Tan Hiok Nee heritage Street
Tan Hiok Nee heritage Street
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KGB777
Singapore, Singapore41,318 contributions
Dec 2019
When I visited in early Dec 2019 there was some fairly major road work taking place in the area. This meant that the traffic was very bad and just getting around on foot was troublesome. There are a few nice old shophouses, but many are badly in need of repair. A few decent cafes in the area offer a level of redemption.
Written 18 April 2020
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Kim Y
38 contributions
May 2024 • Solo
Experience Chinese culture , eat nice traditional bread at Hiap Ho bakery. Easy to walk, many eateries. Easy to find. Walking distance from Amari hotel. Quite a number of homeless people nearby, safer to walk during the day
Written 3 May 2024
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Robby
11 contributions
Dec 2017
Is good for a stroll, with local or not so local eateries. It can get crowded at night when there is a night market, i am guessing there isn't much to do in JB at night that's why. As for 'heritage', it is probably more of a name to attarct people, nothing really heritage other than a few modernise old houses.
Written 29 August 2018
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joan_uran
Singapore242 contributions
Sept 2019 • Couples
Was here for the weekend. Very good as breakfast-lunch place. Lotsa road construction going on. Seems like major works. Most shops looked close and quiet, except for the usual small, crowded signature coffeeshops. We visited the Chinese heritage museum which again was undergoing renovation. On saturday, this area turns into night mkt. Worth a stroll for food.
Written 30 September 2019
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Phi Somchai
Bangkok, Thailand3,737 contributions
Mar 2020 • Family
This street is refurbished to commemorate the heritage of the Straits Chinese and Malays. Some of the buildings and shophouses are nice to look at. There are some old famous food shops and newly open cafes around here.
Written 22 June 2020
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SOH KIEN PENG
Singapore, Singapore9,316 contributions
Jul 2023 • Solo
I like to explore Johor Bahru (JB) on a day's trip. It is not so tiring and if you cross border by bus, it is quite smooth sailing and unlikely you would be caught in a traffic jam on a weekday.
In the last few day trips, I had ventured my way to visit the modern gorgeous mega malls at Mid-Valley, AEON Bukit Indah, Tebrau City; went on an easy hike to Sireh Park and Bukit Germilang and diligently pursued a gastronomic adventure around Taman Johor Jaya, Permas Jaya and Bukit Indah.
Today, I decided to explore Downtown JB. From CIQ, I went to City Square Mall for a cursory walk. From City Square, I crossed over to Jalan Wong Ah Fook, visited Kotoraya Shopping Mall, the old Chinese temple and this Tan Hiok Nee heritage street.
I used to drive my car over here before the outbreak of Covid-19. But I felt seeing more today as I explored the area by walking. Tan Hiok Nee Heritage Street impresses me as a quaint and nostalgic memory lane in the 50s. At Jalan Segget before the heritage street, I walked past the infamous Ah Hwa Kway Teow stall at Restoran Sekee. It is housed in a kopitiam which look dilapidated, but the setting brought me on a time tunnel back to 50s or 60s. I observed that the stall holder cooked her kway teow using charcoal stove. No wonder there was a queue at her stall.
The very first thing that caught my attention when I was at the heritage street was the long queue of customers in front of Hiap Joo Bakery & Biscuit Factory. This bakery still adopts the traditional way of using firewood oven to bake her bread and cakes. I thought of joining the long queue to buy a loaf of the banana cake but decided not for this time as I would be visiting KSL Mall in the later part of the day.
Opposite Hiap Joo Bakery is Kin Wah Coffee Shop which appears to be like Restoran Sekee - old and not renovated. But understand that her breakfast kaya toast bread and coffee can fight with Ya Kun Kaya Toast in Singapore. Further down from Kin Wah is a stretch of well renovated eateries that were seen packed with many customers. I was really amazed that on a weekday Monday the business here could be so good.
Restoran Roast & Coffee has a long queue of young customers attracted by the restoran's coffee and Nanyang cuisine. Restoran Kopiloco by 1993 boasts of their Signature Ayam Penyet (Monday). I noticed many of the customers were Muslim and they ordered this signature crispy dish.
I went to a very old bakery shop Salahuddin Bakery along Jalan Dhoby which had a very simple layout, and the bread and cakes were displayed on open counter. The bakery used a wooden oven dating back to the period of the Second World War and still in operation today.
Restoran Hua Mui attracted me with their signature Hainanese Chicken Chop which was priced reasonably cheap at RM18.90. I wanted to order their signature nasi lemak which was only RM6.90 but the counter girl told me no more order. Tong Guan Nyunya Kopitam has a variety of Peranankan food and home-made kueh kueh. Kedai Kopi Xuu Yau boasts of her signature wantan mee.
