After Crazying

I'm quite familiar about Mexican cuisine, as I have Mexican classmates when I studied overseas few years ago.
One of the factors making Mexican food so irresistible, is because of it's a blend of different cultures. Its distinct blend of spices, seasonings and vibrant colors create a beautiful presentation.
Corn is one of the main ingredient, which you can find in Taco and Nacho. There is a lot of health benefit about the corn.

If you are finding a great place serving great Mexican food in Johor Bahru, come and try this newly open restaurant- 1875 The Mex.
It located very near to Tesco Extra Plentong, previously the shop known as Uncle Tom's Tavern.

The owner of 1875 The Mex, the lovely couple- Shawn and Gail, decided to bring the great western cuisine to Johor Bahru. Shawn has vast experience in working as chef in big-chain hotel, while Gail is helping him to operate the restaurant.
Taco - a popular Mexican street food consisting of tortilla folded around a filling, which is the great start if you don't know what to eat at 1875 The Mex.
The meat is marinated with rich flavoring, not salty, but a kind of nature seasoning which make it very delicious.

Taco

Personally, I highly recommend the nacho, which is served together with beef-minced and fresh avocado mesh and sour cream on the top of nacho. If you are avocado lover, this nacho is something must-try. The avocado has make this nacho special.

Nacho

There are chicken wings, which cooked in Chipotle Pineapple and lime. I can feel the sweetness from the pineapple, well match with the chicken wings.

Chicken wings

Besides the starter, there are variety of main courses can be chosen.
Personally I really like their burger. As you see clearly what the ingredients in between, including sauteed mushroom cheddar cheese maple grilled bacon balsamic & onion jam beef patty & garlic aioli.
It's really attractive to see the cheese melted on the top of bacon. The flavoring used by chef make the burger really juicy.

The St Antonio Burger

Try their salmon too, which cooked with lime and chili butter. The flesh is soft and fresh.

Pan seared salmon steak in lime and chili butter

I tried their ribeye steak in a level of medium. It's really thick and firm, but not tough.
It's really a succulent steak, which is great match together with the vegetable and potato as the side dishes.

The 1875 Ribeye steak

Well, to my surprise, the chef makes the dessert too by himself. Both mud pie and apple pie are in the acceptable sweetness, which make me want to have more after a bite.
The chocolate pie beneath with cookies, the cake and thick chocolate layer on the top.

Mississippi mud pie with whipped cream

Good old-fashioned apple pie drizzled in caramel sauce with ice cream

Overall, what I like the most about this restaurant will be their ingredient choice. This restaurant may not have the fancy interior decoration compare to other fine dining restaurant, but they really concern and choose the best, freshest ingredients to cook their food. You just need to pay much more less than some fine dining restaurant in JB, and you still can get quality western cuisine.

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Opening Promotion!!!
Take note of their FB page for more promotion. Currently the restaurant are having set lunch meal, and also the coffee promotion. If you are daily coffee drinker, why not visit 1875 The Mex, they are offering limited promotion RM50 for 50 cups of coffee in 30days. That means RM1 for 1 cup of coffee. Amazing deal!!

More information :

Address:
No. G-31, Jalan Masai Jaya Plentong, Masai, 81750 Johor Bahru, Johor ( Near Tesco Extra Plentong)
Opening hour : 12:00 - 22:00

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Well, I visited Trove Hotel again after my 1st visit. You may refer my last month post about Halba buffet in Trove.
https://mush4crazy.blogspot.com/2018/10/halba-buffet-lada-trove-hotel-johor.html

This November I visited again as Trove Hotel come out with new theme of buffet high tea- Japanese Feast!!
First came to my mind, Hurray, unlimited sushi!!
From various maki & nigiri with different ingredients, such as Tamago ( egg) , California, Kani (crab stick), Kappa (cucumber), Ebi (shrimp), Tempura, Avocado, Ebiko(shrimp flakes), and Inari ( Rice in Tofu).
All the maki and nigiri are with cooked topping ingredient. There is no raw ingredient.

My favourite Edamame as appetiser to kick start of my Japanese feast ~~~

There are variety of vegetable tempura, which deep fried and coated with thin batter. If you are vegetarian or vegetable lover, don't miss this section, with brinjal, pumpkin,oyster mushroom, green capsicum and carrot, turn into the tempura.

Tips of eating Japanese buffet:

Try to have a bowl of Miso soup, before eating the food. It's great to warm your stomach, before starting a heavy meal.

Try to have tempura first before the maki and nigiri. Maki and Nigiri have a lot of rice, which may make you feel full easily. Try to have edamame, salad and tempura, then only the maki and nigiri.

