Chinese Dragon Dance @ Jalan Tan Hiok Nee, Johor Bahru.

The Dragon Dance at Jalan Tanh Hiok Nee (N1.45648 E103.76373) was performed on 5th March 2011. We were there trying to capture some photos of the performance.
The show was started about 8pm and the second show was on 9.30pm. The little street was packed with peoples at every corner!

There were total of 4 Dragons that night and the first Performance was the Blue Dragon.

The Blue Dragon which was mixed with Blue, Red, Silver and White colours...

This was the most aggressive Dragon of the night!

Then follow by the some kind of Red Dragon...

The Red Dragon

The Performance of the Red Dragon

My apologies that I couldn't snap a good photo of the White Furry Dragon, it was because of my built-in Flash...sorry...
So immediately after the performance of the Furry Dragon, there came the Lantern Dragon with Fireworks! These was the impressive Dragon of the night!

The Dragon with Fireworks!

The End Of the Show...

We were standing at one of the corner and cannot move around! Because there were extremely crowded and no place left for us to change location...so you can see all my photos were shooting from Only one corner! :)
My head and camera were Hit by the Dragons few times, and luckily it was still A OK. Haha!

We spent almost 3 hours along the street and too bad we miss the business hour of the IT LOO Cafe for our dinner... yeah...I was grumbling why it close so early?!

It was a GREAT show and we hope they will organize it again in next year!

Location map of Jalan Tan Hiok Nee at Johor Bahru.

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Seng Huat Koay Tiaw Soup at Jalan Kebun Teh Lama, Johor Bahru

Seng Huat Koay Tiaw Soup stall (N1.47779 E103.75348) is located at the junction of Jalan Kebun Teh Lama and Jalan Tun Abdul Razak, Johor Bahru. There was only one stall during my visit and I'm not sure is there any other hawker stall around in this coffee shop.

There are indoor and outdoor area at the shop, and I took the outdoor area...the outdoor area shaded and you won't feel hot especially under the big tree...

Outdoor area

Indoor area

It was not very hot on that day, and I believe the shop will be uncomfortable during a hot sunny day. I ordered the Kuay Tiaw (dry type) and it served with soup.

Plenty of fish in the bowl

The fish was tender and the soup was not too salty, overall...satisfied with it! Delicious!  

Damage was MYR7.00. I will be back again but Not on Hot Sunny day...:)

You might feel not secure around the area because of the vehicles passing by, the shop located exactly beside the traffic light junction and furthermore it's a high traffic area. But for me, it's ok. :)

The stall is open 7 days every week...Mon - Sat : morning till around 4pm and Sunday : morning till 12pm.

Location map of Seng Huat Koay Tiaw Soup, Johor Bahru

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The International Kite Festival 2011 @ Pasir Gudang, Johor

We visited The International Kite Festival 2011 on the Saturday morning and it was not a good weather that day...As usual, the Bukit Layang Layang (Kite Hill) (N1.47480 E103.90641) area was crowded and packed with peoples everywhere...

The Kite Museum of Bukit Layang Layang, Pasir Gudang

This time, I don't really take note on the stalls along the way, it was almost the same every year. There was a group of children that cheer up the area! I like to see those smile on their face! :)

The group of school children

We went to the field immediately and trying to catch some actions with the kites around...I believe the groups from all over the World are the same as previous year.

Country flags of all the participants

It was not a sunny day and also Not windy at all! I believe that was a bad news for all the Big Giant Kites in the field...
I managed to took some photos on the sky...during that time, most of the huge kites were lying on the field.

You can see the Big Kite every year...

The Malaysia flag

Follow by the Brotherhood of Stingrays...

Some of the Big heavy kites trying very hard to fly, but...unfortunately the wind was Not strong enough to lift them...too bad, we don't have a change to snap the Big kites too! :(

The Big Kites trying hard to lift up, but...

Suddenly the sky does not corporate enough and heavy down pour without a notice! Everyone ran like hell to find a place to hide! Except those in the field...I saw them really enjoyed dancing in the rain...haha!

