THE RECOGNISED “WAN CHAI” CANTONESE (HK) CHARCOAL ROASTED MIX RUNNING ON THE SOUTHERN NATION @ JOHOR
“Cantonese Roasted Mix” or commonly known the Hong Kong (HK) Roasted Mix is all the while a kind of the local chinese’s favourite roasted meats eatery which being widely 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 couple-run Cantonese (HK) Roasted Mix Restaurant “Wan Chai” at Skudai along the Johor Bahru territory having great positive response from the market all the while.
The Penang originated Mr. James Lim Wei Jin (born 1983), together with his wife Ms. Chris Chong Siew Ven (Pahang, born 1984) both were the founders and also the recent immediate couple-owners of this best recognised Cantonese (HK) Roasted Mix Restaurant “Wan Chai Coffee Shop” at Skudai, Johor Bahru presenting their family’s generations home recipes on cantonese charcoal roasted signature eateries to the locals and visitors under a roof in manner on the southern ground at Johor.
The founders cum couple-owners James Lim Wei Jin, who at his age of 41 years old currently been formerly in the Construction Industry, and Chris Chong Siew Ven (was formerly in the Manufacturing Industry) been grown-up in a f&b families whose her grandparents being running the cantonese roasted career at Kuala Lumpur then passed onto her parents as 2nd generation still running their family’s career recently at hometown Kuala Krau, Pahang inspired the couple-owners (James & Chris) later-on stepped into the field with family’s home recipes on-hand began their very couple-run roasted mix foodstall at Taman Impian Emas with name “Wan Chai” in the year of 2014 stayed about 9 years on the same ground with their patience.
With experiences & vision to have their own eating house locally and foreseeing the market opportunity in the industry especially the cantonese roasted field enabled James Lim & Chris Chong decided then successfully established their very first owned Cantonese (HK) Roasted Mix Restaurant officially named the “Wan Chai Coffee Shop” right at the Taman Impian Emas, Skudai (Johor Bahru) in the mid of year 2023 continue serving their home charcoal-roasted 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 Wan Chai Coffee Shop (HK Roasted), the owners’ very first top recommended in selections surely will be their signature “Roasted Duck” which most wanted by their regulars. Local fresh feeded duck on weight of about 2.5-2.6kg commonly selected, cleaned then marinated overnight on home recipes (into herbal mixture) followed by drying, finally served after 45 minutes in-house charcoal roasted dressed of maltose sugar, taken in cutted pieces with their home-mixed salted sweet sauce will brings the wonderful duck meat’s juicy texturing bites itself into mouth that you must have a try when reached Skudai, Johor Bahru.
Secondly will be their famous “Roasted Pork Belly” or locally known the Siew Yuk always among their customer’s favourite in selections. Local fresh belly pork selected, cleaned then marinated on home seasonings mixture, followed by about 1&half hours slow charcoal roasted, finally served in nice dice/cube pieces will brings the unbelievable crispy roasted pork skin’s bites itself with the exotic tasty-salted juicy roasted pork belly (siew yuk) into mouth that you will neither found the same elsewhere in town here. Taken either with noodle or rice will always on customer’s preference among the perfect matching.
Another will be their “Roasted Chicken”, among the restaurant’s daily selection wanted by the locals especially taken with rice (chicken rice) from the beginning. Local fresh meat chicken on weight of about 1.7-1.8kg selected, cleaned then deep fried for about 20 minutes, and finally served in cutted pieces mixed with their homemade salted sweet delicious soy sauce broth will brings another excellent juicy chicken meat’s bites with chicken’s tasty freshness swallowed kind of roasted meats eatery that you will never regret after tasted here.
Nonetheless, the owners also introduced their all time recommended “Roasted Pork” (Char Siew) which like by most of their visitors here. Also local belly pork selected, marinated overnight on their special home recipes (generation passed onto by a Hong Kong master) with maltose sugar, served in fine sliced pieces after about 40 minutes in-house charcoal roasted will brings the best barbecue roasted with sweet juicy bites of their char siew (roasted pork) eatery that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised Cantonese (HK) Roasted Mix Restaurant “Wan Chai Coffee Shop” at Skudai, Johor.
WAN CHAI COFFEE SHOP
(HK CANTONESE ROASTED MIX)
Address: No. 49,
Jalan Impian Emas 6,
Taman Impian Emas,
81300 Skudai,
Johor.
Business Hours: 6:30am to 3:30pm (Daily)