Midnight Chicken Rice

Have you ever feel hungry during midnight? Here, the chicken rice that only sells during midnight will be your best choice. It is a common chicken rice stall that sells chicken rice as the others sell in Kluang, Johor. The trait of this chicken rice stall is that it only operates during midnight!

The business is built up by a married couple that has experiences in this aspect for over 30 years. Other than rice with chicken, they also sell pork with different cooking methods such as the roasted pork and steamed barbeque pork. We can choose the body parts that we want and unlimited mix of different meat available with different charges accordingly.

The stall is located at an open air space just besides to an open air basketball court in Kampung Paya, Kluang. Their feature by operating during midnight has attracted many young people to visit and buy this significant midnight meal. There are also people from outstations that are willing to travel all the way to Kluang in order to have a try on it. There are also customers that keep returning to purchase the midnight chicken rice although they need to travel for some distances.

Besides, the midnight chicken rice is delicious and will make you feel want to eat again and again. They also sell at a reasonable price which is affordable for majority people.

One of those that we have ordered is the steamed barbecue pork mixed with roasted chicken.

We also ordered the roasted chicken mixed with roasted pork.

Both of these are quite famous and are actually the signature of the Midnight Chicken Rice stall. The operation hours are as follows:

Monday           12–7AM

Tuesday           12–7AM

Wednesday      12–7AM

Thursday         Closed

Friday              12–7AM

Saturday          12–7AM

Sunday             Closed

The location of the stall is at 167, Jalan Paya 3/2, Kampung Paya, 86000 Kluang, Johor.

Gunung Lambak

Kluang is a district located in Johor while the Gunung Lambak is one of the symbols of Kluang, Johor. It is a recreational forest where you can have activities such as mountain climbing, picnic, having fun at the water park and enjoy scenery of the nature there.

It is like a combination of two mountains so there are two summits which are the North Hill and the South Hill. Therefore, there are two different pathways for you to choose. Besides, you are able to choose whether you prefer the concrete path or the 100% jungle track but both paths are having the same starting point. If you are not familiar with the route of jungle track, then you are not encouraged to explore it alone.

As the first attempt to Gunung Lambak, we have chosen to climb the North Hill and challenge the 100% jungle track.

This is the big signboard of Gunung Lambak at the middle hill. At the middle hill, you can see people doing some stretching exercises and the elderlies chit-chatting or playing chess around here as there are stone tables and chairs available here.

It is also being beautified with nice decorations around the nature environment here such as the ponds.

It is quite challenging along the whole journey as it is 100% jungle track and we were not practiced to climb this kind of pathways. Some of the land are loosening and is slippery after the overnight rain, so we have to step on the firm land or tree roots in order to go ahead. As it is a nature hill, the land is rugged. Sometimes it is even hard to step up to the land that exceeds your height is able to reach.

For safety purpose, there are firm ropes for the climbers along the way where there are high slopes. We have to leverage on the ropes to move on as it is extremely dangerous if you did not rely on the ropes where gravity will cause to fall and roll down from the hill.

However, the view along the way is nice and we can feel the atmosphere of nature and the natural wind and air that you have no chances to get from developed town area.

We took nearly 2 hours to reach to the top of the North Hill. There is a signboard at the peak showing that Gunung Lambak has a height of 510m which equals to 1673ft from the sea level.

The scenery at the top of the hill is amazed where you are able to enjoy the outlook of Kluang and found everything buildings are to be seemed that small from the height.

There are lots of monkeys gathered around at the top of the forest. Some of the monkeys are big and strong and you should be aware if you have food with you.

We took another route to go down from the hill and we passed by a hanging bridge which is one of the significant features at the Gunung Lambak. Finally we were back to the starting point by spending around 3 and half hours for the whole journey. It is a nice experience where you must give a try when visit to Kluang.

Location: Jalan Hutan Lipur, Kampung Dato Abdul Rahman Yassin, 86000 Kluang, Johor Darul Ta’zim.

Lim Sz Chong Su Temple (天后宫妈祖庙)

If you would like to pray for blessing, the Lim Sz Chong Su Temple is one of the well-known temples in Batu Pahat. The Lim Sz Chong Su Temple is also known as the ‘Ma Zor Keng’ which is from the pronunciation of Hokkien and it is written as 妈祖庙 in Mandarin. ‘Ma Zor’ is one of the Gods in Buddhist and ‘Keng’ means the temple in Hokkien.

