After graduated, we decided to go to Desaru Beach near Kota Tinggi, Johor Bharu to have a relaxing trip. We drove from Taman University, Skudai. Desaru is a beautiful beach in Southeastern Johor, Peninsular Malaysia.

Desaru Beach-Johor Bharu Tourist Spot

We went there by my car and we spent around 2 hours to reach Desaru.  There are a few ways to go to Desaru as followings:

By bus
There are direct bus services around three times a day from Johor Bahru’s Larkin Terminal to Bandar Penawar. Alternatively, a bus service from Larkin to Kota Tinggi, then from Kota Tinggi to Bandar Penawar.
From Bandar Penawar, you can either take a cab (teksi) or wait the minibus. You can also take a cab from Kota Tinggi directly to Desaru.

By car
Drive to Pasir Gudang Highway and follow Kota Tinggi Direction. You will pass by Ulu Tiram. And from there, there will be brown colour signboard that directing you to Desaru Beach.

By boat
The passenger ferry Changi Ferry Terminal in Singapore and Tanjong Belungkor Ferry Terminal. There are also bumboat services from Changi Point Ferry Terminal to the fishing village of Pengerang and you may take cab to Desaru from there.

If you are not driving to Desaru, you are hard to go around since it is hard to find public transportation nearby. Therefore, we drove to Desaru.

When we reached Desaru, it was about time to took lunch and we had seafood in a famous seafood town “Sungai Rengit“.

Prawn - Lunch in Sungai Rengit

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Ban Heong Seng Restaurant (万香城餐馆) is famous with its beggar style dishes such as Beggar Chicken (叫化鸡), No-bone Fish(无骨鱼), Oyster Rice (枕头饭)，Forever-young Soup (长生不老汤) and so on.

I have tried before the beggar style food in Jugra, Banting before, so i would like to try this one in Johor Bahru. If you plan to pay a visit here, please book 1 day in advance, if not, you probably get nothing, haha.

Address ：34-B,Jalan Skudai,Batu 3 1/4,Off Tahar,80200 Johor Bahru,Johor.
Contact ：07-2375194 / 016-7571887

Ban Heong Seng Restaurant (万香城餐馆)

Sisters (三姐妹)

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Rating (3/5):

It’s my first time to eat Mexican Food, the cafe in Sutera Mall, called “El Migos“, the name is so special, anyone know what it means? (in mexican, i guess…) Actually the original name of this restaurant is “Amigos“, but when my visit, it already changed, haha.

The address lot in Sutera Mall = > L2-031/032.

El Migos Cafe - Sutera Mall, Johor

That day was Sunday, and we were the first customers that entered the cafe, and we sat at the corner near the window. The environment here was quite comfortable and the decoration was unique.

El Migos Cafe - Menu

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Wow, It’s has been a long time i haven’t taste a good and delicious hainanese chicken rice that i was willing to take a half an hour drive from Skudai to Senai there, twice in a week! The name of the shop is “Restoran Swee Kee Chicken Rice (瑞记海南鸡饭)”.

Senai, Johor - Swee Kee Hainanese Chicken Rice

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• Tanjung Piai, Johor National Park (Day 1)
• Tanjung Piai, Johor National Park (Day 2)

Early morning of the second day, we took a simple breakfast and had some walk in Tanjung Piai…

From sunset to sunrise…

Swamps all around Tanjung Piai

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