Forest City

If you come to Johor Bahru you die die must visit Forest City! If you don’t already know what it’s about let me show you ! 

Location of Forest City



Waze showed that we are going into the sea! That’s because it’s s massive reclamation of the Sea! 

Equally massive construction is still ongoing! 



We are very impressed with the entrance...

Beautifully landscaped walkways

Giant cactus 

So many!!! 

The reception was inviting and yes “massive”!!! Everything is massively done here! 

Lots of Chinese clientele 









Showroom of actual units... this is the bedroom



Time for free coffee

Map shows you the city reclaimed land. 

Shows the proximity to Singapore and you can compare it to Jurong Island and the other neighboring islands. 

There will be another link )approved )

It will be a self contained island of sorts with its own school, hospitals etc and the closeness to Singapore and Indonesia is definitely a plus point. 



You can go down to the man made beach 

Kiddies wading pool







Tranquil and calm .. you can relax and pretend you are in Maldives or Hawaii ..  why don’t you book a unit on Forest City? You won’t regret it. 

Best chicken chop in Town: It Roo Cafe

Walking along Jalan Dhoby looking for a quick and fast dinner the words “the best chicken chop in Town” caught our eye! Waah... to be daring enough to declare yours as the best chicken chop in town without any figures or endorsement or certificates to prove it, must be quite something,  so .. well, we stepped in to look for the best chicken chop in Town!!!

This is It Roo Cafe, funny name but catchy nonetheless!

I am very amused and now I simply have to taste it! 

It seems It Roo is its original name and looking at this picture it must have been quite an old coffee shop and the prices seem reasonable too.

He had chicken chop with 2 eggs and I had teriyaki chicken and a glass of Nescafé 

Deep fried chicken chop with 2 eggs and black pepper sauce. It also comes grilled with a choice of mushroom sauce. 

Pushing aside the eggs to show you the chicken chop which was quite huge 

My teriyaki chicken 

It was a very crowded cafe with lots of Malay diners waiting to break fast and they did not mind that  we ate first in front of them, such is the level of religious tolerance in Malaysia. 

Our bill for 2: RM41.35 ... we still had to pay 6% GST.

The verdict of the chicken chop? Well, "ok ok" taste but the portion was too big, he could not even finish it , and I too left some teriyaki  chicken even though I was very hungry to begin with! 

Lea Court Hotel Johor Bahru

Stayed in this budget hotel in JB after the christmas eve dinner..

 No 90A-B & 92A-B Jalan Serampang, Taman Pelangi, 80050 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia Tel : 07-331 4852 80050 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.

 You can miss the exterior

 Sandwiched between massage parlours and reflexology centres

no lack of night life

 foyer

 double duty receptionist

 hallway..reminds me of my shophouse-living days,
only my shophouse did not include upstairs

 just like the movie "Moulin Rouge"

 Lampost sign outside my room,not only was I in a budget hotel,

 I felt like I was in a scene

from a budget movie

 Lizards!

 My bathroom

 antique fixtures

 mirror, wall and shelf  that has seen better days

 view outside my room

BTW, when we came back from small Ah E's house, there was a big ginormous cockroach

on little Vicky's pillow!  I and Sandy had to catch it and exterminate it!!!