Down & Dirty :Hiap Joo Bakery, Johor Bahru- Malaysia

Across from the famous Kin Hua Coffee shop is Hiap Joo another must visit place in Johor Bahru. There is always a queue so chill have your breakfast or a cup of coffee at Kin Hua first.  The good news is the queue moves fairly quick, it really only slows down because of tourists like me who like to take photos of silly stuff- like a stack of wood.  But its well worth the wait, the banana bread and coconut bread are a winners. They still use wood to fire the ovens like a good old school bakery should. Good to see they are burning recycled wood. 




The queue that never seems to go away..

Stacked wood looks recycled? No one would cut it like this for burning?

The oven complete with soot and smoke!

Coconut bread.

Banana bread- this is well worth the wait banana bread is light yet the cake remains moist and you can smell the bananas(not kidding!)

Hiap Joo Bakery & Biscuit Factory
Address: 13, Jalan Tan Hiok Nee, 80000 Johor Bahru
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hiapjoobakery

Down & Dirty:Salahuddin Bakery, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Down & Dirty Bakery on Jalan Dhoby 

If I were not currently on a quest to find down & dirty eateries in JB, I would have skipped this place.

Just down from the more popular Hiap Joo bakery. No queue here and no tourists either and that suits me just fine. 

This is where the locals buy their coconut bread and their famous Bengali Curry Puffs!

You heard it here…. ! 

It is now very difficult to get good quality old style curry puffs but locals here are spoilt for choice. 

Coconut Bread better value than across the road-just as fresh!

“If I had but two loaves of bread, I would sell one and buy hyacinths, for they would feed my soul.”

Now this is old school-down and dirty!! 
All the breads are done in this wood fired oven. 

Ready to roll! Floor looks clean trust me its dirty as S@#T!

The bread here is "all that it is stacked up to be".

The glorious Bengali Chicken curry puffs! 

Mutton Curry Puffs for the more adventurous!

Sardine Curry Puffs

A good variety of breads and pastries no time to try them all.

Salahuddin Bakery

Address: 26, Jalan Dhoby, Bandar Johor Bahru, 80000 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

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