The main reason Singaporeans always visit JB is always for transit or to find good and cheap seafood. Honestly, staying in JB my whole life, I always go to Singapore to have seafood as it is fresher and its tastes better as well. However I must debate that JB does cook up a storm when they talk seafood especially JB's famous Cereal prawns and Salted egg crabs. Lots of places serves salted egg crabs but not as good as this shop. Its located in Sentosa area opposite the Store shopping mall. Its on the same row as RHB bank and you will see a big crab signage on it. You wont miss it as there will be a few ladies barbequeing chix wings, prawns and sotong. The smell will get to you. People always go there and order like 20 chix wings and the hot, spicy thai sauce goes very well with it. If you want to order crabs, Pls order their salted egg crab and DO tell them you want the big crab as having the small crabs is just a waste of time and effort. For S'poreans, it's still cheaper than in S'pore so dont stinge. You wont regret it. Cant say much for this shop at this moment as my mind is blank just thinking about it so for those crab lovers, go for it, dont wait.

Ice Kachang

Where to get Ice Cold Savouring Ice Kachang in today's HEAT!! Search no more. Its here in JB. For you locals, if you know where is the old sanlou in between pelangi and Stulang. Its the small row of open air food stalls opposite it. Its open from lunch time till 4-5pm daily. Very easy to notice which one is the stall. There are two rows of stalls, one malay and the other chinese. On the chinese row, both of the corner stalls serve good ice kachang. Its cool, flavourful and for those chocolate lovers, ask for extra choco.
They also do Taufu Goreng, or Yew Char Kueh with the rojak sauce. You can tell the auntie if you just want Yew char kueh only and they will hapilly do it for you. Allthough the picture doesnt look that tempting, Try it for yourself & be the judge.

Chee Cheong Fun

Chee Cheong Fun, If you are a JB local then you will know what it means. Hmmm, to translate to Angmoh?? I think its called flat rolled rice noodles. Doesn't sound tempting but what the heck, you locals will know. You must visit this shop lot located in Tun Aminah. They served very simple plain and nice chee cheong fun (Without filing). You can choose from three flavours which is black, red or curry. I personally like the black or the curry however some may like the red as well for the sauce. To complement the dish, you can choose from a big variety of items such as fishball, meatball, yong taufu, etc... But the must tries is the soft deep fried Zhu-Pi (Pork Skin) with long bean and the Chicken feet in bean sauce. Sinful but Delicioussss.
Please try and let me know what you think of this shop. How to go there, Hmmm, The main stretch of road in Tun aminah, Its a parallel road off it. Its next to two pet shops. Thats all I know. Have atchd a shot of the shop so it helps. haha (Suspense) - Do note that I have tried to go there a few times and they are closed so find out the days they are open if you like it so you dont get disappointed.

Alternatively, if you want the chee cheong fun with filling, please search for tebrau market as there is a shop called Hong Kong Chee Cheong Fun there which has been there for 30 over years and the old man is still there making it. Fantastic dish and what stamina.

Bak Kut Teh

Delicious Bak Kut Teh in JB, Soon Soon Heng!


On a rainy and cool day, this place will surely entice you to be back over & over again. I have been to Singapore and so far there is not one place where you can find nice or at least decent bak kut teh. Its always the same answer for you in S'pore, standard one, all the same and they always over-rate themselves hoping to get more return customers. This place, doesnt look flashy and class but at least they serve a decent flavourfull pot of bak kut teh. Many customers always want to have abit of everything so that they can try and this place wont disappoint you. You can tell the boss what you want & he will mix it up for you in the pot according to the number of people. The pork ribs are tender but honestly I always tell him less bak kut and more pork belly as it is my favourite. Their braised pork leg is also a champion. Dont leave without trying it. They are open late morning till lunch and it is located between Abad & holiday plaza next to that corner duck restaurant. (Its facing the construction site where they are bldg the new Hotel and shopping mall)

Lok Lok

This cuisine has been in JB for a verrrrryyyy long time however lots of people tend to steer away from it due to the hygiene and security. Yes I do agree that you cant go to every loklok van anywhere in the world especially JB. However I have been scouting around to many areas and narrowed down to only two loklok vans in small dangerous JB.
Just in case for those who have no idea what is loklok. Malaccians call it Satay celup. In JB it is normally operated in a van where they open up the hoods and beneath it they offer a wide variety of over 20 different types of finger food skewed in satay sticks. Ranging from cockels, roast pork, taopok, mushrooms, fishball, brocolli, squid, etc...... goes on & on & on. It is self served where you choose which stick you want and you can either dip it in hot boiling water or it can be roasted over a hot grill which is normally taken care of by the vender. Certain vans offer deep fried in oil instead of hot grill. I personally prefer the hot grill as it is not so oily and have you seen the state of the oil for certain vans? Uggghhhh!! (so go for hot grill)
You can choose from 4 sauces provided at the van which are satay sauce, sour chilli sauce, hot chilli sauce and the last I think is some reddish sweet sauce for the squid.

These 2 vans i recommend is located in Sentosa and in Abad area.
Sentosa, located outside of the 7-Eleven around the big lien hoe complex.
Wisma Abad, Located opposite the abad building where they have the disco's and the van is found at the bottom of the row of shophouses.
Be reminded that the vans usually come out at around 1030pm only and they will be there until they are sold out at around 2am plus. So if you want to have everything to choose from, be on time.

Wan Tan Mee

Yit Foh Wan Tan Mee, JB
24 Hours
WEd - 7pm, Thursday CLosed
153, Jalan Harimau,
Taman Century,
80250, Johor Bahru,



Yit Foh wantan mee is fabulous!
This shop serves self made whole egg wan tan noodles. They may look dodgy & the shop is not very well litted but hell, they do serve very tasty noodles and thats what eevrybody is looking for so what are you waiting for. Take a slow drive down & go for it & let me know what you think about it. Normal plate of noodles cost RM$4.

Latest - They have opened up another outlet in Taman Sutera Utama.. Yeah