Purple & Red Restaurants (紫红冰饮室) | Tan Hiok Nee | Eat In Johor Bahru

We stumbled upon Purple & Red Restaurants (紫红冰饮室) while having a walk at the night market along Jalan Tan Hiok Nee on one evening. It was way past their closing time and the lady shared that she is closing for the day. 

Hence, we decided to revisited another day and this time she welcomed us warmly. 

   

Though the name of the shop is Purple & Red Restaurants, the shop space like it's menu is small. Interestingly, their cold drinks are serve in nicely tied plastic bags and the owners took effort to brew out every drink to their customers. Putting lots of mint, lemon to make their drinks more flavourful and refreshing.

I love the little details they put in on their menu and drinks. Like paying attention to the length of the string for easy carrying and drinking.

- Hand Crush Lemon Tea (手打。柠檬茶)

- Natural Hand Bubbing Aiyu Jelly (人工手洗爱玉冻)

- Mojito - non-alcoholic (薄荷。莫吉托)

- Bandung (玫瑰露)

Seating are available on the 2nd floor on the shop and there are hooks on the wall. It is not meant to hook your bags but rather your drinks, leaving more table space (especially helpful with the limited space). 

A nice place to rest our feet and have a cooling drink while reminiscing the times where we always have our drinks in plastic bags.

Purple & Red Restaurants (紫红冰饮室)

Address: 8 Jalan Pahang, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

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Opening Hours: Daily: 9AM-6PM

Visited: Nov 2022

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Sekinchan Family Travel - House of Ah Ma (阿嫲的家)

Unlike the city, Sekinchan is a small town and you don't find shopping malls within the vicinity. Hence, an interesting place where we can 'shop' for snacks was House of Ah Ma (阿嫲的家). Even though it is a small provision shop, there are a lot to offer once you step in.

A section of the wooden house is decorated with old wooden vintage furniture. The old appliances and household items brought us back to our childhood days back in the 70s. Our children have not seen most of the items and this is definitely an eye opener.

It is also a perfect spot to take photos against a vintage backdrop.

A nostalgic and old school shop where we found old-time snacks, tidbits and sweets - some that we seen before and some that were new to us.

All items are neatly displayed

Assorted colourful sweets in plastic bottles and tin cans.

Assorted local produce

Apart from local produce, we were delighted to spot that they also sell Kuih Kapit (love letters)! 2 ladies were making some during our visit and it has been a long time since we saw the round iron moulds! Egg batter will be poured onto the mould and placed over the charcoal. This is how traditional love letters are made and how we used to make them when we were younger.

I did not realised that Housse of Ah Ma is actually a bakery too! 

House of Ah Ma is a mini tourist spot in Sekinchan. Quiet and down to earth, you can spend about 20-30 minutes here to take some photos and check out the items in the shop. 

House of Ah Ma (阿嫲的家)

Address: Jalan Tali Air 5, Pekan Sekinchan, 45400 Sekinchan, Selangor, Malaysia

Opening Hours: Daily - 10am to 6pm

Website: http://www.ahmabakery.com/