Restoran Chao Shan @ Desa Cemerlang

We were looking for some good food in Johor and chancing upon the Teochew cuisine on the google maps, we navigate ourselves there without further ado.

Restoran Chao Shan

As I flipped through the Authentic Teochew Cuisine Menu, I was simply overwhelmed by this extensive selection. Being gluttony, we had eventually ordered more than what we can consume.

Menu

Our Teochew Cuisine starts off with this staple, the Chilled Jellied Pork Knuckle. It caught me by surprise that such a traditional dish was so packed full of braised herbal taste. The Pork Kunckle was tasty and definitely commendable. 

Teochew Chilled Jellied Pork Knuckle 潮州水晶猪脚冻 - RM 19.90

The Teochew Fried Hor Fun was so yummy. The dish was tastily fried with ingredients such as radish, minced meat, shredded carrot, mushrooms and eggs. Totally love how the dish was executed.

Teochew Fried Hor Fun with Fried Radish 潮汕菜脯炒河粉 - RM 8.90

The shredded meat was stirred and fried together with spring onions, onions and sweet sauce which makes the dish so delectable. 

老姜丝炒肉根 - RM 21.90

We were contemplating ordering this dish as we know that it will quickly fill up most of the stomach space with its starchy ingredient. In the end, we still could not resist and went ahead ordering this.

Teochew Shark Fin Soup 潮汕红烧鱼翅羹 - RM 43.90

The Teochew Vegetable mix was quite interesting to me as it comprised of a mixture of ingredients like ginkgo, fried lotus root and lily with preserved vegetables. I have not had such a dish till I went to Restoran Chao Shan.

Teochew Vegetable Mix Lotus Root with Lily 潮州八景 - RM 16.90

Porridge with Dried Scallops and Fish Fillet 瑶柱鲜鱼片粥 RM 9.90

The braised duck was served with Tau Gua and was very well braised to its tenderness. The traditional braised taste was up to mark and the meat was tender.

Braised Duck 卤水肥鸭 - RM 18.90

We were glad that we almost finished 99% of the food. Overall, I would say that the authenticity of Teochew Cuisine was laudable and if there are chances, I will very much like to make a return trip here for other dishes that I am not able to order in this trip.

Restoran Chao Shan @ Desa Cemerlang
Location：Desa Cemerlang, No 18, Jalan Rawa 5, Taman Desa Cemerlang, 81800 Ulu Tiram, Johor, Malaysia

Lao Jiang Superior Soup

It's kind of sad to see that the days of JCube are numbered for they will be closing down in August 2023 soon to make way for a 40 Storey High Residential development. I guessed this mall will be missed.

Lao Jiang Superior Soup is one of the eating places that we visited before JCube's closure. No doubt that Lao Jiang Superior Soup has many branches, this was actually the first time I had ever visited this branch.

The Signature Superior Soup comes with a bowl of noodles and we had chosen Mee Kia. This Premium bowl of fresh seafood and meat is paired with Lao Jiang's aromatic soup broth which is boiled for hours. Despite it looks simple, it carries a complex flavour in their soup especially.

Signature Superior Soup 招牌一品汤 （含干捞河粉）- $11.80

While staring at the menu, I find it hard to resist especially when I saw Teochew Red Grouper on it. The Traditional Teochew Style Fresh Red Grouper Fish Soup was prepared in their aromatic soup broth. I paired this bowl of Fish Soup with Dry Hor Fun. The Dry Hor Fun was tossed in their secret homemade black sauce and sambal chilli.

Teochew Red Grouper Fish Soup 潮州红斑鱼汤 - $14

Their standards are still pretty uniform and perhaps this is my first and last chance in visiting their outlet in JCube. 

