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Yum Yum Food & Beverage in Kluang ● Under the Radar Tze Char

Evonne brought us to this nondescript coffee shop which we would have passed by without noticing had she not picked this shop for our first lunch for this Kluang excursion.

Restauran name: Yum Yum Food & Beverage (formerly Restoran Xiang Hong)


Address: 50, Jalan Haji Manap Nordin, Taman Kluang Baru, 86000 Kluang, Johor, Malaysia (at intersection with Jalan Tan Kim Seck)


Tel: +6016 770 9532


Hours: 11am - 2pm | 5pm - 9pm (Fri off)



It is in a busy commercial area, diagonally across the street from Yuen Fatt, the traditional Chinese bakery famous for their mooncake.

The coffee shop was quiet when we got here at noon. It was underrated and not well known yet even among locals.

That table with people...., that's us 😂

The first dish looked impressive - a large pan of bee hoon, mee tai mak and kway teow with huge pieces of grouper fish steak in a sloshy watery brown colour sauce.

The grouper fish was very fresh but the soup and noodles were just mildly savoury and a little flat or clean tasting.

However, we enjoyed the fat stubby mee tai mak noodles.

The dishes came in rapid fire succession - the next was their mind blowing delicious ginger fried chicken.

The lightly battered chunks of fresh chicken were golden brown outside while tender and juicy inside. The savoury crisp batter had slightly spicy, quite addictive ginger taste.

This was the most popular dish with our party.

Thai style handmade tofu. Fried tofu cubes with savoury tangy spicy sauce.

Lots of raw onion add a bit of onion type of spiciness in its juicy crunchy peels.


Claypot sweet potato leaves.

The stir fried sweet potato leaves with lard and lard croutons were delicious. We all love this humble but marvellously tasty dish. Must order.

Fried egg plant with sauce and chicken floss.

I enjoyed this soft-tender juicy inside tender-chewy outside fried battered eggplant. The sauce was sweet savoury tangy with pork floss adding another layer of sweet savouriness.

Curry style prawns in claypot with buns.

Small-medium prawns. Not shelled but the shells were soft, so I can just chew them all up from head to tail. Gentle curry which allowed me appreciate the freshness of the prawns.

I was about to raise my white flag of food coma when this deep fried pork trotter arrived at the table.

Crisp outside, tender moist inside. Would be perfect for a night with beer 

We were stuffed and ready to go when someone mentioned they have off menu wild boar dishes. So we couldn't resist ordering one to try 🤭😬

It was lean meat stir fried with a savoury sauce. Everyone was happy that it tasted just like regular domesticated pork - no gamey taste or smell, no fat, all meat.

I mean, everyone except me. Eat wild boar no gamey taste or smell, no fat, eat for what ah...? 🤔

I  am still missing the wild boar in Pontian 👈 click 🥹

Menu


Good range of tze char dishes. Well executed. Fresh ingredients. Competitive pricing. Spacious, clean and comfortable shop. Conveniently located (Kluang is a small town). Worth checking this out if you are in Kluang.
                  


Written by Tony Boey on 5 Aug 2023

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