The Malaysian Matters

  Johor Bahru, or JB for short, is Malaysia's second largest city with a population of around 2 million covering a sprawling, industrialised and commercial urban area . Just 150 years ago it was a small Malay fishing village but grew rapidly due to stable government policies, an influx of Chinese immigrants, the construction of the railway and, most importantly, its close proximity to Singapore to which it was linked by the Causeway completed in 1924 . The city does have some excellent tourist attractions for heritage lovers. Some of them are located close together in the historic heart of the city and can be covered easily on this walking tour . The whole idea of this trail, is to get visitors to explore and learn about the old town of Johor Bahru, which was originally known as Tanjung Puteri and renamed in 1866 to Johor Baharu. For added information, the word Johor, originates from the Arabic word of ‘Jauhar’ which means gemstone . Sultan Ibrahim Building This imposing build...

  Travelling across Malaysia in a mobile luxury apartment complete with living space, kitchen, bedroom and even toilet . Although uncommonly found in Malaysia , but we have in Johor Bahru , Malaysia that Brings the culture of mobile travelling to experience . Primma Sierra Holidays Sdn Bhd owner Mr.Chua Poh Kok is been in the tourism industry for almost three decades , refurbished three of his tour buses into mobile luxury buses , giving the public to hoop on the journey . His luxury recreational vehicles (RV) , the first to be offered to the public , are inspired by a similar RV owned by Tunku Mahkota of Johor Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim . Into the Luxury RVs , a Hino RK model from Hino Motors with 8,000cc is fitted with three engines . Nippon Denso engine for the air-conditioner and a 25 kilowatt generator for the electrical system and all the electrical appliances in this bus are Sirim-approved . The road tax for this RV is cost about RM6,750 per year . In the RV have a kin...

  Visitors that visiting Johor Bahru now can discover the beauty of the city centre on trishaw rides(Beca) by the state Tourism of Johor , Our Journey started from Amari Hotel Johor Bahru passing the Street of Harmony . where several places of worship are located , the trishaw night rides offers tourists a different experience . When you in Johor Bahru , get into this awesome ride by PS Holidays . To promote the local tourism of Johor , This Beca are available for the locals and foreign visitors to appreciate the beauty of the Heritage Trail . Affordable and worth for money rides , Uniquely of the Trisaw design is inspired by "kuda kepang" feature highlighting the cultural traits of Johor , Kuda Kepang is a malay traditional dance and The trishaw service run by young people from all races also provides them with business and employment opportunities . The service operating is at Amari Hotel from 5pm to 9pm daily , Price : 600 meter RM 15 a Trishaw for two pax and 2.2 km (...

  Unique Kitchen Heritage , visitors can choose to sit on chair or sit on the floor with mat cross-legged , That's the style of the villagers . The decoration is quite simple but the food was awesome authentic . Dapor Warisan Restaurant is a restaurant that is conceptualized by traditional and classic , The restaurant is located at the Sultan Abu Bakar Heritage Complex . Dapor Warisan is a restaurant that serves taste buds of village atmosphere in the heart of Johor Bahru . Heritage Drafts offers a selection of traditional menus from various regions . Rumah limas in this country is a mix of traditional Javanese house , Bugis, Banjar , Palembang and other descendants of the Malay clan in the Malay Archipelago . The restaurant serves a wide variety of authentic Malay side dishes including  Siput Sedut Masak Lemak Cili Padi , Daging Salai Masak Lemak , Fish head Curry , Belangkas asam pedas and many more . On weekends , patrons will be accompanied by cultural performanc...

  The newly opened Amari hotel on last year May 2017 , Located in the hub of the city, the hotel is the first Amari in Malaysia. Enfolded by rich heritage and shopping centres . If you're taking a trip to Johor Bahru and would like to spend the night, consider booking a night's stay at Amari Hotel Johor Bahru . This hotel is conveniently located across the causeway and right opposite Komtar JBCC . Amari Hotel is a Five star hotel that nearby with City Square Shopping Mall and Persada Convention Center . If you stay here only take a short while to CIQ Singapore Immigration , Karat Bazar Night Market , Galleria Kotaraya and the surrounding area . You will not be boring because many activities can be done at night here . Before we checked in , we were warmed welcome and briefed by Madam Bobby Subramaniam , PR & Communication Director Amari Johor Bahru assisted by a young Chinese lady . Forgive me for forgeting the pretty lady name , She too cute by then . Madam Bobby made a f...

  This PizzaArt campaign takes the enjoyment of pizza a notch up by infusing global food trends into local favourites . With the meat endowed cheese oozing PizzaBurger as one of its main attraction , the other four pizza inventions created by Anchor Food Professionals include an ambitious all meat based UltiMeat Pizza , a spin on Chicago's authentic Deep Cheese Pizza , a heavy Cjeese Pretzza as well as delicate Pizza Rolls . This second PizzArt campaign follows the huge success of the first PizzArt campaign , which was carried out nationwide from May to October 2017 . Speaking at the unveilling of the second PizzaArt campaign , Director of Anchor Food Professionals Malaysia , Ms Linda Tan spoke about hoe the brand taps into their New Zealand based research and going beyond their role as consultants to their partner restaurant and clients . She added that the team is always ready to take up the challenge of drawing inspiration from worldwide trends and adapting them locally to help ...