Although it is a small temple, but it is very popular and many people from outstations will visit here. This temple has been operating since the year of 1932 which lasts for 85 years until today. Every late night of the Lunar Chinese New Year’s Eve, this temple will be fully occupied where people will be waiting for 12am of the New Year’s first day where we called that Chor 1 (大年初一) to be the first person that stick the incense stick onto the censer. This custom is handed down from generation to generation where people believe that the first person that sticks the incense onto the censer will be blessed.

People believe this ‘Ma Zor Keng’ is very efficacious with things you pray for. Therefore, normally when the important exams are around the corner, many parents will bring their children to pray at this temple. We have the custom here which is to bend down and walk through the ‘tunnel’ under the cabinet that places the Gods statues for three rounds and you will be blessed.

This is the counter that sells joss paper, incense sticks, joss candles and so on. The first thing here is that you are suggested to buy anyone of these for prayer use however it isn’t a must to buy, it depends on individual. The simplest will be the incense stick only and all these cost only few Ringgits for each.

Then you will have to pray using the incense sticks according to the sequence there. Normally, people will speak from the bottom of heart on what they want to pray for to the God and believe that God will be able to know what we pray for.

If you did buy the joss paper, then you will have to burn it at the burner after praying with the incense sticks. There is a huge burner provided.

After all the prayer had done, you can have a visit at the wish pond with lots of tortoises in it. To make a wish, what you need is a coin regardless the amount, and you make a wish towards the pond and lastly toss the coin into the gold ingot at the center.

Besides, this is the place where they place the ancestors memorial tablets of the ‘Lim Sz’ which means the ancestors of people with the surname of ‘Lim’ or 林 in Mandarin. As this temple is actually belongs to the ‘Lim Sz’ where it called the Lim Sz Chong Su Temple.

Location: No. 3, Jalan Fatimah, 83000 Batu Pahat, Johor, Johor, Malaysia.

It is open for people to visit every day from 7am to 9pm. While every 1^st and 15^th day of the month according to the Lunar calendar, it will open start from 6am to 9pm.

However, the admin office for the temple operates from Monday to Saturday from 9am to 5pm.

Contact number: 07-4343242

Official website: www.limbp.org

Batu Pahat Old Street Commercial Centre (OSCC)

The Old Street Commercial Centre is latest popular attraction in Batu Pahat currently.

It is a 3-storey building with white color and lights as its theme. It looks spectacular during the daytime.

While during night time, it has numerous of lights will be lighted up brightly and glamorous.

The distinguish feature of the OSCC is the Skypark. However, pets are not allowed here.

Up there at the Skypark, people are able to enjoy natural wind while enjoying their food or drinks as it is an open air area. There are many spots around the Skypark that allow customers to take photos. They often change the design there so that people will not feel bored when they visit there repeatedly and at the same time they have new spots to take photos.

One of the significant drinks at the Skypark is the mocktail with candy floss on top of it. You should give it a try!

Besides, it has a few small shops that have their appearance in cartoon theme such as the Minion and Mickey Mouse. These small shops sell different things separately which includes Gelato ice cream, fresh fruit juice and toys store. There are tables and seats in front of those shops provided for customers to dine in as the small shops have no dining tables. Skypark is only available during the night time as it will be very hot and no one will visit here due to the open air concept.

However, there are many other shops available during daytime such as Subway, K Fry, Continue Café, boutiques, salon and many more. So there are no worries if you prefer to have meals or hangout with family and friends during the daytime. There are different kinds of options available for you to choose. If you are looking for health activities, there is a Zumba Dance Academy and even a gym studio at the rooftop! You won’t want to miss any of it.

Other than that, street arts are available here too! Although only few of it, but it is still keep on increasing.

OSCC is located at Jalan Parit Besar, 83000 Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia. It operates from 10am to 11pm every day however time will be different of each and every one of the shops there. While the contact number for OSCC is +60 13-666 5800.

Pantai Minyak Beku

Pantai Minyak Beku is also known as the Frozen Oil Village when translate it into English and it is the seaside of Minyak Beku. Minyak Beku is also part of Batu Pahat as mentioned at above where it is the place the well of Batu Pahat is located.

It is a nice place to go for a walk and you can feel the sea breeze. It makes people feel relaxed and temporary away from the hectic city life. There are some fishing enthusiasts love to go fishing at the Pantai Minyak Beku and all the enthusiasts there will interact with each other regardless their races and religions. This is where it shows the beauty side of people in Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia.

The seawater here is very clean and clear where you are able to get fresh air. The scenery and sea view here are very beautiful and you will be amazed by the boundless ocean that seems it is seamless between the sky and the sea. It is a great place to enjoy the view of sunrise and sunset.

