Ban Heong Seng Restaurant at Johor Bahru

Ban Heong Seng (万香城) Restaurant (N1 29.018 E103 43.282) is located at Jalan Tahar, Johor Bahru. Which is opposite the Danga Bay and beside the Singgah Selalu Food Court of Johor Bahru.
This restaurant is special with their Beggar Chicken or Duck and you cannot just walk and dine in, you have to pre book the place and your dishes at least 1 days in advance. Because they're operate in the old single storey bunglow house, and they only have about 4-5 tables...

Ban Heong Seng Restaurant

We did our order for the foods for our Saturday dinner. Once all of us there, the dishes continuously served on our table...

The Signature Dish : Beggar Duck (we tried the duck instead of chicken)

Beggar Duck of Ban Heong Seng Restaurant

Follow by the Deep Fried Boneless Fish...
Actually they made the fish became the fish cake and put it back nicely. So it was boneless!

Deep Fried Boneless Fish

 

Forgot the name of the soup above, some kind of melon soup...

 Vegetables

Signature Dish - Bean Curd (Taofu)

It was a Nice dinner! The Beggar Duck was Delicious! The Fish was special and nice! The Melon Soup was just right for the taste, vegetables was average and the Bean Curd was Crunchy & Yummy!
Overall, I like the Herbal taste of the Beggar Duck very much!

Beside that, we were having our dinner peacefully in the restaurant even it was a residential because we were the Only table that moment and others were left...

Some of the dishes were cooked for 8 hours and that's one of the reason we need to order in advance.

The Damage : MYR140.00 for 5 adults and 2 children included drinks. Reasonable isn't it?!

Rated : 4.7/5
We will be back again!

Strongly recommended if you want to taste the Beggar Chicken or Duck.

Ban Heong Seng Restaurant

34-B, Jalan Skudai, Batu 3 1/4,Off Jalan Tahar,

Johor Bahru.

Tel : +607-2375194 / +6016-7571887

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Soon Chiang Bak Kut Teh at Taman Maju Jaya, Johor Bahru.

Soon Chiang Bak Kut Teh (顺江肉骨茶) (N1 28.857 E103 46.015) is located along Jalan Maju of Taman Maju Jaya, Johor Bahru. This is one of the Klang's style Bak Kut Teh at Johor Bahru which is serve with dark herbal soup.

As usual, we ordered the Pork Ribs for everyone, Pork Belly, salted vege and bean curd to share...

Pork ribs - Soon Chiang Bak Kut Teh

Pork belly - (my favorite!)

Sated vege

Bean curd

We were satisfied with the meals over here! The Pork Ribs were tender and not too soft like those overcooked. The Pork Belly's pepper soup was just nice! Not too spicy. The salted vege and bean curd (side dish) were average.
We used to dine here those day but sometimes the quality is not consistent. We will be back again and hopefully the quality will be the same. :)

The Damage : MYR68.00 for 4 adults and 2 children included a pot of Chinese Tea.

Rated : 4.5/5

The shop will be crowded during weekend morning, do visit it early. They open for morning till afternoon.

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Food Republique Restaurant at Taman Pelangi, Johor Bahru

Food Republique Restaurant (N1 29.061 E103 46.501) is located nearby the junction of Jalan Kuning and Jalan Serampang of Taman Pelangi, Johor Bahru, which is exactly behind the Pelangi Leisure Mall.

Food Republique Restaurant at Jalan Kuning, Taman Pelangi - Johor Bahru.

The restaurant serve wide variety of Western Foods and the environment is Simple and Cozy. I like the ambience! :)

The setting of Food Republique Restaurant

Our order for the night :-

1)  Mushroom Soup

2)  Herb Roasted Chicken in White Wine (which was wrong ordered from Grilled Chicken Chop)

3)  Grilled Striploin Steak with Mashed Potato.

Mushroom Soup with Garlic Bread

Herb Roasted Chicken in White Wine

Grilled Striploin with Mashed Potato

All foods presented nicely!
The Mushroom Soup was Yummy! My daughter finished it without our notice! :)
The Herb Roasted Chicken was ok, it can be better if the Chef make it more moist...
The Striploin was grilled perfectly! Which was cooked exactly what I like! The sauce was flavorful but the steak was not enough marinated.

I had a chat with the Chef - Ben who was a nice and friendly guy, and he explained about the foods of the restaurant to us patiently! We were appreciated.

The Roasted Chicken was too dry...

The Striploin was grilled perfectly!

Overall, we were ok for the foods. Actually it was a recommended by 2 of my friends who Love their Beef Burger very much! I regretted that I didn't order the burger! Haha! Well, there's always A next time. No worries!

The Damage : MYR95.00 included drinks for 2 adults and 1 child.

I will come back again for the Beef Burger! :)

Food Republique

72, Jalan Kuning,

Taman Pelangi,

80400 Johor Bahru.

Tel : +607-3311718

http://www.facebook.com/foodrepublique

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Another visit to Mushroom Farm Restaurant at Genting Highlands (2010)

We were advised to visit the Mushroom Farm Restaurant (N3 25.191 E101 47.848) after the dinner time to avoid the crowded situation and enjoy our meals slowly, so we had some light snacks to temporary filled up our stomach. The pick-up time will be on 9.30pm sharp at the Main Entrance of Genting Hotel.
It was a surprised when we reached the restaurant....

The Mushroom Farm Restaurant of Genting Highlands

Great! It was ONLY three tables occupied. We placed our order immediately!

1)  Omelette

2)  Vegetables

3)  Kampung Chicken (Non-fat chicken)

4)  Steam Codfish

Omelette

Vegetables

Kampung Chicken (Non-fat chicken)

Steam Codfish

Codfish

The Chicken was nice and not too dry. I like the Codfish Very much because it was flaky and moist after cooked. The omelette and the vegetables were average. They cooked it just right!

