Best Foods in Yong Peng

Best Foods in Yong Peng

Sitting on the centre of Johor, Yong Peng is not just known with its strategic geographical location, but also the delicacies of Fuzhou. Along with a large number of migrants from Fuzhou, besides Sitiawan, Yong Peng is also referred to “Little Fuzhou”. Therefore, there is Top Five food you can’t miss when you visit Yong Peng!

1) Loh Mee

Early in the morning, the aroma of a bowl of steaming hot Loh Mee could just wake up your mind. Smooth and unique fuzhou noodles go well with egg laying gravy. Apparently, juicy Loh Mee has used to be the breakfast of locals before starting their day.

Restaurant Atap-OD would be most recommended by locals to serve you a typical taste of Loh Mee. The cook has gained more than 35 years experience in cooking kinds of noodles especially Loh Mee. Apart from that, the Loh Mee is cook freshly when being order to ensure its dampness and flavour just fine. Fried Fuzhou noodles is also their signature which well-known of its distinctive way of cooking.

2) Duck Meat Noodles

Similar to Loh Mee, duck meat noodles is usually serves with thick gravy as well. The duck has to marinate for more than one hour to ensure it absorbed the gravy thoroughly. Besides, the stallholder (Gerai Mee Daging Itik Yong Peng)has added in some Chinese herbs while preparing the gravy. As a result, a sweet and slightly bitter taste far from Loh Mee, along with tender duck meat, another delicacy you can’t resist!

The noodles are available in soup as well. Still not enough? Side orders like stew egg and tofu are highly recommended.

3) Fuzhou Biscuit

Eng Hin, one of the oldest shops in Yong Peng which established over a century ago, selling their signature Fuzhou biscuits which best represent the town. Eng Hin is the only Fuzhou biscuits producer in Johor state. Currently the shop has been passed to their third generation.

The biscuits are bake freshly every day to ensure its softness and chewy taste. There are four flavours of the most popular Fuzhou biscuits: original, oat, peanut and sesame. The secret only known by the older people, that the perfect way of serving sesame Fuzhou biscuits is to dip them into the curry sauce!

Eng Hin makes Fuzhou noodles as well. Since it has no preservatives added, the noodle is advised to be consumed within three days.

4) Fish ball Noodles

Yong Peng is Famous for their Fish Ball Noodles. So what’s makes Yong Peng fish ball so special?

Made of hundred percent of saury fish and being handmade one by one. Foodies are usually come for this elastically fish balls where it is hardly to be found in other places.

Kim Kee Restaurant serves kinds of noodles. Mihun, kuey tiaw, noodles in thick or thin and more. Just pick anything you like and choose what you’d like to comes with, soup or dry, laksa or curry. Don’t forget their signature dry curry noodles and fish cake too. They are both invented by the owner of the restaurant and very soon become the must point dishes of foodies.

5) Curry Mutton Rice (Halal)

Yay for spicy food lovers! The most popular curry mutton rice is in the town.
The owner of Restaurant Kari Kambing 40 Hari used to be a five-star hotel chef. Mr Anuar started his business after he quit his job but only become famous later on with his Nasi Arab curry mutton.
 

The mutton has no any unpleasant smell but soft and juicy, together with the appetizing nasi briyani which prepared with numbers of spices and raisins, it could definitely satisfy your tummy. But must be hurry before they have all sold out!