Best Ice Kacang in Johor Bahru (JB)

School bell might sound like reindeer bells if there is a renowned Ice Kacang stall just a stone’s throw away. For decades, this joint is habitually swamped with students to gobble down their luscious thirst quencher.  The icy mount is coated with rich syrups, red beans, attap seeds, corns and ladled with homemade thick and tantalising chocolate syrup. Chocolate lovers would completely relish each and every spoonful. 

Befitting the idiom - moths to a flame, this humble joint is teeming with patrons who are yearning to prod down a chock-full bowl of shaved ice topped with sweet syrups, grass jellies, creamy corn, red beans and a scoop of melting ice cream, then showered with chocolate syrup and roasted nuts. Shove your spoon through the drool-inducing dessert, get a little bit of every element for a mouthful of texture and taste. 

Among the pioneers to the Johor dessert scene, Yong Yong Dessert Restaurant needs no introduction to true blue Johoreans. Upon entering this modest joint be amazed by the fame of their Ice Kacang and grab yourself a bowl. The finely shaved iceberg is copiously covered with rich chocolate concoction, where a spoonful of red beans and creamy corn sits beneath and scoop of vanilla ice cream sits at the summit. The treacly chocolate and ice cream seeps through the icy treat, mellowing both flavours to a bumper hit at each bite.

More than 30 years and the bustling crowd have never encountered a dip in quality of their mouthwatering bowl of Ice Kacang. Pan your sight from top to bottom, it’s a true beauty that amps up your salivation. The icy mount is generously drenched with syrups, evaporated milk, red beans, grass jellies, sweet corn, rich chocolate syrup and encrusted with chopped nuts. Abundance of flavour and texture, you’ll be grinning till the final slurp of the bowl. Breathing new life into Ice Kacang, you can also opt with mango ice and fruit cocktail jelly. 

This long stretched food court is where locals gather with like-minded buddies and scarf down a scrumptious spread of Malaysian delights. A common rule to live by here is leaving some space for dessert, where a humble stall is churning out splendid Ice Kacang. A mound of icy goodness is covered with evaporated milk, lashings of syrups, chocolate concoction and a dollop of red bean and creamy corn. Just chomp down the dessert while watching the world go by in a soothing ambience.  

Perhaps the hottest joint in Johor to nab a bowl of Ice Kacang, as this crowd-rousing stall is right beside Johor Bahru’s fire station. Adhering to night owls’ prayers, Awiet Corner shuts the door at 2am, therefore, time and Ice Kacang is always on your side. Finely shaved ice lusciously laminated with chocolate and strawberry syrup and garnished with red beans, grass jellies and attap seeds planted right beneath. If you crave for change, grab their mango and sago version, another top seller.