Rina Balinese Resort at Seelong, Johor.

The Rina Balinese Resort (N1.60759 E103.70628) is located nearby the Kampung Seelong of Johor. We have to drove through a small alley about 1.5KM from the Main road, if we were not sure with the location and I don't think we will continue to drive into the alley with bushes on both side...(there was a signage along the road side...)

At the end of the alley, we finally reached the entrance to the Resort...

The door is always close because of the security purpose...

There is a amber parking area in front of the clubhouse, no worries if drive in...

The check-in process was smooth by the gentlemen - Mr Michael Bay. I thought he is related with the movie - "Transformer", but he said 'no'. Understand from Mr Michael after a short chat...the reason they chose this piece of land where located so deep inside from the main road is because of the spring water continue to flow underneath the whole Resort! Great!

The check-in counter is just beside the cafe area...

Let me show you the surrounding of the Resort...

Once everything done at the check-in counter, we been directed to a nice pathway where I discovered the reosrt is full of Nature...

The pathway...

The cottage (standard rooms) is located at the right side of the pathway.

The outdoor cafe area is located in the middle of the pathway, where guests can have their BBQ dinner and relax at the area...

The outdoor cafe area...

You will not lost your direction with the clear signage above...

After the short pathway, we reached the unique small swimming pool...Beware! The water is 'spring water' and its very Cold!

The Unique Spring water swimming pool of Rina Balinese Resort

The Herbal Steam Room just situated next to the swimming pool...

The changing room beside the pool

The Herbal Steam Room

We also found the Sand Spa and the Gym room opposite the pool...the indoor air-conditional massage hall also located nearby...

The Massage Hall

Very nice deco to enter the massage hall...

Walk further after the massage hall, there is a green and relax garden...and I'm curious about the small hut at the end...

Nice landscape in front of the Massage Hall...

The non-air conditional massage hut...

The Resort is providing the Balinese Massage for their guests in the reasonable price, I believe everyone will try it once you visit the resort...

On the other side of the clubhouse, there is a nice garden with full of plants and flowers...

The water wheel...

I discovered a interesting dining area which called - Feet-in-dining-pool. The whole dining area is in the pool...

The Dining Pool

The roots are nicely drop down from the top...

Ok, after all these...let me show you the Balinese Suite room that we booked...

The outlook of the Balinese Suite Room of the Resort

There are total of 6 Suite rooms in the resort which are 3 on ground floor and 3 on first floor...I like the colonial feel of the design...

There is a small relax area just outside our room, it's nice to have few friends gather there with some beers during the evening...

Outside our room...

It was a Surprised once we stepped into the room...the queen bed was well decorated with the Balinese style! We like it very much!

 

I requested the extra bed and the room is spacious even after the bed being arranged. The wardrope is just next to the queen bed...there's a small bar counter with a mini fridge opposite the bed...

The mini bar counter with the fridge

The room also equipped with a 32" LCD TV which we were not really watch it...

The bathroom was comfortable enough, it has a big mirror and the hair dryer just next to it...

The shower area below...I like the shower head design...

The shower area...

The resort is full of beautiful flowers and plants around...especially the orchids...

Beautiful orchids

I did had a peek in front of the cottage room just opposite the Balinese Suite, well...the room also has a small compound in front of it, it's nice to have some BBQ during dinner time...

The Cottage room

Addtional bed is not allow in the cottage, maybe because of the limited space inside...

There is a 3 storey height - single room located just next to the building, and I think this should be the room for the resort manager...I can feel the cool while looking at it!

The single room in 3 storey height...

The Spring water flow in front of our room non-stop through out the 24 hours per day....these will secure all the guest from the mosquittoes. Yes, correct! The room area is free from mosquitoes!

The spring water flow in the drain non-stop...

The room package was with breakfast included. We had our pleasant and quite stayed in the resort (2 days 1 night) with their freindly staffs and we will come back again next time just to escape from the Johor Bahru City!

You can check out their room rate from their website below...or make a phone call to Mr Michael for reservation, who know you might get a better rate?! :)

Well decorated basin

RINA BALINESE RESORT
(Managed by Rina Nature Spa & Recreation Sdn. Bhd.)
Lot 2515, Jalan Seelong Jaya 6, Kampung Seelong Jaya,
81400 Senai. Johor. Malaysia
Tel:  +6012-2104116 (Mr Michael Bay)
Fax:  +607-2380269
http://www.rbr.my

Location map of Rina Balinese Resort at Seelong, Johor.

