American Italian Restaurant & Cafe at Taman Austin Heights, Johor Bahru.

The American Italian Restaurant & Cafe (N1.55768 E103.78089) is located along Jalan Austin Heights 3/1, opposite the International School of Austin Heights. We wanted to purchse the Groupon coupon for food tasting here but...always forget and now we visited the restaurant without the discount coupon...

American Italian Restaurant & Cafe at Austin Heights

We were amazed by the environment, it was cozy, comfort and decorated with soft and warm lightings.

 

The cozy environment of American Italian Restaurant & Cafe

Among all the deco, I like the 'Blue' bar counter very much!

Our order was fast taken by the waiter and our order as below :-

*  Grilled Chicken chop
*  Chicken chop and grilled beef steak
*  Mushroom soup with garlic breads
*  Onion rings

Grilled chicken chop

Chicken chop and grilled beef steak

Mushroom soup served with garlic breads

Onion rings

All the foods above were ok, passed the 'public satisfied level' as my friends said...:)

The steak was too thin (you can see it in the photo) to have a satisfy bite, overall the portion of the serving was really big! Seems like enough to fill up 2 persons stomach, initially I thought the chicken chop will serve in grill but a bit of disappointed that it was deep fried while served on the table, my bad that I didn't ask properly...

The grilled chciken chop tasted above average, and the mushroom soup was ok and so on the onion rings.

The beef steak served together with the chicken chop

Anyway, I like the environment and it's suitable for group of friends gathering, because of the relax atmosphere provided by the restaurant.

The Damage : RM92.75 included tax and drinks for 2 adults 1 child. A common and average western food serve by the restaurant.

If you want to find some nice place for chit chat or cool yourself down in the hot sunny weather, you might want to try the American Italian Restaurant & Cafe at Austin Heights.

American Italian Restaurant & Cafe

No.23, Jalan Austin Height 3/1, 

Taman Austin Height, 81100 Johore Bahru.

Operating hours : 11:30 am - 11:00 pm (Mon ~ Sun)

Tel : 07-351 0173

https://www.facebook.com/AmericanItalianRestaurantCafe

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Taroko Teppanyaki 太鲁阁铁板烧 at Taman Sutera Utama, Skudai - Johor Bahru

Taroko Teppanyaki 太鲁阁铁板烧 (N1.51433 E103.66898) is located along Jalan Sutera Tanjung 8/2 of Taman Sutera Utama (五福城）, Skudai, Johor Bahru. The restaurant is easy to notice because it's just below the Suan Bee Hotel (budget), the Bangkok Village is next to it and they are having the same management.

Taroko Teppanyaki, Sutera Utama.

The dining area was comfort and there are indoor area with air-conditional and outdoor area, which are sharing between the 2 restaurant. We visited the restaurant on Tuesday evening and the crowd was moderate...

Comfort and relax dining area

Small privacy area for those customer to having their private event

Well ventilated outdoor area

Before our dinenr start, I was really enjoyed the making of the Teppanyaki dishes with the 'kin-kin...kiang-kiang' sound generated by the rough iron plate...
They are also the 'First' and 'Only' Teppanyaki Restaurant out of the Japanese Restaurant in Johor Bahru.

Taroko Teppanyaki

 

Some customer may feel annoy by the sound generated from the Teppanyaki, but it was a nice entertainment for me and I like to watch the whole process of the food preparation. :)

The Taroko Teppanyaki restaurant has many different type of beef and that was the reason we wanted to try out the Beef Teppanyaki on that evening.

The dishes we had...
1)  Signature Seafood Fried Rice
2)  Mixed Seafood Set B (Cod fish, scallop and tiger prawns)
3)  Authentic Thai Seafood Tomyam
4)  Portuguese Baked Fish
5)  New Zealand Sliced Beef
6)  Aussie Angus Sirloin Beef
7)  Aussie Angus Striploin Beef
8)  Teppanyaki Shitake Mushroom
9)  Aussie Wagyu Beef

*  The above dishes were for 14 persons

Taroko Teppanyaki Signature Seafood Fried Rice

The seafood fried rice was special and it had a unique taste compare with the ordinary fried rice available in JB. It served with plenty of seafood and it was worth for the price of RM7.90 each.

Most of their Ala Carte dishes are served with the green vegetables and bean sprout. Let me show you the making of the Mixed Seafood Set B, served with cod fish, scallop and 2 tiger prawn.

Fresh vege and bean sprout

And here come the seafoods...

Cod fish, giant size of scallop and 2 tiger prawns (before)

Cod fish, giant size of scallop and 2 tiger prawns (after)

All seafood and other dishes were fried on the Teppayaki with the original taste. The cook only added some pepper and little oil on it...
Before the seafoods ready, the vege and the bean sprout were stand-by by the side...

Once everything is ready, it had a Nice presentation on the Mixed Seafood Set.
The procedure was repeated for every Ala Carte dishes...

Taroko Teppanyaki Mixed Seafood Set B

The Mixed Seafood set was definitely worth of the price - RM38.90.

Authentic Thai Seafood Tomyam

The Thai Tomyam was served on bubbling broth and different from the diluted version that easily available in JB. It had a Nice aroma with the rich tomyam flavor.

