Whether pastel purple is your favorite or not, you will totally fall in love with these sweetness overloading Ube desserts that can make your mouth watering by just looking at the photos.
Pronounced as OO-Bay, Ube is a type of purple yam that has been extremely popular among desserts world these few years. Thanks to its soft texture and gorgeous nature lavender purple color, Ube has now capturing desserts lovers’ appetite in form of various types of desserts.
Here, SGMYTRIPS would like to recommend some great Ube dessert recipes in Johor Bahru which are not only great in appearance, but also taste wonderful.
Top 11 Sweetness Overloading Yam Desserts in Johor Bahru
- RoteeCafe
- Pre-Tea Q艳芋茶社
- Dot 逗.点
- Sugar & Flour
- Vburg Cafe
- SYST 深夜食糖
- Hokkaido Ice-Cream Puff
- IMilky MY 沐白小农
- Blackball 黑丸
- McDonald’s Taro Pie(Seasonal)
1. RoteeCafe
Starting off with our list of yam desserts in Johor Bahru, the top recommended will be Rotee Cafe located in Bandar Baru Permas Jaya. Purely handmade, this full filling breakfast sandwich is prepared by using super thick slices of toasted white bread instead of ordinary sliced bread that we usually found in kopitiams.
Its thick, sweet yam puree sandwiched taste really sweet and has a smooth, non-sandy texture. With the addition of scrambled egg, it does make the sandwich almost like a half breakfast and half snack. Highly recommend pairing it with some hot milk tea or coffee.
Aside from that, this Taiwanese breakfast restaurant also serves both common Taiwanese and Malaysian savory breakfast. To name some, there are nasi lemak with chili sambal, mee suah soup, clear clams soup, kuih nyonya and so on.
Additional Information:
Location: 120, Jalan Permas 10, Bandar Baru Permas Jaya, 81750 Masai, Johor
Operation Hours: Daily, 7am to 5pm
Site: RoteeCafe
2. Pre-Tea Q艳芋茶社
If you are a tong sui or dessert lover, then you probably had been heard or even visited Pre-Tea Q before. This Taiwan based dessert outlet serves more than 70 different kinds of beverages and up to 50 various types of food. To mention some, there are the healthy and natural handmade Q desserts, fruit tea, milk tea and so on. All of these food and beverage menu are prepared upon order to ensure the freshness and quality upon serving too.
Since our topic today is introducing some of the most recommended yam desserts, so lets begin with the Yam Taro Milk Tea. This rich and creamy milk tea with hints of taro flavors and aroma will surely delight your taste buds. It does not have an overwhelming artificial sweet taste as it is prepared by using fresh taro puree.
But, if you are not really into milk tea, you may go for their Yam Taro Fresh Milk instead, which has a slightly lowered down sweetness.
Not forgot to mention Pre-Tea Q’s Ginger Yam Q Milk too. This popular dessert is usually served along with red beans, taro cubes, tapioca pearls and candied sweet potato in a ginger milk tea base. You can even request for additional sides available in the menu by paying an extra amount if you think that these sides portion are unable to delicate your appetite. Guaranteed to warm up your heart and satisfied your taste buds once consumed!!
Additional Information:
Location: 66, Jalan Pertama 1, Pusat Perdagangan Danga Utama, 81300 Skudai, Johor
Operation Hours: Daily, 11:00am to 10:00pm
Contact No.: +6010-666 6591
Site: Pre-Tea Q艳芋茶社
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3. Dot 逗.点
Next up for our list of yam desserts in Johor Bahru, we have Beans Dot in Permas Jaya. Founded in the momentous year of 2018, Beans.Dot is a home grown beverage brand that inherited the Malaysian spirit. This beverage brand is being undeniably ‘guru’ on the wickedly-scrumptious yet healthful tea beverages. Assembling from the exclusive combination of fresh milk, yam and even fruit tea into one, Beans.Dot proudly present every of their guests with vitalizing wholesomeness in a form of various types of palm-sized drink.
Taking pride that they are using only premium quality ingredients in preparing their beverages, Beans.Dot claimed that every cup of their Taro Fresh Milk are made by carefully selected 100% pure imported yam and fresh milk. This prized drink is a combination of creamy and full-bodied taste, courtesy of fresh milk and sweet, smooth taro.
It boast a smooth texture, which is free from any chalkiness, allowing every of their guests to better appreciate its richness.
Additional Information
Location: 21G, Jalan Permas 11/1C, Bandar Baru Permas Jaya, 91750 Masai, Johor
Operation Hours: Daily, 12 noon to 1:00am
Contact No.: +607-382 3513
Site: Dot 逗.点
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4. Sugar & Flour
Yam desserts in Johor Bahru must include this modern and elegant cafe. Introducing the bakery cafe’s signature yam dessert, the Yam and Bean Mille Crepe. This combination of sweet, smooth yam and real red bean offers every diners a less complex texture. But, with an equally rich taste to the overall crepe cake.
