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JB Cafe Review: 节令鼓 Drums Cafe

The first and most unique Twenty Four Festive Drums themed cafe in Johor Bahru. Situated in Jalan Tan Hiok Nee. They're serving coffee, dessert and yong tau foo. What a unique cafe that sell yong tau foo as their main.

The place is full of drum hanging on top the ceiling. A cozy and homely ambiance that make me feel like staying the cafe for the whole day.

Cafe Latte - RM 9

The latte art was good. Coffee was strong, aromatic and smooth.

Taste: 3.5/5

Caramel Latte - RM 11

The caramel was a little too sweet for my liking. But it tasted good.

Taste: 2/5

Original Mille Crepe - RM 9.90

The taste of the mille crepe is so rich and creamy. It was very addictive after you had tried it. Trust me, you will want more of it.

Taste: 4.5/5

Matcha Mille Crepe - RM 9.90

The matcha mille crepe was disappointing. The matcha aroma wasn't strong and the crepe was slightly dry.

Taste: 0.5/5

Food: 2/5

Ambiance: 4/5

Service: 3/5

My Verdict:

The original flavor crepe is a must-try cake whenever you visited them. Maybe i should try their yong tau foo next time since is their signature food over their cafe. They even provide board game and comics for you to enjoy it.

节令鼓 Drums Cafe

39, JALAN IBRAHIM,, 80000 Johor Bahru

Contact: +60 7-220 0955

Opening Hours: Daily: 11am - 10pm

Email: 24festivedrumscafe@gmail.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/24FestiveDrumsCafe/

Prices stated are Nett (No Service Charge and GST).

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JB Cafe Review: IT Roo x Sangkaya

Awarded the “Best Chicken Chop in Malaysia” title by The Star newspaper in 2003, the cafe operates in the pre-war building which has attracted many locals and tourists. IT Roo Cafe is a standalone cafe at one corner of the shop house at the junction of Jalan Pahang and Jalan Dhoby.

During Dinner time, the cafe was full packed!!

Condiments -

Iced Bandung - RM 3.50

The bandung was too sweet, as if i am drinking the syrup!! No Order this!

Iced Lemon Tea - RM 3.50

Normal.

Chicken Chop with 2 eggs - RM 17

Chicken chop can be served either in black pepper or mushroom sauce. Not only the sauce, cooking style also can be choose, grill or fried.

For this chicken chop, i choose black pepper sauce in fried style. The fried chicken was huge but it was too dry and it lost the juiciness and flavor in it! The black pepper sauce wasn't that peppery and pepper aroma was very light!

Taste: 0.25/5

Chicken Chop - RM 15

Choose grilled method with mushroom sauce. the deep brown colour of the mushroom sauce that looked ‘deceivingly’ robust and rich but upon tasting it, I was disappointed that it had an intense flavour of chicken seasoning powder and hence it wasn’t naturally flavoursome as I expected it to be if it was made from fresh chicken stock. It was too salty. The chicken was a little overcooked!

Taste: 1/5

Overall, The chicken chop was overrated!! It's not worth a trip!

Do note It Roo Cafe is halal certified and it charges 6% GST and RM2 for the plate of peanuts on your table.

It Roo Cafe
17 Jalan Dhoby
80000 Johor Bahru, Johor
Malaysia
Contact: +60-07-2227780
Opening Hour: 10am – 9.30pm

Sangkaya cafe is the latest addition in JB! They serving coconut ice cream and coconut water. It is located along the famous cafe street, Jalan Dhoby!

Coconut water - RM 5.90

The coconut water was very refreshing and the coconut aroma was strong!

Taste: 2.75/5

Toppings -

Signature Coconut Ice cream - RM 9.90

The size of the ice cream is not what I expected, it was super small! The ice cream is just so good and refreshing. It’s not overly creamy but is light and taste like natural coconut instead of coconut essence. Its not overly sweet but its relatives to ones taste buds. It's come with 4 small scoop of ice cream and 3 free topping.

