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Johor Bahru Shop: 12+ Shopping Malls in JB for Singapore Day-Trippers
Fancy a short one-day trip to Johor Bahru for some shopping, local food ad cheap groceries? Check out the nearest / most popular malls to Singapore visitors.
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Johor Bahru Eat: Soon Chiang Bak Kut Teh (顺江肉骨茶) @ Taman Pelangi
Soon Chiang Bak Kut Teh serves old-taste bak kut teh since 1982. Spare ribs, pig stomach, intestine, etc, are served separately with different broths.
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Johor Bahru Buy: Salahuddin Bakery Indian-Muslim Pastries
After relocating to its new address, Salahuddin Bakery continues to serve their wood-fired traditional breads and pastries, like coconut buns, karipaps, cakes, etc.
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Johor Bahru Eat: Lynns Food & Beverage (南洋厨房) @ Tan Hiok Nee
Lynns Food & Beverage is well-known for its “paper boat” chicken rice and other Nanyang specialties such as Nanyang coffee, toasts and Nyonya kuehs.
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Batu Pahat & Johor Bahru Eat: Rengit Coffee by Dagan Cafe
Rengit Coffee by Dagan Cafe serves “elephant” coffees alongside Malaysian local delights and offers a one-stop location to enjoy local food and buy coffee products.
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Batu Pahat Buy: Family Bakery (芳邻西点蛋糕) Ogura Cake
Family Bakery, a chain of pastry shops, offers a wide variety of cakes, breads and pastries, and very popular for their ogura cakes with various flavours.
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Singapore Eat: Blanco Court Fresh Fish Soup (白兰阁鲜鱼汤) @ Beauty World
Blanco Court Fresh Fish Soup has been serving its fresh fish soup / bee hoon, with either sliced fish, fried fish or fried fish head, since 1978.
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Johor Bahru Eat: Tai Hong Kopitiam (大丰擂茶) Thunder Tea Rice @ Taman Sentosa
Tai Hong Kopitiam serves “thunder” tea rice as their signature dish among a wide range of Malaysian delights, such as Hakka food, Sarawak food, etc.
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Coffee Story: Arabica, Robusta, Liberica & Excelsa Beans in Southeast Asia
In Southeast Asia, we have easy access to all 4 main varietals of coffee beans: Arabica, Robusta, Liberica and the rare Excelsa. Have you tried them?
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Johor Bahru Eat: IKEA Swedish Restaurant @ IKEA Tebrau
Aside from shopping for household items at IKEA, having a feast at IKEA Swedish Restaurant is the next thing to do. The restaurant is opened to Toppen’s shoppers too.
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Johor Bahru Eat: Wang Xiang Noodle (万香生肉面) @ Taman Pelangi
Wang Xiang Noodle serves its signature Sabah-style pork noodle dishes, with kway teow soup or dry-tossed noodle. Try their Hakka yong taufu too.