A Trip to Malacca continues

PARIT JAWA fishing port. Look at the traditional Malay boats that are parked and tied to the stilts.

Ah hah..we manage to continue the Trip to Malacca....

Well from Perigi Hang Tuah, I persuade my wife to take the old road back to Benut, before return to Singapore. By following this route, we are not going by the usual route via the North-South Highway, but via minor main road along the coast line of Straits of Malacca.

Along the way, we passed like a breezr thru the famous Umbai and Serkam seafood and Ikan bakar food centres. Then we came near Rambai where my wife saw a goreng pisang stall across the other side of the road. I made an impulse U-turn instead of stopping by the roadside.

The goreng pisang were very crispy and delicious, but it is not easy to make a U-turn from the other side, because of the bridge repair work. I decided to take a risk of plying the deserted narrow village road by turning left.

We drove for quite a while and my wife was quite worried if there no thru road back to the main road. From my previous experience of village roads, I am confident there is a breakthru. I ept cool. After about 15 minutes we found the next left turn and then next left turn back to the main road for sanother 15 minutes. Finally we were back on track heading south of the Malaysian peninsula towards Johore Bahru.

Then I felt hungry and was looking forward to stop by any eating stall, but, they were not opened yet. I gave up and began to speed up and discovered that I have missed the coastal road and was diverted into a new 2 lanes semi-highway from Muar to Batu Pahat.

I pressed stone at my stomach and sped up hoping to meet the next town where there eating stalls again. The higway was quite a long one but the condition was uneven, that I could not go more than 80, otherwise it will be too bumpy for my dear wife, who was sleepy all the way.

Finally at about 12:45 we reached Parit Jawa. As you can see in the photos above, it is a coastal town at the river mouth merging into Malacca Straits. At a wide bend, I saw the sign board "Asam Pedas" with a right arrow. I made another impulsive turn into the right and found the Asam Pedas paradise.

My watery mouth sensed that Mak Ngah Asam Pedas must be good, and I pulled my wife to the seat. We immediately call for Asam Pedas with 2 kind of fish. One cutlet of stingray and 1 cutlet of Ikan Mayo (cat fish), some cabbage, and of course sambal belachan.

I enjoyed it though it was not to my wife's taste. I slurped the 2 dishes of asam pedas gravy. I ended the lunch with "Ali Jaga", local Malaysian coffee with milk and herbs which was known to be more effective than Viagra. The root herb is called "Tongkat Ali". I must recommend my male friends to try "Ali Jaga" coffee with milk, I felt that it do give some strong effects.

I hope to continue this trip to Batu Pahat....