Taste: 4.25/5

How is the system works:

1. Place your order at the counter

2. Make payment

3. Wait in line to be handed your coconut bowl of ice cream

4. Choose your toppings and decorate your ice cream to be Insta-worthy

5. *Dang, Dang* You can now post it on Instagram.

Overall, the coconut ice cream is really good. The service was good too.

Sangkaya Jalan Dhoby

14, Jalan Dhoby
Bandar Johor Bahru
80000 Johor Bahru
Opening Hours: 11:00AM – 11PM Daily

Sangkaya Mount Austin
25, Jalan Austin Height 3
Taman Mount Austin
Johor Bahru

Opening Hours: 11:00AM-11:00PM Daily

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JB Cafe Review: Foodie Wedding

It’s a new trend in Johor Bahru (JB) for cafes to be jointly set up in the same establishment as bridal studios or boutiques. The beautifully set up studios and boutiques form the perfect backdrop for a chic cafe/ restaurant, the F&B options draw crowd and publicity to the studios, and also generates additional revenues to defray overheads. A brilliant collaboration. Foodie wedding, Adjoining D’gui Bridal, it features a “European style” cafe, with a charming exterior and equally lovely interior.

The restaurant has limited outdoor seating, with most of its indoor seating spread out into 2 distinct segments, both with a lovely European rustic charm.

OMG!! The interior is really damn amazing!! So far this is the best interior designed cafe i have been to in JB!

Cafe Latte - RM 9

The latte-art was normal. The coffee was just average. Coffee aroma was't strong and the coffee was very light!

Taste: 0.75/5

Iced Cappuccino - RM 9.50

Taste similar to latte.

Taste: 0.5/5

French Potato Tots - RM 13.90

The potato tots (Mini Hashbrown) was good, it was well seasoned! The outer area crepe was good too, it was buttery and savoury but drink more water after having this!

Taste: 2.25/5

Scallops Spaghetti with Caviar - RM 24.90

The pasta was served in Tomato cream sauce! The tomato sauce was too overwhelmed as the taste covered everything in this dish! I can't even taste any scallop or caviar aroma! Caviar is a delicacy consisting of salt-cured fish-eggs of the Acipenseridae family.

Taste: 1.25/5

Roasted Chicken Chop and Scramble - RM 19.90

Nicely marinated and tender chicken chop, with juicy scrambled eggs and a side of salad. Nothing outstanding, but definitely a delicious dish. The only thing i don't like is, this dish was too oily! A layer of oil can be found underneath the egg and chicken.

Taste: 3.5/5

Food: 3/5
Ambiance: 5/5
Service: 4/5

Overall, Besides the unstable wifi, we definitely found this to be a great cafe worth returning. Look out for more posts of chic cafes in this area. It's a NETT Price cafe!

Foodie Wedding
No, 43, Jalan Serampang, Taman Sri Tebrau, 80050 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Contact: 07 - 333 3223

Opening Hours: 7.30am to 9pm

Closed on Tuesday

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JB Cafe Review: Atlas Coffee

Atlas has one of the most unique interior design ever. This cafe was specially design by a Japanese designer with its fluffy white concept, this cafe brighten up the cafe with a feeling of clean and very comfortable environment.

White Latte - RM 10.90

I opted for atlas own blend coffee bean. The coffee was really smooth, aroma was strong but it was very acidic. But coffee lover will love it.

Taste: 3/5

Iced Earl Grey - RM 12.90

Normal.

Taste: 2/5

Nutella Stuffed French Toast - RM 23.90

It was damn good! I guess Nutella goes well with any toast or bread! The homemade peanut butter jam was very creamy, thick and fragrance. The french toast was well toasted and it has a buttery taste in it too.

