Food Blog | Northern Nyonya Delight Eco Botanic

With more and more steamboats popping up in Eco Botanic, Northern Nyonya Delight Restaurant Eco Botanic is one that stands out to me as being a delicious option for students and family alike. The flavours are just … well you’ll see in the following sections.

Is it Halal?

This is a place that claims no pork, no lard - but I assume that this is usually due to the cost of actually obtaining a halal certificate. A pretty safe choice, but of course eat at your own discretion.

Where it Is

It is located in Eco Botanic (in the square surrounding EcoNest Apartments). It is on the row behind Kang Bee Hong and Quu (almost directly behind Quu) so it is on a pretty quiet row of shops.

Address: No 5 Jalan Eko Botani 3/7, Taman Eko Botani Johor Bahru

 

Operating Hours:

Daily: 11am - 9pm (Mondays off)

What it Costs

I came here for lunch with my girlfriend, but there are numerous ways to eat here. You can eat “call dishes” or “Jiao Cai” style - their signature is the Assam Fish and Kapitan Curry Chicken, whilst they also have other dishes like Oyster Sauce Bok Choy, etc.

We ordered “rice sets” - so those dishes came with their Blue Butterfly Pea Flower Rice. I had the Bean Paste Stewed Chicken with Rice (Ayam Ponteh with Nasi Biru) - RM12.90, whilst my girlfriend had Kapitan Curry Chicken with Rice (Ayam Kapitan with Nasi Biru) RM12.90.

We also had one box of Kuih (RM3.80) that you can see opposite the cashier counter as well as a Milo Ais (RM4.80) and an Iced Lemon Tea (RM3.80). This brought our lunch total to RM37.90 (Drinks are probably on the not worth side).

How it Tastes

I actually thoroughly enjoyed the food here! I won’t deny that my favourite is what my girlfriend ordered - the Kapitan Curry Chicken with rice. (Side note that you can choose whether you want the egg well done or as a sunny side up).

The Kapitan Curry Chicken packs a really robust flavour profile where you can just taste all the herbs with the first bite. It looks pretty dry, but it really isn’t and goes well with the acar (or is it rojak), so I really enjoyed that dish.

For the Ayam Ponteh, I actually have a comparison in Piringmu, which I tried a few months prior (spoiler: I wasn’t a fan). But this is really a far cry from what I had at Piringmu. This one actually packs a lot of flavour (a common theme here) - making it a really enjoyable dish.

The kuihs are pretty decent as well, so they’re worth a try as a small bite for dessert.

Star Rating

8/10. Honestly enjoyed all the dishes that I personally tried - lots of flavour is the very simple way for me to say it.