Tony Johor Kaki Travels for Food · Heritage · Culture

Uncle Koh vs Grandpapatee Wanton Mee in Taman Ungku Tun Aminah Skudai

Grandpapatee (left) Uncle Koh (right)

Even though Johor Bahru is originally a Teochew enclave, hence its nickname Little Swatow, there are actually more wanton mee stalls than Teochew kway teow mee / thng stalls (based on my observation). And, Johoreans are spoilt for choice as Johor wanton mee standards are high with many stalls / restaurants still making their own noodles.

Wanton noodles, of course, is a quintessentially Cantonese dish.

Tao Tao Ju Main Restaurant Guangzhou near Beijing Lu Pedestrian Street 陶陶居十甫总店 ☏ 020 8050 3899

Heard a lot about Guangzhou's venerable Tao Tao Ju 陶陶居 restaurant (founded in 1880). It's like a pilgrimage every Cantonese cuisine fan have to make when in Guangzhou.

Hainan Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee / Rochor Mee @ Golden Mile Food Centre (Army Market) 海南福建炒虾麵 ☏ 6294 6798

The Hainanese Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee stall at Golden Mile hawker centre has been around for the longest time.

Wong Dan Kee • It's All About Rice Noodles Chen Cun Fun 黄旦记陳村粉 Shunde Must Eat Huangdanji

By the time we cleared formalities and got onto our waiting coach at Baiyun Airport, we were already famished 😅

We dashed straight for Shunde (a district of Foshan city in Guangdong).

Dim Sum @ Shunde Xiang Yun Sha Garden Hotel 顺德点心 • 香云纱园林酒店

When in Guangzhou or Shunde right... If not going for street food stalls, then the natural choice for breakfast would be yum cha i.e. morning tea. So, we had several yum cha sessions during our seven day Guangzhou & Shunde food tour. Of these, I like Xiang Yun Sha in Shunde the most.

Bingsheng Taste in Guangzhou near Haiyin Bridge 炳胜能品味(海印总店) ☏ +86 20 3428 6910

When come to Shunde and Guangzhou, of course, must enjoy their iconic raw fish or yee sang 鱼生 dish.

Jubilant Hainanese Chicken Rice @ Pasir Panjang Hawker Centre 喜庆海南鸡饭

Jubilant Hainanese Chicken Rice 喜庆海南鸡饭 | 121 Pasir Panjang Rd, stall #01-32 Pasir Panjang Food Centre, S118543 ⏰ 9:30am - 1pm (Sun off)

As a typical Singaporean, I am always on the lookout for good chicken rice places. I mean chicken rice stalls are everywhere in Singapore, they are generally at least okay to good, but we customers have become very picky and demanding 🤭😬

So when chef Benny Se Teo shared that Jubilant Hainanese Chicken Rice at Pasir Panjang Hawker Centre is very good, I was excited to try it as soon as possible.