Taste: 4/5

Blueberry Waffle - RM 24.90

The waffle was disappointing!! The waffle was very plain. The vanilla ice cream wasn't flavorful enough. The homemade blueberry sauce was a little bland too.

Taste: 0/5

Food: 3/5

Ambiance: 4/5

Service: 4/5

Overall, the food and coffee was good. The ambiance was very cozy and quiet. It's a good place to chill in a lazy afternoon or even bring your date over for a good meal. Or even spend your day in the cafe with a good cup of coffee.

Atlas Coffee

No 32 Jalan Austin Heights 8/7,Taman Mount Austin，

81100 Johor Bahru, 81100 Johor Bahru

Opening Hours:

Mon-Sat:	8:30 am - 11:00 pm
Sun:	8:30 am - 7:00 pm Website: http://www.atlascoffeemy.com/

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JB Cafe Review: Koone x Kate N I Scream

KOONE started its soft opening on 12th November 2015 and I decided to visit them over the weekend. The softserve parlour is few doors step away from TIP, The Ice-Cream Project. The competition heat just gets hotter along Jalan Dhoby with the hipster café.

Painted in bright neon pink colour with a huge swinging door at the entrance machiam like some big hotels, the double storeys building boosted a huge and brightly lited interior, splashed with bright colours and grey walls.

Upon entering, you will see the counter where the staffs are in action and cashier counter near to the staircase. Orders and payments are made at the counter and the staff will provide a block with number as reference to be placed on the table.

Their menu is simple and straightforward and quite similar to Via Tokyo in terms of the softserve serving.

M Cold Brew - RM 10

Ordered their iced coffee and try. I was really regretted order it as the coffee wasn't up to my expectation. The coffee aroma was very light and it was lacking of the coffee body.

Taste: 0.25/5

66% Dark Chocolate - RM 14

It comes with the liquid nitrogen that lasts for approximately 30 seconds. Indeed an instagram-worthy soft-serve I would say. It was rich, creamy and smooth chocolate and not overly bitter even though it could be a little icy sometimes. Pretty worth the price for the gimmick and the treat.

Taste: 4/5

French Vanilla -RM 10

The french vanilla was even better!! The vanilla aroma was very strong and it enhance the taste of the ice cream.

Taste: 4.5/5

Overall, I would say the soft serves here are served in interesting ways to enhance the visual satisfaction. The soft serves are creamy and delectable.

KOONE

No. 30, Jalan Dhoby
Opening Hours: Daily 1:00PM – 10:00PM
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Koone-887078184709046/timeline/
Instagram: @KOONESOFTSERVE

This cafe name caught our attention. So we decided to give it a try before heading back to Singapore. The cafe also sell croissants, hamburger, pizza, snacks from tea and coffee drinks. There are many little monster doll shop decoration, to allow customers to be accompanied by props used during the self-timer or photo.

Ice cream display bar -

Topping to choose from -

Iced Peach Tea - RM 7.90

I was recommended by their staff, their iced peach tea was the hot seller drink over at the cafe. I decided to give it a try!! The tea aroma was there same as the peach aroma but it wasn't too overwhelmed. It was really good.

Taste: 3.25/5

Ice Cream Set - RM 25.90

It came with 4 scoop of ice cream, 2 flavors to choose, and 2 toppings.

We chooses earl grey and Yam ice cream along with hello panda and cereal toppings. The earl grey aroma was strong but not for the Yam flavor ice cream. The ice cream was creamy and rich but it wasn't good enough compare to KOONE.

Taste: 1.5/5

Ambiance: 4/5
Service 4/5

Overall, the ice cream was very normal but it was a pretty good place to chill as it was very cosy and quiet.

Kate & I Scream
G03, Plaza Matahari (Sun City), Jalan Kuning 1, Taman Pelangi, 80400, Johor Bahru.
Contact: +607 3316131
Opening Hours: 1300 ~ 0100 (Monday Closed)

http://www.kateniscream.com

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