THE RECOGNISED “DAKLAK” ASIAN CUISINE (VIETNAMESE RECIPE) CAFETERIA RUNNING ON THE SOUTHERN NATION @ JOHOR
“Vietnamese Cuisine/Recipe” is among the recent trending Asian Cuisine/Recipe that being widely practised on our nations with the respective home recipes on the ground since the early 21st century. Here on the southern nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended new established Asian Cuisine (Vietnamese Recipe) Eating House “Daklak Cafe” running at Ulu Tiram (Johor Bahru) having great positive response from the market recently.
The Klang, Selangor originated Mr. Lau Tan Wei Beng (born 1995), together with his business partner Ms. July Lee (Vietnam, born 1994) both were the founders and also the recent immediate owners of this best recognised Vietnamese Cuisine Eating House “Daklak Cafe” along the Johor Bahru (Ulu Tiram) territory presenting their very home-cooked recipes in signature menus to the locals & visitors under a roof in manner on the southern ground.
The founder cum owner Lau Tan Wei Beng or commonly known Ah Ming, who currently at his age of 31 years old, been initially touched the f&b field at his early twenties running his uncle’s chinese rice rolls (chee cheong fun) eating stall at hometown Klang, Selangor inspired him into the industry. While July Lee who reached Malaysia for more than a decade been initially experienced the chinese cuisine field working at Pulau Pinang, then moved to Johor Bahru in the year of 2018 foreseeing the market opportunity in the f&b industry locally especially the Vietnamese Cuisine. Added wishing to bring her home country Vietnam’s local traditional authentic eateries into the southern nation decided to bodied-up with Ah Ming then successfully established their very first owned Vietnamese Cuisine Eating House officially named the “Daklak Cafe” along the Taman Gaya in the end of year 2025 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 2026 on the southern nation at Johor.
In this Daklak Cafe, the owners’ very first top recommended in menus will be their “Grilled Pork with Rice & Fried Egg” which most wanted by the regulars in the rice main course selections. Overnight marinated pork chop prepared in barbecue roasted, served with white rice toppings of an sunny side-up chicken egg, complete sides of cucumber, tomato, their home-steamed salted egg yolk minced pork, and finally taken dipping onto their home-mixed vietnamese sweet spicy sauce sided will always the best combination here that you must have a try when reached Johor Bahru (Ulu Tiram).
Secondly will be their special “Chicken Drumstick Pho” (Chicken Drumstick Kueh Teow Soup), which among their daily selection wanted by the locals here. At least 6 hours home-boiled soup base with chicken & pork bones, served with flat rice noodles (kueh teow), complete with their texturing juicy bites home-steamed free-range chicken drumstick, sided with fresh veges mixture and taken dipping with their in-house special sauce mixture will brings their wonderful tasty kind of Vietnamese Kueh Teow Soup eatery that you will never regret after tasted here.
Another will be their signature “Beef Noodle Soup with Pork Trotters”, always among the visitor’s favourite selection recently. At least 8 hours in-house boiled beef bones soup base served with round rice noodles, furnished with fresh-boiled beef slices and their home-steamed pork trotters, sided also with fresh veges mixture & their home-picked garlic will brings another excellent beef’s freshness soup swallowed with the trotter’s texturing bites in combination that you will neither found the same elsewhere in town here.
Nonetheless, the owners also introduced their all time favourite recommended “Vietnamese Fish Noodle Soup” which like by most of their customers here. Home-boiled fish soup base (with their Vietnam imported fermented dried fish seasoning), served with round rice noodles toppings of fresh boiled shrimps, squids, deep fried pork belly & their hand-stuffed chili (with fish paste), taken complete sided of mix fresh veges and their special dual homemade chili sauce & dried chili paste will always among their signature kind of fish noodle soup eatery that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised Vietnamese Cuisine (Asian Cuisine) Eating House “Daklak Cafe” at Ulu Tiram (Johor Bahru), Johor.
DAKLAK CAFE
Address: No. 8,
Jalan Gaya 11/2,
Taman Gaya,
81800 Ulu Tiram,
Johor.
Business Hours: 8:00am to 8:00pm (Daily)
(Closed on Alternate Wednesday)