You will enjoy more about the buffet if you eat in the right sequence.

For main dish, there are still have some common local food, with fusion of Japanese delight.
For noodles, the chef uses the udon instead of normal noodle, and stir-fried in a local way.

Not forget about the tofu, which is a very common in Japanese food. The chef serves the tofu with dashi stock, ginger, shredded seaweed and daikon radish. Tofu is soft, with slightly crispy fried layer.

Compound Salad

Again, remember to keep some space for dessert. Besides the common cakes and fruit as we see in every buffet, I found some special dessert, which you may interested to have a look.
This white chocolate with dried fruit attracted my eyeballs when I go around the dessert section.

Variety topping of doughnut, which enlighten your day~~~

Doughnut

Dorayaki-- One of famous Japanese street food, which two pancakes sandwiching sweet ‘anko’ (sweet bean paste).

Dorayaki

Drink of the month. Try this refreshing hazelnut drink, to relieve the thirst after eating. It's slightly sweet when mix with the chocolate syrup.

Hazelnut chocolate milk

Good news to all my readers!

You have the chance to win yourself a free buffet pass to enjoy this Japanese buffet worth RM78. To win, go to my Instagram and follow the simple instructions :

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#GIVEAWAY If you wanna try Japanese buffet at Lada &Clove in Trove JB, I have one FREE buffet pass worth RM78 to give away! All you have to do to win: 1️⃣Follow @addictedjiajia & @trovejb 2️⃣Like this post 3️⃣Tag a friend in comment to join you! . . The free pass can be use in any Saturday of November, 12-4pm. Giveaway end on Thursday, 15th Nov,6pm. #goodluck . . . . . . . #troveeats #foodie #buffetjb #buffet #hightea #japanesefood #dessert #giveawaycontest

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This Japanese High Tea buffet is offers in limited time, only at Saturday, 12pm-4pm for NOVEMBER only.
The buffet in Lada& Clove will change their theme every month, with interesting and new menu.
If you wanna try Japanese High Tea buffet with only RM78nett per person, do come to Trove on Saturday to indulge yourself with variety of all-you-can-eat food.

More information :

TROVE Johor Bahru

Address : Lada & Clove, Trove Hotel ( 8th Floor ) ( If you use WAZE, it will appear as "Hotel Selesa" )
Jalan Dato' Abdullah Tahir, 80300 Johor Bahru.
For reservation : 07-2728888

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What kind of table you would prefer in your home?? I guess most Chinese will tell you they prefer round table.

A round table allows people to eat facing each other. It also means that when seated at a round table every one is equal.Round table is a symbol of reunion.
Most of the Chinese Family will choose Chinese cuisine for reunion lunch or dinner, the price for most Chinese cuisine in Johor Bahru will be nearly RM 1000 per table.

Qing Palace Restaurant, which located inside Pulai Spring Resort, Pulai area, about 35 minutes drive from Johor Bahru town area, offers a limited time promotion of Eat All You Can for up to 80 different Chinese Cuisines, from soup, vegetable, chicken, duck, prawn, fish, seafood, beancurd and desserts. With one price, you can eat as much as you can.

One of the dish which make me amaze is the Australian fresh asparagus with garlic. This is not a common vegetable to be served in Chinese restaurant. The taste is very natural , without much seasoning, only fry with the garlic. The spear is fresh, which give a deliciously crunchy texture. One of my favourite among the vegetable choice in menu.

Australian Fresh Asparagus with Garlic

One of the common way of Chinese cooking, using the claypot, which preserve the warmness of food for longer time.

Braised Bean Curd with Seafood

Another pick among the menu will be Peking duck. The texture of duck is soft and tender, marinated with savory sauce, which make skin of duck very tasty.

Peking Duck

Another type of serving of duck, which can be eat with the bun.

Camphor and Tea Smoked Duck

There are variety of soup for choice. If you like something hot, soup, a little spicy, you can pick this Szechuan Hot & Sour Soup. A mixture of different ingredients including the mushroom, tofu,egg and etc.... , which can be found in this soup. A good start of the meal, which warm your stomach before you eat the others food.

Szechuan Hot & Sour Soup

A complete Chinese dinner must have a fish, which to symbolize the wish for more in the sense of good luck and good fortune. There are 3 choice of fish- Red snapper, Seabass and red pearl, with up to 7 methods of preparation. I tried the steamed with Asam sauce. The asam sauce is rich, well match with the fresh seabass.

Seabass Steamed in Asam Sauce

There are variety of seafoods for choice, such as prawn, cuttlefish and eel. Too bad there is no crab in this promo ( Well , the price will not be RM 65 if got crab , haha~~ )

Fried Prawn with Oatmeal

Deep Fried Chicken with Coffee sauce

Keep some space for the dessert, before the end of meal. I like their Oni, which is not sweet, thick and sticky.

