Storyteller's Face Book Cafe — Restaurant in Johor

TLDR: Singlehandedly THE BEST cafe I've been to. The atmosphere, view and food are top notch. Do come here and give this cafe a shot.

The eerie flight of stairs have dampened my expectations.

If it weren't for the signs, I wouldn't have known that this was a cafe, or if there was a shop at all.

Despite everything, I was blown away, to say the least. The old wooden furniture and concrete floor creates a sort of home-y vibe. They really have nailed the aesthetics of this cafe.

This place is filled to the brim with power sockets, and the air con is cold.

As this cafe is pretty small in size, chatter of people is relatively audible. Even so, it completes the vibe and makes the cafe much more livelier.

I LOVEEE the food served here. For below RM10, you can get a Lu Rou Rice, which is what I did. With just one bite, it has got me hooked like a drug addict.

I'm by no means a chef, but I don't have to be one to tell if a food tastes good.

The service is also perfect. I've realized that most of stuff in the menu was absent with halal food. As we came to Malay friends, we were ready to leave when they offered to cook the food in a different batch, free from any pork-related ingredients.

Even though I'm not a cafe connoisseur, I can confidently say that I love this cafe.

YMMV, but from my personal experience, this cafe will not...

This is one of the best Mee Hoon Kway I have ever had. Period.

Located in Kluang, the cafe is a bit difficult to locate. Look for the signboard that say PLT Institute/Cafe Lao Jing (see photo). Go to the third storey (ground floor, first floor, second floor). Open the door and you’ll see a cafe that looks more like a kindergarten or library.

Their Mee Hoon Kway really checks all my boxes. Hand torn and not cookie cutter cut in advance, they are pinched thinly and rather chewy. The soup is so full of umami flavours from yellow beans and ikan bilis. Crispy Ikan bilis floats on top with meat balls and fish cake. Most importantly, true to Malaysian tradition, they use sayur manis.

And their chilli. It’s made from green chilli to give the extra kick and just sour enough to work up your appetite. I wonder if they sell it by the bottle. Love to buy some.

The place was quiet when I arrived at 11.10am probably before the lunch crowd. Other items on the menu also looked interesting but their signature dishes Ah’s got to be their ban mian.

Strongly recommend to Mee Hoon...

Service was absolutely terrible. We placed an order for one hot latte and one iced latte. 15 minutes later, we were then shown two order sheets and asked which belongs to us. Then another 15 minutes later, we were told that there was no hot coffee. I then walked to the counter to speak to the Chinese speaking staff and was told that there was no coffee at all as the machine was faulty.

If there's no coffee, it would have been good to inform us at the start when we were ordering. If it was missed, it could have been told to her the first time the staff came over but that was not done. And when I found out that my partner and I wasted half an hour waiting for nothing, something could have been offered (apologies if nothing at all, but not even words of thanks for waiting nor apologies). Instead, the staff just gave a blank look. The staff attitude was poor and service was really below expectations. Horrendous and would...