{"id":5019,"date":"2025-04-19T18:24:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T10:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ipacktravel.com\/wp\/?p=5019"},"modified":"2026-05-16T16:55:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T08:55:18","slug":"johor-bahru-eat-it-roo-cafe-tan-hiok-nee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ipacktravel.com\/wp\/johor-bahru-eat-it-roo-cafe-tan-hiok-nee\/","title":{"rendered":"Johor Bahru Eat: IT Roo Cafe @ Tan Hiok Nee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

IT Roo Cafe \u2014 known as “The Best Chicken Chop in Town” \u2014 sits at the intersection between Jalan Dhoby and Jalan Pahang, next to Tan Hiok Nee Heritage Walk<\/strong><\/a>. The cafe came to fame when it was awarded the “Best Chicken Chop in Malaysia” title by The Star newspaper in 2003. Its skill to cook their chicken chop was learnt from the British in the old days and passed down till this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IT Roo Cafe’s signature dish is crispy chicken chop \u2014 a grilled version is also available. The highly recommended beverage is the old-school root beer float with vanilla ice-cream. Apart from Western dishes, there are Chinese dishes, fried rice dishes, noodles, sandwiches and desserts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Their Crispy Chicken Chop is deep-fried till crispy and yet not greasy. Accompanying the golden-fried chicken are potato wedges and coleslaw and with either black pepper or mushroom sauce. The nicely-fried chicken meat is tender, juicy and not too dry. This is really good indeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The grilled version of the Chicken Chop, with similar sides, is meatier, tender and goes well with the mushroom sauce \u2014 can select black pepper sauce too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The “IT ROO Fried Rice” is also highly praised by many customers. The Chinese-style fried rice is cooked with chicken, prawns, egg, onions, spring onions, etc. The dish is nicely-fried and taste good with smoky wok flavour \u2014 no wonder this dish is the<\/em> IT Roo fried rice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Hailam Mee, with yellow noodle though bee hoon<\/em> or kway teow<\/em> can be opted for, is drenched in a viscous gravy with prawns, squids, lean chicken meat and greens. The savoury sauce has a nice flavour that include garlic, black pepper, etc, and not salty. It is a nice dish to have and recommended by the cafe too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IT Roo Cafe is probably one of the very few places that still serves the old-school root beer float these days. Topped with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream, the drink is a pleasant dessert-beverage to go for on hot days or to reminisce the good old days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Note that IT Roo Cafe may served a small dish of peanuts per table as appetiser (RM2) \u2014 let the staff know if you don’t want it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n