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More Chinese New Year tasting session for this brand new year and I am glad that I am attended last week. My friends told me that Peony Jade is one of the best restaurants that serve consistent quality foods. Peony Jade restaurant is a Cantonese and Szechuan cuisine that has been more than 14 years in counting. The CNY tasting session was held at the branch located at Keppel Club within is inconvenience for those who are taking public transport. But fret not, you can always visit their other branch located at Clarke Quay via accessible public transport instead. Read More

I have the opportunity to attend the Chinese New Year tasting dinner menu at Tien Court that serves contemporary Cantonese and Sichuan cuisine at Copthorne King’s Hotel last week. Tien Court’s masterchef, Taipei-born Ho Tien Tsai has been around for more than 20 years. He is also known as the celebrity chef that appeared in Singapore local (Mediacorp) programme productions.I was ushered to a private room to join the other invited guests for the session upon arrival. Read More

Chinese New Year is less than a month. Have you start preparing for the festive season? Wo Peng Cantonese Cuisine Restaurant located at level 3 of Furama Hotel is just few minutes walk away from Chinatown & Clark Quay MRT Station. The raw passion and heart of authentic Cantonese flavours are by Hong Kong Platinum Award Winner Hong Kong Chef Julian Tam. He is the pioneer of bringing Poon Choy to the Singapore Chinese Cuisine as Festival New Year delicacy. Read More

My first gastronomy dessert art piece was at ATUM DESSERANT, Hong Kong. When I went jb café hopping with Tony & Hannah last month, we visited the similar concept by BY GRACE SWEET TREATS in Taman Pelangi. BY Grace Dessert Bar is the first dessert shop which has such creativity in Johor Bahru so far. Their second venture is soft serve located at Jalan Trus which is a walking distance from City Square Shopping Mall and JB Checkpoint. Read More

Fu Lin Men (which symbolises fortune bestowed upon one’s home) Dou Lao located at North Canal Road is founded by orthopaedic specialist and senior researcher, Professor Zhang Min from the costal province of Zhe Jiang. Fu Lin Men Dou Lao Restaurant was started in April 2015 by Professor Zhang and former banker, Simon Lim. I was invited to tasting with fellow foodie bloggers last Sunday for dinner session. The newly revamped menu is a creation by Master Chef Nian Shu Jin- 2 time winner of the Manchu & Han Royal Imperial Court Feast. Read More

Parkroyal on Kitchener Road is back with its Chinese New Year buffet at Spice Brasserie.I was invited along with other foodies for the tasting session. Other than buffet spread this year (2016), Executive Chef Low Hoe Kiat created Fivefold Fortune Set (五福临门) to spread good fortune with each dish symbolising a blessing for the New Year.
So, what is in the Fivefold Fortune Set? Read More

KUVO is a multi-concept restaurant and bar located on the second floor of Orchard Shopping Centre. It is situated just above Robert Timms which is just beside 313 Somerset Shopping Mall.KUVO has recently updated with new concept and menu. I was invited along with other foodies to a tasting night last week. KUVO offers lunch choices and high tea during the day time and you can enjoy tapas and bespoke cocktail pairings during the night time. There is also unplugged ‘LIVE’ music band to chill and relax at night. The live band performance is only available on every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. Read More

The craze over Gudetama continues in Hong Kong as Izumi Curry located at The One Shopping Mall decided to convert into a gudetama theme café. If you are not aware, Gudetama is one of sanrio character that was created in year 2013. You can google for the short anime series that trigger your interest. Read More

During one of the last week of December last year, I visited Kerala Restaurant with fellow foodies for our JB food trail. I still remember during my younger days, my parents used to bring me here for their traditional Indian rice meal on banana leaf. Kerala Restaurant is one of the oldest Indian restaurants in Johor Bahru. Read More

Miyakori Coffee is the latest café addition by foot in Johor Bahru. Their first outlet was located at Bukit Indah with cute theme interior design and menu. Congrats on the second outlet expansion and it is located just inside City Square Shopping mall. It’s an ideal location to have crowds coming in from Singapore. Miyakori Coffee is located at level 5 of the mall with a nice clean white furbished design. There are only coffee, tea, pastries and cakes available in this outlet. If you been to the outlet at Bukit Indah, there serves mains there. Read More