N.E - North Explorer

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Restoran Tian Lai (Gelang Patah / Near 2nd Link / Excellent Seafood )

Mention Tian Lai to any Johor Bahru Food lovers and they will most probably acknowledge in approval. Tian Lai is situated in Gelang Patah which is extremely near to the Singapore second link. I have heard so much about Tian Lai's cheap and good seafood that I decided to venture out into the "unknown" at Gelang Patah.
Tian Lai is family owned as the eatery is at the front of the restaurant owner's house. The front pouch has been transformed into a kitchen area and dining area. The ambience's is relaxing unlike high end eateries where everything is very professional and purely commercial.

Tian Lai specialize in the following dishes:
Pineapple Duck - Duck fats is used to stir fry pineapplies, chilli padi, sugar and oyster sauce. Duck meat is added and stir fry till cooked. It is then served in a hollow pineapple shell, like pineapple rice.

Black Pepper Crabs - Indonesian crabs are used and fried with garlic, black pepper and Hua Diao wine.

Roast Suckling pig - Roasted with black vinegar, asterix spice, Hua Diao wine, Oyster sauce, sugar, small shallots.

Information

Address :
Tian Lai Seafood Garden
158, Jln Leong Bee, Gelang Patah, 81550 Johor Bahru
TEL: 07 510 1521
Daliy 12pm to 11pm
Closed on Alternate Mondays
Driving Instructions 1:

Take 2nd link, after R&R there is exit to Gelang Patah town, drive straight till a T junction where you see a big globe, make a left turn, drive pass many shop house till you see a Shell petrol Stn,
make a right turn after the petrol station,Tian lai should be about 100 metres from there on the left, you can park right infront of the restaurant or along the road.

I would suggest in order to save up toll charges that you follow the following route instead from the causeway instead of second link.
Driving Instructions 2:

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Family Styled Cze Char Outlet

The sweet and sour pork is heavenly.

Crispy Babies! Yummy!

Fresh and Tasty. Seems like straight
from the vegetable farm.

At Sing$35, beat that...

Pictures Taken from a forum:

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Restoran Tasixi ( Dim Sum / Former Five Star Chicken Rice )

Restoran Five Star Chicken Rice has been replaced by Restoran Tasixi. Talking about dim sum in Johor, many would have probably been to the Restoran Tasixi. However, can anyone confirm if they have another branch and if this is the same Restoran Taxisi that operate in Jalan Serampang some time back?

If this is the same Restoran Taixisi in Jalan Serampang, it used to serve many Singaporeans craving for cheap and nice dim sum over the weekends. Personally, I think Taixisi is a love or hate kind of place. Love it for its cheap dim sum. hate it for its limited items. The one thing I always wish they have on their menu is Egg Tarts, however, it is still worth a visit for its Dim Sum as it is nearer to the causeway and open till quite late in the afternoon as compared to Gui Yan at Taman Johor Jaya which closes early at around 1 pm.

So after a few sundays of dieting, I decided to go for some early morning dim sum instead. When we were there, there's probably around 5 tables occupied, and service was not too bad. I did not have to go to the push carts like Red Star in Singapore, but the food came to us. :) The servers there are friendly and made recommendations to us. One point though is that I do not really understand the pricing given. We ordered the usual stuff like har gaw, siew mai, scallop dumplings, cheong fun, char siew su, glutinous rice, etc. Personally, I find the dim sum here too be above average. The skin for the scallop dumpling and the har gaw could be thinner.

However, you must really try their Fried Carrot Cake which is wonderful and beyong description. It beats any fried carrot cake that I have ever eaten.

Information

Address : No. 10, Jalan Sutera, Taman Sentosa

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