Yeen Lai Restaurant (云来点心楼) (N1.66189 E103.60180) is located along the main road of Kulai town. It's one of the oldest shop at Kulai and so do the history started since about 30 years ago...the name of 'Yeen Lai' is well known as 'Yun Lai (云来)' within Johor Bahru, because of their franchises flooded everywhere... even in Bukit Gambir, the upper north of Johor state.
Yeen Lai Restaurant 云来点心楼
According to the local, this was where the famous Yun Lai (云来点心楼) originated and it's the first historical shop of the business...nowadays, the name of Yun Lai spread every corner of Johor Bahru...
We visited the restaurant around noon time, it was not crowded...the dim sum business is handling by group of foreign workers except the cashier. We found out the production of the dim sum had moved to further up 21 miles at Kulai town, and the dim sum are transported every day to this 'old' shop to keep the freshness of the food.
We ordered the chicken feet, Siew Mai (烧卖) and Char Siew Bao (叉烧包). Overall good!
Chicken feet
Siew Mai (烧卖)
Char Siew Bao (叉烧包)
The chicken feet were a bit special on the springy skin, the tiny bones were not messy dropping...Siew Mai was average and the Char Siew Bao was tender on the outer side, juicy and tasty inside, it was one of the nice char siew bao I had within JB and Kulai.
Price was reasonable and worth the second visit.
The only disadvantage is the shop too close to the main road that makes you cannot enjoy the dim sum peacefully, but I guess it became the 'culture' of this dim sum restaurant where the customers won't bother about it anymore...
Restoran Yeen Lai 云来点心楼 （古来）
Jalan Kulai Besar (next to Kulai Centre Point)
Kulaijaya, Johor.
Business hour : 7am - 12am
Close on alternate Wednesday
Kulaijaya, Johor.
Business hour : 7am - 12am
Close on alternate Wednesday
GPS Coordinates : (N1.66189 E103.60180)