Derived from the Hainan Province in China, Hainanese Cuisine is popular across Malaysia including Johor Bahru. In this cuisine, food is less oily, lighter and the seasoning is milder unlike the cuisine of the Chinese mainland. Hainanese cuisine features a lot of seafood dishes such as those made from crab, shrimp, and freshwater and ocean fish. Some of the most famous dishes of Hainanese cuisine that you can try out when in Johor Bahru are the baozi, mantou and congee.