TASTE THE SIGNATURE FISH POT & HOMEMADE FISHBALL SOUP CARRIED BY “RESTORAN 98”
“Fish Pot” & “Fish Ball”, which traditionally taken frequently by the Teo Chew’s population since decade, nowadays being among the local’s favourite eatery around the nations. Here in the South, we also being successfully recognised one of the best Teo Chew style traditional Fish Pot & Fishball Soup specialist “Restoran 98” presenting their home recipe selections to the public in Johor Bahru.
Mr. Tang Boong Koy (born 1964) who originated from Selangor, together with Mr. Chen Chee Keong (born 1982) both were the founders and owners of the recommended “Restoran Super Ninety Eight 98” (Restoran 98) not only introducing their Fish Pot & Fishball Soup, but also most of their signature chinese cuisine recipes to the locals and visitors under a roof.
The restaurant’s main chef Chee Keong who at his age of 36 years old recently, initially touched the f&b industry at his teenage life under-employed as kitchen trainee in Pahang. Later sharpen his chefing experiences at his 24th of age stepped fully into chinese cuisine field in Melacca positioned as a Chef before reaching the South.
While the immediate owner cum restaurant’s chef Boong Koy, at his age of 54 years old currently, all the while having great interest in eatery & chefing began to touch the f&b industry in Kuala Lumpur in 1986 at his 22th began also as a kitchen trainee. Then running a seafood stall in Kuantan, Pahang stayed 3 years exposed in the career. With the vision to continue his exposure in f&b industry and foreseeing the market opportunity allowed Boong Koy in year 2017 bodied-up with Chee Keong, then successfully established their very owned “Restoran 98” at Taman Perling, Johor serving all their signature menus.
In Restoran 98, the owner’s first topped recommended in menus surely will be their Teo Chew style “Fish Pot”. Fresh local Red fish selected, prepared in cutted cubes, served boiled in their 4-hours boil-cooked soup base with matured chicken, then mixed into yam, veges, needle mushroom, fishball, ginger slices etc brings exellent taste of their fish pot you must try when reached Johor. Especially the fish head’s freshness and soup taste swallowed into mouth.
Secondly will be their “Signature Homemade Fishball Soup”, also among the restaurant’s daily top seller. Fresh homemade fishball made from mixtures of Xi Dao fish & Yellow-Tail fish, boiled cooked mixed with black fungus, mushrooms, glass noodles and sea clams then finally serve-boiled in claypot brings a perfect pot of fishball soup you will never regret after tasted. Especially the homemade fishball bite’s texture itself and soup tasty freshness you cannot aside.
Another will be Boong Koy’s home recipe “Kampung Style Fish Head”, which most wanted by their regulars in the restaurant. Fresh Red fish selected, prepared in cutted pieces, stir-fried 20-25 minutes with their home recipe sauce mixtures made from more than 10 ingredients, added with onions & veges really brings exotic sour and slight spicy eatery you need to taste. Appertising and their delicious “Kampung” style fried fish head also one of their famous signature almost be seen on every single table in the eating house.
Moreover, they also introduced their “Bak Kut Teh” which served in claypot. Soup base boiled at least 2 hours with 13 chinese herbals mixture, then presented on table mixed into with pork ribs, intestine, pork belly, dried beancurd sheet, veges & mushroom too among the signature favourites by the locals. “Hokkien Mee” served using rough round yellow noodles, stir-fried about 10 minutes mixed with cabbage, pork slice, fish cake and deep fried pork lard brings excellent salty wok taste you cannot missed when stepped into this recognised “Restoran 98” chinese seafood eating house at Johor Bahru.
In order to serve the market in manner, they also provide a function room which able to position to about 50 person with air-conditioned at the second level of the restaurant with prior arrangement. Lunch & Dinner occassions are mostly welcome by this “Restoran Super Ninety Eight 98”.
RESTORAN SUPER NINETY EIGHT 98
Address: No. 42,
Jalan Camar 1,
Taman Perling,
81200 Johor Bahru,
Johor.
Business Hours: 11:30pm to 12:00am (Daily)
(Closed on Monday)