The above dishes also accompany by a Portuguese Style Baked Fish. It was unexpected tasty!
I had the first Portuguese Baked Fish was at the Portuguese Seafood Village at Malacca, and I wanted to try the taste out of Malacca and finally I found it here!

Portuguese Baked Fish in the aluminium foil...

The series of Beef Teppanyaki were continue the show one-by-one after the fish...

The New Zealand sliced beef

New Zealand Sliced Beef 

 

New Zealand Sliced Beef

The Aussie Angus Sirloin Beef

The process...

Aussie Angus Sirloin Beef in making

Cut into cube size...

And last...

Aussie Angus Sirloin Beef is ready to serve...

Another view of the Aussie Angus Sirloin Beef...(without the green vege and bean sprout)

The Aussie Angus Striploin Beef

Aussie Angus Striploin Beef

After few nice beef Teppanyaki, let's have a Fried Teppanyaki Shitake Mushroom.

Teppanyaki Shitake Mushroom

That was a Nice Mushroom!

The last will be everyone was waiting for...The Aussie Wagyu Beef.

The chilled Aussie Wagyu from the chiller (mabling 5 if I'm not mistaken)

The Aussie Wagyu Beef

The Aussie Wagyu finished on our table in less than 5 minutes! That was a Delicoius Wagyu Beef! We all like it very much! With the price of only RM88.90 (200g).

Except the New Zealand Sliced Beef was served well done, because it was too thin but all the Angus and Wagyu beef were served in the Medium or Medium rare doneness. Luckily the Wagyu was served on the last dish, otherwise I believe everyone will not interested on others dishes anymore! Haha!

Our Beef and Wine party last for about 4 hours and everyone was very satisfied with the dishes from Taroko Teppanyaki. They are good for the beef and even other dishes like seafood and their 5 types of fried rice.Worth for another visit!

Do try out if you happen at the Sutera Utama area or after your shopping from the Sutera Mall, you might like the different method of fried dishes. Especially for the beef lover!

We will definitely back for the Teppanyaki again!

Taroko Teppanyaki 太鲁阁铁板烧

99, Jalan Sutera Tanjung 8/2,

Taman Sutera Utama,

Skudai - Johor Bahru.

Open everyday 11am - 10pm

Taroko Teppanyaki Facebook.

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Pan Kobo Cafe 焼きたてパンの店 - Freshly Baked Japanese Style Bread at Horizon Hills - Nusajaya, Johor Bahru.

Pan Kobo Cafe (N1.45767 E103.64412) is located along Jalan Hijauan 3 of Horizon Hills of Johor Bahru. It's a the First Japanese Bakery run by a Japanese in Johor Bahru. It was my pleasure to met the freindly Mr Tomohisa Haraguchi who is the owner of the bakery.

Pan Kobo Cafe 焼きたてパンの店 at Horizon Hills

The freshly bread which baked locally all are handmade with different doughs (local bread are mostly 'one' dough for all breads) follow the recipe of the Japanese Bread Master by the Chief Baker - Mr Nakayama Iku at the bakery. The healthy breads sell in this bakery are all without any additives, softener and preservation chemical. They like to encourage everyone to eat their Daily bread for breakfast, not just an occasional bread. Words from Tomo San.

Nice and relax interior design provided with a healthy freashly baked Japanese bread

The new bakery was just opened on May 2013 and it's a good opportunity for the Johor Bahru peoples to taste the Freshly, Healthy Japanese Style Bread. As for me, this was my first time...

The cafe is provided nice dining area with tables and chairs (indoor and outdoor) for customers who like to have their bread serve right from the oven, coffee and tea are serve from the cafe too. They offer some common daily breads and also Pan Kobo signature's bread. Let me show you some of the bread photos below...
Apologies because I forgot some of the name of the breads.

Donuts

Plain bread

Walnut Cream Cheese (one of my favorite!)

Coconut Meron Pan

Sesame bread

One of the signature bread (sorry, forgot the name of it)

Cinnabon - their customers's favorite

Japanese Chicken Curry Bread (signature's bread)

Chocolate bread (kids will love it very much!)

Croissant with chocolate

There are many type of breads in the bakery, you have to taste it yourself!
We tasted some of the breads here and they were soft, tender and Delicious! With the natural yeast. The curry bread was crispy on the skin and flavorful inside, among all I like the Walnut Cream Cheese very much because of the walnut...:)

Japanese Chicken Curry Bread

Walnut Cream Cheese

We chose to enjoy the healthy breads at the cafe and chatting with the friendly boss - Mr Tomohisa Haraguchi. This was also our first time met up with so friendly bakery owner in Johor Bahru. Great!

The price for the breads are from RM2.50 - RM8.50. It's reasonable price for the nice healthy bread without addictive and you will feel and taste different compare with the breads of local bakery. Do drop by the Pan Kobo Cafe to try the Japanese Breads if you happen at Taman Bukit Indah or Nusa Bestaru area, it's just nearby...

And don't forget to check out their Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/Pankobocafe) for the latest special offer!

Pan Kobo Cafe 焼きたてパンの店

5, Jalan Hijauan 3,

Horizon Hills, Nusajaya,

Johor Bahru.

Tel : +6012 7836168

www.pankobocafe.com

Business hour : 7am - 5pm Wed - Mon. Close on Tuesday.

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