I took my lunch at a Punjabi restaurant near to the Sikh temple. I had a piece of aloo prata, a piece of chapati and a piece of samosa which cost me RM 11.50.
This heritage street at downtown JB is the closest from CIQ and is very convenient for Singaporeans. It is a haven of gorgeous food set in a nostalgic memorable background setting of the 50s or 60s which we hardly can still find them in Singapore.
In the last few day trips, I had ventured my way to visit the modern gorgeous mega malls at Mid-Valley, AEON Bukit Indah, Tebrau City; went on an easy hike to Sireh Park and Bukit Germilang and diligently pursued a gastronomic adventure around Taman Johor Jaya, Permas Jaya and Bukit Indah.
Today, I decided to explore Downtown JB. From CIQ, I went to City Square Mall for a cursory walk. From City Square, I crossed over to Jalan Wong Ah Fook, visited Kotoraya Shopping Mall, the old Chinese temple and this Tan Hiok Nee heritage street.
I used to drive my car over here before the outbreak of Covid-19. But I felt seeing more today as I explored the area by walking. Tan Hiok Nee Heritage Street impresses me as a quaint and nostalgic memory lane in the 50s. At Jalan Segget before the heritage street, I walked past the infamous Ah Hwa Kway Teow stall at Restoran Sekee. It is housed in a kopitiam which look dilapidated, but the setting brought me on a time tunnel back to 50s or 60s. I observed that the stall holder cooked her kway teow using charcoal stove. No wonder there was a queue at her stall.
The very first thing that caught my attention when I was at the heritage street was the long queue of customers in front of Hiap Joo Bakery & Biscuit Factory. This bakery still adopts the traditional way of using firewood oven to bake her bread and cakes. I thought of joining the long queue to buy a loaf of the banana cake but decided not for this time as I would be visiting KSL Mall in the later part of the day.
Opposite Hiap Joo Bakery is Kin Wah Coffee Shop which appears to be like Restoran Sekee - old and not renovated. But understand that her breakfast kaya toast bread and coffee can fight with Ya Kun Kaya Toast in Singapore. Further down from Kin Wah is a stretch of well renovated eateries that were seen packed with many customers. I was really amazed that on a weekday Monday the business here could be so good.
Restoran Roast & Coffee has a long queue of young customers attracted by the restoran's coffee and Nanyang cuisine. Restoran Kopiloco by 1993 boasts of their Signature Ayam Penyet (Monday). I noticed many of the customers were Muslim and they ordered this signature crispy dish.
I went to a very old bakery shop Salahuddin Bakery along Jalan Dhoby which had a very simple layout, and the bread and cakes were displayed on open counter. The bakery used a wooden oven dating back to the period of the Second World War and still in operation today.
Restoran Hua Mui attracted me with their signature Hainanese Chicken Chop which was priced reasonably cheap at RM18.90. I wanted to order their signature nasi lemak which was only RM6.90 but the counter girl told me no more order. Tong Guan Nyunya Kopitam has a variety of Peranankan food and home-made kueh kueh. Kedai Kopi Xuu Yau boasts of her signature wantan mee.
I took my lunch at a Punjabi restaurant near to the Sikh temple. I had a piece of aloo prata, a piece of chapati and a piece of samosa which cost me RM 11.50.
This heritage street at downtown JB is the closest from CIQ and is very convenient for Singaporeans. It is a haven of gorgeous food set in a nostalgic memorable background setting of the 50s or 60s which we hardly can still find them in Singapore.
Written 11 July 2023
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Benz 譚
Jakarta, Indonesia589 contributions
Jan 2020 • Family
Not much to see. The road is quite short. But there is famous Hiap Joo Bakery and a resto across this bakery that will be good for breakfast and snack. The road will have some souvenir merchant at night. Further in this road, there is a small food court Hookah District that start at night with some food merchant inside.
Written 6 January 2020
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Sam C
5 contributions
Nov 2019
What kind of cross-cultural experience one can really keep for life?
Coming to this Tan Hiok Nee Heritage street, we can experinece the chinese culture with good food and shop during the day. However, we can also experience Malay night market after dark.
Coming to this Tan Hiok Nee Heritage street, we can experinece the chinese culture with good food and shop during the day. However, we can also experience Malay night market after dark.
Written 8 December 2019
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J Lee
Friedrichshafen, Germany203 contributions
Jul 2019
We came extra here because of good promotion and advertising. It is not as beautiful and described in the promotion brochure. It is ok to visit so you can tell people you have been here too.
Written 11 August 2019
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Wildcat7400
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia1,179 contributions
Jul 2019 • Couples
Jalan Tan Hiok Nee in Johor Bahru is akin to Jonker Street in Melaka. The street was declared a “heritage street” by the Johor State government in 2009 due to the number of colonial buildings along the stretch of the road.
However, my partner & I could see that the street is a mishmash of old & new establishments, standing side-by-side together, breathing new life & intrinsic value to the cultural heritage road.
