Just after Plaza Angsana, he made a turn and we drove past the plaza's carpark to a rather rundown area of JB with narrow crammed streets and cars parked haphazardly along both sides of those streets. My impression of the place was rather unfavourable but the other assured me that the bak kut teh here was v good according to his colleague. This is the same colleague that intro-ed the other to Qiu Bo Curry House so I should have guessed, given how far apart our tastes are, that I would most likely be disappointed.
After parking the car along the road, we walked past a dingy coffeeshop which seemed immensely popular in the direction of the bak kut teh store when the strong smell of curry coming from this restaurant (?!!?) opposite the said coffeeshop stopped me in my tracks. Noting the air-conditioned dining area inside, I refused to walk any further in the blazing sun to the recommended bkt stall and insisted of having lunch here instead.
The young lady assistant was very helpful and friendly, and the air-conditioned area was a blessed respite from the merciless sun. We enquired about the origin of the delicious smell which turned out to be a huge pot of curry chicken that the uncle-chef was whipping up in the cooking area near the main road - what a way to attract customers! :D Although the restaurant had only 1 other table which was occupied when we came in, within 1/2 an hr, 3 other tables were filled, and not just with Chinese customers but Indians too!
The pic above is the chicken curry which enticed us to the shop. The Slog Reviews: 7.5/10. This curry is the dry sort so there is quite a bit more oil and quite a lot less gravy. The meat was alright - not too hard but sadly, not too tender either. However, the meat didn't appear to have absorbed much of the curry flavor so this dish would be at best, passable. We also ordered the shop's speciality which would be the klang-style of bak kut teh.
The Slog Reviews: 7/10 for the bak kut teh which came with innards and extremely chewy pieces of meat which gave our teeth quite a work-out. I prefer the soft melt-of-the-bone type of bak kut teh so I didn't enjoy the tough chewy meat in this pot at all. The tau kee, butter mushrooms and overall taste of the soup itself was, like the dish above, passable and nothing that one would be likely to develop a craving for. However, the service is good - the uncle noticed that we had finished most of the soup and on his own accord, added more soup.
The total cost of the 2 dishes above as well as 2 cans of drink and 2 bowls of rice was about RM25 (SGD 11).
Name: Restoran Onn Kee Jaya
Address: 78 Jalan Dato Toh Ah Boon, 81000 Tampoi Johor
Tel: 012-7560795, 016-7426978
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