Travelogue around Asia Pacific Part II

Johor Bahru - For lunch we were hankering for Japanese food and ' Sushi Zanmai ' came into mind.  This is not related to the famous Sushizanmai of Japan but a knock-off by using a similar name.  There was a queue but we quickly got seated and ordered unfortunately the service was very slow. Chicken Karaage Don Salmon Don (large size) I had a smaller portion of this Salmon Don and it really tasted very fresh and good.  We ordered much more but was too hungry to take the pics of all.  It's worth coming again to this restaurant.  

Johor Bahru  - After dinner we took a grab and drop off at Johor Bahru's famous night market - Bazaar Karat.   This is a large night market (also called Pasar malam or flea market) that has a wealth of hidden treasure just waiting to be discovered.  It was very crowded and you have be careful of pickpockets.   It is night market that sells everything from shoes, clothing, food, drinks, and toys. Entrance to the pasar malam You can spend more than an hour walking around store to store.   Some vendors are singing karoke style and some are selling bootleg DVD and watches.

Johor Bahru  - Just took a grab to Ong Shun Seafood restaurant and it's about 25 mins from our Hotel.   Ranked #10 on the Top 10 seafood restaurant in JB.  There were many local chinese enjoying a meal at this restaurant. Butter Cream Sotong This was the first dish and it came slowly one dish at a time.   This dish was the best - the sotong was fresh and it was tasty and buttery. Kang Kong with Blachan Though it was medium it was a good sizeable dish but a bit too oily for me. Pepper crab The crabs are not really fresh.  The Chilli crab does not taste like the usual Singapore chilli crab sauce. Fried Man Tow  Big and big man tow - simply delicious. Fried Sotong Fritters This dish was really bad - the fritters are out of shape as you can see from the pic.  The sotong fillings are also pathetic. We also ordered a chilli crab and a large plate of Hong Kong noodles....for the 5 of us it cost RM 225.

Johor Bahru - We went to Sentosa Plaza for lunch, durians and shopping.  It was a quiet and empty mall with many of the shops closed.   There is a food court on the ground floor - the food is nothing spectacular - simple and decent priced meal. Fried fish noodle soup The Store  which is a supermarket chain and the anchor tenant of Plaza Sentosa and the prices are reasonable - lots of good stuff to buy.    Just outside the Sentosa Plaza is a durian store - we ate 2 durians for RM95.

Johor - We took a short family trip to Johor by buying a bus ticket from Causewaylink  bus operator located at Newton hawker centre open-air car park.  I was able to pay via EZlink at S$3.40 per person straight to JB immigration.  Around mid-day there was not much of a traffic and the immigration line was smooth. We had dinner at SDS which is a Johor home-group restaurant. Platter meal - Trev and Pax shared The most worthed it was the platter meal - 2 pieces of fish, chicken chop and lamb chop; 2 drinks and deserts for RM58.90 Terriyaki Chicken chop Mushroom Crispy Chicken The chicken chops was RM 17.90 and it was tasty. Seafood Marinara We went and watch the 9.15pm Mortal Engine movie and ended around 11pm.