Elephant Bean 434 - 7 Dec 2012
Why you should stop at Muar, a town by the river, on the coast of the Straits of Malacca? "Food". Muar is absolutely famous for its asam pedas fish (spicy tamarind) and otak-otak (curried fish paste wrapped in banana leaves), both we didn't manage to try (unfortunately). But we went to the Muar-famous Kopi 434. I could vouch for that! We tried the "Elephant Coffee", AA Malaysian coffee beans cultivated in Johor. We're coffee lovers and indeed, it's a MUST try, so different from other local coffee we've ever tried. Uniquely rich and aromatic flavour and taste, as rich as its long history since 1953. The toasted kaya-butter bun was also near perfect. Pricing was reasonable but higher than the local coffee shops. Good ambience too. Many people would have simply overlooked or bypassed Muar, but indeed there're more than good food here. We're actually searching for the paddy fields of Sg Balang, about 30 km from Muar town. There...