Makan-makan in Muar

After much long planning, I finally have a chance to visit Johor.


After a day in Seremban, I move on to my next destination, Muar. Forget Namewee and TNB in Muar, I went there for a makan-makan trip.


It’s already afternoon when I reached Muar. My lovely tour guide/course-mate/friend picked my friends and I up and head to Parit Jawa for Assam Pedas!! Hmm…I wonder how many Parit are there in the town. I saw all the places start with Parit XXXX. Haha!

Parit Jawa is a small fishing village, I guess. We can see fishing boats by the sea and we had our Assam Pedas Fish, Sotong and prawn, and the dunno-what’s-its-name fried fish in a food court near to the sea. Hmm…assam pedas is very appetizing, very delicious!! Too bad I’m allergic to seafood, couldn’t taste the sotong and prawn. Grrrrr…

Then we went for Johor’s famous Otak-otak. Otak-otak is made by fish paste with a mixture of spices, wrapped in a leaf, then grilled. It is in a fishy smell, soft and slightly spicy. Eat warm makes the Otak-otak taste better.

Anyway, after this trip, I not gonna have Otak-otak anymore for the year. Eat too much and a little bit phobia to it already lar…



Before we arrived at the popular food street Tan-Chi-Jie, I thought it will be very very crowded, but…we could only find 4 stalls!! Huh?! Why oh Why? Sigh…we visit Muar on the wrong day due to the people there is celebrating the Ghost Month and most of them do not open stalls. Ish~ disappointed!

Since our stomach is still very full, we went to Tanjung Emas for a walk. Then we went for Thai food at Long Poh Restaurant. This shop is famous for its Thai White Steamed Fish and Fried Kangkung.

(We didn’t order Thai White Steamed Fish, this is….forgot the name already)


We also tried Char Kuey Teow, cendol ice, dimsum, and many other delicious foods in Muar. Forgive me for not taking the pictures as I can’t wait to eat them!! Hehe


Along the way in Muar, I discover something special about Johor.


First, most houses have extended long TV receiving antenna on the roof. It is really long and tall till can scratch the sky!!!! I was told that this is because they wanted to get Singapore TV. Is that legal?

 Second, bus stops in Johor are designed in trishaw shape!

Third, streets in Muar town are color coded. Shops in different street are painted in its specific color like red, blue, yellow, white…etc. Don’t worry that you lost in the town! Just recognize the color.

Muar is special, isn’t it?