Posted in Food, My Hometown on June 30, 2007 | 8 Comments »
When BP folks do come back to town, one of the first thing they have to eat is Ah See Wantan Mee. This business has been passed down through generations. This shop is located at Jalan Jenang, the shophouses situated behind OCBC Bank. You will never miss the signboard, its near the taxi stand.
During [...]
Posted in My Hometown on June 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Batu Pahat during its heydays was a trading post. A lot of barges used the Batu Pahat River to transport their goods to town. There are also warehouses for those rich enough to own one, to store their goods. Most of these buildings were constructed during the 1930s. This is what makes the market area [...]
Posted in Food, My Hometown on June 25, 2007 | 7 Comments »
You can see this stall when you are driving along Jalan Kluang, its located before the junction to Parit Besar. Not exactly beside the road, but a bit in the inner road.
The number of cars you can see parked in front of the stall
The first thing you see this stall is the crowd in [...]
Posted in Ideas on June 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Everyday Uses For Peanut Butter
Note: Use only regular peanut butter.Pet refusing to swallow pills?Can’t get your dog or cat to swallow a needed pill? Try this trick: Cover the pill with butter, peanut butter or cream cheese. It will go down fast!
Shave.Former senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona once shaved with peanut butter while on a [...]
Posted in Ideas on June 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Repel ants. Sprinkle Baby Powder in cracks, along a window sill, or under doors where ants enter. Ants will not walk through baby powder.
Help rubber gloves slip on easily. Sprinkle Baby Powder inside the gloves.
Give your dog a dry shampoo. Rub Baby Powder into your dog’s fur, wait a few minutes, then brush [...]
Posted in My Hometown on June 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Every Sunday Morning without fail (unless there is a heavy rain), I will be at Tasik Y for some morning exercises. Yeah I know I need to do this daily but let’s not go over there. Why is this lake called Tasik Y, it’s because it has a Y-shape last time, but due to some [...]
Posted in My Hometown on June 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The present name of ‘Batu Pahat’ means ‘chiselled stone’ in Malay. It is derived from the presence of a legendary well, Perigi Batu Pahat, which was believed to be chiselled from the rocky coast in Minyak Beku or Frozen Fuel by the Siamese soldiers in the year 1456 in search of fresh water.
You can [...]
Posted in Food, My Hometown on June 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am sure most of you will know of this shop that sells very pure fruit juices. They serve it in 3 different sizes, mainly small, middle and big cup. The cost for these are RM2, RM3 and RM5 respectively.
If you know what fruit juice to drink you just order, for the adventurous like me, [...]
Posted in Food, My Hometown on June 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I had lunch at this restaurant during the weekend, its owned by a chinese boss but the food is cooked by a Malay lady. There is no halal certification here but I dont see them serving any pork here. So for the Muslim folks who dont mind going here.
The front of the shop as seen [...]
Posted in My Hometown, Shopping on June 12, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Most Batu Pahat folks would be familiar with the name ‘Butterfly Kacang’, loosely abbreviated from the Butterfly Brand Roasted Nuts Factory.
This factory is located along Jalan Mustaffa, the small road linking Batu Pahat town with The Summit Shopping Complex. Public buses that ply the route to Summit almost always pass thru here. If you [...]
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