New series of Western Cuisine at Lazio Italian Restaurant and Bar, Danga Bay - Johor Bahru

There are new series of Western Cuisine available at Lazio Italian Restaurant (N1.47423 E103.72441) since months ago and we decided to try out on one of the evening. Lazio Restaurant is located at Danga Bay of Johor Bahru, you can relax and enjoy the meal along with the beautiful scenery of Straits of Johor. You can read through my previous blog post about the restaurant here.

Lazio Italian Restaurant of Danga Bay

The decoration of the restaurant still remain the same as we visited a year ago...



The new Exeutive Chef - Mr Stanley Yim from the restaurant had launched the new series of delightful dishes which provide a different dining experience to their customers. At first he humbly presented 3 different type of pasta for us before the main dish...

Pesto Di Funghi

The pasta above was served with mushroom and pesto sauce in spinach basil linguine pasta. It was tasty and special.

Aragosta

The dish was served with half lobster, herbs tomato sauce in Fettuchini pasta. It was rich tomato flavor and went well with the cheese and lobster.

Capesante

The dark colour pasta above was delicious! The squid ink fettuccine pasta was served with scallops on fetta cheese cream sauce. I like the taste very much!



Before we can finish the pastas on the table, the Main Attraction of the day - The Aussie Wagyu Tomahawk Chop Rip-eye Steak served on our table!

The weight was 2.11kg.

The Grilled Wagyu Tomahawk Chop Rip-eye Steak from Lazio Italian Restaurant

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The Tomahawk Steak is a Bone-In Rib Steak with the entire rib bone intact. This long bone is frenched (trimmed of meat and fat), leaving a beautiful presentation piece. The Tomahawk, being a Rib Steak, has the largest amount of intermuscular fat, making it the most flavorful steak. The Tomahawk is cut based on the thickness of the bone and is typically two inches thick. One Tomahawk can easily feed two people. The Tomahawk is cut from the rib section. The primary muscle of the Tomahawk is the longissimus dorsi, which is also the primary muscle in the Porterhouse. Source from here.

The Tomahawk was served together with mushroom sauce, steak sauce and garlic sauce.

The rip-eye steak that we had was about 2-3 inches thick and serve up to 4 persons.



The Tomahawk steak had everyone full attention once it nicely presented on the table. Mr Stanley and his assistant gently cut the prime steak and served to each of us....

Mr Stanley and his assistant

The big 2.11kg weight of Rib Eye Steak was cut into 7-8 pieces and it was about 200-250g each...

The steak was grilled to perfect with a little of char on the outside...the medium rare doneness is a Must for a prime steak.

The bone with the tender flesh and fat

The flesh was succulent together with the precious fat and meat juice. The steak was so nice untill we felt it really melt in our mouth!

The slice of Wagyu Tomahawk Ribeye Steak

I like my steak with the original taste which is without any sauce, but I did tried out the 3 types of sauces provided. Among all, I like the garlic sauce very much (strongly recommended by Mr Stanley).



This was a total different dining experience enjoying the steak in Johor Bahru. And It was also my great pleasure to enjoyed this wonderful dinner together with Mr Tony from Johorkaki.



Thanks to Mr Stanley and his team who presented such a Fabulous dish from Lazio Restaurant.

The Executive Chef of Lazio Restaurant - Mr Stanley Yim

For steak lover in JB, you must try out (at least once) this extraordinary steak from Lazio Italian Restaurant with your family and friends, I bet you will not regret! And I believe they are the Only restaurant serve the Aussie Wagyu Tomahawk Chop Ripeye Steak for the moment.



*  The Aussie Wagyu Tomahawk Chop Ripeye Steak above was 2.11kg with the cost of RM850++. Every Tomahawk steak serve with the minimum weight of 2kg. Please make your reservation for the particular dish in one week advance with the 50% deposit.

Lazio Italian Restaurant and Bar

Danga Bay, Johor Bahru.

Tel : +607-2217988/+607-2215688

Business hour : 12pm - 1am, 12pm - 2am for Fri, Sat & holiday eve

https://www.facebook.com/groups/laziodangabay/

GPS coordinates : N1.47423 E103.72441

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Restoran Yeen Lai 云来点心楼（古来） at Kulaijaya, Johor.

Yeen Lai Restaurant (云来点心楼) (N1.66189 E103.60180) is located along the main road of Kulai town. It's one of the oldest shop at Kulai and so do the history started since about 30 years ago...the name of 'Yeen Lai' is well known as 'Yun Lai (云来)' within Johor Bahru, because of their franchises flooded everywhere... even in Bukit Gambir, the upper north of Johor state.

Yeen Lai Restaurant 云来点心楼

According to the local, this was where the famous Yun Lai (云来点心楼) originated and it's the first historical shop of the business...nowadays, the name of Yun Lai spread every corner of Johor Bahru...

