Friends who know good places to eat, and who are willing to drive a long distance in search of good food are even more valuable friends to have. The husband and I have been told many times by the Tan Family of an amazing beef noodle stall in JB, and not only did they tell us about it, they also gave us the offer of a trip there. We may not be the smartest people around, but when a good opportunity arises it has to be capitalised on quickly. So one miserable drizzly Saturday morning, the 3 Tans and 2 of us set off for a morning of eating and drinking in JB. The causeway was super crowded! But this was no deterrent, since there was good food to be had at the end of the road.
The coffeeshop they brought us to can be seen on the way to the new Checkpoint, just next to a bright blue building. It's in a 1960s-1970s modern shophouse, and judging from the number of Singapore-registered vehicles in front, appears to be very popular with Singaporeans.
Old-school coffee corner. There's nothing quite like Malaysian coffee.
While waiting for the food, I decided to take photos of the coffeeshop. There was a roast duck stall that was rather popular, and a laksa stall that looked pretty good as well.
The beef noodle man doing his thing.
The sign for the stall. He's closed on Mondays, and I've been told that the noodles run out by lunchtime.
The wait for the beef noodles was rather long, so we started off with a bowl of laksa. This was very enjoyable - the soup was not too thick but was more soupy, and it was easy to drink.
Finally after about half an hour, the beef noodles arrived. It was choc-a-bloc full of ingredients - the normal sliced beef, beef brisket and tripe. It also came topped with crunchy peanuts and salted vegetable.
Apparently the best type of noodle is this thick bee hoon - it's even thicker than the type they use for laksa in Singapore. It's more like an elongated bee tai bak.
All mixed up - gooey and yummy and absolutely heavenly. The sauce was full of beefy goodness, unlike other places where it's all cornstarch.
It was so good that we had another bowl! This time without tripe, which made the husband happy.
More shots of the stall - this time he paused long enough for a posed picture, but failed to look at the camera.
All the different beef cuts
Look out for Kedai Ang Kim Chwee
Before heading back to Singapore, we stopped by another coffeeshop for a char kuey teow lunch.
All the different beef cuts
Look out for Kedai Ang Kim Chwee
Before heading back to Singapore, we stopped by another coffeeshop for a char kuey teow lunch.
We were back in Singapore by 1pm. All in a morning's work : )
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