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The Sizzler (铁板神话) at Taman Mount Austin, Johor Bahru.

The Sizzler - 铁板神话 (N1.55269 E103.78461) is located along Jalan Mutiara Emas 10/19 of Taman Mount Austin - Johor Bahru, just below the Show Planet Karaoke. They serve Taiwanese Style Western Food (台式西餐） and we visited the restaurant was on a Thursday evening because of the Legendary Sizzling Pork...

The Sizzler

It was not corwded and the restaurant has a simple setup, the kitchen is an island in the middle of the restaurant...

Without second words, we placed our order :-
*  Sizzling 1K Pork (千里千寻猪)
*  Sizzling Crispy Chicken (美国轰炸鸡)

The foods served on the table less than 15 minutes...Fast!

Sizzling 1K Pork (千里千寻猪)

The package serve on the sizzling plate with pasta, egg and some vegetbles. We can choose one of the 2 types sauces for the pasta, so we decided butter sauce for the Sizzling Pork and mushroom sauce for the Crispy Chicken.

Sizzling Crispy Chicken (美国轰炸鸡)

Mushroom sauce pasta, egg and vegetables same package with the Crispy Chicken

The portion was big for each person, the pork was well marinated and succulent! We like the taste very much! As far as I know, this is the Only restaurant serve this meal for the moment around Johor Bahru. It was a surprise for us! Delicious!
For pork lover, you shouldn't miss this!

The succulent Sizzling 1K Pork

The Sizzling Crispy Chicken taste above average, the chicken was moist enough and not too dry! It was Crispy excatly same as the name of the dish. Admired the way they control the heat...Nice!

 Nice Sizzling Crispy Chicken

The portion was really more than enough for a person, we overloaded again! We satisfied with the foods here and The Damage : Sizzling 1K Pork - RM23.90 and Sizzling Crispy Chicken - RM19.90. Reasonable price and if possible improve to a better grade pork that will make the dish more Delicious and valueable! Just a suggestion. :)
Both pastas were average and after the meals, everyone is offer with ice-cream on the house...

Beside these 2 dishes, they do serve steak, lamb, salmon and Germen sausage too!

My tip : It's advise Not to visit on crowded weekend because of...1) It might get very oily because of the kitchen is close to the dining table, 2) Food quality might not as good as week day due to the crowded situation...at least for the moment. Well, these are just my 'personal suggestions' with no obligation and still...your choice to decide it.

We will visit again in the future for other dishes!

The Sizzler - 铁板神话

G45, Jalan Mutiara Emas 10/19, 

Taman Mount Austin,

81100 Johor Bahru.

Tel : +6016-7730303

The restaurant is closed (update 15-10-2014)

Location map of The Sizzler (铁板神话) at Taman Austin Perdana, Johor Bahru.

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Full House Korea Street Food and BBQ Restaurant at Taman Pelangi, Johor Bahru.

At first...standing in front of it for 5 minutes, in the middle of deciding to dine or not to dine?! At the restaurant...because this was the 'First' Korean restaurant doesn't look like a Korean restaurant at all around Johor Bahru...end up, we decided to tried it!

Full House Korea Street Food & BBQ Restaurant

Full House Korea Street Food & BBQ Restaurant (N1.48098 E103.77335) is located along Jalan Sri Pelangi - Taman Pelangi, Johor Bahru. It's just few shops next to the 7-Eleven of Pelangi. It has a very simple setup and the restaurant is without Air-Conditioning but comfortable and clean, well...it was our first time ever came across a Korean Restaurant does not install a air-contionaing around JB.

The simple setup of the restaurant

The friendly staff (looks like the lady boss) who took our order with her recommandation of the Korean food...and she explained that their six (6) side dishes (banchan) are not refillable, it's RM2 chargeable for additional banchan refill because they did not include the taxes...we accpeted.

The 6 side dishes (banchan)

Our order :-
1)  Beef Bibimbab
2)  Kimchi Ramen
3)  Marinated Pork BBQ

Beef Bibimbab

The Beef Bibimbab was a mmixture of beef, vegetables, mushroom and rice. Tasty! Like it!

