Banana Desserts in Johor Bahru: The world is changing really really fast, and so are the food trend. As time travels, even the common looking banana snack is now having wide varieties of innovative recipe to be tried on, making this fruit looks more delightful.
For sure, the most original banana fritters will make you mouth water drooling, What more if SGMYTRIPS would like to introduce everyone of you with different stalls and eateries that offers these delectable snacks?
Go Bananas With These Sweet Banana Desserts in Johor Bahru
- Faculty of Caffeine (Bana-nuts)
- L.Cafe by Lavender (Banana Danish Puff)
- The Brew Orchestra (Yogurt Granola with Banana and Pomegranates)
- Pancake Krabi Noah JB (Banana Pancake)
- La Strada Coffee (Chocolate Banana Waffles, Banana Muffin)
- Shakespeare Milkshakes (Banana Tower Milkshake, Nutella Banana Yogurt, Chocolate Banana Waffle)
- B. L.O.C (Cheese Fried Banana Snacks, Banana Fried Rice, Banana Nutella Ball)
- Hiap Joo Bakery (Traditional Banana Cake)
- UFB – Union Fashion Bar (Banana Pizza)
- Mamak Stalls (Roti Pisang)
1. Faculty of Caffeine (Bana-nuts)
Known as F.O.C, Faculty of Caffeine is now in their fifth year since grand opening in year 2014, serving the foodies with homey and comfortable food which had became a household name. Starting as the very first cafe in Johor Bahru offereing wonderful brunch menu, now the cafe had expanded their menu list according to the growing brunch trend of the locals.
After enjoying the whole day brunch menu of Faculty of Caffeine, round up your session with Bana-nuts, a chocolate banana and nuts dessert. You are allowed to choose either to have waffle, souffle or croissants to be enjoyed in this simple looking desserts. This plate of sinfulness is usually served along with the complimentary peanut butter, caramelized bananas and vanilla ice-cream too.
A well blend of warm cake and cold ice-cream, why not giving it a try?
Additional Information:
Location: 106, Jalan Trus, Bandar Johor Bahru, 80000 Johor Bahru
Contact No.: +6012-547 7885
Opening Hours: Daily, 9:00am to 5:30pm
Site: Faculty of Caffeine
2. L.Cafe by Lavender (Banana Danish Puff)
Cafe by Lavender is a self service cafe to enjoy some relaxing moment with pieces of freshly baked bakery goodies or sweet cakes during anytime of the day. This cafe offers every foodies with a sophisticated German oven to warm up every bakery products selected by the foodies rapidly to an optimal texture and flavors to enhance an eating pleasure.
In order to match the topic of today,let us introduce the cafe’s Banana Danish Puff. This sweet multilayered treats is a perfect combination of flaky buttery danish puff made with large amount of butter and spoonful of sweet, non-too wet banana puree.
There are bits of diced fresh banana hidden in the banana puree too. Taste sweet and with a little bit of salty, this danish puff is suitable for sweet tooth as dessert.
Aside from that, L.Cafe by Lavender also serves coffee menu brew with Italian Illy coffee beans. Every cups of their coffee are prepared and served upon order, so need not to be afraid of getting a cup of overnight coffee or an instance brew one.
The cafe also offers home-brewed tea with Dammann loose tea leaves and freshly squeezed juices that are great combination with the bakery goods.
Additional Information:
Location: 64, 66 & 68, Jalan Serampang, Taman Pelangi, 80400 Johor Bahru, Johor
Opening Hours: Daily, 9:00am to 6:00pm
Site: L.Cafe by Lavender
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3. The Brew Orchestra (Yogurt Granola with Banana and Pomegranates)
As one of the best cafe in Johor Bahru, The Brew Orchestra understand that every coffee lovers’ passion for good cups of coffee will not rest just because the moon is up in the sky. This well-known cafe is established since year 2014 under the provision of the owner, Mr. Issac., providing unbelievably wonderful coffee and desserts from time to time.
Enjoy a guilt-free treat of The Brew Orchestra, the Yogurt Granola with Banana and fresh Pomegranates. Low in fats and high in antioxidants, this simple but yet delicious treat could be an excellent dessert or snack food if you are on a diet.
The home fermented low fat yogurt is more to a sourish and refreshing taste, with fruity touches from the bananas and pomegranates. On the other hand, the toasted rolled oats, nuts and flax seeds provide the overall snack with a crispy texture and fragrance.
Also, The Brew Orchestra had offered cups of Q Grader professional cupper throughout the years. Not only that, The Brew Orchestra is also awarded with Malaysian Aeropress Championship in year 2014 too. So, it is guaranteed that you will be able to spend some great relaxing moments while you are in the cafe.
