Uber

Uber are connecting private riders to users with a slick smart phone app.

Now getting quite established in Johor Bahru as more drivers enter the pool, their aggressive pricing makes them one of the cheapest transport options by car available locally.

Era Sarikan Salvage Building Materials

Era Sarikan Hardware Enterpise is a salvage resource for used timber, doors, windows, glass, zinc and metal grills. Less expensive than new and often with the advantage of being slightly higher quality.

Located at:
No. 2 Jalan Besar, Kg Ulu PUlai, 81550 Gelang Patah, Johor.
012 770, 014 7758122

Sangkaya

Dairy milk products like ice cream are one of the least environmentally friendly foods we can consume with the added complication of inhumane conditions for the animals used. Local Malaysian company Sangkaya easily navigates around those issues with their delicious coconut milk based offerings, now being served in their new shops in Johor Bahru - one on Jalan Dhoby and a new one in Mount Austin.

In a perfect world, those coconuts would also be locally sourced - they're currently from Thailand but the owners say they want to eventually source their main ingredient from their own local plantations. Its a small gripe in context of what they are supporting: non dairy, fairly locally sourced, all local Malaysian staff - and of course it champions a classic local ingredient - coconut.

We love their contemporary, innovative, local centric and sustainable direction - so if you want a relatively guilt free indulgence we recommend them as the best and most sustainable choice in an exploding artisanal ice cream scene in the city.