Getting bored of the typical must try food and also typical recommended cafes? Here is a list of food that you must try in Kulai.
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Derived from the Mandarin Chinese word, 龟来 (pinyin: Guīlái) that literary means turtles are coming back after heavy flooding, Kulai is considered as the smallest district in Johor. It only covers about 3.96% of the state area.
Kulaijaya is full of natural attractions that will amaze everyone with their fresh and clean environment. Besides that, this place is full of Hakka style traditional food too.
11 Best Kulai Local Food
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- Kulai Big Tree Lei Cha (古来大树下擂茶/古来21哩大树下擂茶/英姐擂茶)
- Volcano Coffee House (火山茶餐室)
- Mok Gao Beef Noodles (莫九牛肉面)
- Restoran Sze Hwa (古来世华肉骨茶)
- Wak Kentut Nasi Lemak
- Tropical Garden Restaurant Kulai (新嘉宾酒楼)
- Happy Land Ice Kacang Kulai (欢乐园红豆冰)
- Heng Heng Hainanese Chicken Rice (古来兴兴烧腊海南鸡饭)
- Restoran Sin Keong Kee (新强记烧腊餐馆)
- Mok Chai Noodles Restaurant (莫才牛肉粉, 猪肉面)
- Soon Kee Bitter Gourd Restaurant (新顺记苦瓜汤)
1. Kulai Big Tree Lei Cha (古来大树下擂茶/古来21哩大树下擂茶/英姐擂茶)
If you are a huge fan of ‘Lei Cha’ and looking for the best ‘Lei Cha’ in Kulai, you should pay a visit to Kulai Big Tree Lei Cha, or Ying Jie Lei Cha which is located in Taman Nam Tak.
This humble food stall, with very simple tables and chairs but clean and neat, is a well-known food stall among the locals which there are plenty of foodies who will purposely pay a visit to have a taste with the best ‘Lei Cha’ in town. A bowl of rice is served, topped with generous ingredients such as fried long beans, red beans, crunchy peanut, vegetables and turnips, which only costs RM5 per bowl.
Of course, the green color vegetable and herbs ‘Lei Cha’ soup is indispensable when comes to this ‘Lei Cha’. The generous amount of rice and ingredients, matched with the perfect homemade ‘Lei Cha’ soup, has successfully warmed the stomach and retain the heart of all the customers over the years.
You should not miss out the ‘fried yong-tou-fu’, oversize and filled with addictive fillings which you could not stop eating after the very first bite. The amazing ‘fried yong-tou-fu’ is always sold out after a short while, you should visit to the food stall early as possible in order to grab yourself some and you will definitely come back again and again!
Additional Information:
Address: Off Jalan Susur Kulai 5, Taman Nam Tak, 81000 Kulai Jaya.
Business hours: 11am to 2pm daily. Tuesday closed.
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2. Volcano Coffee House (火山茶餐室)
If you have the opportunity to drop by Volcano Coffee House in Kulai, don’t forget to get yourself a bowl of Signature ‘Lei Cha’ at the stall. Volcano Coffee House located beside the road in Kampung Sri Paya, opened at 5am from Monday to Saturday in order to serves the workers who are heading to Singapore in the morning.
The ‘Lei Cha’ served by Volcano Coffee House is slightly unique compares to other stall, a bowl of plain white rice is served, topped with pickled radish, fried scrambled egg, fried long beans, cabbages and also fried groundnuts.
The ‘Lei Cha’ is ready to be eaten after pouring the green color vegetables and herbs soup into the bowl of rice and generous ingredients. Even though the looking is not attractive or appetite enough, but it will definitely warm up your empty stomach and satisfy your taste buds!
Don’t forget to get yourself some homemade ‘yong tou fu’ if there are still any, because the ‘yong tou fu’ is quite welcomed by the foodies and locals and usually sold out just a couple hours after the opening hour.
Additional Information:
Address: Jalan Sri Paya, Kampung Sri Paya, Kelapa Sawit, 81030 Kulai.
Business hours: 5am to 2pm daily. Sunday closed.
