food
Amazing halal eats at Larkin Sentral, Johor Baru
Ten sticks, at RM8! – November 23, 2015.Formerly known as the Larkin Bus & Taxi Terminal, few travellers are aware of Larkin Sentral’s thriving food court which is located at the top floor of this transportation hub.
Most public transport seekers typically make their way to their respective buses or counters to purchase their tickets before being bussed off to their next destination and missing out on what this three-storey complex offers.
If you have time to spare and aching for a great (and cheerfully cheap!) meal before embarking on your next journey, then take the escalator up to the third level where an entire floor is dedicated to plentiful warungs, gerais, and stalls offering a myriad of hot and spicy local delights!
Yes, you will be spoilt for choice. – November 23, 2015.Do not be yanked away by the lure of 24-hour fast food joints located on the first floor, or you’ll miss out on a huge selection of delectable dishes such as satay jawa, mee rebus, and more!
HungryGoWhere serves up a tantalising glimpse of what’s in store to whet your appetite!
Mee Rebus Hj Wahid
A generational gem. – November 23, 2015.Mee rebus is synonymous with Johor, and no other name comes close to Haji Wahid when you talk about the state’s signature dish.
While most patrons in JB head over to Plaza Angsana for this local delicacy that’s been the toast of the city for generations, we highly recommend visiting Larkin Sentral’s outpost where the crowds are lesser, and you’re still guaranteed an unrivalled serving of this delicious noodles.
Brace yourself for a large, hearty plate of yellow noodles (RM5) swimming in thick gooey gravy complete with sweet, spicy, and nutty flavours in the mix.
Smooth moves on this old man’s cuisine. – November 23, 2015.What sets Haji Wahid apart from other mee rebus peddlers, is the tinge of vinegar that is present in every bowl, imparting it with a gentle tang that perks up the flavours a notch further.
Coupled with fresh slices of green and red chillies, hard-boiled eggs, beansprouts, and a drizzle of its house crispy flour crackles, this is one dish you absolutely cannot afford to miss out!
Nasi Padang Dewi Aryana
We feel like we walked into a candy store every time we're faced with trays of delectable dishes. – November 23, 2015.You can find Indonesian cuisine here with choices like Dewi Aryana’s nasi padang!
This famous Minangkabau-inspired dish from West Sumatra consists of steamed white rice served with a selection of pre-cooked dishes available catering to your tastebuds’ whim and fancy.
Dewi Aryana’s stall easily offered more than two dozens of dishes including various fried chicken, tempeh (fermented soybean cake), daging empal (sweet and sour fried beef), sayur lodeh (vegetables cooked in coconut milk), begedil (potato patty), and mutton rendang just to name a few.
Our RM7.50 happy meal consisted of all the healthy food groups! – November 23, 2015.We picked a plate of fragrant white rice to go with begedil, quail eggs in sambal, kangkung ikan masin (water spinach cooked with salted fish), and spicy ikan pari (stingray) that set us back RM7.50.
The begedil was dense but remained fork-tender with its perfect golden brown exterior and the piquant stingray gravy tore through our noses with sufficient heat.
The only thing missing we felt, was the infamous ikan bakar from the hidden Jalan Bellamy.
Sate Jawa Inul Aneka Selera
It's going to be a smoky affair with the lovely fragrance of sate jawa drifting in the air. – November 23, 2015.Looking to complete the full Javanese dining experience? Then stroll on over to Inul Aneka Selera if you haven’t already been enticed by its wafting grilled satay aroma.
With a handful of crushed nuts on top of more than a generous drizzle of kicap manis (sweet soy sauce), the serving of “sate jowo” resembles a plate of rojak complete with cuts of fresh cucumber on the side.
For only RM8, you get 10 sticks of fully marinated, smoky, skewered meat that will satisfy the most demanding carnivore in you.
We highly recommend the kambing satay that was grilled to perfection, if chicken proves to be too pedestrian.
Don’t forget to grab a serving of lontong to mop up the leftover gravy!
You’ll also see a number of ‘pecel’ (Javanese mixed vegetables with peanut sauce dressing) dishes plastered all over the stall which we did not try but it can’t possibly be inferior given the quality of their sate jawa!
Doused with kicap manis and topped with crushed peanuts. – November 23, 2015.Of course, you’re always welcome to test their mettle against some of the best satays in KL and Kajang!
Transportation hubs are great for those traveling around and exploring our beautiful nation.
Chances are that you’ve even missed out on some really good food, if only because you were in too much of a rush!
For example, check out the food in Mitsui Shopping Center, which is somewhere to kill time close to KLIA and has several services inside that help make your check-in easier too!
Also, don’t miss out Muar’s wai sek kai for what is arguably the best food we’ve ever had. – November 23, 2015.
Taking a trip down to Johor? Just download our new HungryGoWhere app which shows you what places are around your current location up to a radius of 5km! Or you can just look up any other location, and see what's popular among fellow foodies there. Now available on iTunes and Google Play.
Please note that you must sign up with disqus.com before commenting. And, please refrain from comments of a racist, sexist, personal, vulgar or derogatory nature and note that comments can be edited, rewritten for clarity or to avoid questionable issues. As comments are moderated, they may not appear immediately or even on the same day you posted them. We also reserve the right to delete off-topic comments