THE RECOGNISED “AUNTY SHIRLEY KOO” CHINESE FAMILY RESTAURANT RUNNING ON THE SOUTHERN @ JOHOR
“Chinese Family Restaurant” is a kind of the chinese-based family eating restaurant or dining house which carrying the combination of local and chinese recipes under a roof with respective home recipes on the ground. Here on the southern nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended Chinese Family Restaurant “Aunty Shirley Koo” running at Masai, Johor Bahru having great positive response from the market recently.
The Johor Bahru local originated Johorean Madam Shirley Soh Siu Luan (born 1960), together with her business-partner Mr. Koo Heng Soon (Johorean, born 1963) both were the initial founders and also the recent immediate owners of this best recognised Chinese Family Restaurant “Aunty Shirley Koo” along the Masai, Johor Bahru territory presenting all their home recipes in signature menus to the locals & visitors for more than a decade on the southern ground at Johor.
The founder cum owner Shirley Soh Siu Luan, who at her age of 66 years old currently, was formerly about 15 years in the Trading Industry also the ex-colleague to Koo Heng Soon (who at his age of 60 years old likes eatery very much) all the while having interest in culinary and both foreseeing the market opportunity in the f&b industry locally allowed Shirley Soh and Heng Soon decided to step into the field then successfully established their very first partner-run Chinese Family Restaurant officially named the “Aunty Shirley Koo” at Taman Cahaya Kota Puteri, Masai in the year of 2013 serving all their signatures to the public for more than a decade with their patients along the journey. 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 Aunty Shirley Koo Restaurant, the owners’ very first top recommended in menus will be their signature “Stir Fried Shark’s Cartilage/Lips” which most wanted by their regulars here. Local fresh shark’s lips/cartilage selected, cooked in their home seasonings mixture into ginger, garlic, black bean, chili padi & celery, and finally served boiling hot in claypot will brings the rich shark’s cartilage/lips natural collagen itself with tasty salted spicy swallowed kind of eatery comes along the wonderful cartilage/lips’ soft texturing bites into mouth that you must have a try when reached Johor Bahru.
Secondly will be their famous “Claypot Curry Fish Head”, also always among the restaurant’s daily selection wanted by the locals from the beginning. Local fresh sea red snapper or grouper fish head commonly selected, cooked with their homemade curry paste (prepared in-house with nearly 10 ingredients mixture), into fresh coconut milk/santan & fresh milk, mixed with lady finger, eggplant, tomato & dried beancurd puff/taupok, and finally served boiling hot in claypot carrying the excellent smooth curry’s swallowed with nice flavours salted sour spicy combination of tasty curry fish head eatery that you will never regret after tasted here.
Another will be their special “Ginger Wine Chicken”, which also among their visitor’s selection in menus. Local fresh feeded meat chicken prepared in cutted pieces, cooked with ginger into chinese rice wine, geizhi & their home seasonings mixture, also served boiling hot in claypot toppings of crispy deep fried ginger shredded will brings the exotic smooth rice wine’s swallowed with fair appetising sour sweet best matching with chewing chicken meat’s bites texture in combination that you will neither found the same elsewhere in town here.
Nonetheless, the owners also introduced their all time favourite recommended “Fried Mali Vege” which among their authentic home-taste veges selection like by most of their customers here. Local fresh mali vege leaves simple wok-fried with garlic & chicken egg looks simple but carrying the unbelievable tasty-wok with freshness kind of fried vegetables eatery that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised Chinese Family Restaurant “Aunty Shirley Koo” at Masai, Johor Bahru on the southern nation of Johor.
AUNTY SHIRLEY KOO
Address: Block D, G08,
Jalan Jelatang 2,
Taman Cahaya Kota Puteri,
81750 Masai,
Johor.
Business Hours: 7:00am to 4:00pm (Daily)
(Closed on Wednesday)