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*UPDATED ON 14 MAY 2018*
Just Want Coffee which is commonly naming JWC is well-known in café scenes in Johor Bahru (JB). Perhaps 8 out of 10 people have been to at least one of their concept cafes. You wouldn’t be surprised as their name is well-established in Singapore and Johor Bahru. If you ask hipsters cafes in JB, JWC café will definitely be in the list. But how many JWC cafes are there in JB? Make a guess! Read More

I was in Johor Bahru (JB) over the weekend and decided to go for food hunt. As I chanced upon this Rainbow rice in Facebook (I know Facebook again!), I decided to give it a try. It is located at Taman Ungku Tun Aminah which is at Skudai area. The shop just located in between a long stretch of shophouses and opened for business on August this year 2015. Read More

Café hopping JB over the weekend and this time I visited Carborn Café located at the new area called Pusat Pendangan Danga Utama. It is actually located at the left side on the new shop houses once you turned in seeing Taman Sutera Signage along the highway. Carborn Café has recently caught my attention in Facebook because of its eye-catching cotton candy instagram-worthy dessert. Read More

*Updated on 18 July 2018*
The Johor Bahru (JB) customs traffic are getting worst nowadays with people flocking in to eat and shop. If you are not driving and goes JB by foot, you can read my JB Food Guide By Foot.  This time round, I ventured into Mount Austin as there are few new cafes opening since October last month. Here are my compilation cafes and fastfoods that you guess can try when you are driving to that area:-
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[Updated on 11 January 2016]
Sangkaya 2nd Outlet in Johor Bahru is NOW opened at Jalan Dhoby. Those who are coming from Singapore are able to have a taste of this brand by FOOT.

Visited on 10 Jan 2016

In Singapore, we have quite a number of Bangkok-style coconut ice-cream opening this year. But if you are residing in Malaysia, Sangkaya is the one that the locals are raving about recently. The brand itself started off at Kuala Lumpur (KL) selling coconut ice-cream based desserts is founded by Malaysian. It started with a small stall selling coconut ice-cream at Jalan Alor Bukit Bintang and expand with 31 and counting physical stores across Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya. Read More

Korea Fried Chicken craze is spreading fast and Johor Bahru (JB) is picking up too. 22 Dul Dul Korea Fried Chicken is the first Korean style fried chicken that opened in Mount Austin, Johor Bahru recently. It is barely a month old and many has flooded the place to try. We were there on last Sunday (8/11/2015) and queued for 45 minutes just to place our order. Read More

Coffee Signature is a 2 weeks old (soft opening on 27 Oct 2015) container concept café located at Jalan Serampang, Johor Bahru. If you been to this area, the whole stretch of double-storey individual houses are bridal shops. Some of the bridal shops has converted their second storey of the building to restaurants and cafes recently. Read More

*Updated March 2018*- Check out their new concept – Spring Labs here.

The glass house café located at Eco Spring Show Village, Johor Bahru is inspired by Jay Chou’s MV (Handwritten Past,手寫的從前) was operating since early September this month. The inspired cafe is going to be stationed there for around 2 month’s time. The café is currently operated by Coffee Concept Company.

“This home runs on love, laughter and cups of good coffee”

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[Updated on 30 November 2017]

My previous Johor Bahru Food Trail V.1 & V.2 were gone due to hosting migration issue. So, I am posting this new post that I have compiled since last year. Hope you guys find it useful when you are going across the causeway, Johor Bahru for cafe hopping and foodtrail.

All the restaurants and cafes mentioned here are by foot (10 minutes walking distance)  and easily accessible once you step out from Johor Bahru custom or City Square Mall. Read More