If you’re a frequent traveler from Singapore to Johor, you know that the vibrant food scene offers a treasure trove of local produce delights at incredibly pocket-friendly prices (with a 1:3.2 exchange rate!). Beyond the delicious eats, Johor exudes a charm reminiscent of olden-day Singapore.
Known for its irresistible Banana Cake, Hiap Joo Bakery & Biscuit Factory attracts many Singaporeans eager to savor its moist, aromatic pastries. Baked using traditional wood-fired ovens, this cake is a testament to age-old recipes that have stood the test of time.
Address: 13, Jalan Tan Hiok Nee, 80000 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.
Contact: +607-223 1703
Opening Hours:
Daily: 7:30am – 5:00pm
For authentic otak-otak, look no further than Cheng Boi. Their freshly grilled otak-otak is celebrated as one of the best in Johor, available in a variety of flavors. They also sell raw otak-otak that can be stored in your fridge for months.
Address : 28-4, Jalan Bantayan, 84000 Muar, Johor, Malaysia.
Contact: +60 16-644 9119
Opening Hours:
Daily: 7:00am – 4:00pm
Close: Wednesday
Sai Kee Kopi serves the finest local coffee, known for its sweet and clean flavors. Whether you prefer espresso or traditional Kopi-O, their coffee is a favorite among both locals and visitors.
Address: 111, Jalan Bakariah, 84000 Muar, Johor, Malaysia.
Contact: +60 6-951 3046
Opening Hours: Daily: 8:00am – 5:30pm
Discover the unique Shanghai Mooncakes from Kluang, known for their elongated shape and delightful flavors like pandan and black sesame. Yuen Fatt's mooncakes are a popular choice, especially during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Address: No.39, Jalan Haji Manap Nordin, Kluang Baru, Kluang, Johor, Malaysia.
Contact: +607-773 7107 / +6012-715 8287
Opening Hours:
Monday to Saturday: 8:30am – 6:00pm
Sunday: 8:300am – 16:00pm
Wednesday: closed
With over 40 years of history, Kluang Coffee Powder Factory offers a unique blend of Liberica, Arabica, and Robusta beans, creating an unforgettable coffee experience.
Address: 76, Jalan Besar, Kampung Yap Tau Sah, 86000 Kluang, Johor, Malaysia
Contact: +60 11-5553 1966
Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday: 9:00am – 5:15pm
Saturday to Sunday: 9:00am – 4:45pm
This traditional mung bean paste biscuit is a must-try. Tong Huat Confectionery offers both salty and sweet versions, ensuring you enjoy fresh and flaky pastry with every bite.
Address: No. 28 & 30, Jalan Cantik, Johor, 86000 Kluang, Johor, Malaysia.
Contact: +607-771 4616
Opening Hours:
Daily: 9:00am – 6:00pm
Sunday: closed
With healthier food options being one of the top priority many of us are looking at these days, Layang Food Sdn Bhd is a place you must never miss. Ever wondered if healthy eating and snacking can be achieved together? Look no further than Layang Food Sdn Bhd as the snacks are prepared in healthy cooking methods with less MSG, making your snacking habits healthier. Be sure to get their Tapioca Chips that are made with fresh Tapioca that are grown in their own farm!
Address: 161, Jalan Teck Wah Heng, 81850 Layang-Layang, Johor, Malaysia.
Contact: +607-752 7458
Opening Hours: 8:30am – 6:30pm
The original Ogura Cake from Family Pastry Shop is a must-try if you are in Batu Pahat! At just RM8.00, you can get a big slice of original Ogura Cake. The cakes sold at Family Pastry Shop are pre-packed, making it ideal for tourists to take away as gifts for loved ones. The light pillowy cake has the perfect amount of cream that ensures sweetness does not take over the cake, promising bites after bites of goodness.
Address: Ground Floor, Penggaram Complex, 6, Jalan Abdul Rahman, Kampung Pegawai, 83000 Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
Contact: +607-433 2873
Opening Hours: 9:00am – 10:00pm
Specialised in making traditional pastries, kuih and other native food products, Sin Sin stands out from other pastry shops or confectionery with their highlight and crowd favorite, Nyonya Cakes. They offer many flavors such as pandan, red beans, green beans and lotus. They are offer low-sugar options for their kuihs to provide a healthier option! The pastries and kuihs are made fresh daily at Sin Sin Foodstuff, with limited quantities made to ensure the best produce daily. Be sure to be there early to avoid any disappointment as these pastries and kuihs sellout on a daily basis!
Address: 36-4, Jalan Jenang, 83000 Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia.
Contact: +607-431 6599
Opening Hours: 9:30am – 5:30pm
Hock Kee is a small and homely bakery in Segamat. All food products here are lovingly made in the bakery to ensure freshness and tastiness are guaranteed daily.
The crowd favorite at Perusahaan Makanan Hock Bee is the La Piah, which is a traditional biscuit filled with slow-cooked mung bean fillings and wrapped perfectly with flaky pastry skin. The La Piah here at Perusahaan Makanan Hock Bee are also extremely pocket-friendly, costing only RM0.70 each!
Address: 4, Jln Bukit Jaya, Taman Mewah, 85000 Segamat, Johor, Malaysia
Contact: +60 11-5580 7989
Opening Hours: 10:00am – 5:00pm
YOYO promises amazingly good pastries that are baked fresh daily, with a café that you can enjoy good, fresh pastry. Besides selling a wide array of tasty local products, the highlight of YOYO Native Food Products Sdn Bhd is the Horse Hoof Biscuits, or so-called Beh The Soh and Ma Ti Su.
