Seaside Batu Pahat is blessed with many good traditional food stalls. I travel to Batu Pahat regularly because I love the rustic streets of unadorned vintage buildings. I enjoy the hospitality of warm town folk along laid back corridors and coffee shops. There are a lot of great food in Batu (as locals call it) and this is a list of popular and famous food stalls which I have visited and liked.
Chop See Kee | 2, Jalan Jenang | 1.850412, 102.927302 | 8:30am to 9:30pm
Love it or loathe it, Ah See Kee is the most famous wanton mee in Batu Pahat. Ah See's house made egg noodles are heavy and have a slight spring to the bite. Ah See's unique sauce is sweet-savoury and has a lot of lard in the blend. The rich sauce is where most opinions between Ah See fans and others differ 😄 I like it lah 😋
Address: 2, Jalan Jenang, Batu Pahat, Johor (at the same row of shops as OCBC bank branch)
GPS: 1°51'01.5"N 102°55'38.3"E 🌐 1.850412, 102.927302
Tel: 07 438 8516
Hours: 8:30am to 9:30pm
Popiah mobile stall | Side lane along Jalan Jenang | GPS: 1.850070, 102.927244 | Brekky to lunch
This side lane fried spring roll mobile stall is one of Batu Pahat folks' best kept secrets. The well browned crackly crisp popiah skin wraps moist sweet juices, bits of tender bangkuang (Mexican turnip) and pork. Perfect snack between big meals.
Address: Side lane between Chop See Kee wanton mee and OCBC branch along Jalan Jenang, Batu Pahat, Johor
GPS: 1°51'00.2"N 102°55'38.1"E 🌐 1.850070, 102.927244
Hours: Brekky till lunch
Ramly Kopitiam | Jalan Engan | GPS: 1.849267, 102.925445| 8:00am till 12:00 noon.
Excellent satay at Ramly Kopitiam. The beef and chicken are tender, juicy and richly infused with aromatic and flavoursome spices such as cumin and lemongrass. They are charcoal grilled to a slight smokey char outside. The tasty mildly spicy peanut sauce completes this dish. Sells out early, so you have to be early.
Address: Junction of Jalan Engan and Jalan Ibrahim, Batu Pahat, Johor
GPS: 1°50'57.4"N 102°55'31.6"E 🌐 1.849267, 102.925445
Hours: 8:00am till 12:00 noon (mostly sold out by 11:00am)
Asam Pedas Mak Limah | 3, Jalan Dato' Tay Kim Peow | GPS: 1.852294, 102.925294 | 8:00am to 3:00pm (Thurs & Fri off)
I love Asam Pedas Mak Limah. The top quality Ikan Merah fish is super fresh and cooked to just the right moist tenderness. The asam pedas is a finely tuned balance of savoury-spicy-tangy flavours that accentuates the fresh fish's natural sweetness.
Address: 3, Jalan Dato' Tay Kim Peow, Batu Pahat, Johor
GPS: 1°51'08.3"N 102°55'31.1"E 🌐 1.852294, 102.925294
Hours: 8:00am to 3:00pm (Thurs & Fri off)
Tel: 016 722 0409 | 013 732 2744 | 011 1188 4788
Ta Bei Shui 大杯水 coffee shop | Jalan Penjaja 3 | GPS: 1.858453, 102.929042 | 12:30pm till 3:00pm
The meen chang kueh stall in Ta Bei Shui kopitiam serves freshly made ultra thin and crispy peanut pancakes. Inside, it is moist, coated with a greasy savoury sauce, sugar and nutty crushed peanut. Another good snack between big meals during food hunt. Buy the whole pancake, there is never too much 😄
Address: Junction of Jalan Penjaja and Jalan Penjaja 3, Kampung Pegawai, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
GPS: 1.858453, 102.929042 🌐 1°51'30.4"N 102°55'44.5"E
Tel: 012 732 0369 (no fixed off day - best to call before coming)
Hours: 12:30pm till sold out (around 3:00pm)
Akbar Cendol | 12, Jalan Engan | GPS: 1.849115, 102.925836 | 9:00am to 5:00pm.
Akbar serves a few variations of chendol with add ons like durian etc but their traditional classic chendol is still the favourite of locals. Soft "worms" of rice flour tinted light green by real pandan juice in a bowl of fresh creamy coconut milk layered with sweet palm sugar. Chendol is the best invention to ward off Malaysia's blistering tropical heat.
