The nameless toddy shop, located along Jalan Syed Abdul Kadir, is a stone’s throw from Kluang Railway Station. It is situated within a gated premise with a big mango tree.
There are tables and benches, for drinking-in, under a steel roof and under the shades of the big mango tree — nice environment if it is not too hot.
The price list on the door of a little concrete hut shows that toddy, also referred to as “todi” or “tuak” here, is available in mug, jug or 1.5L bottle.
(I learnt later that tuak is actually a local wine made from fermenting glutinous rice and toddy is palm wine made from fermenting coconut tree’s palm sap naturally. They are different.)
The bottled wine must be consumed within 2 days or it will turn bad.
A large mug (RM6) of toddy is roughly about 500ml. It has a slight sour-fermented smell but tastes like some mild-sweet fizzy drink without bubbles. The alcohol content is not very high — probably much lesser than 3%.
However, it may be better to bring your own drinking container, or a glass for taking better photos.
If you have some spare time in Kluang, run out of things to do or have not tried toddy before, give it a go. Just one mug will not get you intoxicated — I hope.
Make sure you are of legal age to drink!
Address:
21, Jalan Syed Abdul Kadir, Kampung Masjid Lama, 86000 Kluang, Johor, Malaysia
Opening Hours:
11:30am to 4pm | Daily