Additional Information:
Location: 19, Jalan Molek 1/5C, Taman Molek, 81100 Johor Bahru, Johor
Contact No.: +6 018-216 0902
Opening Hours:
Monday to Saturday, 9:30am to 10:00pm
Sunday, 8:00am to 7:00pm
Site: The Brew Orchestra
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4. Pancake Krabi Noah JB (Banana Pancake)
Still craving for the Banana Pancake in Krabi since the last time you went there? Heard of the famous Pancake but didn’t get a chance to try it out? Worry not, you can get the famous Banana Pancake right here in Johor Bahru!
There are a total of 10 types of sweet pancakes available in the menu list to be chosen from. Some of the most recommended would be the Banana & Milk, Banana & Cheese, Banana & Nutella, Banana & Strawberry.
The price range between RM 4.50 – RM 4.90 are really worth it to get the highly raved banana pancake here! Get one tonight?
Additional Information:
Location: 110 Jalan Dato Suleiman, 80250 Johor Bahru, near KSL Mall
Opening Hours:
Saturday to Friday, 6:30pm to 12:00am
Closed on every Monday
Site: Pancake Krabi Noah JB
5. La Strada Coffee (Chocolate Banana Waffles, Banana Muffin)
What might surprise you is that La Strada Coffee is actually owned by Soon Huat Bak Kut Teh!!! This is the cafe where you can enjoy both Bak Kut Teh and western desserts in one place. Both shops are linked to each others, enabling every guests visiting La Strada Coffee to order the restaurant’s Bak Kut Teh, coffee and dessert easily.
Wanna enjoy the pleasure of eating while watching your diet? Go for La Strada Coffee’s Homemade Banana Walnut Muffin. This muffin filled With oats, sweetened with bananas and sprinkled with lots of cranberries not only will satisfy your sugar demand, but also offers you with the enough energy you need to continue your day.
For something and can be served fast, opt for La Strada Coffee’s Chocolate Banana Waffle. This dessert type of waffle menu contain a big scoop of milk chocolate ice-cream sprinkled with toasted almond slices, slices of two whole bananas and little-to-no sugar amount of powdered sugar.
Hot chocolate syrup are drizzled onto the plate of waffle too, offering the overall sweetness of the whole dessert.
Additional Information:
Location: 9, Jalan Sutera 1, Taman Sentosa, 80150 Johor Bahru, Johor
Contact No.: +607-330 5266
Opening Hours: Daily, 8:00am to 6:30pm
Site: La Strada Coffee
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6. Shakespeare Milkshakes (Banana Tower Milkshake, Nutella Banana Yogurt, Chocolate Banana Waffle)
Shakespeare Milkshake at Jalan Trus is one of the most recommended milkshake store available not far away from the Johor Bahru custom. This humble cafe opened since September 2016 serves every foodies with delicious coffee menu, ice-creams and milkshakes. Also, this beverage store is best to visit during a hot and humid day to cool off from the heat wave of Malaysia.
The banana specialties that Shakespeare Milkshake would offered in their store would be the Banana Tower. The Banana Tower is a blend of sweet ripen banana puree, brulee banana and dark chocolate ice-cream. Every gulp of the Banana Tower will left you with thick creamy chocolaty taste and hints of fruity banana flavors.
As for their yogurt, try order their special Nutella Banana Yogurt. At an affordable price of RM10 per cup, their frozen yogurt will surely surprise your taste buds.
The yogurt itself taste to be a little bit more sourish rather than just sweet, making it a refreshing cold desserts. Also, generous amount of Nutella sauce are drizzled over the yogurt, followed by garnishes of crushed Oreo biscuits and dried banana snacks.
Not forgot to mention Shakespeare Milkshake’s Chocolate Banana Waffle. This simple looking dessert snack is usually served along with scoop of bitter-sweet dark chocolate soft serve and caramelized banana. The waffle is soft and fluffy. With the savory sweet salted caramel sauce, this waffle recipe taste even more delicious. Options of french crepe is also available as a replacement of waffle upon request.
Additional Information:
Location: 9, Jalan Trus, Bandar Johor Bahru, 80000 Johor Bahru
Contact No.: +6012-776 7401
Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday, 12:00noon to 11:00pm
Saturday and Sunday: 12:00noon to 12:00am
Site: Shakespeare Milkshakes
7. B.L.O.C (Cheese Fried Banana Snacks, Banana Fried Rice, Banana Nutella Ball)
Previously known as Pisang Cafe, B.L.O.C is a small Halal coffee shop that offers lots of bananas delicacies and snacks in the menu.
The cafe’s fried banana fritters will amaze you with their creativeness. Aside from the most original Golden Fried Banana Fritters, there are also Banana Fritters with Cheese Sauce, Chocolate Sauce, Chocolate Cheese, Peanut Butter Chocolate, Butterscotch and Cornflakes Chocolate.
Mix and match of these banana fritters are allowed upon any purchases of their banana fritters. A scoop of ice-cream is recommended to be paired with these banana fritters too, making it a great dessert to beat off the heat in Malaysia.