Address: 12, Jalan Engan, Batu Pahat, Malaysia
GPS: 1.849115, 102.925836
Nasi Baryani Mohd Shah | Kompleks Niaga Peserai, Gerai No. 14, Benteng Peserai | GPS: 1.858509,102.922218 | 8:00am to 10:00pm (Friday off)
Mohd Shah is the most famous nasi briyani stall in Batu Pahat. The mound of aromatic long grain basmati rice partly buries a chunk of tender juicy mutton rendang perfumed with spices. A splash of thick rendang gravy tops the flavoursome treat.
Address: Kompleks Niaga Peserai, Gerai No. 14, Benteng Peserai, Batu Pahat, Johor
GPS: 1.858509,102.922218
Hours: (closed on Friday)
Hours: (closed on Friday)
Soon Lai 顺来粿汁 | 6-C, Jalan Fatimah | GPS: 1.849104,102.927711 | 11:00am to 6:00pm.
Nearly 80 year old name, passionately run by the second and third generation together. The pork innards are well cleaned and done to a nice soft bounce to the bite. Braising stock is mildly savoury herbal. Eaten with soft kway or broad thin rice sheets instead of the usual slender kway teow kia of Johor Bahru. Singaporeans may wish to note that Soon Lai has braised pork blood curd 😉
Restaurant name: Kedai Makan Soon Lai 顺来粿汁
Address: 6-C, Jalan Fatimah, Batu Pahat, Johor
GPS: 1.849104,102.927711
Hours: 11:00am to 6:00pm (Thurs off)
Address: 6-C, Jalan Fatimah, Batu Pahat, Johor
GPS: 1.849104,102.927711
Hours: 11:00am to 6:00pm (Thurs off)
Kedai Makan Swee Kee | 70, Jalan Abu Bakar | GPS: 1.852606,102.928445 | 12:00pm to 8:00pm.
Swee Kee is a herbal tonic expert which serve their clean tasting, tea-like herbal soups with kampung chicken, black chicken, frog, pork and terrapin. Terrapin soup is rarely found in Johor, so it is a big bonus that Swee Kee serves a great flavourful one comparable with the best anywhere.
Address: 70, Jalan Abu Bakar, Batu Pahat, Johor
Hours:
Yong's Steamboat 海口泳池火锅 | No. 2 M/S, Jalan Minyak Beku | GPS: 1.836086,102.926128 | 6:00pm to midnight.
At Yong's Steamboat, the super fresh seafood is cooked in clean tasting clear chicken broth. The large restaurant is spacious and airy, which it makes it ideal for steamy steamboat parties 😄
Address: No. 2 M/S, Jalan Minyak Beku, Batu Pahat, Johor
GPS: 1.836086,102.926128
Tel: (+60) 07-432 3320
Hours: 6:00pm to midnight
👉 This list took me 9 years of work with the help of Batu Pahat locals and I am still updating it. Please share with me your favourites to make it better. Do come back regularly as I am adding to this list all the time 😄
Chop See Kee 👈 click
Popiah mobile stall 👈 click
Ramly Kopitiam 👈 click
Asam Pedas Mak Limah 👈 click
Meen Chang Kueh stall in Tai Bei Shui 👈 click
Akbar Chendol 👈 click
Mohd Shah Nasi Baryani 👈 click
Soon Lai Kway Chap 👈 click
Swee Kee Tonic Soups 👈 click
Ah Soon Fish Head & Pork Organ Soup 👈 click
Yong Steamboat (part of my BP food trail) 👈 click
More good food stalls and shops in Batu Pahat 👈 click
Date: 23 Jun 2017
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the listed foods are indeed " LEGENDARY " popular ones but not really the best today....as for nasi beryani and asam fish there are few better stalls around ...cheers
ReplyDeleteYes, you are right. Could you share with me your favs so that I can visit them too. Thank you :-D
DeleteGot one beriyani in Batu Pahat too named BP Beriyani Power is also good.
ReplyDeleteYes, I have them in the longer list (link at the bottom of the post). Thank you.
Deletewe missed the chendol the last trip.. gotta go again.
ReplyDeleteno problem ...drop me a mail...most happy to being you around the next visit here ;)
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