Havelock Road Blk50 Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee 鳥橋頭大牌50炒福建蝦麵 in Bukit Merah

• Operating Hours: 9 AM - 8 PM
• Operating Days: Close on Tuesdays
• Address: ABC Brickworks Food Centre, 6 Jalan Bukit Merah, #01-100, S 150006

If you are looking for a plate of fried Hokkien mee at ABC Brickworks Food Centre, my recommendation would be Havelock Road Blk 50 Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee at a corner of the food centre. Owned by an old couple, they have many years of experience frying plate after plate of delicious fried Hokkien mee.

It was near the lunch hour when we visited but it doesn’t look like a popular stall initially as there were only short queue seen.

This medium portion priced at $5 came with slices of squid, two fresh prawns, and slices of pork. The plate of noodle is well balanced and it's neither too wet nor too dry. 

The fried Hokkien mee is fried in a mixture of pork bone and prawn head stock for the flavor, which is well absorbed by the noodles.

I don’t usually take my Hokkien mee with sambal chili, but for this stall, I ate the noodle together with the chili to enhance the overall experience! If you are someone who need to pair your Hokkien mee with sambal chili, I am sure you will like it.

The fried Hokkien mee may not be the best but definitely one of the better ones. 

P.S. The stall owner has appeared in a Tiger Beer's advertisement previously. It was part of a campaign launched by Tiger Beer to preserve local street food culture.If you would like to watch the commercial, here it is.

D'Laksa - Authentic Penang Assam Laksa in Johor Bahru, even Singapore!

• Operating Hours: 11 AM - 10 PM
• Operating Days: Daily
• Address: 
• KSL - KSL City Mall, (LG-62/L2 S-03) 33 Jalan Seladang, Taman Abad, Johor Bahru
• Sutera Mall - Sutera Mall, 1, Jalan Tanjung 8/4, Taman Sutera Utama, Skudai
• Singapore - Hougang Mall, B1-K7, 90 Hougang Avenue 10, S 538766
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From a humble pop-up stall at ground floor to having a shop in Johor Bahru KSL City and now even at Singapore, D’Laksa has started since 2012, claiming on serving the most authentic and original Penang Assam Laksa in Johor Bahru. D'Laksa is no stranger at Singapore food fairs as well.

Affordable and authentic food in an air-conditioned place is pretty rare and D’Laksa has succeeded in keeping the prices low while maintaining the quality.

Those who plan to eat the noodles at home can ask for the soup to be packed separately.

One bowl of noodles is enough for a light lunch, but those with bigger appetites can order fish balls on the side. The Laksa selling at 6RM while fishball at 5RM.

You may have noticed that my bowl of assam laksa is served in a takeaway bowl. The concept of D'Laksa in Johor operates like a takeaway kiosk but there is seating area like a food court in their shops. Assam Laksa was served with generous servicing of shredded cucumber, onions, pineapple, sardines and a thicker chewy version of bee hoon. 

The soup does pack a punch with its sourish and tanginess, further lifted with the cut red chili with prawn paste, bringing sweet, sour and spicy taste to my taste bud all at the same time.

I don't often eat assam laksa, but I have to admit I fell in love upon the first mouthful!

It was super refreshing with the hot and sour stock. The soup was super rich in flavor with that soft and chewy white noodle complements the dish perfectly!

Finally, we have one in our Singapore heartlands at Hougang Mall!

It's a takeaway kiosk in Hougang mall, so dry and wet ingredients are separately packed so you could bring them home and mix them up to enjoy. It's not located in central area, but at least there is no need to jam for Customs clearance. Tastewise I would say is very similar.

M2 Cafe - Disneyland Mickey and friends Restaurant Theme in Johor Bahru!

• Operating Hours: 2 PM - 1 AM (Last Order @ 11.45 PM)
• Operating Days: Closed on Mondays
• Address: 7-01, Jalan Austin Heights 8/3, 81100, Johor Bahru

Good news for the Mickey Mouse of Disney fans out there, finally, there is a Mickey Mouse themed cafe in Johor Bahru.

M2 stands for Disney famous cartoon character - Mickey Mouse and M2 cafe has a theme based on it. 

I'm sure kids will love it and adults will enjoy reconnecting with our favorite childhood cartoon. It situated nearby the Austin Heights water theme park. So why not give it a go while you’re at there.
Now you may not see where is the shop, the cafe is located on 2nd floor, so look out for the door with a Big M word to proceed.

They do open it till 1 AM so for those who are nearby, you can have supper with Mickey and friends!

Their entrance was locked so you will need to wait a minute for the staff to click their auto gate for entrance. 

So once we were in, we were welcomed with lots of Disney themed decorations! The cafe can definitely satisfy Mickey lovers as the wall are decorated with Mickey wall art. 

The cafe offers main courses, desserts, and coffee. 
Even the menu, cakes and drink cups are also in line with the theme.

"The store started in January of the year 2015, which the cafe is based on black, red, and white color plus hand-drawn wall art with DIY decorations. The store owner hopes to provide their customer with a comfortable and warm environment for their meal. This cafe is definitely for friends and family, business talks, or couple for their dates."
They stated that their cafe does provide board games, but I do not see them anywhere. Maybe need to ask them for it.

If you have a big group of people coming, they will provide you with these seats.

They sell souvenir like Mickey mug but I feel it's quite expensive. A Mickey mug cost 80 RM.

 They provide wifi and a clean toilet!

I am very impressed with their hand-carved world map of every Disneyland in the world, it shows where is each Disneyland theme park is and their current time. Very interesting!

Our first item came - Apple juice. The item tasted much like any fruit juice stall anywhere with added syrup to sweeten it. But their drink stand is cute!

Next is Ice Blended Chocolate! This cup really too cute! Tastewise is like a normal cocoa powdered drink, just that it was not fully blended, there was quite a lot of ice not totally crushed yet.

 I am attracted by the decoration of the place. However, the food has always been my priority. After a good wait of 10 minutes, here came the salted egg chicken chop, which they stated it's their newest invention and their signature dish!

Their chicken chop looks dry but when you cut it up, lots of the juice flew out and onto our clothing!

The chicken was tender, very juicy! What really makes it nicer is the salted egg sauce given!
The sauce is good that makes me feel delighted but if without the sauce, I will feel that that chicken chop is just a normal chicken thigh meat with satay taste like seasoning. The salted egg chicken chop was something I loved it immediately after trying for the first time. The owner gave just the right amount of salted egg and the sauce was also deliciously creamy.

The last item - Bittersweet tiramisu with a Mickey Mouse twist.

The Coffee Tiramisu came with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream and a slice of tiramisu cake. The vanilla ice-cream was yummy, it melts in my mouth. It is slightly milky and you can still taste bits of vanilla beans in the ice-cream. As for the cake itself, it was served cold. I believe it was frozen before being served. The spongy cake was moist with creamy mascarpone and espresso. What I do not like is the coffee taste was too heavy at the bottom. It was drenched with coffee. This would be perfect if the last layer was taken out.  

While the place is designed in Mickey and friends theme, the food is above average. Try the chicken chop that comes with the salted egg sauce.

Nice cafe with nice environment. Food tastes good with reasonable price. Worth to give it a try. If you are looking for a place to hang out with your friends or family, this would be a great place to enjoy food and their decorations. If you love Disney productions cartoons characters, you wouldn’t want to miss this place. It is seriously too cute to be missed!