Some actions on the ground...

Doesn't matter rain or shine...

I like this action!

After the rain stop, we saw a really Nice scene! Many young boys and girls suddenly ran into the field with their little kites in hand! That was Great!!

We were there for about 2 hours, then the rain started to pour again...that spoiled our moods to continue watching the beautiful kites flying...and all of them were just lying on the field...
Disappointed! We will be back again next year!

The Location Map of Bukit Layang-Layang (Kite Hill) of Pasir Gudang, Johor.

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Ho Ho Steamboat Restaurant at Taman Molek, Johor Bahru

Ho Ho Steamboat Restaurant (N1.52088 E103.78447) is located along Jalan Molek 3/10, Taman Molek - Johor Bahru, which is nearby the Ponderosa Golf Club of Johor Bahru.

Ho Ho Steamboat Restaurant

We love to take steamboat during the raining night, at least it will not be that Hot and also will warm up the cooling night. The area is spacious enough and you can even choose to dine at the alfresco area (if it's not raining). This restaurant's charges is different from others (eat as you can), they charge per person and serve you all the dishes at once on the table. (MYR14.00 per person)

We like the services of this restaurant. Less than 10 minutes, our table was full of dishes...

And they are Famous with their homemade fish noodles, fish cake and fish balls, beside that...there are also include other seafood like prawns in the package.

Homemade fish balls

Fish and prawns

Noodles and eggs as usual...

Please forget their homemade chili sauce...

Homemade chili sauce

Overall, the steamboat dinner was OK, and the soup was normal chicken soup and the fish was fresh! The restaurant is crowded during weekend and I believe it's because of the reasonable price. We did ordered the beef and it was serve in slices (MYR10.00 per plate), I like it very much!

The Damage : MYR14.00 per person.

Well, we will visit again on the coming raining night for dinner. :)

Ho Ho Steamboat Restaurant

85 & 87, Jalan Molek 3/10, Taman Molek,

81100 Johor Bahru

Tel : 019 7115572 / 012 7603209

The Location Map of Ho Ho Steamboat Restaurant at Taman Molek, Johor Bahru

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Ban Heong Seng Restaurant at Johor Bahru

Ban Heong Seng (万香城) Restaurant (N1 29.018 E103 43.282) is located at Jalan Tahar, Johor Bahru. Which is opposite the Danga Bay and beside the Singgah Selalu Food Court of Johor Bahru.
This restaurant is special with their Beggar Chicken or Duck and you cannot just walk and dine in, you have to pre book the place and your dishes at least 1 days in advance. Because they're operate in the old single storey bunglow house, and they only have about 4-5 tables...

Ban Heong Seng Restaurant

We did our order for the foods for our Saturday dinner. Once all of us there, the dishes continuously served on our table...

The Signature Dish : Beggar Duck (we tried the duck instead of chicken)

Beggar Duck of Ban Heong Seng Restaurant

Follow by the Deep Fried Boneless Fish...
Actually they made the fish became the fish cake and put it back nicely. So it was boneless!

Deep Fried Boneless Fish

 

Forgot the name of the soup above, some kind of melon soup...

 Vegetables

Signature Dish - Bean Curd (Taofu)

It was a Nice dinner! The Beggar Duck was Delicious! The Fish was special and nice! The Melon Soup was just right for the taste, vegetables was average and the Bean Curd was Crunchy & Yummy!
Overall, I like the Herbal taste of the Beggar Duck very much!

Beside that, we were having our dinner peacefully in the restaurant even it was a residential because we were the Only table that moment and others were left...

Some of the dishes were cooked for 8 hours and that's one of the reason we need to order in advance.

The Damage : MYR140.00 for 5 adults and 2 children included drinks. Reasonable isn't it?!

Rated : 4.7/5
We will be back again!

Strongly recommended if you want to taste the Beggar Chicken or Duck.

Ban Heong Seng Restaurant

34-B, Jalan Skudai, Batu 3 1/4,Off Jalan Tahar,

Johor Bahru.

Tel : +607-2375194 / +6016-7571887

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