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Restoran Hua Mui (JB) is located at one corner of a row of pre-war houses along Jalan Trus, a short walk from the archway of Tan Hiok Nee Heritage Walk. Hua Mui has another 4 branches in Austin, Sutera, Eco Botanic and Seri Alam.
The Hainanese restaurant is popular for its traditional toasts and sandwiches, especially its kaya and butter toasts with coffee and soft-boiled eggs, and "original" Hainanese chicken chop. I visited Hua Mui twice after the border reopened, once for breakfast and once for lunch.
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On my first visit to Hua Mui for breakfast, the kaya and butter toasts were already sold out — at 9:40am on a weekday. So I ordered the butter kaya bun with two semi-boiled kampung eggs and Hainanese kopi-O.
The yellow corn bun was nice with buttery taste and the semi-boiled kampung eggs were perfectly-boiled with firm egg yolks and no still-raw egg white (albumen).
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I was in a group of five on my second visit to Hua Mui. We aimed to try more local delights but our primary target was the restaurant's signature Hainanese chicken chop. We ordered 3 sets of the Hainanese chicken chop, one Hua Mui Mee with chicken and one Mee Mamak with seafood.
The Hainanese chicken chop was served with a buttery mushroom sauce with green peas and potato wedges. The nicely-fried chicken thigh was tender, juicy and not oily. It was not salty also and matched well with the sauce.
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The Hua Mui Mee was stir-fried with chicken meats, slices of fishcake and vegetables. This tasted like home-cook Hokkien noodle in mild-sweet gravy and quite nice.
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The Indian noodle, Mee Mamak, with two big fresh prawns, fish meat and egg, tasted great but a little on the spicier side.
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In addition to the main course, I spotted the chef-recommended Kopi Gu You (咖啡牛油) on the menu and ordered it — not realising that it was "kopi" with milk, not "kopi-O" that I would prefer. Traditional coffee with butter was the way to have coffee in the olden days. The kopi had a mild buttery taste but was sweetened by the milk — I will try Kopi-O Gu You (咖啡乌牛油) next time (solely a personal preference).
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And I was back again a third time to try those that I had missed previously. I ordered the traditional kaya and butter toasts, two soft-boiled eggs and Kopi-O Gu You (咖啡乌牛油). The toasted breads were crispy on the outside and soft inside with thick butter and kaya. And yes, I preferred the buttered kopi-O without the milk.
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Apart from the traditional butter kopi, Hua Mui also have Taiping-specialty hor ga sai (虎咬狮, kopi + cocoa powder) and sai ga hor (狮咬虎, tea + cocoa powder) on its menu.
Website:
Address:
Restoran Hua Mui JB (华美茶餐室)
131, Jalan Trus, Bandar Johor Bahru, 80000 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Opening Hours:
8:30am to 5:30pm | Daily