Jalan Chui Yin Night Stalls

Jalan Chui Yin Night Stalls

Jalan Chui Yin

28700 Bentong

(Coordinates: E101° 54' 25.1" N3° 31' 23.6")

Right after Koay’s we made a short journey north to the neighbouring town of Bentong, in Pahang to pay my parents a visit. After saying our hellos, we headed down to Bentong town where my sister Virginia booked us into a brand spanking new hotel, the EV World Hotel.

brand spanking new

the 'dust' had hardly settled

our room

quaint and cosy (Brendan had a room to himself next door)

Checked in and settled down, we decided to explore this sleepy town to see what it had in store, food-wise. We stumbled upon a night market along Jalan Chui Yin where we found a stall selling soybean milk. Walking further down we found a roadside stall selling the local delicacy, Yong Tau Foo (stuffed bean curd) combined with an assortment of glutinous rice and noodles.

this was how you secured your premises way back when

lovely soybean milk

Brendan had some homemade jelly too

glorious roadside food

can you see what's cookin'?

Cat's suitably excited

homemade glutinous rice

Brendan had the glutinous rice with fried fish cakes; Cat tried an assortment of Yong Tau Foo with fried noodles while I had my assortment of Yong Tau Foo with the same glutinous rice as Brendan. For beverages (even right after having a round of soybean milk) we tried the local herbal tea which is quite unlike what we’re used to have in Kuala Lumpur.

Brendan's glutinous rice with fried fish cakes

Cat's yong tau foo with soy-fried noodles

my glutinous rice with yong tau foo

roadside food frenzy

uniquely Bentong herbal tea

The verdict? Roadside food never tasted this good! We suppose it’s due in part to the good clear fresh air that Bentong has in abundance, and in part due to the fact that it appears pretty much homemade. And with it all weighing in at under RM20, we had little complaints in the ‘damage’ department.

what's in store the next time we come here

We’ll definitely be back in these parts soon to try out the stall nearby that’s selling Pork Chop Steak, we can hardly wait!