We visited the restaurant around noon time, it was not crowded...the dim sum business is handling by group of foreign workers except the cashier. We found out the production of the dim sum had moved to further up 21 miles at Kulai town, and the dim sum are transported every day to this 'old' shop to keep the freshness of the food.

We ordered the chicken feet, Siew Mai (烧卖) and Char Siew Bao (叉烧包). Overall good!

Chicken feet

Siew Mai (烧卖)

Char Siew Bao (叉烧包)

The chicken feet were a bit special on the springy skin, the tiny bones were not messy dropping...Siew Mai was average and the Char Siew Bao was tender on the outer side, juicy and tasty inside, it was one of the nice char siew bao I had within JB and Kulai.



Price was reasonable and worth the second visit.



The only disadvantage is the shop too close to the main road that makes you cannot enjoy the dim sum peacefully, but I guess it became the 'culture' of this dim sum restaurant where the customers won't bother about it anymore...

Restoran Yeen Lai 云来点心楼 （古来）

Jalan Kulai Besar (next to Kulai Centre Point)

Kulaijaya, Johor.

Business hour : 7am - 12am

Close on alternate Wednesday

GPS Coordinates : (N1.66189 E103.60180)

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Another visit to Food Republique at Taman Pelangi, Johor Bahru.

This is my second visit to Food Republique (N1.48435 E103.77502) since Jan 2011 which was more than two years ago...

Everything looks the same, but we surprised by the taste of the foods which are much much better than before...

The cafe setting same as it...

I like these yellow hanging lighting display very much, it created the warm & relax atmosphere within...

We had 3 starters, 1 soup and 4 main course for the dinner...



1)  Nachos served with special sauce

2)  Italian Bruschetta

3)  Fried Polenta

4)  Chicken Clam Chowder

5)  Grilled Chicken Chop

6)  Cameralized Cheesy Cheese Bacon Burger

7)  Pan Fried Milked Fish

8)  Texas Honey Glazed Australia Beef Ribs

Nachos served with special sauce

These Nachos were handmade from the Chef - Ben. It was crunchy and went well with the special sauce from Food Republique.

Italian Bruschetta

Cube size of summer tomatoes, fresh garden basil and garlic presented on top of the crunchy biscuit. It had a little bit of sourness and taste good for an appetizers!

Italian Bruschetta

Fried Polenta is one of our friend's Favorite, it's an Italian corn meal fried to perfection. It was crispy from the outer skin and soft, flavorful inside, I tasted with and without the homemade sauce...both perfect! Don't miss this appetizer!

Fried Polenta

After taken the apprtizers, we had another flavorful soup - Chicken Clam Chowder. Rich creamy chicken and clams loaded with potatoes in the clams base soup. Another surprised for us! The finely chopped clams mixed well with the creamy chicken soup...I like it!

Chicken Clam Chowder

After a short break, the main courses started to presented on our table one-by-one...



The first was the Grilled Chicken Chop.

Grilled Chicken Chop

The plate of Grilled Chicken Chop served with the US Russet Potato Fries, Roasted vege and the homemade spicy black pepper sauce. The chicken was well marinated with the special seasoning, nice char with the herbs and succulent inside! And the homemade sauce played the big part of the dish, Delicious!

The homemade spicy black pepper sauce

The taste was nice and difficult to described by words, with the good combination of the char outer skin and the juicy chicken inside. You have to try this if you are a chicken chop lover.



Followed by the Cameralized Cheesy Cheese Bacon Burger.

Cameralized Cheesy Cheese Bacon Burger

The big size Burger served with the US Russet Potato Fries and corn. It was a total different experience on the burger! As for me, my experience with burgers only from the fast food restaurant and the Malay stall along the street...but this was totally new experience for me! The patty was well prepared and mixed well with the bacon, I like the moment when chewing on the char grilled bacon! Mr Ben told me before, they serve a varieties of nice burger. And my friend also noticed me that one of the very nice burger - Honey Glazed Burger which is off the menu too...

Excellent!

The bacon in the burger...

The Cheese, Bacon and the patty

Next, the Pan Fried Milked Fish.

Pan Fried Milked Fish

The butter fish dipped into their special seasoned and lightly flour patted, pan fried with the perfect timing. Served with mashed potatoes and roasted mixed vegetables.

Pan Fried Milked Fish

The fish was really juicy inside with the mouthful of butter flavor! Beside that, it went well with the spices outside and it was another delicious dish serve by Food Republique!



Texas Honey Glazed Australia Beef Ribs. This was the dish we were waiting for...

