The Replacement Lodge & Kitchen

About 10 minutes walk from the Citysquare mall, this small cafe is located near the famous chicken chop shop, easily identified by their white colour paint.

Iced Chocolate (RM 16 - bottom left), Iced Mocha (RM12) - Taste sweet and thick

Original Churros (RM12.90) - The churros are coated with sugar and bits of cinnamon. Slightly slimmer compare to those served in Singapore and slightly fluffy too. Well, we ordered peanut butter dips which taste rich and thick. It does not harden after turning cold. There are quite a selection of other flavoured dips like chocolate and salted egg

The Replacement Lodge & Kitchen also served breakfast set and brunch menu. Drop by if you are nearby.

Tel: +60-10-226 0311

Opening hours:

10.00am to 7.00pm (Mon-Fri)

9.00am to 10.00pm (Sat)

10.00am to 7.00pm (Sun)

Maco Vintage - Johor Bahru Cafe

Maco Vintage - Cafe Johor Bahru JB

Unfurnished shophouses selling local food are usually seen everywhere along the streets of Johor Bahru, and that is what they are famous for and what Singaporeans are looking for when they visit Jb over the weekend for food trip. Unlike the usual shophouses, Maco Vintage is a fairly good ambience themed cafe which serves French pastry, desserts, coffee and main dishes.

Modern and sleek interior design with widely spaced tables

Prompt service received whenever service button was pressed

Menu

Range of sweet and savoury dishes with very affordable prices

Trio Choco Mille Crepe Cake (RM8.50) - White, milk and dark chocolate layered accordingly from the top till bottom of mille crepe. Not fantastic as it appears due to its lack of texture.

Croissant Smoke Salmon (RM18) - One of the best dish ordered in this cafe. The mini croissants were buttery and crispy, while the generous serving of smoked salmon was thick and fresh. Quite worthy for the price paid for.

Chicken Ham Pizza (15RM) - Thin crust pizza was thin and crispy, taste ordinary.

Waffle (RM12) - Waffle was too chewy with mochi texture. Overall too sweet and hard to chew.

Assorted flavours of Mille Crepe on display

This cafe is very well furnished and thus I had set higher expectation for its food and dessert. Food could be improved to match with its good ambience.

Verdict: 3/5

Price: RM30 per pax

Address: 18, Jalan Ibrahim, Johor Bahru 80000, Malaysia (located next to Hiap Joo Bakery which sells banana cake and opposite Kin Wah coffeeshop, 10 mins walk from city square jb)

Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 1230pm-11pm

Sat 11am-12am

Sun 11am-11pm

Taste(3)

Environment(4)

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