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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 Buy: Hiap Joo Bakery (协裕面包) Banana Cake & Coconut Bun @ Tan Hiok Nee
Hiap Joo Bakery’s is a traditional bakery popular for its wood-fired oven-baked cakes and buns. Its banana cakes and coconut buns are hot-sellers — literally.
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Johor Bahru Eat: Restoran Sekee Ah Hua Kway Teow (司机餐室亚华粿条) @ Bandar Johor Bahru
Restoran Sekee Ah Hua Kway Teow offers just pork noodle dish with kway teow, either dry / soup. Additional ingredients such as oysters can be added.
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Johor Bahru Eat: Restoran Yit Foh Wanton Noodle (益和面家.云吞面) @ Taman Century
Restoran Yit Foh has been serving their traditional wanton noodles with egg noodles, barbecue pork and wantons — all self-made — for over 50 years.
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Johor Bahru Buy: Rotiboy Bakeshoppe Coffee Bun @ JB Sentral
Rotiboy Bakeshoppe, originated from Penang, is well-known for its aromatic coffee buns named Rotiboy. There are Buttermilkboy, Mochaboy and Cheeseboy too.
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Singapore Eat: Danlao Scrambled Egg Rice (蛋佬滑蛋饭)
Danlao Scrambled Egg Rice specialises in Hong Kong-style scrambled egg rice bowls with toppings like chicken cutlet, charcoal char siew, prawns, etc.
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Singapore Eat: Encik Tan Local Delights @ West Mall
Encik Tan, a Halal-certified food chain, offers authentic local Chinese hawker fares, like minced meat noodle, Hainanese curry rice, etc, at affordable prices.
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Johor Bahru Eats & Buys: JB City Square + KOMTAR JBCC
JB City Square Shopping Centre and KOMTAR JBCC, next to Johor Bahru checkpoint, offer tons of dining option for locals and tourists going to / from Singapore.
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Singapore Eats: Bukit Batok (武吉巴督)
Bukit Batok is one the most populous towns in Singapore with large number of eating places in all corners. See the list of eating places as we go food-hunting.
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Singapore Eats & Buys: Beauty World Centre (美世界中心)
Opened in 1984, the 4-storey Beauty World Centre features a popular food centre on the top floor and also several restaurants, cafes and couple of confectioneries.
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Singapore Buy: Beauty World Niang Re Gao (美世界娘惹糕) Nyonya Kueh @ Beauty World
Beauty World Niang Re Gao offers a wide range of kuehs, including Nyonya kueh, ang ku kueh, png kueh, traditional cookies, rice dumpling, mooncakes, etc.