Yuan Yean Fishball Eating House @ Yong Peng, Johor.

Yuan Yean Fishball Eating House located in Yong Peng town, Johor with such a boastful tag line-"The premium fish ball maker since 1988" was packed with many famished customers like us.

On our way back to KL from Johor, we stopped by there for our lunch-highly recommended by my bil, Peng.

The place is partly air conditioned with a newly renovated open kitchen on one side.

After our tables were quickly cleared and cleaned by young kids (must be the owner's children) the young boss with a PDA came to take our orders (very efficient! ).


The fried fish paste stuffed dishes and four types of noodles took about 45 minutes to be served.


Parking is available in front of the shop (double parking) or along the main road.

Fried Fuzuk (Beancurd sheet) stuffed with fish paste-the skin was very salty-Rm4/-and Fried Peace egg is hard boiled egg stuffed with a thin layer of fish paste-good appetizer-Rm4/.

Airy pocket sliced fish cake-excellent !-Rm4/ and deep fried dumplings (very small sized)-a bit doughy-Rm4/.

Loh Shi Fun - dry type tossed with light and dark soy sauce/oil-just average-but the fish balls (6 pieces made form Wolf Herring) was the highlight of the meal-springy and very fresh-Rm4.50/.

Total bill:Rm38/
Location: 122A-123, Main Road (besides Caltex station).
Yong Peng, Johor
Tel:07-467-3985 / 019-752-8927.

Good Luck Restoran @ Sungai Rengit, Johor.

Next morning after breakfast at a self serviced Dim Sum restaurant at Bukit Indah. 

 The journey continued with a long, slow drive to Desaru using the new two lanes highway with a long, stunning and majestic looking A shaped China built link bridge.

The road leading to the beach were jammed with cars and the clean sandy beach were packed with holiday picnickers and swimmers.

 After this we went to the Fisherman Museum about 6 km away but found that it was close on arrival.
Just strolled along the brackish sandy beach-took some photos and Samantha and me "planked" on an upturned boat for the fun of it !

Everyone was hungry after the "tour" and the nearest restaurant was 26 km away in Sungai Rengit - a small fishing village with it's own jetty and many fresh and live seafood restaurants.

Good Luck Restoran located a stone throwaway from the town is a converted village house.
I think it's family owned because kids as young as seven to twelve years old help to serve, clear and collect payment.

As it was a holiday, the restaurant was packed to the brim. 
We managed to get a table after a 15 minutes wait-orders were quickly taken and was told that the waiting time is an hour !

The mini lobsters (buttered style) and live fresh seafood are their main draw.

Parking is along the narrow roadside.

Fried Bee Hoon with finely sliced BBQ pork, shrimp, beansprout and lots of Chinese round cabbage-finish it off in a few minutes because of hunger !

Lemon Chicken-lightly batter and deep fried -crispy skin and tender and moist meat seated on a bed of lemon juice gravy.

Golden Promfret - steamed to perfection-fresh and smooth textures.

Koong Por Mantis prawn-the meat was extremely meaty and springy in texture- stir fried with onion, spring onion and red dried chillies-highly recommended.

House made Tofu with How Siu Choy, assorted seafood like crab meat, dried scallop and roe-drenched with good stock reduction gravy.

Lai Pak Choy-young, tender and leafy and was not fibrous.

Location: 86, Jalan Telok Ramunia,
Sungai Rengit, Pengerang,
Johor.
Tel:07-826-3555.

Restoran SPOA @ Kg Pasir Puteh, Johor.

Johor Baru or JB located at the southern tip of Peninsular Malaysia is much more laid back if it's compare to KL.

Here the weather is windy and the atmosphere seems to be much fresher.

If you love seafood - the west and east coasts of Johor is the paradise !

My bil Anthony and Kam treated us to a sumptuous seafood dinner in Restoran SPOA located off an uneven gravel road, a kilometer after The Tanjung Puteri Golf and Resort,Pasir Gudang. 

The restaurant is built on stilts with a creaking plank floor extended out to the sea facing Pulau Ubin, Singapore.

Live fishes and crustaceans can be chosen from the many aquariums or straight out off floating cages by the sea.

The sounds of roaring waves beating along the bank made by speeding boats was delight to hear.

Garoupa -steamed to perfection seated on good grade soy sauce/peanut oil and garnished with spring onion-fresh, fleshy, sweet and flaky.

Clay pot seafood Japanese tofu-the gravy was best with white rice-children favorite.

Buttered Mini lobster (14 pieces)-fragrant, fleshy, sweet, a bit coarse with head full of roe.

Deep fried squid lightly batter with oats-crunchy and chewy.

Stir fried sweet potato leaves with chopped garlic-the only green of the night.

Yong Chow fried rice-with anchovies, shrimp, sliced fish cake and egg-fragrant and fluffy.

Black pepper crabs-was not meaty maybe because it was the first day of the Lunar month.

 

Location: Restoran Spoa  合德宝阿期里海鲜

Telok Kabong, Kg Pasir Puteh, Johor

Tel: 07-2162798

Restoran Tea Garden.

Before we leave Johor for home, we had our morning breakfast at Restoran Tea Garden located in Taman Sutera Utama in Skudai.

It is a cafeteria (like those Kopi tiam chains) that served a vast varieties of local and Western foods with a reasonable pricing.

Parking is OK.

Front of the shop.

Pastry area.

Western breakfast-ham, sausage, fried egg, bean and a deep fried mantou instead of a bun-Rm5.

Nasi Lemak-an all times local favorite-served with a deep fried tender and juicy chicken drumstick, fried egg, spicy chillies Sambal, roasted peanuts, anchovies, cucumber and fragrant coconut milk flavored white rice-Rm5/.

Mee Siam-their signature dish-fried egg, shredded chicken bits of deep fried tofu with a dollop of chillies Sambal-Rm3/.

Yam (Taro) cake-topped with deep fried shallots-would have prefer it with more chunk of yam-Rm2.50.

Chai Kueh- stir fried turnip wrapped in a slightly oily, sticky, thin layer of translucent dough skin-sweet tasting and crunchy-Rm2.50.

Lek Tau Suan-split green Mung bean boiled in a sweet sugar syrup, Pandan leaves and then thickened with sweet potato flour to the right density-served with crispy You Char Kway (Chinese crullers)-Rm2.50.

Breakfast set-toasted round oatmeal crusted bread filled with butter/kaya-Rm1.70, half boiled eggs-Rm0.80/egg and a cup of Milo-Rm1.80.

Location:53,55, Jalan Sutera Tanjung 8/2,
Taman Sutera Utama,
Skudai, Johor.
Tel:07-556-4235.