YOYO Native Food Products Sdn Bhd is popular with tour guides who bring overseas tourists here for souvenir shopping as their produce are packed in nice packaging that makes them a perfect gift for friends and family at home.
Address: Lot7317, block B, Jalan Damai, Taman Sembrong Baru, 83700 Yong Peng, Johor, Malaysia
Contact: +607-467 9678
Opening Hours:
Weekdays: 9:00am – 6:00pm
Weekends: 8:30am – 6:00pm
Yong Peng is a place that is famous for providing a one-stop rest point for many coaches and cars that are travelling long distance from Singapore to places such as Genting Highland, Cameron Highland or even Hat Yai in Thailand. A hidden treasure within Yong Peng is Eng Hin, one of the two noodles factories that attracts many tourists from all over the world. They are one of the best in making noodles, beehoon, and their most sought-after produce, the Foochow Biscuit. Foochow Biscuits, also known as Kompia (光饼), a popular traditional snackmade of flour, lard and sugar, that is enjoyed with tea. The Foochow Biscuits are made fresh daily at Eng Hin. While Eng Hin Kedai Membuat Kuih-Muih offers the traditional types of Foochow Biscuit, where there are no fillings, there are also other variety with different types of fillings such as sesame and peanut on offer.
Address: 14, Jalan Besar, Taman Sembrong, 83700 Yong Peng, Johor, Malaysia.
Contact: +607-467 1261 / +6017-772 0971
Opening Hours: 7:00am – 7:00pm
Thursday: Closed
Hua Bee Bakery (also called Kedai Biskut Hua Bee) is a family run business that is steeped in traditions. Even the biscuit making process, one that involves every family member is one that is traditionally practiced in the olden days. They are good at making traditional Chinese cakes and biscuits and can get extremely busy during Chinese New Year period. A large variety of traditional pastries is offered at Hua Bee Bakery. Many returning customers like the pastries here due to the crispy crust and the generous amount of fillings. Many Singaporeans have even travelled across the causeway from Singapore to JB and pop by Hua Bee Bakery to order traditional wedding biscuits for their relatives and colleagues.
Address: 10, Jalan Solok, 84900 Tangkak, Johor, Malaysia.
Contact:+60 12-635 2327
Opening Hours: 9:00am – 6:00pm
Closed on: Monday
Specialised in making pastries that incorporates the natural goodness of pineapples, Nictar Pineapple House produces amazingly good pastries that are made fresh daily with pineapple grown in their own plantation in Pontian. Be ready to expect produce such as fresh pineapple juice, pineapple tart, pineapple jam, raw honey and honey apple cider. Being an all-natural producer, no preservatives are added to their pineapple juice. So, you can enjoy the richness of 100% pure pineapple juice here.
Address: PTD 2103, Kg. Pak Intan Parit Sikom, 82010, Johor, Malaysia
Contact: +6012-707 2589 / +6012-700 2235
Opening Hours: 9:00am – 5:00pm
This unpretentious bakery is well-known for their famous pandan red bean cake that is the best in town. With more than 20 years of history in the business, freshly baked pastries such as the Pandan Red Bean Cake are stilled produced using traditional and labor-intensive methods to ensure every single piece of pastry that exits the oven is done perfectly and fit for kings and queens. The pastries shells exudes a nice gold color that wraps amazingly made fillings that are smooth with slightly sweet taste. With the thickness of the pastries made to perfection, one can be guaranteed of not-too-heavy tastes that leaves you asking for more!
Address: 21, Jalan Ekoperniagaan1/2, Taman Ekoperniangaan, 81100 Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
Contact: +6012-651 5989
Opening Hours: 10:30am – 3:00pm
Closed on: Tuesday
Mr Sotong is a shop that promises to bring many of you back in time. With the wide array of local food products that many of us may have fond memories of when we were younger, Mr Sotong does not only sell local produce, they sell memories. Their most noteworthy local product – “Sotong”, is a crowd favorite with not only the locals but also overseas tourists. Many tourists like to bring them back to their hometown as gift to their friends and colleagues.
Address: 15, Jalan Sutera 1, Taman Sentosa, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
Contact: +60 11-6168 4586
Opening Hours: 9:30am – 21:30pm
Tang Chuan has many loyal customers for their Big Bun (pau) , or steamed buns, over the past 50 years. With more than 50 years under their belt, Tang Chuan has seen many customers from their adolescence to adulthood, with many of them bringing their children back for the wonderful Big Bun. The white and pillow-like big bun has generous amount marinated pork fillings. It tastes even better if you down it together with chilli sauce. Besides big bun, different kinds of mouth-watering yet reasonably priced dim sum can also be enjoyed at Tang Chuan.
Address: 763, Jalan Batu Pahat, Ayer Hitam, Johor, Malaysia.
Contact: +6012-726 9989
Opening Hours: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Offering pastries such as mini bean paste buns and mini Tau Sar Piah, Ming Ang Confectionery ensures you have more capacity in your stomach after enjoying these mini versions of bean paste bun and Tau Sar Piah to enjoy other types of delicious traditional pastries such as Heong Piah, Chicken Floss Puff, Portuguese Egg Tart. Ming Ang Confectionery is also strategically located right smack in the center of JB, just walking distance from KSL City mall, making it a popular destination for many Singaporean who cross the causeway from Singapore to JB for a short trip.
Entering from back door, you can see the baking process in action. The ovens are constantly operating to bake fresh pastries as they will be sold out in the blink of an eye. As the pastries are beautifully packaged, you can buy it as gift to your loved ones too.
Address: 7, Jalan Indah 15/3, Taman Bukit Indah, 81200 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.
Contact: +607-234 9388
Opening Hours: 9:00am – 9:00pm
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