Looking for activities to do on a weekend? With our new series, we aim to create itineraries that you’d be able to follow wholesale, for a whole lot of fun!
In this first instalment, we take a short hop across the border for some food, shopping and karting fun!
Dim Sum Brunch at Restoran Gim Cheng
Want to fill your bellies with scrumptious Dim Sum at affordable prices? You should check out Restoran Gim Cheng. It is a mere 16 kilometre drive from Woodlands Checkpoint, and is well worth the drive even if you decide to not partake in the activities mentioned below.
Restoran Gim Cheng is delightfully old school, with most of their menu items being roughly shaped, a clear indication of being prepared by hand. The dishes served are also not overpowered by excessive seasoning, allow the ingredients to shine through, with perhaps even an old school flavour.
Restoran Gim Cheng
Address: 2, 2, 1, Jalan Sagu 36, Taman Daya, 81100 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Opening Hours: Daily 7am to 1pm, Closed on Wednesdays
Shop to Your Heart’s Content at Sunway Big Box
There’ll be something for everyone at Sunway Big Box. It is the first of its kind retail park in Malaysia, which features big warehouse concept stores in an open-air strip mall environment.
Opened in December 2019, this modern facility has over 100 outlets, as well as an attached hotel. It also has its own X-treme Park, with activities such as ATVs, Pocket Bike Rides and even Paintball!
Sunway Big Box
Address: Pusat Komersial Sunway Marketplace, Persiaran Medini 5, Sunway City, 79250 Iskandar Puteri, Johor, Malaysia
Opening Hours: Daily 10 am to 10 pm
Channel Your Inner Max Verstappen at RUD Karting
RUD Karting’s layout offers something that none of our local tracks offer. With wide track widths and big swooping corners, it allows drivers to actually carry some proper momentum as they set about chasing their quick laps.
Basic karts start at RM55 per session, whilst Stage 1 Karts tickets are at RM75 per session. RUD offers a combo for the latter, at just RM195 for three sessions. Faster karts are available, with the Super and Ultra Stage karts going for RM350 and RM450 for three sessions respectively.
RUD Karting Medini
Address: PTD 200284, Persiaran Medini Sentral 6, Bandar Medini Iskandar, 79250 Iskandar Puteri, Johor, Malaysia
Opening Hours: Daily 11 am to 2 am
Have Your Fun JB Day Out!
We’ve compiled all three locations into an easy-to-follow map, as attached below. We hope you have fun on your JB day out, and do let us know if there are other places that you’d recommend too!
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