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I grew up on min chang kueh or Ban Chang Kueh or apam balik (a form of Chinese peanut pan cake) which is an affordable, popular snack in Malaysia and Singapore.
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This well greased and well loved push cart stall has been here in Batu Pahat for decades.
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Mr. Chai, the owner had been making min chang kueh here for 20 years and before that, his father had been running the push cart stall for 30 years.
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This humble push cart stall, unnoticed by many outside Batu Pahat, has half a century of history, wow!
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This time worn knife slicing through countless min chang kueh, silently tells the story of steadfastness and quiet determination of the push cart stall hawkers.
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These stacks of min chang kueh will disappear fast, mostly to regular customers at RM4.40 for the whole pan cake and 50 sens for a slice.
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My 50 sens slice of min chang kueh. It's quite greasy, slightly savoury, sugary, bouncy soft, and peanutly. This was the "usual" type, so it did not have the crispy edges.
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Mr. Chai will make you the skinny type of min chang kueh with the crispy edges, if you ask for it. Next time I shall ask for this type.
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The first key to a good min chang kueh is actually strong arms.
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It takes a lot of elbow grease to beat the batter to create that fluffy crust.
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The other key to good min chang kueh is a generous shower of blended oil used in the topping.
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The blended oil is poured from these plastic squeeze bottles. Other than margarine, which is the main component, the rest of the ingredients are trade secrets :P
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If you are in Batu Pahat, swing by and try Mr. Chai's min chang kueh.
Mr Chai is now here at Ta Bei Shui coffeeshop 👈 click
Another min chang kueh stall in Batu Pahat is in near by Nam Wee kopitiam run by Mr. Yaw. The two gentlemen are related.
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Restaurant name: Ta Bei Shui 大杯水 kopitiam
Address: Junction of Jalan Shahbandar and Jalan Temenggong, Batu Pahat
Map: http://goo.gl/maps/MW79J
GPS: 1.855737,102.925012
Hours: Ban Chang Kueh stall operates from 12:30pm until sold out (usually at 4:30pm)
Restaurant name: No name push cart stall
Address: At
the junction of Jalan Abu Bakar and Jalan Mohd Akil. Just outside a coffee shop
and opposite the famous Swee Kee herbal soup restaurant
Map: http://g.co/maps/hsbdr
GPS :
1.852493,102.928526
Hours:
until sold out (usually at 4)
No pork, no lard, no Halal cert
Date visited: 19 Mar 2013, 4 Oct 2014
Another min chang kueh stall in Batu Pahat is in near by Nam Wee kopitiam run by Mr. Yaw. The two gentlemen are related.
![Min Chang Kueh in Batu Pahat, Johor Min-Chang-Kueh-Batu-Pahat-Johor](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqOoktUA-jxZbpCipsdsgZ5W715393myP_Dl7Z9T8Bhwx3bC7GmlVWg0qE4u2EEg8rLCGHlkzdA_iJTRw-K6yAILwAN255q_tmBjJCNcWS_z5r90Jl6ue6XPCR_42Rl5fefiy3otGaLy3/s640/IMG_5981jk.jpg)
Restaurant name: Ta Bei Shui 大杯水 kopitiam
Address: Junction of Jalan Shahbandar and Jalan Temenggong, Batu Pahat
Map: http://goo.gl/maps/MW79J
GPS: 1.855737,102.925012
Hours: Ban Chang Kueh stall operates from 12:30pm until sold out (usually at 4:30pm)
Date visited: 19 Mar 2013, 4 Oct 2014
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