THE RECOGNISED “DAI FENG” (CHINESE) LOCAL FAMILY KITCHEN RUNNING ON THE SOUTHERN NATION @ JOHOR
“Family Kitchen” or somehow the local chinese’s family kitchen is all the while a kind of the simple warming eating place or dining restaurant which being widely practised on our nations with respective home recipes, carrying the combination of local with chinese home-cooked recipes under a roof on the ground. Here on the southern nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended Family Kitchen “Dai Feng” running at Skudai on the Johor Bahru territory having great positive response from the market recently.
The local Sabahan Mr. Raymond Sen Chee Kiat (born 1990), together with his wife Ms. May Chia See Mei (Selangor, born 1991) both were the founders and also the recent immediate couple-owners of this best recognised Family Kitchen “Dai Feng Restaurant” along the Skudai township presenting all their chef’s in-house chinese & local cuisines in signature menus to the locals and visitors all under a roof in manner on the southern ground at Johor.
The founder cum first owner Raymond Sen Chee Kiat, also the restaurant’s main chef who at his age of 34 years old currently, been initially stepped into the f&b field at his 17th of age began as a kitchen trainee at hometown Sandakan, Sabah touched the chinese cuisine field for few years then reached Johor Bahru to further his exposure in the career. Later-on stayed years in Singapore (2016-2022) practically experienced as the kitchen helper all the while in the chinese cuisine field with his patience along his journey in the industry.
With experiences & recipes on-hand, added vision to have their own eating house locally and foreseeing the market opportunity in the field. Also wishing to expose further in the industry enabled the couple Raymond Sen and wife May Chia (who was formerly in the Manufacturing Industry, been touched the f&b field running on the front floor at her teenage at hometown Selangor) decided then successfully established their very first couple-run Family Kitchen officially named the “Dai Feng Restaurant” at Taman Ungku Tun Aminah, Skudai in the third quarter of year 2022 serving all their 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 Dai Feng Restaurant, the owners’ very first top recommended in menus will be their authentic “Mongolia Pork Yam Ring” which most wanted by locals here. In-house handmade yam ring prepared in deep fried, then served fillings with their black pepper fair spicy sweet mongolia pork ribs (prepared using local fresh pork ribs/chop wok-stired with chef’s mongolia paste sauce), sides of fresh lettuce bottomed of crispy deep fried vermicelli will always the best combination of chinese’s authentic yam ring eatery that you must have a try when reached Skudai, Johor Bahru.
Secondly will be their very home-cooked recipe of “Vege Tofu” (Homemade Beancurd), which also among the restaurant’s daily selection favourite by their regulars from the beginning. Home hand-made beancurd/tofu (made of fresh soy milk mixture), prepared in deep fried square-pillow pieces and finally served toppings of their chef’s special wok-fried salted fair spicy minced pork with pickled vege will brings the excellent smooth beancurd/tofu swallowed itself that you will neither found the same elsewhere in town here.
Another will be their famous “Asam Fish Head”, which among their visitor’s selection in the seafood/fish head menus recently. Local fresh sea red snapper fish head on weight of about 400-450grams each (commonly in half-sided serve) steam-cooked, then served with their home-cooked appetising sour sweet fair spices chef’s homemade assam paste sauce in mixture of eggplant, tomato, long bean, onion & pineapple will always the exotic savoury tasty assam fish eatery with fish head’s freshness itself into mouth that you will never regret after tasted here.
Nonetheless, the owners’ also introduced their all time signature charcoal boiling “Fish Head Hot Pot” among the southern nation’s delicacy eatery like by most of their customers. Also local fresh sea red snapper fish head selected, prepared in cutted pieces floured-up followed by deep fried, cooked in their in-house 5 hours boiled soup base into yam, water plum, tomato, chinese cabbage, celery, beancurd, seaweed & dried flounder/flat fish slice, and finally served boiling hot in special metal hot pot with flaming charcoal will brings the delicious fish head hot pot eatery that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised Family Kitchen “Dai Feng Restaurant” at Taman Ungku Tun Aminah, Skudai on the southern nation at Johor.
DAI FENG RESTAURANT
Address: No. 121,
Jalan Pendekar 2,
Taman Ungku Tun Aminah,
81300 Skudai,
Johor.
Business Hours: 11:30am to 10:30pm (Daily)