Pelangi City 彩虹城 — Restaurant in Johor

Dinner at Gerai Makanan Pelangi was pleasant. It was a last minute idea as we had passed here many times but never once tried it.

Arrived about 8pm, ordered black pepper pork, kum heong lala and a chye-sim veg with a lime drink.

The pork was nice, very intense flavour and sightly on the saltish side. Black pepper was generous...

The lala was a also nice but this batch of clams seemed to be extremely small. The meat within was so tiny you couldn't taste the clam at all. Gave this feedback to them, and surprisingly, I was given a small discount! Very sincere of them to maintain a certain level of trust and quality in their offerings.

Price wise, very reasonable. To begin with, the place wasn't the most appealing place to have dinner so I'm guessing the rental would have been quite low. But that said, this is exactly how you would feel right at home in Malaysia eating in such surroundings.

Parking was a breeze, ample place to park around the area.

Service was also nice as the lady was friendly and spoke to us in a very engaging way. Food also came quite soon even though there was quite a good crowd during that time.

I'm sure we will eat there again.... although she said they were moving out fur 6 months due to a major revamp...

1.5 stars overall. Food tastes were at best average. Prices expensive and doesn’t give me any of the JB good value feeling.

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Sambal kankong 👎 Very salty. Lacks rempah.

Sweet and sour pork 👎 Unbalanced taste - salty and sour but chef forgot the sweet element. Mostly flour. Very little pork.

Kam hiong clams 👎 Tasted mostly of salted fermented bean paste. Clams were super tiny and shrunk even more because they were over cooked.

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