Gerai Makan Botak

Address: Jalan Paya 2, Kampung Paya, Kluang
Opening hours: 7.00a.m. to 5.00p.m.

Botak’s curry noodle has a tradition of more than 60 years. The shop is decorated with various antiques and different kind of small bottles of liqueur.

The main ingredient in the curry is coconut milk, lemongrass and ground spices. The taste of lemongrass in Botak’s curry is very strong when compared with another curry. They did not use a lot of coconut milk in their curry so we would not feel too thick or greasy when eating the curry. The curry noodle is loaded with ingredients such as fried tofu, fish stick, cockles, fried tofu, sliced roasted meat and bean sprouts.

The curry noodle also served with a small plate of sambal chili sauce. The sambal chili sauce is cooked with small shrimp and it has a little salty taste which enhances the flavor of the curry noodle.

The price is affordable for one small bowl of curry noodle is RM5 while a big bowl of curry noodle costs RM6.

Restaurant Kopitiam Suria Chuan Seng

Address:  2, Jalan Indah ½, Taman Kluang Indah, 86000 Kluang, Johor.
Opening hour: 6.00a.m. to 11.00p.m. (Closed every Monday)

We found a coffee shop that serves traditional milk tea and coffee. The quality of the milk tea is quite smooth and nice. I saw the uncle who makes milk tea. At first, they put the tea powder into a jar which has a filter inside and pour hot water over it. After that, pour the tea to tradition the tea is poured into another Chinese tea pot to be mixed, then he adds two spoons of condensed milk and one spoon of evaporated milk.

We also tried the kaya butter toast. It is a well-known snack in Malaysia as it is served at every coffee shop in Malaysia. But the unique quality is that they use a traditional charcoal barbecue to grill the toast, it very rare people  nowadays are willing to have patience to cook the food this way. The taste of toast which uses the charcoal barbecue to grill smells different compared to other shops.

We also found a stall in this shop that makes curry puff pastries on the spot. The special food in this stall is otak-otak curry puff which we haven’t seen before. Otak - otak is processed seafood meat mixed with different spices. The taste of the curry puff is very crispy and not too spicy with a big chunk of filling. People who like otak-otak would surely enjoy this pastry. In a nutshell, the foods and beverage in this shop is highly recommended by us.