81100 Johor Bahru 
Operating hour: Unknown Afternoon Daily
Off days : unknown but open on weekend

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Ah Hua Kueh Teow Soup (Tmn Century Branch)

So sorry for not updating my blog for the past 1 month. mainly is due to i am busy for my biggest day of my life (Wedding). after 1 month of busy now life has goes back to normal. now can start back to my Spicy Johor Sharing site. Cheers!

Okay back to the main title, this Ah Hua Kueh Teow is a new branch in Tmn Century nearby KSL City. its old shop is located in plentong. a lots of JB ppl had eaten before in this old shop. I happen to found it while looking for food after shopping in KSL City. Ah Hua is an family business. this shop is opened by another sibling of their family business. Better ambiance from the old shop, temperature is Better (Old shop is just too hot sometimes when we are having lunch).

Their main dish is selling Kueh Teow soup with pork and with port liver, and pork skin. So what is so special?

• 1st thing that is special is it's smooth and tasty Kueh Teow. Kueh teow soup must come with tasty Kueh Teow right!? well they have it. 
• Soup - Tasty soup that is strong with sweet pork bone taste. 1 thing that i am surprisingly disappoint is it's soup is not as hot as it should be. of course it is a hot soup. i would personally prefer it is VERY hot type with lots of smoke coming out of it. 
•  Pork Liver - They had the skill to cook the Liver to perfection. A overcooked liver will be too Powdery.. it feels like you are biting a wet cookies. an undercooked liver will taste too bloodied.. but a perfectly cooked liver will taste juicy and tasty! I must say that not many people has the skill to do that. Bravo!
• others such as pork meat, pork skin is good too. 

Lastly you will need to know how to eat. you must try their Dry Kueh Teow - then ask them to add vinegar and their red sweet spicy paste. that will do the job you will definitely be happy with your meal! Cheers! 

Layout of the Shop. opposite of KSL City

Kueh Teow Soup

Dry Kueh Teow with vinegar and spicy paste

soup for the Dry Kueh Teow

Ah Hua Kueh Teow 

Jalan Serigala

Taman Abad / Taman Century

80250 Johor Bahru 
Operating hour: 9am to 3pm & 6pm to 9pm(Daily)

Off days on Monday Night Only

Old Shop Address:  

Jalan Rotan Bakau, 

Off Jalan Masai, Masai

81750 Masai

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Restorant CM Fried Fish 亚明潮式鱼头鱼汤 Must Try!

Restaurant CM

This is One of my Top number 1 Favorite Restaurant in Johor Bahru. Restaurant CM is a Teo Chew Style food restaurant that is Specializing in Cooking Fish gourmet. Not sure how many years this restaurant has been in business. At least 10 years, this shop has been always packed with local fish lovers for food.

Although based its name in Chinese means fish head soup, but in my personal opinion it is not the best dish that we attracted us.

What is it’s Signature dish?

• Ranked No 1 Fried Fish (Head or body meat that you can choose). – this is a MUST TRY Dish, they fried the fish with dried chili, young ginger, chili but it is not a spicy dish. It is a very tasty not spicy dish. Eat it and you will thanks me for recommend this dish for you.
• Fish Head Soup – one of its signature dish
• Salted fish Steam Mince pork – another one of my favorite dish here. If you are a fans of salted fish. You should try this, I would boast that it has the best salted fish steam mince pork I had ever had!
• Any other Steam fish either teo chew style or spicy sour – this place is full of fresh fish. That is why those pro food lover’s lingers here!

Fried Fish 

Sour Spicy Steam grouper

Oh Gosh! my all time favourite

Restaurant CM 亚明潮式鱼头鱼汤 

Jalan Perang

Taman Pelangi

800400 Johor Bahru 
Operating hour: 9am to 4pm
Off days on sunday




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Restaurant See Hai 101 Grill Chicken Wing 新四海101海鲜楼串烧

Restaurant See Hai 101

 If you are looking for a place to have something light for dinner or Supper and Happen to be in JB. you should come here to try this! This Restoran See Hai 101 is one of the 2 very famous place to have Grill Chicken Wing. Another Famous Restaurant is just located next to it Restaurant Kimdo.

What is so special at this restaurant? Why is it so crowded? 

They are selling a very special type of grill food. especially their chicken wing. Instead of used the whole chicken wing like normal grilling does. They only used certain part of the wing which used the most delicate part of the wing. They also used their specially creation of spice together with the grill to perfection and deliver us a plate of delicous food at a very reasonable price of RM 1 per stick! 

What is Must Have? 

1.     Grilled Chicken Wing 

2.     Grilled Squid 

3.     Grilled Prawn 

4.     A Pot of Lou Shu Fan (老鼠粉）  

Best for eating Dinner or Supper. 

I Strongly recommend this to you. It is a must have food in Johor Bahru! 

Restaurant See Hai 101 新四海101海鲜楼串烧 

Jalan Sutera 

Taman Sentosa

80350 Johor Bahru Johor 

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Ah Lek Bak Kut Teh (Johor Jaya) 亚历肉骨茶

Ah Lek Bak Kut Teh (Tmn Johor Jaya) 

Today i am recommending my top No 1 Favourite Bak Kut Teh (BKT). Ah Lek Bak Kut Teh, The boss had been selling bak kut teh since i was kid which means at least 20 yrs. previously he is located in taman Sentosa. about ten yrs ago they had moved here to Tmn Johor Jaya.

They are selling per bowl BKT since long time ago. I love the taste very much that i had it almost every sunday morning, if you going there to eat on sunday morning you have a very big chance of meeting me there haha.

They had win numerous compliment from professional gourmet reviewer such as Ah Hong from Taiwan, Kuang Ming Newspaper. They had even win top 5 Johor's BKT contest (i forgot who is the judge could be ah hong or ??).

What  is so special about this Ah Lek BKT? Must order in this place

1. Bak Kut Teh - strong in Herbal and Pepper taste, apart of the spice taste, most importantly it's soup is brewed for few hour of pig bone. thus it also has a tasty aroma soup! Must take note that sometime the pork is a bit too hard, I normally will request them to give me tender meat. 
2. Braised Pig Leg - Apart from it's Top rated BKT, this is another No 1 Best selling dish. I would boast they had the best Braised pig leg i ever had till now. 
3. Salty Vegetable - I love this dish very much too! 
4. a pot of Tie Guan Yin Chinese tea. 

at least 2 person to eat then you can have it all! 

There is also 1 more thing that i like this restaurant very much is the staff working there. all is their family members and relative. thus i always get very friendly serving service. if you are an regular, they even could remember what is your style of eating, such as drinks, and are you still waiting for your friend etc. unlike other's shop that their assistance has already replaced by vietnamese or bangladesh. If you understand what i meant. 

Bowl BKT 

Braised Pig Leg

Salty Vegetable

Braised pig leg

BKT in progress

pot of salty Vegetable

Various compliment badge

BKT in progress

Friendly auntie

Ah Lek Bak Kut Teh

No 49, Jalan Teratai 2, 

Tmn Johor Jaya

Working Hour: 8AM - 2PM

Off day on thursday and friday.

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