There are generous amount of red beans embedded among the layers of the mille crepe, which helps in mild down the sweetness of the whipped cream in every bite.
Tis mille crepe from Sugar & Flour must try for health conscious person. So, if you are feeling interested in trying one of this sweet Yam and Bean Mille Crepe, do send a whatsappp or directly call the number below to place an order.
Additional Information:
Location: 65, Jalan Sutera Tanjung 8/2. Taman Sutera Utama, Skudai, Johor
Operation Hours:
Monday to Friday (9:00am to 5:00pm)
Saturday (9:00am to 5:00pm)
Closed on every Sunday
Contact No.: +6019-7363 366
Site: Sugar & Flour
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5. Vburg Cafe
Vburg Cafe is a baking workshop created by three brothers together. This baking workshop is a meatless bakery cafe providing artisan bread, croissants, Danish buns and more yummy treats since 2016 to the community at Taman Ungku Tun Aminah. Every bakery goodies of this baking workshop are prepared freshly everyday by using premium ingredients imported from countries like Japan, Taiwan and France.
There is one yam desserts in Johor Bahru hidden in this cafe. Classic German Purple Yam Stollen is a common Christmas pastry that you will love at first bite. This heavy, bread like loaf is available in three different flavors, which are the German Marzipan, and of course the Purple Yam. Prepared by using the most traditional overnight fermentation method, it does make the overall loaf dense and taste naturally sweet.
With the additional of raisins, cranberries and poppy seed filling, it does provide the necessary nutrition value and a little bit of tartness texture. Powdered sweet yam are added during the preparation process in order to offer a purplish violet color to the bread too, making it looking very appetizing.
VBurg Cafe’s lovely Dirty Yam Swiss Roll will engrave its heavenly taste into your brain once tried. This sweet taro swiss roll recipe base is light, soft and cottony, with balanced amount of fragrance from yam and coconut milk. Its yam filling is creamy and smooth, not overly heavy and fully packed with natural sweetness and fragrance from the yam. But do remember to be careful while enjoying this treat, as the powdered yam will make your mouth ‘dirty’.
Get amazed with the signature sweet and savory snack of Vburg Cafe, Purple Wonderland which is made with natural ingredients that provides the overall dish’s bright, dreamy purple presentation. Also known as the Purple Sweet Potato Premium Burger Set, this food menu is actually a luxury looking vegetarian burger with purple cabbage leaves, caramelized sweet purple potatoes and yam sandwiched between sliced Purple Yam Bread, garnished with diced sweet beet root and air dried sweet potato snacks as sides. Dashes of non-alcoholic red wine is also added into the dish for an additional fragrance and flavour.
Another recommended bakery goodies of the cafe is Purple Yam Bread, aka ‘Only Belongs To You’. This purplish round bun is currently the most beloved bread among the foodies, due to its rich and creamy yam filling. Its naturally long fermented dough is perfectly baked into soft and fluffy, then coated with natural homemade purple yam powder on its outside.
For some icy beverages, try out Vburg Cafe’s Yam Iced Latte. This healthy and delicious icy yam latte is velvety smooth and has a slightly sweet taste. It is not a coffee drink, so it would be very suitable for non-coffee addicts and even children. Whipped cream are also added on the top of the Yam Iced Latte as an edible decoration and creamy taste.
Additional Information:
Location: 74, Jalan Laksamana 2, Taman Ungku Tun Aminah, Skudai, Johor
Operation Hours:
Monday to Thursday, 10am – 8pm
Friday to Sunday, 9am – 8pm
Contact No.: +607-550 4312
Site: Vburg Cafe
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6. SYST 深夜食糖
This hidden gem is located at the Holiday Villa Johor Bahru and it is just several footsteps away from the KSL. They serves great Hong Kong inspired comfort food, such as the curry fish balls,steamed milk pudding, egg tarts and macaroni soup. This unique classic restaurant might take every of the customers to the 1950s half-century old Mongkok, Wan Chai and Causeway Bay’s atmosphere without jetting off!!!
SYST compromised of various types of common Hong Kong desserts and tong sui too. Taro Sago Dessert is one of their top recommended tong sui that is best eaten either cold or warm. This purplish classic Hong Kong sweet dessert soup is made with 100% fresh yam puree, pearl tapioca, then flavoured with sweetened rock sugar .
With addition of creamy coconut milk, this does make the overall texture of the sweet soup silky smooth and creamy.
