83000 batu pahat, johor

NON HALAL POST.

We realised that the famous Ah See’s chain of wantan mee is expanding! The other day, we ate at this outlet opposite the Chinese High School. This must be their third outlet in Batu Pahat now.

(I wonder if they will expend elsewhere. Pontian Noodles seems to have expanded all the way to Singapore now.)

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Another of Batu Pahat’s famous Bariani. Restoran Bariani Power at Taman Soga. 

Located at 18 Jalan Tukas 2, Taman Soga, it’s very popular with many. Came here after a long time of not eating their Nasi Bariani. 

The Bariani Gam Ayam.

Exposing the ‘ayam’ hidden below the rice. 
It ‘s always enjoyable eating it.  

This is the Bariani Gam Daging.

Mum seems to have enjoyed it.

Between Bariani Mohd Shah and Bariani Power, I think I prefer power’s version. It’s less oily.
Well, here’s the menu for you to try other things. 

Well, they have catering as well. Think they have a branch in Shah Alam. Anyone knows that it’s still there?

I thought I will post a photo of the McDonald’s Drive-Thru in Batu Pahat.

We did not do a Drive-Thru, only a Drive-Past the area. 

I noticed something about this photo. This Proton on the left bottom corner. The people inside must be a McDonald’s fan. He has the Big M sticker on the windscreen. I wonder if they just came out from the Drive-Thru.

I love Asam Pedas and here’s another post on Asam Pedas that taste much better than the previous post.

Have you ever wished that there’s a food place where you can just sit down, and the food will just appear in front of you. You do not want to crack your brain thinking what should I eat, hopeing that they just serve you delicious food.

Well, there’s such a stall in Batu Pahat. In a shack near the fish section of the Pasar Besar, just along a sidewalk, there’s this stall selling Asam Pedas that does exactly that. It’s always pack with people. You share the tables with others. When you spot a vacant seat, go and take a seat. After you sit down, you will notice that a plate of white rice placed in front of you. Wait for a few more seconds, a plate of Ikan Cencaru Asam Pedas appears in front of you! 

The Asam Pedas at this stall is cooked using recycled material (discarded wooden boxes). Depending on how you view it, some might say they have zero carbon footprint. They use disposed material for fuel. Others think it’s contributing to green house gases. It’s all up to you to make you own stand. But sitting down here and eating is quite a nice experience.

Mum and I sat found two empty seats at one table and sat down.  Since it was two persons, we had two fish served to us.
By default it’s Ikan Cencaru (Malay) / Torpedo Scud (English) / Ngee Ber (Hokkien). Yes, it’s cheap fish, but they taste good!

Let me warn you, be careful! It’s very hot! Don’t burn your tongue by immediately trying the sauce in your mouth! If you do, your tongue will be numb for a while and you won’t enjoy your food.

The fish’s fresh because it’s straight from the fish mongers beside them. The Asam Pedas is sour enough and spicy enough too.  It’s a tad oily, so just avoid the oil. It’s quite fragrant.

Eat it with rice and you can be quite satisfied. Two plates of rice, two fish, 2 drinks, it cost less than RM10. Can’t really remember the exact price. There are other things to eat, but I already had breakfast, so we only at the fish. (My secret quest to try out all the Asam Pedas places in BP. haha)

After having a satisfying Asam Pedas we walked into the market. Just a few steps away from the makan place, you see lots of Ikan Cencaru on metal trays for sale. Took this photo from our a fishmonger we sometimes buy fish from. He said the Nyee Ber is not so nice today. So we bought other fish instead.

So, around the Pasar Besar, I now know of 3 nice Asam Pedas places.

If you are drive past Jalan Bakau Condong, at the Kampung Merdeka junction you will see this big signboard that says Asam Pedas Mr P. The big signboard is really eye catching.

Well, one fine day, mum and I decided to give it a try to see if there’s anything to shout about. (The big sign’s always shouting to us, eat me! haha)

We parked our car along Jalan Wan Idris, just beside the house-that-turned-into-a-restaurant.
There was a few people eating the Asam Pedas on a hot Friday afternoon.

Asked if we wanted the head, body or tail, we opted for the tail of the Ikan Merah.

The verdict, the fish is not super fresh as we would have liked it will be. Also, the Asam Pedas was not sour or spicy enough for us. This version is for those who can’t take too spicy or sour stuff. We would have prefer if they had more ‘salted vegetables’ too.

This is the fried onion egg that we also ordered. A bit generous with the oil, but to cook the egg this style, I guess they have to have enough oil.

Two of us, two plates of rice, an onion egg, a fish tail and 2 drinks.
I can’t really remember the price, but from my failing memory it was a bit less than RM20.

If you want fiery and flavourful Asam Pedas, go to the one near the Pasar Besar. Come here only if you need your Asam Pedas fix at midnight where there’s none available elsewhere.