Korean Beef Bibimbab

Kimchi Ramen

The Kimchi Ramen was average, we were surprised that they cooked with instant noodle for this dish...

Marinated BBQ Pork

Marinated BBQ Pork

They barbeque the pork in their kitchen, unlike most of the Korean restaurant that the waiter serve it in front of your table. The BBQ Pork was tender and succulent, Delicious! We like it very much!

The restaurant do serve another 2 type of BBQ : Chili paste BBQ pork and Marinated boneless chicken drumstick. We'll be back for the Chili Paste BBQ Pork one day!

Beside the foods, I did order the Korean Rice Wine because of the packing...yeah, looks like soya bean drink to me. The rice wine taste was special and it was nice to drink!

Korean Rice Wine

Total Damage : RM45.00 + RM25.00 (Korean rice wine) = RM70.00 for 2 adults and 1 kid. Reasonable isn't it?

Luckily we didn't walk away and chose to dine in here!
Do try it if you happen to be around Taman Pelangi area, don't let the deco fool you! You will like it if you are Korean food lover!

We already listed this Korean Restaurant in our regular visit list! Will be back for more!

Full House Korea Street Food & BBQ Restaurant

Jalan Sri Pelangi,

Taman Pelangi, Johor Bahru. (Next to 7-11 Tmn Pelangi)

Business hour : Lunch untill dinner about 9pm.

Location map of Full House Korea Street Food and BBQ Restaurant 
at Taman Pelangi, Johor Bahru.

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Photo Sharing : Johor Street Food Festival (柔佛街头美食节) 2012 at Taman Johor Jaya, Johor Bahru.

The Johor Street Food Festival event was held from 30th November to 2nd December 2012 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Jalan Dedap 25 (N1.54211 E103.79943), Taman Johor Jaya, Johor Bahru. There were many VIP on the opening ceremony including the Tourism Minister of Malaysia - Ms Ng Yen Yen.

We visited on Saturday evening and the whole street was packed with peoples! Let me share some photos of the event with you...

Once we stepped in the street, I heard a song from Doraemon...Oh! It was from this stall...the queue was really long...
ang...ang...ang...ang...

Most of the food stalls were from Johor Bahru and some from Skudai, Pontian, Muar, Kulai and even I saw one stall from Malacca...

The organizer arranged the tables and chairs in the middle of the walkway...

We didn't eat anything from the event due to too crowded and not comfortable sitting in the middle of the walkway...

The Taiwanese famous fried chicken or so called chicken chop had at least 4 stalls in the row...

One of the Taiwanese chicken chop stall

Biscuits stall...

Tibits...

One of the famous local snacks - Ban Jian Kuih (peanut pancake)

The Ban Jian Kuih is one of my favorite since I was a kid...

Fruits stall...

I think it was the grilled lamb (above) and it was really special!

Another popular food was 'octopus ball' and also the fried radish cake...

Tampoi Fried Radish cake

You can even find pizza in the Street Food Festival!

The chicken wing was not bad! We packed and enjoyed it after back home...

The cutterfish was from Malacca...next to it was the Dim Sum stall...

Amazing! Look at the volume of the sugarcane they had sold!...

Sugarcane drink...

There were also about 3 stalls selling the Penang Assam Laksa...too bad, I didn't have a chance to try it...

The 'snack' above is my favorite too! I just don't know how to name it...

At the end (actually was the start point) of the row, there was a stage with performance wiht a lot chairs for the everyone to enjoy after a nice dinner in the Street Food Festival...I was attracted by the pineapples!

I really admired the effort they put in for this...some kind of...Huge Pineapples 'frame'.

The stage with performance...

Total of 170 stalls in that street on that evening, and the organizer trying their best to make it to 200 stalls in year 2013. Let's wait for the event this year!

We didin't try any of the foods in the street, just because of the huge crowd that made me lost of appetide, I felt regretted...sigh...

Basically, you can try most of the street food of Johor in one place, regardless of races...all kind of foods, Great! And I wish I can have 'a few' stomach to fill all my favorite in our visit, am I too greedy?! Haha!

See you again in Street Food Festival of 2013!

Location map of the Street Food Festival 2012 at Tmn Johor Jaya, Johor Bahru

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