THE RECOGNISED “HAO JI” (YONG DOU FU) HAND-STUFFED BEANCURD RUNNING ON THE SOUTHERN NATION @ JOHOR
“Hand-Stuffed Beancurd” or commonly well-known as the Yong Tau Fu by the locals is all the while a kind of the local chinese (or somehow well-known as hakka’s) traditional authentic eatery which being practised since decades on our nations with respective home recipes on the ground. Here on the southern nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended new established Hand-Stuffed Beancurd Restaurant “Hao Ji Yong Dou Fu” running at Johor Bahru having great positive response from the market recently.
The Perak local originated Mr. James Yap Wei Jian (born 1988), together with his partners Mr. Kevin Chai Min Chen (Sarawakian, born 1979) & Ms. Carmen Chan Chew Yet (Johorean, born 1981) all were the initial founders and also the recent immediate owners of this best recognised Hand-Stuffed Beancurd Restaurant “Hao Ji Yong Dou Fu” right in the Johor Bahru new township presenting all their in-house hand-stuffed beancurd recipe in signature selections to the locals & visitors under a roof in manner on the southern nation at Johor.
The founder cum owner James Yap Wei Jian, also the restaurant’s main chef who at his age of 36 years old currently, been initially stepped into the f&b industry touched the hand-stuffed beancurd field at his 18th of age helping his wife’s family (whose running the stuffed beancurd career into 3-generations) at his hometown Ipoh, Perak in year 2006 where he experienced the field thoroughly. Then reached Singapore in the year 2012 worked for nearly a year in a japanese cuisine restaurant, where he met Carmen Chan & Kevin Chia before returned to hometown and stayed another 10 years continue exposed in the hand-stuffed beancurd field with his patience along the journey.
With experiences & home recipes on James Yap, vision to have their very owned eating house locally and foreseeing the market opportunity in the f&b industry also having interest in eatery enabled Kevin Chai (who was formerly a Technician), Carmen Chan (who having 10 years experience on the restaurant front floor) and James Yap bodied-up and decided then successfully established their very first owned Hand-Stuffed Beancurd Restaurant officially named the “Hao Ji Yong Dou Fu” (by Haoji S/B) at Taman Sri Tebrau, Johor Bahru in the mid of year 2024 serving their daily fresh hand-stuffed signatures to the public. And finally being recognised among the best in town by the Malaysian F&B E-Media for the year of 2024 on the southern nation at Johor.
In this Hao Ji Yong Dou Fu Restaurant, all their daily fresh hand-stuffed beancurd (yong tau fu) prepared with fillings of fresh homemade sea mackerel (wolf herring/ikan parang) fish paste with somehow into minced pork to be served either in boil-cooked or deep fried on customers preference. Among the signatures, their all time favourite recommended in nearly 20 selections surely will be their “Four Treasure” in combination of deep fried sar kok (stuffed sengkuang with fish paste), fried wanton (fillings of fish paste into minced pork), chives pancake & fried beancurd sheet that you must have a try when reached Johor Bahru.
While in other deep fried stuffed beancurd selections, their deep fried homemade fish ball, fried fish cake, fried stuffed tofu, fried eggplant & fried bitter gourd also among their customer’s selection recently. For those who like in soup, their homemade fish ball, meat ball, tofu po (beancurd puff), beef ball, pork skin, white tofu, mushroom ball, red chili & okra (lady finger) also commonly served in their at least 7-8 hours home-boiled soup base (cooked in mixture of fresh pork bone, fish, ikan bilis & yellow beans) which brings the best soup’s freshness swallowed that you will never regret after tasted here.
In order to complete your hand-stuffed beancurd eatery here, taken sides with a bowl of their famous Ipoh’s authentic “Hakka Mee” will among their regular’s wanted from the beginning. Local-made hakka noodle all the way from chef’s hometown (Ipoh) boil-cooked, then served with their savoury home-fried minced pork into pork lards, sides of beansprouts and finally toppings of chopped spring onions will brings the wonderful tasty noodle’s texturing bites itself kind of their Hakka noodle eatery that you will neither found the same elsewhere in town here. Taken sided of their hand-stuffed beancurd selection too always the perfect matching cannot aside here.
Nonetheless, the owners also introduced their special “Beef Noodle Soup” among their daily recommended in noodle soup options like by most of the locals. In-house 8-10 hours home-boiled beef soup with radish, served in noodle options (on customer’s preference) furnished with sweet radish cubes, soft texturing bites of beef brisket, beef tripe & beef tendon will brings an exotic bowl of their best beef & radish’s freshness swallowed kind of Beef Noodle Soup eatery that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised Hand-Stuffed Beancurd Restaurant “Hao Ji Yong Dou Fu” (by Haoji S/B) at Taman Sri Tebrau, Johor Bahru.
HAO JI YONG DOU FU
(HAOJI S/B)
Address: No. 3,
Jalan Badik 1,
Taman Sri Tebrau,
80050 Johor Bahru,
Johor.
Business Hours: 8:30am to 10:00pm (Daily)