Came to know of Hai Kah Lang (173 Jalan Sutera, Taman Sentosa, 80150 Johor Bahru, tel : +60 11-1651 9813) by way of recommendation. They're a predominantly seafood soup kind of place with other small plates that one can also supplement on the side.
Had a couple of drinks while waiting for the food. This one was called I'm Not a Fool - there's lemon and cucumber and green tea in it. Pretty refreshing.
This other one was a sea bird nest jelly drink. I couldn't reconcile what I saw and tasted with the name so I'm not going to try. And yes, it's a baby blue drink. Tasted like coconut milk. A pretty delicious coconut milk if I might add plus some agar agar stuff in it.
Their mixed seafood soup was not bad tasting. Clear and oil free with a clean oceanic sweetness if you catch my drift. Seafood quality was pretty decent.
Noodles were nice. Texture was great and the flavour was just dark soya sauce. It was awesome with their sambal.
The sambal. A little sweet, lime-y and packed with invigorating heat.
What's impressive was their leopard coral grouper soup. We added milk. The fish was decent if unexceptional but that broth was outstanding with 花雕酒 flavour coupled with creaminess from the milk and a nice tanginess from pickled mustard and possibly tomatoes. Those and an added aroma/flavour from fried shallots. So good.
There was a stall at the entrance of the restaurant that sold durian ice cream of the premium variety - e.g. mao shan wang, wang zhong wang, blackthorn and I forgot what else.
We got the cheapest one which was mao shan wang. Not bad tasting.
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