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Unique to the southern state, the Johor laksa’s broth is a creamy one with the abundant use of coconut milk. A lot of work goes into the laksa, like boiling the ikan parang or mackerel fish ahead to create the fish stock. A spice paste made with lemongrass, onions, dried prawns and galangal is blended and sautéed until fragrant. Source : http://www.themalaymailonline.com/eat-drink/article/our-5-favourite-places-for-johor-laksa-in-kl-pj-shah-alam#sthash.RBp2d1vO.dpuf
Mee Rebus is a popular dish in Johor Bahru. It can be easily found among the food stalls in Johor Bahru . This food is made of yellow noodles, but some may also use Hokkien mee, with a slightly sweet curry gravy-like spice. The thick gravy made from potatoes, curry powder, water, salt soy, dried shrimp and peanuts. Source : http://johorbahruvi.tk/?p=147
M2 cafe is located in Mount Austin. The pictures above are fried spring rolls and hawaiian pizza. This significance of the cafe is the hawaiian pizza as it is riches with cheese, pineapples, and slices of ham and chicken. Most of the people who visit to this cafe will definitely order the hawaiian pizza.
The most famous Chicken Chop in Town - Hutan Bandar Chicken Chop ! The western food stall which alleges to be the cheapest chicken chop in town with only RM5. It is a very good place to eat western food when you're on a budget.
'Kuey Teow Kia' is a signature local delicacy in Johor Bahru, which it is hard to find in other states in Malaysia. Woon Kiang is one of the most popular restaurant for Kuey Teow Kia in Johor Bahru. It is located at Jalan Stulang Darat, near to the Stulang Laut Beach. People loves to eat it with side dishes, from braised pork, braised duck, braised pig offals to eggs, beancurd, salted vegetables and braised chicken feet.
Apam Balik, also known as Martabak, is a traditional Malay peanut cake made from roasted peanuts, sweet coconut, corn, bananas and sugar. It is one of the 7 most popular cakes in Johor Bahru. It can be found from stalls at the roadside. Source : http://johorbahruvi.tk/?p=160
Nasi Lemak is known as Malaysian all-time-favourite. It is a Malay fragrant rice dish cooked in coconut milk and pandan leaf. In traditional Nasi Lemak, it offers sambal, ikan bilis (anchovies), peanuts and boiled egg.
Even in Johor Bahru, we are still able to taste different cuisine such as western breakfast. Most of the cafe in Johor Bahru serve western food such as cakes, spaghetti and etc.
'Chai tow kway' is a common dish or dim sum of Teochew cuisine. Although it is called 'carrot cake', there is no connection between this dish and the sweet Western carrot cake eaten as a dessert. It is called "carrot cake" because of a loose English from Hokkien translation of "radish pastry" is called "chai tow (carrot or radish) kway (cake)", which caught on among the non-native speaking diners, due to its unique misnomer.
Mui Seng Nyonya curry fish head is located at inner ring street of Melodies Garden of Johor Bahru. People usually easy to miss this stall as it is an inconspicuous stall inside a kopitiam (Kong Wah kopitiam). Source : http://johorkaki.blogspot.com/2016/01/mui-seng-nyonya-fish-head-curry-in.html
This may looks normal and unattractive for an outsider, but it actually hides most of the delicious and cheap food in JB ! If you want to taste local food in a budget, you should go and try foods from these stalls ! It is just few steps away from the City Square shopping complex. @ Meldrum walk Source : http://www.ebookxp.org/huihui2601.blogspot.com.ng/2012/04/jb-food-meldrum-walk.html?b=4
A typical hawker centre that can be found everywhere in Johor Bahru. It serves a large variety of local cuisines and generally caters to the Chinese crowd. There are also some satay and tahu Bakar which can be consumed by Muslims. Each stall has a different owner and the quality of food is therefore subjective.
Thees are the number tags used by the hawkers to help them in recognizing customer's order.