Mille Crepe at Maco Vintage, Johor Bahru

Location: Jalan Ibrahim, 80000 Johor Bahru, Johor
Website: http://maco.com.my/

Walked under hot sun, desperately needed to hide in an air-conditioned cafe to cool down and relax. Maco Vintage is located next to Hiap Joo Bakery. After explored around the area, I chose Maco Vintage to pass time before heading back to hotel.

There have a sky well design in the cafe. The atmosphere is pleasant with nice interior design.














Every mille crepe looks attractive to me. I asked the staff for recommendation. She recommended Napoleon.




Napoleon Mille Crepe, can taste 3 flavours in one slice.




Tea time promotion from 3pm to 6pm, tea or coffee with mille crepe is only RM15.




I like this cookies. Nice!




End of my JB post. Coming up next is Melaka..

San Low Seafood 三楼海鲜园, Johor Bahru

Location: Jalan Biru, Taman Pelangi, 80400 Johor Bahru, Johor
Business Hour: 4.30pm - 1.00am


Another JB famous food blogged by Malaysian food bloggers is San Low's bee hoon. Since it received so many reviews, it should be nice. So I had included it for dinner. Its location is quite odd to me, it is actually residential area. Limited parking place and you might need to walk if you park far on the road side.



The table turnover is quite fast. So it's not so hard to get a table. The menu is even displaying on the TV screen. Looks appealing.




Stir-fried vege kai lan. Quite ordinary taste.




Lime Juice




Teochew steamed fish. I told the waitress, doesn't matter of what species of the fish but pick the fish size for two pax. Must be fresh and not too expensive. Then this fish was served in front of us. Haa.. The meat was not softly smooth but fresh. Acceptable.




Long waited bee hoon was finally served. But it looked quite messy, like they cooked it in a rush. As recommended by some, it's crispy on the outside and moist on the inside. But by the look when it was served, this was not as per described. I had the first spoon and I was quite disappointed with it. Not crispy but quite oily. I think it is under cooked. We didn't finish this dish.





Drunken prawns. This is different from what I thought. Usually I had the drunken prawns with egg. The soup was nice but the prawns was not utmost fresh.




This vege was the extra dish we ordered.




The bill summed up to hundred ninety if not mistaken.. Well, never try never know. It's standard price in JB as my friend concluded.

Restoran Hua Mui 华美茶餐室, Johor Bahru

Location: 131, Jalan Trus, 80000 Johor Bahru
GPS: 1.457355,103.764356
Business hours: Daily 7:30am to 7:30pm
Certified Halal

Restoran Hua Mui serves Hainanese food in JB, which I found it on google results, been blogged about by many Malaysian food bloggers. After I bought the banana cake, decided to try out its Hainanese chicken chop (despite I was still feeling full). And not only chicken chop, I also ordered their kaya toast. Okay, I have to admit I'm quite "ambitious" at times and I have to finish all by myself. Normally I dine alone, so if you noticed a lady having her meal alone, don't have to pity her (give her a "oh so kolian" look) because we enjoy to eat alone sometimes. Aputhen, do we have to starve ourselves to death if we don't have a company to eat? Lol

Weekday late noon, at 3 something, still full house. Attractive food menu on the wall.




Upstairs should have more seat available.




Their menu:







My coffee, very thick and rich indeed. This cup is so antique.. very Hainanese style.




My kaya toast. Tastes ok to me, I think Yeow Kee in Kuching has better taste than this. Yeow Kee also uses charcoal.




My Hainanese chicken chop is finally served. Can't resist the fried chicken chop. Yum yum. Tastes different from Yut Kee in KL. But I would prefer this crispy version of chicken chop. Less gravy but sinful. 



I finished all the food I ordered without any leftover. Left the shop with deep guilt. Obviously exceeded the daily quota of calories but would not have regret to have it. Too bad I couldn't try its fried noodles, it looks very appetizing too. Saw the customer next table having it, mouth watering. Nevermind... will visit Restoran Hua Mui again in the future.

Hiap Joo Bakery & Biscuit Factory 协裕面包西菓厂, Johor Bahru

Location: 13, Jalan Tan Hiok Nee, 8000 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/hiapjoobakery

I went to JB (Johor Bahru) last month. Managed to try some good food as recommended by bloggers. Banana cake from Hiap Joo Bakery is one in the list. I was quite skeptical about it at first, "banana cake" sounds so ordinary. There must be a reason why it's so famous right. Too bad, only banana cake was available by the time I got there. I just bought the banana cake and walked around that area. There is another famous Hainanese shop, Restoran Hua Mui located in the same area, which I'm going to blog in the next post.

Excuse for the blurred photo. I only managed to take one shoot. The staff is packing the banana cakes, the customers are continuously coming in to buy.

The banana cake was freshly baked. Steaming hot. Smelled very nice too. I wanted to retain some stomach space for Hua Mui so I didn't have it until the next morning.

The next morning, it looks perfect still. Doubt, will it taste the same over the night?




I had the first bite. Now I 100% agreed it's the best banana cake I ever had. The texture is bouncily soft, moist and smooth. The banana aroma will make you one bite after another. Gosh, I gonna miss it now. 



Lesson learned. Don't judge the book from its cover. Though banana cake sounds nothing special but you gotta have it before you judge it. This is the food I would miss in JB among the rest.