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3. Mok Gao Beef Noodles (莫九牛肉面)
Looking for some nice noodles soup to warm your hungry stomach in the early morning? Pay a visit to Mok Gao Beef Noodles stall located in Taman Kulai. The old and humble food stall, which located beside the road, with zinc roofed, has serves the customers the best beef noodles in town for over 50 years.
The food stall is operated by three generations from the family currently, and usually already crowded with customers 7am in the morning. Some late comer customers even have to queue up in order to get a seat to enjoy the breakfast they craving for.
The family serves the customers with two types of beef noodles, which are in soup and dry. The dry beef noodles is the most welcomed and also the signature dish of the food stall, and usually sold out after 8am.
Over fifty years, the family insist to serves the customer with the best and fresh beef, which is slightly springy and juicy, along with the noodles such as kuey teow and bee hoon which are cooked until a suitable level, neither too soft nor too hard.
For the beef noodles in soup, the family serves the tea color soup which is cooked by beef and herbs without any artificial flavoring. Most of the customers who ordered a beef noodles in soup for themselves will probably finish the noodles and the soup too.
If you feel like want to have a taste of it, try to make yourself as early as possible because the beef served are usually sold out by 10am, or else you will have to settle for the pork or seafood noodles.
Additional Information:
Address: 31, Lorong Ismail, Taman Kulai, 81000 Kulai.
Business hours: 4.30am to 3pm daily.
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4. Restoran Sze Hwa (古来世华肉骨茶)
You don’t have to travel for hundreds of miles to Klang just to taste their famous and best ‘Bak Kut Teh’, now you can taste the best or even better ‘Bak Kut Teh’ in Kulai by paying a visit to Restoran Sze Hwa located in Taman Sri Kulai.
This is a well-known ‘Bak Kut Teh’ restaurant among the locals and foodies who are always travelling for nice foods. Try to visit before 8.30am so that you don’t have to queue up for around 30 minutes just to get seats to enjoy your favorite breakfast.
This old-styled restaurant, serves the customers the best ‘Bak Kut Teh’ in town with different parts of pork, such as intestines, tails, liver, kidney, cartilage and also the most common ribs and bones.
Try to stop by the restaurant as early as possible because you probably will not have the opportunity to have a taste of the intestines, tails, liver, kidney and cartilage if you pay a visit after 10.30am as these are the most welcomed parts among the customers and foodies.
No matter which part of the pork served, it is always juicy with a slightly sweetness, fresh and springy which you can definitely feel the freshness of the meat served. Not to mention the soup served, which is overwhelmed with herbal and garlic taste, instead of heavy soy sauce or artificial flavorings.
You are highly recommended to have a try by dipping into dark soy sauce which will increase the sweetness of the pork and increase your satisfaction at the same time!
Additional Information:
Address: Jalan Seruling 1, Taman Sri Kulai Baru Dua, 81000 Johor.
Business hours: 8am to 9pm daily. There is a short break from 1pm to 2pm daily. Moday closed.
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5.Wak Kentut Nasi Lemak
Pay a visit to Wak Kentut Nasi Lemak to have a taste of the extraordinary nasi lemak in town! The Malay-styled food stall which is located in Taman Kulai Besar, is famous among the locals and even the foodies from Singapore, and this is the reason it is usually crowded with customers and sold out before the closing hours.
The most attractive point for the nasi lemak is the soft and moist rice, overloaded with coconut milk fragrance, which is able to defeat all the nasi lemak stall in Kulai! Served together with the telur goreng, cucumber and the unique homemade sweet and spicy sambal which could definitely trigger your taste buds!
Don’t forget to get yourself a piece of the signature fried chicken to go with the nasi lemak. You can choose the parts of fried chicken based on your preference by using the ‘thong’ provided, and the staff will helps you to cut it into pieces before it is served. With the crispy skin and the extremely juicy tender flesh, I bet you will like to have more than one piece of the fried chicken!
Wak Kentut Nasi Lemak is your first choice if you are looking for an amazing dinner or even supper, it is also a good place for you to catch up with your long lost friends since it is operated until 12am midnight!
Additional Information:
Address: 2130, Jalan Susur Kulai 2, Taman Kulai Besar, 81000 Kulai.
Business hours: 5pm to 12am daily.
