Keluang Things to Do

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Many times, you'd either buy your vegetables from the supermarkets, or if you're having a meal at the restaurant, all the vegetables would have already been prepared. But you should really make some time to see how these vegetables are grown.

It is hard work as the workers have to harvest these vegetables under searing heat. what's more, they have to do their harvesting within these greenhouse-like covering. Total killer! So learn how to enjoy your vegetables and also, know the hard work that these farmers put in for you to have food on your table.

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I was not a fan of dragon fruits and I believe that I had my first taste of it in the late 90s. I even tasted the fruit in Vietnam, possibly the world's largest producer of dragon fruits. Still, it did not rub me in a special way. But the latest batch of dragon fruit that I purchased from Zenxin Organic Farm in Kluang, Malaysia, really converted me totally.

I bought a bag of about six fruits back to Singapore at a cost of RM10, and this is the first time that I've seen dragon fruits with red flesh! So far, the flesh of these dragon fruits are more towards grey or dirty white. I understand that this is a natural colouring and what's more, the fruit was tremendously sweet!

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Why in the world did I put these two words together? Well, I visited this place where there were row after row of rubber trees. Not something out of the ordinary as Kluang or to be specific, Malaysia is known for its rubber.

My colleagues and I walked around and we learnt from our guide that the rubber tappers start work at about 5.30am as they used their carving knives to make incisions along the bark of the rubber tree. This is to ensure that the latex would not dry up as the weather is much cooler in the early morning.

After that, we visited a bakery just next to the rubber plantation and they allowed us to eat whatever we wanted, and it was really whatever! Of course you can buy whatever you want too. All the cakes were so freshly baked.

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I've heard so much about the coffee at Kluang's railway station. But have you ever wondered where do 95% of Kluang residents get their coffee from?

Well, it's all local and the coffee that even the Johor Royal family drinks this coffee - Television Brand. When I stepped into the factory, I was still wondering if this is a big company after all as I've not heard of their brand of coffee. The factory get their coffee beans from all over, Indonesia, Brazil and even the Philippines.

They then cook it with butter and sugar. The smell of coffee was something that will mersmerise even non-coffee drinkers such as me. Also, the man-effort of cooking and grinding the coffee was tremendous and was definitely an experience to behold.

Just 5 kilometres from Kluang Town is the imposing 510m high Gunung Lambak. We did not get our feet dirty thought. But from the comforts of our tour bus, we caught sight of this natural grand dame.

Our guide mentioned that this mountain is a good weekend haunt for visitors who want to have a picnic, go under the waterfall, or just to catch a whiff of fresh air.

This shop is so popular and it was featured in a tourism magazine with an article "Toast of the town".

This place is patronised by all races and people of all ages even though the boss is a Chinese.

Stop by for your coffee break at Kluang.

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Soft boil eggs are always on the menu of the local coffee shop.
You could order the traditional soft boil eggs that goes very well with the toast.

Break the eggs into the plate, add a few drops of soya sauce and some pepper, stir well and slurp the soft boil eggs down.

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The shop serves 3 different types of toasts:

Round Burger Toasts (plain), Round Burger Wholemeal Toasts and Rectangular long plain white bread.

There is something unusual about their kaya toast. They uses those buns which are just like hamburgers while we eat the normal bread charcoal toasted in Singapore.

You could chose the plain ones on the healthier whole meal bread. My choice is the whole meal bread which has a nice texture and bite to it.

Will have to try the Rectangular long pain white bread next time.