Rating: 3.25 / 5

Lao Jiang Superior Soup 老江一品汤 @ JCube
Location: JCube, Jurong East Central 1, #01-19, 609731, Singapore

Old Jalan Bahar Camp Hokkien Mee

We chance upon this fried hokkien Noodle while we were this food court in Jalan Bahar. The Stall offers a variety of items such as Slipper Lobster Fried Hokkien Mee, fried oyster, oyster omlette, premium fried hokkien mee etc.

Old Jalan Bahar Camp Hokkien Mee

The fried hokkien mee was wetter with thick bee hoon and yellow noodles. The noodles were soaked up in a robust broth and were delectable. The roast pork belly had a layer of crackling skin and added a crunchy texture to the noodles. The portion was served with 2 prawns and served in its addictive chilli sauce.

Roasted Pork Fried Hokkien Mee - $8.80

Overall the Fried Hokkien Mee tasted not bad but not the best of my preference. 

Roasted Pork

Rating: 3.25 / 5

Old Jalan Bahar Camp Hokkien Mee
Location: 9 Jurong West Ave 5, Singapore 649487

Pang Zi Durian Dessert & Ice Cream House

 I'm quite excited upon knowing that there is this Durian Dessert and Ice Cream House in the West vicinity. Pang Zi Durian Dessert & Ice Cream House is located in the bustling area of Jurong West, just beside Giant Supermarket.

Pang Zi Durian

The interior of Pang Zi Durian Dessert and Ice Cream House is simple without too much of fanciful decorations. 

Cafe Interior

The idea of Durian Sticky Rice is good. Our dessert was served warm and the glutinous rice was served with a handful of grated coconut as well as mung beans. Pour some coconut milk over the rice and enjoy it. 

Durian Sticky Rice - $7.90

The Mochi Craquelin Bun is a new item on their menu. This is a good way to enjoy Gelato instead of a waffle. The Mochi Craquelin Bun caught me by surprise with its creativity and looked so cute. You can opt to have a  single or double scoop of Gelato. 

Mochi Craquelin Bun - $4

The crusty texture of the Craquelin Bun was adorned with 2 pieces of white chocolate. This has a riot of texture - a chewy layer of mochi at the bottom, decked up with the velvety MSW gelato.

Looking at the Bun

If you want to take a break from the durian desserts, why not take a good look at the Gelato? You will be spoilt of choices, just look at how many hand-crafted flavours they do have. 

Gelato

Next up, we had 2 scoops of their handcrafted Gelato on a waffle. The waffle's texture was spongy and we had a scoop of Belgian chocolate with their Blue Pea Vanilla Gelato.

Waffle with 2 Scoops of Gelato

We had The Ocean Paradise & Frizzy Peach. The flavour of the drink was enhanced by the carbonated Sprite.

Ocean Paradise & Fizzy Peach - $3.80 Each

There are still a number of items I would like to try from their menu. I will like to make a return trip back to Pang Zi Durian. Thank you Mr Neo for the Invitation.

Pang Zi Durian Dessert & Ice Cream House
Location: 492 Jurong West Street 41, #01-18, Singapore 640492

Restoran Sheng Yan

As we are waiting for the customs to clear, we went back to our usual Cze Char place again for dinner.

We were all starving after a long day outdoors and the first dish was emptied quite fast. Bee Hoon had a charred taste and the ingredients included prawns, fishcake, lean meat and vegetables. 

Bee Hoon

The dishes doled out pretty fast from their kitchen and next up we had the pork ribs. These pork ribs were coated by a layer of sweet sauce and were tantalising. 

Pork Ribs

Kai Lan was crunchy and simply cooked with a good reminiscent of home cooking. 

Stirred Fried Vegetables

The Sotong rings were coated with lightly salted egg batter. They were not only delicious but also addictive.

Salted Egg Sotong

One of us was hooked to the Sambal Sotong and suggested ordering this once more. Love the sweet and mild spiciness sauce coating every item on the plate.

Sambal Sotong

Love the balance of the sweetness of eggs with the bitterness from the bitter gourd. It's a good reminiscent of home cook food. 