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6.Tropical Garden Restaurant Kulai (新嘉宾酒楼)
You should not miss out Tropical Garden Restaurant if you are in Kulai, the famous and well-known restaurant that serves the customers with the best Chinese cuisine in town. The restaurant that serves the customer for over 100 kinds of Chinese dishes, is always crowded with customers especially during daily peak hours and special occasion.
Don’t forget to order the Crispy Boneless Chicken with Thai Sauce, which is the signature dish of Tropical Garden, and the dish that majority of the foodies coming for. It is quite unique with a layer of crushed cashew at the bottom and the crispy chicken skin at the top.
The both layer are perfectly match with the juicy and tender chicken meat in the middle layer, and you will definitely satisfy with the tastiness along with the sweet& spicy sauce that served together with the chicken.
You can also have a try with the Superior Double Boiled Seafood, which is the combination of scallops, sea cucumber, abalone, prawns, pork tendon and mushroom that are served in a sweet and concentrated chicken broth. You can definitely taste the sweetness, juiciness and freshness from every single bite of the seafood, along with the amazing chicken broth.
Have a try with the Signature Fried Snapper with Two Flavor Sauce if you are craving for fish. The snapper which is deep fried until golden brown, served on a lotus leaf, could probably trigger your taste buds, with the very crispy exterior and the tender juicy interior with a slightly sweetness.
The one side of the fried snapper is topped with thick and tasty spicy sauce and another side is blanketed with sweet& spicy sauce. Pay a visit to this well-known restaurant if you are traveling to Kulai with your family, and you will definitely feel worth it!
Additional Information:
Address: 36, Jalan Tropika 1, Taman Tropika, 81000 Kulai.
Business hours: 10am to 10pm daily. There is a short break from 2.30pm to 5pm daily.
7.Happy Land Ice Kacang Kulai (欢乐园红豆冰)
Still thinking where to go under the extremely hot weather of Kulai? Bring along your friends or family to Happy Land Ice Kacang located in Taman Kota Kulai, the well-known restaurant among the locals, with the best ice kacang in town!
This old-styled food stall, is always crowded with customers who are coming for the icy and refreshing unique ice kacang in order to ‘cool down’ themselves under the hot weather.
If you pay a visit the Happy Land, you can see everyone is having a bowl of finely shaved ice infused with coconut milk, and topped with generous red beans and creamy boiled sweet corn. The owner also surprise the customers with attap seeds, grass jelly and pandan which are hidden at the bottom of the shaved ice with coconut milk.
One of the selling point that makes Happy Land’s ice kacang so extraordinary is that each bowl of ice kacang served is topped with a single scoop of old schools vanilla ice cream. Is it sounds amazing if you could have one?
You can also have a try with the Mango Ice, which is also quite popular among the customers too, especially ladies. The sweet and sour mango ice is served with shaved ice, overloaded with fresh mango cubes and canned peach, which will definitely freshen up your day.
You should not miss out the rojak and also the fried chicken which are highly recommended too, if you would like to have some snacks.
Additional Information:
Address: 1-38, Jalan Pinang, Taman Kota Kulai, Kulai.
Business hours: 11am to 4.30pm daily.
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8.Heng Heng Hainanese Chicken Rice (古来兴兴烧腊海南鸡饭)
Drop by Heng Heng Hainanese Chicken Rice in Taman Kulai if you are in a hurry and running out of time, looking for some foods that can be served instantly yet will definitely trigger your taste buds and satisfy your empty stomach.
The Hainanese Chicken Rice stall, served the customers with the best Hainanese Chicken Rice for over decades, is an iconic destination for the locals who are craving for the best chicken rice in town.
Similar to other food stall, this humble chicken rice stall serves the customers with juicy and tender roasted chicken, as well as the sweet, smooth and tender white chicken. Both chicken served will be topped with the secret recipe tantalizing homemade sauce that could definitely bring the tastiness of the chicken to the max.
Not to mention the tenderness yet firm yellow color rice served along with the chicken, which is overwhelmed with chicken broth and garlic fragrant. Don’t forget to enjoy your favorite chicken rice along with the homemade savory chili sauce, which will definitely increase your satisfaction.
Another signature roasted delight of Heng Heng Hainanese Chicken Rice is the roasted pork belly which you should not miss out too!
