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Buys @ Johor, Malaysia
Johor (柔佛) offers a ton of eating options with wide varieties of local Malaysian delights, Nanyang specialties, international cuisines, etc. Apart from dining-in at the eateries, there are many things, especially food stuffs, to buy for taking home or as gifts. The list of places below is sorted according to travel distance from JB CIQ, after crossing over from Singapore via Woodlands Checkpoint.
Buys @ Johor Bahru
JB & Kulai Buy: Verbena Bakery & Pastries
Verbena's pastries are appealing, not too sweet and with nice flavours. Try its garlic bun, sweet potato bun, etc.
3 days ago
JB Buy: Bei's Pastry (鲍小贝糕点) Meat Floss Xiaobei @ Tan Hiok Nee
Bei's Pastry's different flavours of meat floss xiaobei, fruity snowy mochi and red date cake are nice.
Nov 6
JB Buy: Yummy Puffs Curry Puff & Nyonya Kueh @ JB City Square — CLOSED
Yummy Puffs's curry-potato and sardine puffs are crispy with nice flavours. Yellow ang ku kueh is good too.
Nov 5
JB Buy: Kwan Kee Store (坤记糕品) Traditional Desserts @ JB City Square
More Hong Kong street desserts from Kwan Kee Store in JB City Square — now closer to Singapore.
Oct 30
JB Buy: Nyonya Sister Nyonya Kueh & Mugwort Kueh (娘惹糕.草仔粿) @ JB City Square
Nyonya Sister's mugwort kueh (草仔粿) has dark-greenish skin with savoury fillings. Delicious.
Oct 7
JB Buy: Mister Coffee Roasted Coffee Beans @ Taman Sri Tebrau
Mister Coffee is one place to get affordable coffee beans for self-brewing. Traditional kopi available too.
Sep 26
Buys @ Kulai
JB & Kulai Buy: Verbena Bakery & Pastries
Verbena's pastries are appealing, not too sweet and with nice flavours. Try its garlic bun, sweet potato bun, etc.
3 days ago
Kulai Buy: 26 Choy Ban (26菜板) @ Taman Kulai — MOVED
26 Choy Ban's handmade choy bans, with different fillings, are popular in Kulai and tastes great too.
Oct 8
Kulai Buy: Kedai Kek Lian Pang (联邦西果屋) Traditional Cakes
Really worth it to go to Kulai to buy Lian Pang's yuanyang cake (鸳鸯蛋糕) and traditional wedding cakes.
Jul 3, 2023
Buys @ Pontian
Pontian Buy: Chai Huat Heng (再发兴饼家) Traditional Pastries @ Pontian Kechil
Teochew la piah, sun biscuit or heong peah, Chai Huat Heng's traditional pastries are not too sweet.
May 20
Pontian Buy: The Cookies Factory @ Pontian Kechil
The Cookies Factory's colourful cookies and biscottis are great gifts for festive seasons and parties.
Nov 8, 2024
Pontian See: Nictar Pineapple Park @ Pekan Nanas
Visited Nictar Pineapple Park to learn more about pineapples and also bought some pineapple products.
Nov 8, 2024
Pontian Buy: Pontian Fish Market Fresh Seafood @ Pontian Kechil
Be it to buy fresh seafood to bring home or to have seafood lunch, visit Pontian Fish Market.
Oct 15, 2024
Pontian Drink 🔞: Air Nira Kelapa (Coconut Wine) & Diamond Coconuts @ Pontian Kechil
Other than pineapple and tomato-sauce wanton noodle, try naturally fermented coconut wine too.
Oct 15, 2024
Buys @ Kluang
Kluang Buy: Tong Huat Traditional Confectionery (东发传统饼家) Mung Bean Biscuits
Tong Huat's salty mung bean biscuits are so popular that each customer is limited to 10 packs.
Sep 16, 2024
Kluang Buy: Nam Yick Food Trading (南益饼家) Shanghai Mooncakes
Nam Yick's Shanghai mooncakes are of very low sweetness level and has distinct traditional tastes.
Sep 16, 2024
Kluang Buy: Yuen Fatt Biscuit (源发饼家) Shanghai Mooncake
Yuen Fatt Biscuit's pillow-shape Shanghai mooncake is great-tasting and splendid as festive gifts.
Sep 8, 2024
Kluang Buy: Yu Kong Moon Cake (游港上海月饼) Shanghai Mooncakes
I tried all 4 flavours of Yu Kong's Shanghai mooncakes with/without yolks and like their flavours.
Sep 8, 2024
Kluang Buy: Kluang Coffee Powder Factory (居銮咖啡) Traditional Kopi
Kluang Coffee Factory is one spot in Johor that sells local-grown Liberica beans, which has unique aroma.
Apr 2, 2024
Kluang Drink 🔞: Toddy Shop @ Jalan Syed Abdul Kadir
First time trying toddy, or palm wine, in Malaysia. The low-alcohol, natural wine has a nice taste.
Apr 2, 2024
Buys @ Batu Pahat
Batu Pahat Buy: GN Food & Biscuits (满發传统手工糕饼店) Teochew La Piah
GN Food & Biscuit's Teochew la piah comes in two sizes and have different types of sweet fillings.
Jun 3
Batu Pahat Eat: Rengit Coffee by Dagan Cafe @ Jalan Rahmat
Rengit Coffee is the place to taste coffee made from elephant beans and to buy some to take home.
Sep 18, 2024
Batu Pahat Buy: Family Kedai Kek & Roti (芳邻西点蛋糕) Ogura Cake
Family Bakery's famous ogura cake, soft and with distinct flavours, is a must-buy when in Batu Pahat.
Sep 11, 2024
Batu Pahat Buy: Sin Sin Foodstuff (新新包粿食品) Ang Ku Kueh
Sin Sin sells hand-made ang ku kuehs, rice balls, nine-layer cake, etc, and native Batu Pahat products.
Jun 26, 2024
Buys @ Muar
Muar Buy: Seremban (S'ban) Siew Pow (芙蓉烧包) @ Pekan Muar
Seremban Siew Pow is the place to get traditional pastries, like siew bao, kaya puff, egg tart, etc, in Muar.
Apr 18
Muar Eat: Sai Kee Kopi 434 Cafe (才记434咖啡) @ Taman Sri Emas
Kopi 434 is a nice spot to have coffee with meals and buy coffee products on reaching or leaving Muar.
Apr 18
Muar Buy: Otak-Otak Cheng Boi (阿梅麻坡乌达) @ Taman Sri Emas
At Otak-Otak Cheng Boi, you can eat the grilled fish otak-otak or buy back other frozen flavours.
Apr 5, 2024
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