bottomless tummy in johor bahru

Since we have two weeks off before the start of our industrial practical, I practically bored myself enough that I impulsively decided to have an impromptu trip to JB. Luckily my friend was okay with me suddenly wishing to go there despite short notice. So I tried to book a flight ticket but I'm such a poor peasant that I don’t have enough money, so I settled for taking bus instead. Basically I wanted to see what's good in JB but since my friend said the thing that we can mostly do is eat so I take this opportunity to do food hunting instead while also sight seeing.

Ok so my introduction is basically boring so ill get to the food hunting adventure real fast here.

Our first destination is Kacang Pool Haji situated in Larkin, which I think will not need any introduction as it is a quite famous restaurant with JJCM approval too. From outside, the shop looks like a typical kedai tepi jalan but when you went inside, its have that hipster café interior with the walls adorned with pictures of past royal ruler of Johor. 

I have never tasted Kacang Pool in my whole life so I was pretty excited to have one. We decided to order Kacang Pool Daging, Roti Bakar and Milo Tabur as our breakfast. Kacang Pool taste pretty okay for me but it doesn’t give much impression but its good. My favorite would be the Roti Bakar omg the roti bakar was so heavenly like its so softttttttt it melts in my mouth. Definitely would recommend the roti bakar to anyone coming here.

that roti bakar (RM1.50) will melts in your mouth!

first time having kacang pool (RM6); not bad

all time favourite milo tabur (RM2.80)

We decided then to go to Jalan Dhoby because I wanted to try bread from the famous, long standing bakery called Salahuddin Bakery which still use old fashioned oven to bake their bread. Since we are still pretty full from eating the kacang pool, we decided to walk around first and seeing the small town. I like the mix of old buildings with modern shops and all the street arts painted there. We stopped and Chaiwalla & Co, apparently the first container café in JB for a brunch. 

They have teas and coffees and also some desserts but since I cannot drink coffee I decided to order Black Tea Mango, with additional Blackpepper Beef Pie recommended by the waiter. I love the black tea mango, a perfect mix of bitterness and sweetness but the black pepper beef pie doesn’t taste like black pepper much, its more of a carbonara sauce taste instead. 

brunch treat: definitely will buy again the black tea mango (RM8.80).
black pepper beef pie (RM8.80) is so-so 

The seat at the café is pretty limited, around 3 tables and its kinda hot to sit there during day time so I guess that’s why it wasn’t that much customer when we came. 

their signage is pretty vintage

Then we went to Salahuddin Bakery again where I bought their Potato Curry Puff ? and my friend bought their Sugee Cookies (RM3) and another bread that I cant remember the name. This bakery looks like it came from old time, with how the goods are prepared using wood oven and the display

i think written there was the history of the bakery

wood oven

potato curry puff i bought. i like it, but not so much in awe

variety of breads with ginormous size and small in $$$, seriously worth a try!

Next stop to my bottomless tummy is to Kilang Bateri, an old Everyready factory that was refurbished to become a hub for vendors in variety of things including food and drink. The place itself is such a nice place, as it still retain some of the things from the factory, giving a nostalgic feelings while roaming around to see goods sold here. 

landmark of Kilang Bateri seen from afar

yours truly teehee 

I don’t have particular thing I wanted to eat while coming here so I decided to buy Somtam from a shop there. It was pretty good, enough spiciness and I love the peanuts put in it. 

somtam (RM7.90) will never go wrong

My friend wanted to try the cereals from Let’s Get Cereal shop but the sign said the person when for solat so we waited until 5.30 but still not coming back so we are pretty disappointed for that.

maybe the person went tahajud.
ohhh see that varieties of cereals???!!??

how to eat cereal 101

some of the cereals displayed

 We then bought coconut ice cream from IDonut which I loveeeee so much but my friend said it taste too much like santan haha. 

it sells donuts, coffees, ice creams, and coconut shake

coconut ice cream (RM2.90) that tasted so creamy 

At this time my stomach pretty much going to burst butttt I really wanted to taste Laksa Johor so we tried to search in a few places but mostly it already closed L so I had Dominos for dinner lol.

went inside this shop to try their laksa johor
 but unfortunately it already sold out

 The next day, i really wanted to try this cute japanese coffee shop called Miyakori Cafe, despite reading reviews that it was too expensive and taste too ordinary. But, me being such suckers for cute thing, set my foot there to squeal over the cuteness of this cafe.

the front of the cafe

the barista place. that day the barista was so handsome 

decoration that looks pretty on the eyes

the mascots? of the cafe 

 I decided to have Sakura Latte because i read review that said it taste good but unfortunately it only tasted like vanilla. I took a sip of my friend's mocha and its pretty good. The cake is good too, but it feels heavy, i feel already kenyang with 2 bites. 

Dark Mocha Frapperesso (RM14.50), Sakura Latte (RM14.50), and
Miyakori signature Peanut Chocolate Cake (RM13.90)

Lastly, we went to Monsta Cafe because my friend said theres a mini playground that looks pretty at the upper part of the cafe but unfortunately we arrived at a bad time because the cafe is under renovation so we cant go to upstair and the staffs were mostly busy doing works around the cafe, i felt a bit annoyed with the sound of the machine and staffs talking loudly with each other. 

I wanted nachos because i wanted to get rid of the sweetness from previous visit to Miyakori so i ordered Cheese Nachos alongside Chicken Boxing while my friend ordered regular fries that is put inside coffee bag. 

how the cafe looks like from outside

here's the monsta!

Cheese Nachos (RM10.50). I feel like the nachos was
actually that junk food Chacho's and i feel cheated

Chicken Boxing (RM11.00). Taste like normal ayam kunyit

Regular fries (RM11). Taste literally like regular price

So that concludes my visit to JB for 2 days and i really enjoy it. If given a chance (and money), definitely will come again for another food adventure!