Jalan Tan Hiok Nee took its name from an influential Chinese textile merchant in the 19th century. Along the years, he had planted black pepper & gambier & his business had flourished. He was known to be the richest man in Johor who rubbed shoulders with the Johor royalty. In addition, he was also one of the port owners under the Kangchu system & the prominent leader of a powerful gang clan called Ngee Heng Kongsi. In 1870, Sultan Abu Bakar conferred the “Datukship” title to him.
I read that Tan Hiok Nee’s history are depicted on the walls of the OCBC Bank while relics from the Ngee Heng Kongsi & details on Chinese immigrants can be found in the Johor Bahru Chinese Heritage Museum which was rumoured to be the home of business tycoon Robert Kuok. Both are located along Jalan Tan Hiok Nee.
One classic looking cornershop had an AirAsia’s mural painting on its wall. There’s an Art Gallery nearby, waiting to be explored. It is called Art52 Gallery. We also saw a house painted in red. Hence, it is called the Red House, the most photographed building. It was the home of a wealthy Indian family in those days. Walking a little further will get you to a Doll House selling handmade dolls.
Hookah District is also nearby. It is an open air car-park during the day yet transforms to a hangout place in the evening. You will find F&B outlets operating their business from containers at night.
We saw an Indian Muslim & Chinese Bakery called Salahuddin Bakery & Hiap Joo Bakery, respectively. Both are still using the old-fashion way to bake breads, buns, pastries & cakes. Meanwhile, for a taste of the best chicken chop in Malaysia, head on to IT Roo Café. If it’s just a snack that you want, go to Hua Mui Restaurant. The kopitiam (local coffeshop) offers delicious Hainanese coffee & “roti bakar” (toast).
We read that Kwong Lee Soon Kee Goldsmith has been serving the Johor royalty for 3 generations while Kedai Dobi Shanghai washes & irons napkins from the Johor palace. Accordingly, places of worship for Taoists, Sikhs & Indians are also within the vicinity. “Pasar Karat”, a night market that starts from 6 pm is also within walking distance. But we didn’t get to see all the above. Instead, we saw many upmarket cafes & restaurants sprouting amongst the colonial buildings.
In short, the Heritage Walk along Jalan Tan Hiok Nee was worth it. We both had enjoyed the walk tremendously. I highly recommend it.
However, my partner & I could see that the street is a mishmash of old & new establishments, standing side-by-side together, breathing new life & intrinsic value to the cultural heritage road.
Jalan Tan Hiok Nee took its name from an influential Chinese textile merchant in the 19th century. Along the years, he had planted black pepper & gambier & his business had flourished. He was known to be the richest man in Johor who rubbed shoulders with the Johor royalty. In addition, he was also one of the port owners under the Kangchu system & the prominent leader of a powerful gang clan called Ngee Heng Kongsi. In 1870, Sultan Abu Bakar conferred the “Datukship” title to him.
I read that Tan Hiok Nee’s history are depicted on the walls of the OCBC Bank while relics from the Ngee Heng Kongsi & details on Chinese immigrants can be found in the Johor Bahru Chinese Heritage Museum which was rumoured to be the home of business tycoon Robert Kuok. Both are located along Jalan Tan Hiok Nee.
One classic looking cornershop had an AirAsia’s mural painting on its wall. There’s an Art Gallery nearby, waiting to be explored. It is called Art52 Gallery. We also saw a house painted in red. Hence, it is called the Red House, the most photographed building. It was the home of a wealthy Indian family in those days. Walking a little further will get you to a Doll House selling handmade dolls.
Hookah District is also nearby. It is an open air car-park during the day yet transforms to a hangout place in the evening. You will find F&B outlets operating their business from containers at night.
We saw an Indian Muslim & Chinese Bakery called Salahuddin Bakery & Hiap Joo Bakery, respectively. Both are still using the old-fashion way to bake breads, buns, pastries & cakes. Meanwhile, for a taste of the best chicken chop in Malaysia, head on to IT Roo Café. If it’s just a snack that you want, go to Hua Mui Restaurant. The kopitiam (local coffeshop) offers delicious Hainanese coffee & “roti bakar” (toast).
We read that Kwong Lee Soon Kee Goldsmith has been serving the Johor royalty for 3 generations while Kedai Dobi Shanghai washes & irons napkins from the Johor palace. Accordingly, places of worship for Taoists, Sikhs & Indians are also within the vicinity. “Pasar Karat”, a night market that starts from 6 pm is also within walking distance. But we didn’t get to see all the above. Instead, we saw many upmarket cafes & restaurants sprouting amongst the colonial buildings.
In short, the Heritage Walk along Jalan Tan Hiok Nee was worth it. We both had enjoyed the walk tremendously. I highly recommend it.
Written 28 July 2019
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