Additional Information:
Address: Lorong Ismail, Taman Kulai, 81000 Kulai.
Business hours: 6.30am to 3pm daily. Thursday closed.
9.Restoran Sin Keong Kee (新强记烧腊餐馆)
Pay a visit to Restoran Sin Keong Kee if you are craving for the best roasted duck in town! The old-styled restaurant, furnished with simple plastic chairs and tables, is full with customers every day, especially during the lunch hours. Some late comers even have to wait for about 20 minutes just to get a table.
If you are going for the Signature Roasted Duck, which is the most popular among the customers, usually sold out a couple hours before closing hours, you should pay a visit as early as possible in order to have a taste of it.
The roasted duck with crispy skin and tender meat, is served with Sin Keong Kee’s signature homemade secret recipe sour plum sauce which is perfectly match with the roasted duck indeed! The combination of roasted duck and the sour plum sauce, has successfully satisfies most of the customers and foodies, and even retain them as a repeat customer over the years.
You should not miss out the Roasted Pork and Char Siew too, which are also the signature roasted delight of Sin Keong Kee. Roasted Pork is more recommended, because of the crispy and crunchy golden brown skin and the tender juicy meat, served together with the homemade chili sauce, I believe you will definitely pay a visit to Sin Keong Kee again!
Additional Information:
Address: 140, Jalan Susur Kulai 2, Taman Kulai Besar, 81000 Kulai.
Business hours: 7.30am to 4.30pm daily.
Contact: 07-6633612
10.Mok Chai Noodles Restaurant (莫才牛肉粉, 猪肉面)
Visit to Mok Chai Noodles Restaurant to have a taste of the best beef noodles in town! This restaurant serves the customers with the signature beef noodles for over decades, operated by two generations, which are the owner Mr Mok Chai and his son. The restaurant serves the customers with two types of beef noodles, which are in soup and dry.
Dry Beef Noodles is the most popular and highly recommended, and usually sold out a few hours before closing hours. Another selling point that makes the beef noodles of Mok Chai so extraordinary is that the beef noodles are served with broad rice noodles instead of the typical kuey teow which could have a better mouth feel for customers.
A bowl of broad rice noodles, topped with springy and juicy beef slices which is chewy and fresh, are perfectly match with the signature secret recipe brown sauce at the bottom of the bowl, is the main reason for most of the foodies who are coming for.
Try to go as early as possible to grab an opportunity to have a taste of the Signature Dry Beef Noodles, otherwise you will have to settle for Beef Noodles in Soup and the Pork Noodles, which are worth for a try too but not as popular as the Dry Beef Noodles.
Additional Information:
Address: 365, Jalan Kenanga 29/9, Bandar Indahpura, 81000 Kulai.
Business hours: 7am to 2.30pm daily. Monday closed.
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11.Soon Kee Bitter Gourd Restaurant (新顺记苦瓜汤)
Kulai is a district which is full of Hakka people, and this is the reason that makes Soon Kee Bitter Gourd Restaurant that mainly serves Hakka cuisine so famous and well-known among the locals.
With the simple yet comfortable environment, and the reasonable price as well, Soon Kee is always crowded with foodies during peak hours and special occasions, you have a wait for at least 20 minutes in order to get a table if you are the late comer.
One of the must try dish if you are here is the Signature Bitter Gourd Soup, with the thin slices bitter gourd which are slightly boiled in order to keep the freshness and served in the pork bone broth.
The Chinese believe that bitter gourd has a medical function that helps to decrease the heat and release the toxic accumulated in human body. That is why bitter gourd soup is so welcomed among the locals, under the hot weather in Kulai.
Don’t forget to try with the Hakka Deep Fried Pork too if you are here. The deep fried well-marinated pork belly will definitely stimulate your taste buds, with the crunchy and crispy exterior and the chewy interior.
There are some other dishes which you are recommended to have a try too, such as Sweet Sour Pork, Dried Chilies Chicken and Minced Meat Tofu.
Additional Information:
Address: 28, Jalan Impian Senai Utama, Taman Impian Senai, 81400 Senai.
Business hours: 11am to 9pm daily. Tuesday closed.
Contact: 012-7128567, 07-5980955
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