We really enjoyed our Fabulous dinner especially in the cold weather! Almost 2 hours spend in the restaurant with the company of 6 bottles of Ice Cold Beer! Excellent!

The Damage : MYR200.00 for 4 adults included 6 bottles of Beer. The dinner only cost around MYR100.00 and the rest was the Beers. Affordable & Reasonable! Right?! :)

This is the restaurant we Must visit whenever happen to be here. Please write down the telephone number below (to arrange pick-up) and try it yourself when you are around Genting Highlands. Bear in mind, the van pick-up time is VERY SHARP!

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*  Dinner at Mushroom Farm Restaurant, Genting Highlands (First visit)

Mushroom Farm Restaurant

Tel : +603-6101 2864

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Another visit to Ban Hong Xiang Dim Sum Restaurant at Malacca

Ban Hong Xiang Tea House (N2 12.534 E102 14.567) is serving Nice Dim Sum and located along Jalan Gajah Berang, about 100 meter away from KFC Plaza Melaka.

Ban Hong Xiang Tea House

This was our second visit to the restaurant. As usual, we stepped in about 10.30am, because the place is very pack with customers during the morning session! But it's seems like not much choices when we were there, so we took everything on the table! :)
Their business hour is 6am to 11am.

Not many Dim Sum left for us...

Below are the photos of the individual Dim Sum of Ban Hong Xiang Tea House.

Carrot Cake - My Favorite!

Siew-mai (Minced Pork Dumplings) - My Favorite!

Every small plate price from MYR1.70. Reasonable?! :)
We took our sweet time to enjoy the Dim Sum, and the shop owner also advised us to have it slowly...haha! Beside the Dim Sum, we did tried the 'Cha-siew-pau' (Cantonese Barbecued Pork fluffy bun), it was Delicious as others Dim Sum! We were satisfied with all the foods served by the restaurant and especially the price!

The Damage : MYR36.00 included a pot of Chinese Tea for 2 persons. Great!

Well, we would like to try other Dim Sum in Malacca on our next trip...anyway, it's worth to visit the Ban Hong Xiang Dim Sum Restaurant if you haven't try it before! :)

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*  Dim Sum Restaurant at Malacca (Malacca 11-12th Nov 2007)

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Second (2nd) visit to J & J Corner at Portuguese Village, Malacca (Melaka)

The J & J Corner Portuguese Seafood Restaurant (N2 10.986 E102 15.990) is located in the Portuguese Settlement of Malacca. This was our second visit to the restaurant. The reason was because of the Portuguese Baked Fish!

We went to the Restaurant quite early, and there were not many customers at that moment. So I ordered our favorite immediately. The order : Portuguese Baked Fish, Sambal Sotong (squids) and prawn and a plate of Portuguese Brinjal. And the Mango Juice, this is a MUST! :)

The Joes Only One Mango juice at Portuguese Seafood Village

The foods served on the table less than 20 minutes, this was pretty fast compared with our First visit.

Portuguese Baked Fish of J & J Corner Seafood Restaurant

The Sambal Squids and Prawns

The foods were As Delicious As before! We were enjoying our meal with the cool sea breeze from the Malacca Strait, that was Awesome!
The Damage was about MYR90.00 for 2 adults.

Beside the cool sea breeze, we were also company by a group of Portuguese children where they sang all the Christmas Corals to fill the Christmas atmosphere for the whole Portuguese Seafood Village! We were really enjoyed the cheerful and peaceful moment at the area, and this was One of our Wonderful Christmas dinner!

The Portuguese Children singing the Christmas Carols!

We continued to walk at the Portuguese Settlement to capture some X'mas atmosphere from the village after our dinner...

Well, we will plan again on next Christmas. :)

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Cafe 1511 at Heeren Street (Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock) of Malacca

Cafe 1511 (N2 11.736 E102 14.784) is located at Hereen Street (Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock) next to the Baba Nyonya Heritage Museum in Malacca. It's just a street next to Jonker Street.

The Baba Nyonya Heritage Museum & Cafe 1511

They serve Nyonya Delicacies and Western Food. The Peranakan Decoration is nice and cozy, we felt like walk into a Time Machine...

The front dining area

The second hall after the dining area

The Counter

There was a nice fish pond beside the counter, and the antique bicycles...

The Fish Pond & the Antique Bicycle

Anyway, the cafe also A Museum to us. Full of antiques, and histories...

Mixed with the antique table and today computer...

Malacca was conquered by Portuguese - Afonso de Albuquerque with 1200 men and eighteen ships in the year 1511, maybe this is the reason the owner use 1511 for his cafe! :)

This was a Totally different dining experience for us! Awesome! Having our tea break in the Museum! Great! Even we were quite hungry that time, but we don't wanna filled up our stomach yet...because we planned our dinner at the Portuguese Seafood Village at Portuguese Settlement.

Our purpose here is to taste some of the Nyonya foods here so I ordered a plate of Nyonya Popiah, Pai Tee and the Nyonya Laksa.

Nyonya Popiah

Pai Tee (Top Hats)

Nyonya Laksa

We were very satisfied with all the Excellent foods! I like the Nyonya Popiah very much especially the dark sweet sauce! The Pai Tee were crunchy and tasty, the Nyonya Laksa was flavourful! We enjoyed the foods and the environment Very much! Definitely need a second visit! :)

The Damage : MYR18.50 included a cup of Tea & watermelon juice. It's reasonable price!

Rated : 4.5/5

Highly recommended Cafe, it's worth the visit!
We planned to visit the cafe again  for dinner and also the Museum.

Cafe 1511

52, Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock,

75200 Melaka,

Malaysia.

Tel : +606-2860150

cafe1511@gmail.com

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