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Tanjong Sepat – another Kuala Selangor or better?
” Uncle Soon Guan (SG) became a Chartered Accountant to avoid inheriting his father’s business as a noodle vendor which gives only a tough life.
He grew up with operators of all kind of street food (his father’s friends), which has given him an extensive knowledge and love for the subject. ”
One of the several long drives we would take is along the coastal road down south of Klang towards Port Dickson. After Klang is Banting and Morib, another 40km south is a thriving fishing town called Tanjong Sepat. This drive is along a breezy not busy road lined with coconut trees. Very pleasant drive, I guarantee.
We arrived at Tanjong Sepat at 4 pm, an hour where little food can be found except their famous dumplings in Hai Yew Heng pau shop manned by two youngsters, uninterested with customers after a long day. We bought and ate a kaya and a black bean dumpling, the last few in a coffee shop hoping to also sample Tanjung Sepat coffee, the beans grown and processed in the area but the two youngsters were not too service minded. A tourism poster in the shop revealed that the town has some more interesting food, one is seafood bak kut tea which is served only in the morning and the other is of course seafood.
For seafood we had to wait an hour till 5pm for a restaurant by the sea front when it opened for dinner. This place, Baywatch Restaurant is the biggest in Tanjung Sepat, has a great ambience minus the bikini clad life guards in the famous television series. The restaurant food has been reviewed by many food critics locally and from abroad and the restaurant proudly displays a merit certificate by Jason, the famous local Chinese program food reviewer. We ordered 4 dishes and again we over-ordered as is usual with the two of us. The portions were quite big, probably serving the locals who are hardworking Chinese fishermen with big appetite.