Another creative banana food of B.L.O.C Cafe that must be recommended would be the Nasi Goreng Jantung Pisang. Literally translated as Banana Blossom Fried Rice, this unusual fried rice combination sounds scary, but trust us, it is worth for a try, as you can’t imagine how delicious it is.
Despite the brown, spiral like petals, it actually does not have much taste but lemak a little, best eaten along with sambal or any other food with a stronger flavor. Kerepek Pisang, a dried banana snack is also served as side dish too.However, this delicacy would only bee served on Saturday and Sunday.
For a quick treat, order B.L.O.C Cafe’s Banana Nutella Ball. This banana treat is usually served in a one-bite size. During the preparation, the small bits of banana fritters is first coated with generous amount of breadcrumbs, then dipped in a think, chocolaty hot chocolate gravy. Crushed roasted peanuts are also drizzled onto the Banana Nutella Balls for additional texture and hints of nuts.
Additional Information:
Location: Block A, Unit #1-40 Pusat Komersial Bayu Tasek (The Lakefront), Persiaran Southkey 1, Southkey, 80150 Johor Bahru, Johor
Contact No.: +6012-769 4759
Opening Hours:
Tuesday to Sunday, 12:00noon to 10:00pm
Closed on every Monday
Site: B.L.O.C
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8. Hiap Joo Bakery (Traditional Banana Cake)
Considered as one of the oldest and best well known bakery in Johor that still retains the traditional method of baking, Hiap Joo Bakery offers both locals and tourists with delicious malt-flavored breads and loafs. Upon arriving at the bakery, you will be immersed in the heavenly smell of freshly baked goodies from the hole-in-the-wall wood fire oven
If you are a banana food addict, then you should not missed the bakery’s aromatic Banana Cakes. Hiap Joo Bakery takes pride in reputation of best banana cake in town. Every pieces of their banana cakes are moist and fragrance, with strong aroma of the ripen bananas used in the preparation process.
Also, it is said that thier banana cakes will be much softer and more fragrant if leaved in room condition overnight. Plus, Hiap Joo Bakery’s banana cakes are not too sweet as well, hence it is suitable to be shared among the elders at home.
As there are no addition of chemical essence or artificial flavorings nor preservatives, this banana cake is best to be finished consumed within three days time after purchasing. Do remember to queue up early although the banana cakes will only readied before noon as these Banana Cakes really sells like hot cakes.
Additional Information:
Location: 13, Jalan Tan Hiok Nee, Bandar Johor Bahru, 80000 Johor Bahru
Contact No.: +607-223 1703
Opening Hours:
Monday: 12:00noon to 5:00pm
Tuesday to Saturday, 7:30am to 5:00pm
Sunday, 8:30am to 12:00noon
Site: Hiap Joo Bakery
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9. UFB – Union Fashion Bar (Banana Pizza)
Inspired by the fashion industry, Union Fashion Bar is hoping to translate the art of food presentation and taste into a lifestyle. This restaurant serves delicious lunch, dinner, tea and supper to their customers. All meal comes with salad and desserts, sometimes with free black coffee, tea or soft drink during the lunch promotion period from 12:00pm to 3:00pm.
Besides delicious breakfast and brunch menu, Union Fashion Bar’s Banana Pizza available in the desserts section will surprise your taste buds. This sweet delight is actually a plateful of flaky puff pastry with caramelized bananas and large scoop of vanilla or chocolate ice-cream.
Looks appetizing and taste delicious, it is a must for you to include UFB-Union Fashion Bar in the foodie list during your pizza mania trip at all times.
Additional Information:
Skudai Branch
Location: 24, Jalan Sutera Tanjung 8/4, Taman Sutera Utama, 81300 Skudai, Johor
Contact No.: +6 016-719 9809
Opening Hours: Daily, 11:00am to 1:00am
Johor Bahru Branch
Location: 8, Jalan Yahya Aldatar, Taman Pelangi, 80300 Johor Bahru, Johor
Contact No.: +6 014-800 9981
Opening Hours: Daily, 11:00am to 1:00am
Kluang Branch
Location: Jalan Komersial Kluang 2, Kampung Masjid Lama, 86000 Kluang, Johor
Opening Hours: Daily, 11:00am to 1:00am
Kulai Branch
Location: 66, Jalan Kenanga 29/5, Bandar Indahpura, 81300 Kulai, Johor
Contact No.: + 013-702 7220
Opening Hours: Daily, 11:00am to 1:00am
Site: UFB – Union Fashion Bar
10. Mamak Stalls (Roti Pisang)
Roti Pisang is a sweet version of Roti Canai that can be easily get in almost all the mamak stalls available around Malaysia. This popular snack and breakfast dish compromised of sliced bananas, white sugar and generous drizzles of sweetened condensed milk wrapped as filling in a buttery flaky roti canai base. Roti Pisang is normally pan fried with lots of salted butter or margarine until golden in colour and served in a square or rectangular whole piece.
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