Roasted Chestnut King of Batu Pahat
Introducing the Roasted Chestnut King of Batu Pahat. Well, you should be honoured that when you arrive in Batu Pahat taking the bus, you get to see the Chestnut King.
His little stall is located right outside of Eng Motor, one of the first motorcycle dealer in Batu Pahat. It’s located along Jalan Soga. On the right of Courts Mammoth.
This is the man. People call him Ah Chiang. Tell him you saw him on the website, maybe he might give you an extra chestnut or two. 
Where are the chestnuts? Well, if you see from the first picture, there’s these black bags. These are where the roasted chestnuts are kept warm.
The warm chestnuts. You know why many people in town likes his chestnuts?
His chestnuts are roasted from the raw nuts all the way till they are done. In some places, they boil them first and then roast it in the final stages before selling. But for this guy’s, it’s roasting all the way.
The next time, you arrive in BP or waiting for the bus to go back home, drop by and grab some chestnuts from him.
Chestnuts are called Buah Berangan in Malay. People usually call it “Gao Lat” in Hokkien.
He opens his stall around 9 am in the morning. He closes at around late evening maybe 6 plus.
During weekends, his stall closes at around 9 pm or if they are all sold out.
is that the “gao lat” so expensive 1?
1kg rm20…
Ohhh, the aroma….
I might be a downunder ‘gao lat’ man when I pencen. Chestnuts are cheep-cheep here; you can even pick them from some parks during summer.
It’s expensive because no one grows ‘gao lat’ here, most of them are picked from the jungle and hence the high price you pay for it. Its the same as petai.
if you have it in Hungary, 1 gao lat cost RM1. that’s expensive.
I told him I saw the pictures in this website, I got 2 free chestnuts. =p
But anyway, he has been in this trade for 40 years. His chestnuts are special because
1. they do not stick to your hand
2. they do not stain your hand
Unlike other competitors stalls, those do stick to your hand and leaving ur hand with brown stains.
He also mentioned most of his older friends who sold chestnuts have gone to a better place, he is considered the younger generation.
like that…maybe next time back bp must go n buy~~~i noe the fragrance but never try
Only 2 pcs free??? I dont think I will tell him about the website thing la…. hehe…
Actually even without telling him about the website thing, he will still give you 2 pcs to try out b4 buying.
ic… complimentary pcs….
This morning, I saw the chestnut king’s stall at Jln Rugayah in front of The Store supermarket. I believe that 1st shift is at Jln Rugayah and 2nd shift is at Jln Soga.
how the heck to fry the chestnuts aaa? i’m in ho chi minh and they sell raw chestnuts..ok la..not that expensive..but now i have no idea how to fry it..anyone care to tell? or maybe ask the chestnut king for me pretty please? huhu..
The really fragrant chestnuts are fried with coffee seeds. But most people in china uses sand mix with plain sugar syrup.
Kopi seeds make the chestnuts more fragrant. There’s a ‘secret’ to roasting chestnuts; always make sure the sand-kopi-sugar mixture is not too hot. Otherwise, the chestnuts will explode!! This can also be rectified by making a small incision on the chestnut so that hot-air can escape. I had a bad experience of chestnuts exploding. It was worst than fire crackers!!
Ouch!! But that only happens when u try to fry it from raw to cooked. Some people opted to have it steamed half cooked before frying to prevent the explosion of chestnuts. The disadvantage of this is the nuts wont be as fragrant as you want it to be, cause after steaming you have the cooking time shorterned thus not enough time for the coffee flavour to seep in.
where can i find a chesnut supplier? can anyone give me complete address & phone number of the supplier?