Honey dew with sago

Oni ( Yam pudding)

‘Eat All You Can’ promo at Qing Palace is available till 30th November 2018. Make reservations today by calling 07-521 2121

RM 65.00 per adult
RM 32.50 per child
*prices subject to 6% Service Tax
* Minimum 4 persons required.
Eat All You Can promo is available for lunch from 12.00 noon to 2.30pm and dinner from 6.30pm to 10.30pm

More information :
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Website : https://bit.ly/2zlFelY

Address:
20km, Jalan Pontian Lama, 81110 Pulai, Johor Malaysia
Tel : +607 521 2121

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A big Congratulation to Restaurant Lemon Tree, for their 7th outlet in Johor Bahru.
The latest outlet located at Tmn Desa Jaya, which is easy to spot with obvious corner shoplot.
Personally, Restaurant Lemon Tree is one of the restaurant which I visit frequently in Johor Bahru.
The great thing about Lemon Tree is the affordable price with quality food served.

You can find both local and western cuisine in this restaurant. It can range from pasta, rice, burger, pizza, meat and many more.

Tubular pasta mostaccioli is well served with the cheese and tomato sauce, with the right portion and taste. It's look like lasagna in appearance. The mostaccioli absorbs the sauce, not hard, just firm.

Mostaccioli Chicken Bolognese

If you not really fancy about the cheese, why not try this Seafood Aglio Olio pasta. All variety of seafood are on the top of pasta, such as the big prawn, squid and clam.

Seafood Aglio Olio

Personally I like this beef burger and the perch fish. The texture of the beef is much firm compare to the others, but it well match with the black pepper mushroom sauce, which specially make by the chef.
For the fish chip, the chef used Perch fish instead of commonly seen dory fish. It's great to eat without any sauce, since it's fresh without the fishy odour.
For this 2 course, you can pick the side dish that you prefer, from salad, wedges, french fries, mash potato and fried onion ring.

Beef burger

Grilled Perch Fish

In Restaurant Lemon Tree, not only the western cuisine, you can find some local meal, such as rice with chicken. Price is affordable and you get more than what you pay.

Black Pepper Chicken with Rice

It's always great to have some sweet dessert as the ending of a meal. Try their Tiramisu, which have the rich aroma of coffee in every bite of tiramisu.

Tiramisu

More information about Lemon Tree Restaurant 7th outlets :

Address:
33, Jln Danau 3, Taman Desa Jaya, 81100 Johor Bahru
Opening hour: 12.30-10.30pm
Phone for reservation : 073643301

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After Crazying

Thinking about the buffet in Johor Bahru, almost all hotel served it, with different variety and theme.

The buffet is not just all-you-can-eat, eating buffet in the same time let us spend time to appreciate the wide variety of food, and also a platform of reunion.

Trove Hotel , which is centrally located in Johor Bahru, offers a competitive RM 68nett for their Halba Buffet.

Halba , a type of spice and herb, which used it in most of the dishes served in buffet, and become the the theme of buffet. This spice also enhance the fragrance and taste of the food.

The man behind this Halba buffet is the hotel's very own Executive Sous Chef, Fadzren Oyob and his team of talented chef.

Appetizer

The nutritious and healthy sandwich with different ingredients is also one of the highlight in buffet.

Sandwich

Cheese and smoked meat

One of the thing I find it interesting about the Halba, which is the great taste of Nasi Lemak Pak Malim. The rice is cooked just nice, with infused not only the coconut milk and pandan leaves, but also the Halba spice.

Besides the nasi lemak, there are many other choice for main course, such as yong chow fried rice, Hainanese chicken rice, fried mee hoon with dried shrimp, fish head curry and etc...

The buffet also gives the tourist and hotel guests to experience a potpourri of Malaysian flovours and cultures while visiting Malaysia. It's really amazing that Roti John, Murtabak and Johor Laksa which is more well known to be the street food in Johor Bahru, can be served in the hotel as buffet .

Roti John

Another highlight of the buffet will be this eye-catching chicken skewers ( Ayam percik ). Personally I like this chicken skewer a lot, soft and tasty.

Ayam percik

Cheese Murtabak

Johor Laksa

For dessert, I just can't stop myself to take almost all with one portion. Most of it served in a small little plate or cup. From cakes, brownies, puff, pudding, mousse, fruit trifle, eclair, jelly, and some Malay Kuihs such as Fried Banana, etc.
I likes this Brownies, good texture with mild sweetness.