Fried Bittergourd with Egg

The plate of carbs was good for sharing. Fried rice coupled with finely chopped char siew meat, egg and mixed vegetables. The rice was aromatic and yummy!

Fried Rice

The Sweet & Sour Pork tasted not too sour and we can have this dish

Sweet & Sour Pork

The cooking style is identical to the sweet-sour pork whereby pieces of Fried Fish was coated in its sour and sweet-tasting sauce coupled with tomatoes, green pepper, red pepper, onions and pineapples.

Sweet & Sour Fish

Prawns were well battered and deep fried. It may be those big "Pong Pong" prawns that I'm looking for but these prawn balls were pretty decent.

Prawn Balls 脆炸虾球

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Posted on 19th March 2023

We passed by Restoran Sheng Yan a couple of times and always heard about someone in the group about their Cze Char but never got a chance here till that day when we decided to detour from the Malaysia Customs for it was too crowded at its peak hour.

Restoran Sheng Yan

The place was located in an open space with car easily parked by the side of the restaurant.

Menu Board

Let's have some healthy greens to start with? Kai Lan was stirred fried in oyster sauce, crunchy and addictive.

Vegetable 蚝油芥兰 - RM 15

Sambal Sotong was not too spicy and definitely appetizing.

Sotong 酥东 - RM 16

Crispy fried Chicken was drenched with sweet and sour sauce topped with chopped cucumbers and onions.

Chicken - RM 24

The prawns were deep-fried to golden perfection and were bouncy in texture. They were coated with a layer of salted egg sauce, making it fragrant and savoury. 

Prawn 咸蛋鲜虾 - RM 42

A thin layer of batter coated over these baby sotong and then were deep fried. 

Sotong 酥炸酥东仔 - RM 27

The place is rather airy on that evening to enjoy our dinner in a small group. With its strategic location that is a stone throw away from the Malaysia Custom, making a return is foreseeable as their food was decent too.

Restoran Sheng Yan
Location: 119, 116, Jalan Lumba Kuda, Bukit Chagar, 80300 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

Shun Heng BBQ

Shun Heng BBQ is one of the stalls that we patronized in the food centre at Jurong West. Soon Heng is known for its delicious and affordable BBQ food with many outlets around. 

Shun Heng BBQ

With 20 items on the menu, what will be your order?

Menu

The onion Egg was fluffy and appetizing. A good pairing to the bowl of white rice if you want something non spicy.

Egg Onion

Sting Ray is our Must Order whenever it comes to Seafood BBQ. The sambal chilli spread on the Sting Ray was generous and delicious. The meat of the sting ray was tender and 

Sting Ray - $13

While craving Cray Fish, I could not help but order some, knowing it might be expensive. There is a minimum order of 3 Cray Fishes. Each of them was spread with some portion of sambal chilli on it. The taste of it was actually not bad.

Cray Fish - $16

Given the convenience with many branches around, I do not mind visiting other outlets to check out the standard.

Rating: 3.25 / 5

Shun Heng BBQ
Location: 9 Jurong West Ave 5, #01-09, Singapore 649487

Sheng Yi Fa Lor Mee

Sheng Yi Fa Lor Mee stall is a stone throw away from Clementi Bus Interchange and besides the popular vegetarian stall in the same coffeeshop, they are known to serve a good bowl of local mee base on words of mouth.

Stall of Sheng Yi Fa Lor Mee

I would not say that it's the best Lor Mee I have tried so far but it fares above average. The taste was quite nostalgic with the braised as well as sweetness with vinegar taste at the right notes. Ingredients include braised pork, Ngoh Hiong, Fried Dumplings and fried fish. Add more garlic and chilli of you like.

Lor Mee - $4.50

Rating: 3.25 / 5

Sheng Yi Fa Lor Mee
Location: 443 Clementi Ave 3, #01-55, Singapore 120443