Nice place to drink some beers @ Beer Channel

I've noticed Beer Channel a couple of times in our drive to Gelang Patah. Bright lights always attract me :) We decided to check out this joint and have beers to relax for the evening.

We ordered 1 pine of Strongbow (not exactly beer but that's what I felt like having) and 1 pine of Carslberg. Ian also ordered chicken chop for his dinner which was quite good. Overall, the 2 beers & chicken chop cost ~RM55. The atmosphere was nice and relaxing. We'll definitely go back for more. Unfortunately I don't have the exact street address and I can't find it on the web, but this place is located between East Ledang and Gelang Patah. It's in an industrial shop houses complex.

Cheap carwash in Gelang Patah

If you're ever looking for a good and cheap (I'm talking RM10!!!) carwash, look no further than this small "shop" in Gelang Patah. There's no name to the "shop" and the reason I'm calling it a "shop" is because it's just a local house with an area for washing cars & bikes.

Here's my best attempt to point you to this place:
- If you're coming from Tuas 2nd link, Gelang Patah exit from Lebuhraya highway
- Drive straight until you are at a T-junction (you'll see a big globe) and turn left
- Drive straight pass few traffic lights until you arrive at another t-junction (facing the SG-Johor bus terminal) and you see Shell petrol station, turn right
- Drive past popular seafood restaurant Tian Lai on your left until you see Kedai Runcit Zufanas and a sign for "Car Wash Cat Kereta" then turn left into the "shop"

Food - Chapter II

Restaurant Ah Koong

This place is a fishball paradise for fishball lovers like me. You can choose from fishball in soup, fishball noodle, slice fish, fried fish cake, fish fish fish and more fish dishes.

Here's a picture of their menu:


Here's a rundown of what we tried:

Laksa, fried fish cake and mix fish ball kway teow soup:


You can find the list of branches in their website: http://www.ahkoong.com/contact.asp

Overall: I really like the fishball kwayteow soup which includes cooked oyster, fish maw, fishball & more. The laksa didn't do it for me though. The portion is quite big and is very filling. I cannot remember the total cost of the meal, but it's definitely very reasonable and worth going back for.



Hawker Centre at Johor Jaya

Unfortunately, I cannot remember where this place is exactly located. It's not too far from Tebrau City. I think it is located near to Jalan Dedap, Johor Bahru, 81100, Taman Johor Jaya, which is around 30 minutes drive from East Ledang.

There's an area with night hawker market which is like Singapore's Lau Pa Sat in the evening.



I ordered otah(otak-otak), claypot rice and shared my friend's Zhu Jiao Chu (pork leg stewed in vinegar).

Overall: I like the otah best (though Indonesian otak-otak is still the best :), followed by the pork leg stew which has interesting nice taste. The meal is super cheap. There are so many stalls to choose from, so it's definitely worth going back.



Night market at Gelang Patah

We stumled across this night market which I think is on every Tuesday night. This place is located just 10 minutes from East Ledang.

There are lots of stalls ranging from clothing, variety of food, drinks, toys, fish market, dried fish products to bags. I found this site which has plotted the coordinates of this location (I'm not 100% sure though): http://wikimapia.org/12788246/Gelang-Patah-Night-market

Some pictures I took:



Overall: This place is so close to our place, so I love it :). We walked around for about 15-20 minutes and tried quite a few type of food and this is my favourite (reminds me of my hometown food):


Price is super cheap - each meal ranging from 2 to 4 Ringgit generally. We'll definitely be going back again.