Revealing the veils of Johor (Two)

Sungai Rengit, Pengerang

Few shops away from Sin Kong Restaurant, I spotted the shop selling homemade local delicacies which is well-recommended. Unlike another shop which is well-furbished, this humble little shop still remains the traditional look of the shop and the pastries as well. As a brief recommendation, there's Durian Biscuit 榴莲饼 (not exactly a biscuit, but directly traslated from Mandarin wordings), self-claimed Seremban Siew Pau 芙蓉烧包, Heong Peng / Fragrant Pastries 香饼, Tambun Biscuit 淡汶饼 etc.

I personally love the Heong Peng! The crust is well done with real thin flakes, while the layer of flakes is not to thick but totally perfect to go with the sticky malt! I always have a sweet teeth for Heong Peng, that's why I fell in love in it on the first bite. I used to eat Yee Hup Heong Peng from my parents' hometown, Ipoh whenever we travel back there. The thing I dislike about Yee Hup or any other brand's is that the crust is way too thick and not as flaky. I always have to peel the excess crust away.

For the Heong Peng, it's RM 10 per packet. Though it's slightly more expensive, but I will say it worth the money for such a good Heong Peng. And also the Heong Peng are directly fresh from the oven when we bought it!

Those in the packets are Heong Peng.

Durian Biscuits

Later on, we set out to explore around the town. 

The landmark of Sg Rengit : An enormous lobster!

Look what we found! It's a replication of the Lego mural as a sticker, but the policeman sticker was missing :(

This was the original mural! Sadly it was removed as the local authority claimed that the graffiti on the street wall was not acceptable while some of the leaders said that the mural would portray a bad image of Johor where the crime rate was always on a deplorable state. To read more about this, feel free to surf this web.

Picture credits to The Malay Mail Online

My dad decided to drove further up from Sg Rengit and went to an actual fishing village where the fishermen were drying their nets. According to the fishermen there, that place was called Da Wan 大湾. We were lucky enough to meet a fisherman who was ready to set out to sea. He welcomed us to purchase seafood from him on certain dates based on the lunar calendar when they will have a good catch and fill their boats with all the fresh seafood.

 -- The End for Sg Rengit Day Trip --

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