Huang Ji Chinese Restaurant @ Taman Impian Emas

We've gone a little further from our usual shenanigans of cafe hopping, and today we're going to introduce this quaint little shop with a loud reputation in town. 

This shop here has been operating for years and yet it still keeps that typical tze char restaurant feel. In case you didn't know, tze char is a popular food culture among the chinese, and Malaysians simply love it! They are everywhere, with each having it's own famous dish, making them unique when compared to one another. 

This shop we dropped by here is called Huang Ji, named after the surname "Huang". So we reckon the boss is someone with that surname. It is well-known for it's claypot fish head curry (yes, we eat fish heads!)

Street view of the exterior of the shop

Brightly lit and clean interior 

Snap of the menu

Decor

Sizzling hotplate tofu

 We just love how this dish makes that delicious sizzling sound when served. But the plate is extremely hot to touch, so practice caution! The minced pork is stir-fried with onions, then the deep fried Japanese tofu slices are tossed in - voila!

Pork ribs braised with fried yam and Chinese rice wine 

 Many might not like this - because this is one true Chinese dish, with home brewed Chinese rice wine. We found the yam absolutely charming with the soft texture, perfect match with the well done ribs. We swear we could have downed a bowl of rice with this dish itself!

Clams cooked with ginger and broth

The Chinese are famous with their endless methods of cooking seafood, and they believe that with the freshest ingredients, simply steaming seafood would produce a dish so tasty. And here at Huang Ji, they cook their clams with ginger and broth, with minimal seasoning, which brings out the fresh flavour of the sea.

Omelette with baby prawns

Naibai greens

Steamed grouper

Extremely fresh fish was used, no slacking in terms of ingredients. Steamed to perfection, the fish meat was tender and not cloying, paired with standard Chinese soy sauce and condiments.

Fried chicken

This fried chicken dish is a must try. All of us love fried food, so this is absolutely the thing for us! Juicy, with its flavour all locked in. One bite and we think we've reached the limit of our food trail. *tears of joy*

Star of the day: claypot fish head curry 

What makes us more Malaysian other than curry? Fish head curry! And what type of fish head curry? We have the Malay fish head curry, Indian fish head curry and Chinese fish head curry. We just love fish head curry so much that the Chinese came out with the rendition of fish head curry - in a claypot. Chinese enough? This shop's fish head curry is so delicious, that we couldn't bear it and started drinking the curry gravy. YES, drink. Perfect thickness, and a definite match made in heaven with plain rice. The claypot was filled with long beans, okra and beancurd skin - not forgetting a huge fish head. This really swept us off our feet!

Just look at it drippin'

We love how the serving time was short, maybe because it is a weekday, but we heard that this restaurant will be packed on weekends. Nevertheless, there are many positive reviews on this restaurant so it is definitely worth a try! The price is reasonable too, all these dishes featured came down to a bill of below MYR 200, so a plus point!

Let us know once you've tried it out!

Our rating:

♥♥♥♥

Find them here:

Huang Ji Restaurant

No.9, Jalan Impian Emas 5/6
Taman Impian Emas, 

Johor Bahru

Operating Hours ：

11.30am- 2.30m / 4.30pm - 10.30pm 

(Closed on Tuesdays)

Disclaimer: This is NOT a sponsored post. 

Posted by Xinyun