THE RECOGNISED “GIM CHENG” AUTHENTIC CHINESE DIM SUM RESTAURANT RUNNING ON THE SOUTHERN NATION @ JOHOR
“Chinese Dim Sum” or somehow known the Cantonese (HK) Dim Sum is a kind of the Chinese-based bite size eatery that practised since centuries ago, being nowadays carrying widely on our nation with respective home recipes on the ground. Here on the southern nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended old-school Authentic Chinese Dim Sum Restaurant “Gim Cheng” running into decades at Johor Bahru having great positive response from the market.
The Sitiawan, Perak originated local Mr. Loi Hen Seng (born 1960), together with his son Mr. Elvis Loi Teck Ming (born 1983) both were the initial founders and also the recent immediate father & son owners of this best recognised Authentic Chinese Dim Sum Restaurant “Gim Cheng” along the Johor Bahru territory presenting their more than 60 homemade chinese/cantonese dim sum eateries to the locals & visitors all under a roof in manner on the southern ground at Johor.
The founder cum owner Loi Hen Seng, who at his age of 66 years old currently, been formerly nearly 3 decades in the chinese fookchew bun/bao supplies industry running at Johor Bahru began in the 1980s all the while with vision to have his chinese/cantonese dim sum eating house locally has encouraged and inspired his son Elvis Loi Teck Ming later-on stepped into the field reached Ipoh, Perak at his about 24th of age began as a kitchen trainee touched the chinese dum sum career spent few year experienced the field, also reached Kluang, Sitiawan & Bukit Mertajam to further his exposure in the industry with his patience.
With experiences & recipes on-hand, added foreseeing the market opportunity in the f&b industry locally especially the chinese/cantonese dim sum field enabled the father & son (Loi Hen Seng and Elvis Loi) decided then successfully established their very first owned Authentic Chinese Dim Sum Restaurant officially named the “Gim Cheng Restaurant” (by Gim Cheng Restaurant (M) S/B) at Taman Daya, Johor Bahru in the year of 2008 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 Gim Cheng Dim Sum Restaurant, the owners’ very first top recommended in menus will be their famous “Big Bun/Bao” which most wanted by their regulars in their fookchew steamed bao selections. Home prepared flour dough fillings with combination of pork, chicken & hard boiled egg (in home recipes), served hot after home-steamed will brings the wonderful soft juicy bun/bao’s bites into mouth kind of their fookchew bao eatery that you must have a try when reached Johor Bahru. Besides, their home-steamed “Char Siew Bun/Bao” fillings with their home-roasted pork (char siew) mixed into their special home seasoning sauce will brings another nice soft bun’s bites with fair tasty salted sweet swallowed that you cannot aside here.
While in the steamed dim sum corner, their authentic “Shrimp Dumpling” (Har Gao) which prepared with crystal clear rice flour wrapper fillings of local fresh sea shrimps (imported from east Malaysia) will brings the best juicy bites with shrimp’s freshness texturing into mouth that you will never regret after tasted. And also their “Siew Mai” (Pork & Shrimp Dumpling) served after about 8-10 minutes steamed which always among the visitor’s wanted in menus from the beginning.
Another will be their all time favourite recommended “Deep Fried Shrimp Roll”, which like by most of the locals other than steamed dim sum here. Local fresh sea prawns mixed into minced pork rolled with dried beancurd sheet (fuchuk), and finally served crispy after deep fried taken dipping onto mayonnaise sauce sided will always the best matching here that you will neither found the same elsewhere in town.
Moreover, their homemade “Deep Fried Radish Cake” also among their customer’s daily favourite in the deep fried dim sum selections. In-house made radish cake with mixture of fresh radish shredded, chinese sausage & dried shrimp prepared in pillow-shapes followed by deep fried will brings the excellent soft texturing bites with tasty dried shrimp’s comes along the radish sweetness in combination that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised Authentic Chinese Dim Sum Restaurant “Gim Cheng Restaurant” (by Gim Cheng Restaurant (M) S/B) at Johor Bahru, Johor.
GIM CHENG RESTAURANT (M) S/B
Address: No. 2,
Jalan Sagu 36,
Taman Daya,
81100 Johor Bahru,
Johor.
Business Hours: 7:00am to 1:00pm (Daily)
(Closed on Wednesday)