Texas Honey Glazed Australia Beef Ribs

The ribs served in about 600-700 grams, it's good for 2-3 persons. The ribs were grilled with the Texas sauce, tender inside and slightly sweet. You have to try the 2 different way which are...with and without the sauce. Some part of the ribs was dry because of its shape that the heat hardly reach to every part of it, but...it's time that you can compromise with the sauce...

This was also my first time trying on the beef ribs with Texas sauce, Marvelous!

It is a dish you cannot miss when visiting Food Republique in Taman Pelangi.

We will definitely be come back often to try their new dishes from the new menu. Do drop by if you just around the corner, you might fall in love with the dishes serve by Food Republique.

Food Republique

72, Jalan Kuning,

Taman Pelangi,

80400 Johor Bahru.

Tel : +607-3311718

https://www.facebook.com/foodrepublique

GPS Coordinates : N1.48435 E103.77502

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Kampua Mee 干盘麵 from Intat Restaurant at Taman Indahpura, Kulaijaya.

The Intat Restaurant 运达茶餐室 (N1.64242 E103.61460) is located at Jalan Kenanga 29/17 of Taman Indahpura, Kulaijaya. The restaurant is behind the back row of shop lots which do not facing the main road, and it's take time to search for it sometime...

Intat Restaurant

The shop is a simple and traditional Chinese kopitiam style, and they are popular with the Kampua mee 干盘麵 and Sarawak laksa. The owner said they started the business since 12 years ago...

The environment of Intat Restaurant

The Kampua mee is originated from the Fu Chow of Sibu - Sarawak. It's a bit similar with the local wan tan mee (云吞麵), similar topping...but the noodle is more eggy, hard and springy. Normally the Kampua mee is serve with minced pork, BBQ pork and shallots with dark soy sauce. But the version from Intat Restaurant was slightly different where they added some crunchy roasted pork on it, we like it very much!

Kampua mee (noodle) originated from Sibu - Sarawak

Beside the Kampua mee, we also won't miss out the Sarawak Laksa which also selling from the same shop.

The different with Sarawak laksa and local JB laksa is the gravy without Santan (coconut milk), and it taste with mild curry flavor. Normally the laksa serve in yellow noodle or mee-hoon (vermicelli) with prawns, bean sprouts, fish cake and eggs. The taste was above average, I like they serve the laksa in the clay pot where the heat is maintain until the last drop! It's another dish worth trying!

Sarawak Laksa from Intat Restaurant

I would like to thanks the Gourmet group from Facebook - 吃的平台 where I got the information from, and thanks to Joell Choo too.



Do try out if you happen in Taman Indahpura of Kulaijaya, it may suit your taste bud! :)

Intat Restaurant 运达茶餐室

531, Jln Kenanga 29/17,

Tmn Indahpura.

Kulaijaya

7am - 5pm daily

GPS Coordinates : N1.64242 E103.61460

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Full Varieties of Chinese Traditional Kueh and Snacks - MIn Corner 民糕点 at Tmn Tun Aminah, Skudai - Johor Bahru.

If you are the Chinese Traditional kueh lover, you shouldn't miss this Ming Corner - 民糕点 (N1.52204 E103.66411) located at Jalan Pahlawan 2, Taman Ungku Tun Aminah. The shop provide full varieties of kueh start from 11am till 8pm everyday except Monday.

Ming Corner - 民糕点

The dining area is air-conditioning that where you can enjoy your snacks in a comfy and clean area. The shop was packed with customers during our visit. According to the owner, the peak hour is between 3-6pm everyday where most of the customers having their tea break here...

The comfort environment of Min Corner

There is a long cabinet that arrange all kind of kuehs on the right side once you step into the shop...you can find almost 80-90% of the available kuehs in Southern Malaysia in this shop.

The all kind of kuehs in Min Corner 民糕点

The popular 'Teo Chew' kueh

The mangkuang kueh - my favorite!

The popular Tambun biscuit from the North also available here...

We tried some of the kuehs and the snacks from the shop, I wish I can try all of it, but I only have one stomach...

So we chose some of the popular kuehs (above) and...

Some of the snacks (above)...which I cannot remember the name of it.



Not all the kuehs sell here are perfect, some of them were taste above average and some were not...maybe it because of the regular customers taste which are different from us...but the prices are very reasonable. Beside the Dong Hong Trading 东鸿糕粿 which I blogged before, this will be the next shop worth the visit if you are staying around Skudai area.

Min Corner 民糕点

110, Jln Pahlawan 2,

Taman Ungku Tun Aminah, Skudai, Johor.

Tel : +6012-7681573

Operation hour : 11am - 8pm

Close on Monday

GPS Coordinates : (N1.52204 E103.66411)

Location map of Min Corner at Taman Ungku Tun Aminah, Skudai - Johor Bahru.

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