Some families will have picnic beside the seaside and even go swimming at the shore as the seawater is really clean. While some of the children will cycling around or fly their kites here where there has larger wind at the seaside.

There are few Malay food stalls at the seaside, so you don’t need to worry if you are hungry when you reach here. It takes you about 20 minutes to travel from the town area of Batu Pahat to Pantai Minyak Beku.

Location: Jalan Minyak Beku, 83000 Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia.

Dataran Batu Pahat

Dataran Batu Pahat is the landmark of Batu Pahat. It is also known as the plaza of Batu Pahat. The symbol is the statue of the Batu and Pahat, where it has its meaning in Malay.

The name of Batu Pahat comes from the Malay language, where ‘batu’ means the rock and ‘pahat’ means the chisel. From the significant statue we can see a pair of hands using a chisel to tap on the rock. According to the history, the origin of the name of Batu Pahat comes from a well at the Minyak Beku, which is located in Batu Pahat. Simply, during the period where the Siamese attacked Malacca, the Siamese stopped over Minyak Beku after retreating and they chiseled a big rock to obtain fresh water. This forms the whole district named Batu Pahat.

Nowadays, the Dataran Batu Pahat has become a place where people spend their leisure time with family and friends. Several activities are organized at here annually such as the New Year countdown, the Lunar Chinese New Year procession, Malaysia Independence Day parade and many more. As it has a very wide open space and normally a temporary stage will be set up in the middle of the plaza.

It has a very nice view during night time where it is decorated with kinds of lightings and it was being beautified last month. Almost every night time, there are families bring along their children to gather and play around here.

The bubble activity is one the most popular games among the children here. They will compete among each other to form the biggest bubble. At the same time, these kids make new friends which are a lot precious where they know each other face-to-face and are away from electronic devices. As nowadays people rely on their smartphones or laptops almost all the time and their communication in reality is getting lesser and lesser. While this is a great opportunity where people gets to talk and communicate with each other without neglecting the human feelings around us.

Besides, there is a large field right beside the Dataran Batu Pahat. It is big enough for people to play football here. There are parents that like to play the mini football together with their children at here. It is a nice activity where parents are able to cultivate the parent-child relationships by spending time with their children after the whole working day.

As it is an open area so anyone can use the space around here as long as the activities are legal. Sometimes, you are able to see people with their music band having their practice session here to prepare for their upcoming shows. There are also people that take their hobby to provide volunteer performances to the audience here for entertainment purpose.

Music band performances

Furthermore, there is a big clock tower within the Dataran Batu Pahat. There are many street vendors along the roadside just beside the clock tower. They sell food and beverages, clothing, souvenirs and many more. There are lighting decorations along the road too.

Opposite of the street vendor is an official size football field which is also the Stadium of Batu Pahat. In the field sports are often organized at the stadium. Other than football games, some of the schools that have insufficient spaces within the school area will also run their sports day at the Stadium Batu Pahat.

The Dataran Batu Pahat is located at Jalan Rahmat, Kampung Bahagia, 83000 Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia. 

Keng Guan Hiang

Keng Guan Hiang is a Chinese tradition bakery shop in Batu Pahat where it sells self-made tradition cakes without any preservatives or colourings.

The most popular and delicious cake that you can get from Keng Guan Hiang is their pandan cake. ‘Pandan’ is a tropical plant which is also named as the screwpine. It is used as natural flavoring to produce cake with pandan flavor without any addition chemical flavorings and so the cake is in light green color. Therefore, the pandan cake will have faint pandan scent and it taste slightly sweet. You will desire to eat more once you have tried it.

Pandan Cake

Other than pandan cake, there are also some other significant cakes that you should try such as raisin cake and marble cake. Not only the pandan cake, the other hand-made cakes are also organic and have no preservatives or chemical substances.

Raisin Cake

Different type of cakes with different price tags

Besides the round cakes, they also provide tradition cupcakes where normally people will order from them in large quantity as their children’s full moon gift box. The cupcakes are mainly made from butter.

Cupcakes

All of their hand-made products are produces in small amount except for certain special orders. This is to make sure the freshness of their cakes and they never keep leftovers.

Other than their self-made cakes, they also sell some other Chinese tradition biscuits and pastries. For example, the red bean cakes which is also known as the Tau Sha Piah, toasted horse hoof cake, green bean pastry and so on.

It is located at 60, Jalan Sultanah, 83000 Batu Pahat, Johor Malaysia.

Contact number: +607-4316255