Additional Information:
Location: Holiday Villa, 1st Floor Shop 25, 260, Jalan Dato Sulaiman, Taman Abad, 80250 Johor Bahru
Operation Hours: Daily, 3:00pm to 2:00am
Site: SYST 深夜食糖
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7. Hokkaido Ice-Cream Puff
Tired of sugar drinks? How about some ice-cream to solve your carvings for yam desserts in Johor Bahru. Originated from Kampar Perak, this latest craze of ice-cream sandwiched within crispy Japanese cream puff is now available in Johor. This perfect dessert is just perfect to beat the afternoon’s scorching hot sun of Malaysia weather.
Upon ordering, foodies are allowed to choose for their favorite ice-cream to pair with the Japanese cream puff from varieties of selections such as Yam, Mango, Matcha, Musuang King, Oreo, Mint Chocolate Chips and Raspberry.
At an affordable price of RM3.80 each, you will surely satisfied your dessert cravenness with a really big, generous scoop of ice-cream on your puff.
Additional Information:
Location: 57, Jalan Austin Heights 8/5, Taman Mount Austin, Johor Bahru
Operation Hours: Daily, 12:30pm to 7:30pm
Contact No.: +6016-7715 862
Site: Hokkaido Ice-Cream Puff
8. IMilky MY 沐白小农
Another yam desserts in Johor Bahru you must try will be IMilky MY. Established in Taiwan since year 2017 with main goal of serving only natural and healthy beverage to all bubble milk tea lovers around Malaysia, every cups of iMilky MY’s beverage are 100% handmade. Without any artificial flavoring, colouring and preservatives, iMilky MY guaranteed the exactly taste of Taiwanese Milk Tea, preparing all of them with real natural food flavors.
One of the superstars of iMilky MY, the iMilky MY’s Taro Milk Tea is made with freshly mashed yam puree and fresh milk. Every sip from this cup of Taro Milk Tea will send the ultimate fresh taro granules directly onto your taste buds when mixed well. Also, there are no chunky or sandy bites of yam bits in the cup of the Taro Milk too.
Additional Information:
Location: 006, No, GF, 71, Jln Austin Height 8/1, Taman Mount Austin, 81100 Johor Bahru
Operation Hours: Daily, 11:00am to 1:00am
Contact No.: +607-361 0 618
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Blackball 黑丸
Whenever talking about taro desserts and beverages, Blackball would always being showed up on the food list. Why? As stated in its shop name, ‘Black’ refers to their signature dessert ingredient, the grass jelly (aka Leong Fun) while ‘ball’ means the shop’s signature sweet potato and yam balls.
With an affordable price of Rm6.90, you can counter the heatwave of Malaysia with an icy bowl of Classic Blackball Signature. This cold dessert would surely satisfied your appetite with their generous amount of toppings such as yam balls, Taro Q, Pearls, Red Beans and Sweet Potato Balls topped on the signature grass jelly base. The sweetness of this bowl of happiness is just perfect, best to be eaten along with some milk cream.
Another most recommended Taro Desserts of Blackball would be the Blackball Mix and Match series. The Mix and match series allows every foodies to customize and build their own bowl of Blackball dessert according to their favorite. First, choose the preferable dessert base from the four flavour offered, which are the grass jelly, soya, sweet corn and crushed ice.
Then, select your favorite sides from the premium toppings and both toppings category in the menu. One recommendation would be Grass Jelly Base + Purple Tang Yuan + Red Beans + Baby Balls + Pearls.
Just as the common dessert and beverage outlets, Blackball also followed up to the trend of creamy taro milk tea. Introducing the Blackball Taro Milk Tea with Mini Balls, this cold beverage with dreamy lavender purple drink not just look instagram-worthy, but taste delicious too. Unlike the ordinary taro milk tea, Blackball serves sizeable servings of mini taro balls, sweet taro balls and tapioca pearls in their Taro Milk Tea instead of just sweet yam puree.
Additional Information:
Location: 33, Jalan Seladang, Taman Abad, 80250 Johor Bahru, Johor
Operation Hours: Daily, 10:00am to 10:00pm
Site: Blackball 黑丸
10. McDonald’s Taro Pie(Seasonal)
Lastly, the most simple and highly affordable yam desserts in Johor Bahru will be Taro Pie from Mcdonald’s.
You can find taro in myriad of Asian sweet treats so it is not surprising to see McDonald in Malaysia selling taro pies. This seasonal hot treat is only offered during a limited time period. It loos like an ordinary Apple Pie but with sweet taro filling instead.
The gooey yam filling will flow out once the golden pie crust was cracked. Softened taro cubes are added into the filling for an additional texture.
It taste really sweet and definitely will satisfy every sweet tooth’s appetite. Some life hacks, you can neutralize the flavor with some salt provided by McDonald if it is too sweet for you.
Site: McDonald’s Taro Pie(Seasonal)
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