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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

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Street 50 Restaurant & Bar located at Bay Hotel Singapore offers an affordable Christmas feast buffet pricing for this festive season. The Restaurant is located within a walking distance from Harbourfront MRT station and they are serving international buffet menus. So, fret not to burn holes on your pocket when you are feasting with a group of friends or family.  Read More

Located approximately 10-15 minutes walk away from Johor Bahru (JB) custom checkpoint (Sultan Iskandar Building) , City Square Mall and KOMTAR JBCC, DoubleTree by Hilton Johor Bahru was established on 1 July 2014. It was previously named Menara Landmark is strategically located at the city centre of Johor Bahru. 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 March 2018*- Check out their new concept – Spring Labs here.

Since we need to wait approximately 45 minutes for our Korean-style fried chicken to be ready, we decided to drive to Eco Spring Show Village for this newly pop up store called Lis Gelato. It is located just few foot steps away from Palladium Café (I blogged about it previously). You will not miss this gelato store as it shares the outdoor seating areas as well.  Read More

[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

Since JB café hopping has been too extreme, I went to Melaka/Malacca , Malaysia for food hopping over one of the weekend. I took a bus after work on Friday night and back to Singapore on Sunday afternoon. My hotel accommodation is kindly sponsored by Mercury Boutique Hotel and I rented a car so that I can travel within Melaka/Malacca conveniently. Read More