Johor Jaya Tuesday Night Market Food

Whenever talking about where to get cheap and good food to be tried in Malaysia, it must be the night market (pasar malam). Yes, Malaysia has great night market culture where wide variations of food and beverages can be spotted. It is a great place to get some souvenirs and cheap goodies too.

There are so much night markets available in Johor Bahru which operates almost everyday in every week. One of the most recommended night market in Johor Bahru would be the Johor Jaya Night Market.

With more than 100 types of stalls, Johor Jaya Tuesday Night Market could probably be one of the food heaven that every foodie must go. It operates on every Tuesday, from 4pm to 10pm at Jalan Dedap 13.

Below are the food list which you should never miss upon your visit to Johor Jaya Tuesday Night Market.

Johor Jaya Tuesday Night Market

  1. 阿添炸虾饼(Ah Tian Fried Prawn Crackers)
  2. 日式照烧鸡鸡肉串(Japanese Teriyakki Skew)
  3. 津苑油条(Jin Yuan You Tiao)
  4. I Juice果汁(I Juice Fruit Juice)
  5. 麻糍物语(Mochi)
  6. 竹炭水果塔(Charcoal Fruit Tart)
  7. 冰火菠萝包(Polo Buns)
  8. 咸蛋超人 – 咸蛋鸡块(Fried Chicken Coated with Salted Egg Gravy)
  9. 烤鸭(Roasted Ducks)
  10. 传统糕点(Traditional Kuehs)
  11. 客家擂茶 (Hakka Lei Cha)
  12. 槟城叻沙(Penang Laksa)


1. 阿添炸虾饼(Ah Tian Fried Prawn Crackers)

The first food that you should never miss would be the fried prawn crackers. To your surprise, the owner of the fried prawn cracker is proud to say that he had operated his business there for more than 15 years. And, this prawn cracker stall is really popular among Johor Jaya locals, where all of the prawn crackers would be completely sold out before 9 o’clock.

Despite from the common prawn crackers appearance, this prawn crackers of Ah Tian might surprise every of their customers with its crispiness overload texture. In order to ensure the freshness of the prawn crackers, the owner will prepare the prawn crackers upon order right at the spot.

Besides just using own seasoned batter, he also use generous amount of fresh prawns in every piece of the prawn crackers. This prawn cracker is beast paired with any kind of chili sauce which offer an additional spicy kick to the crispy prawn crackers.

2. 日式照烧鸡鸡肉串(Japanese Teriyakki Skew)

Need not to travel far to Japan or spend a lot of money in any Japanese restaurants around Johor in order to enjoy a skew of delicious Teriyakki Chicken. Upon arriving at the stall, you will be able to see the owner of the stall grilling all the skewers busily. Their Teriyakki Chicken skewer is the hot selling item in their stall.

With generous amount of marinated chicken pieces in bite size skewed together, this Teriyakki Chicken do worth for the price.

The secret to the deliciousness of the Teriyaki Chicken skewer? The Teriyakki sauce of course. Their Teriyaki sauce is savory sweet, and it is brushed on the chicken skewer throughout the grilling process.

On the other hand, the texture of this Teriyakki chicken is really tender, and the caramelized part of Teriyaki skewer is crispy despite its ‘burnt’ appearance.

3. 津苑油条(Jin Yuan You Tiao)

Still think that you tiao are great food during the breakfast time? Nope, you are wrong. You Tiao are great food at anytime,in almost every meal. In Johor Jaya Tuesday Night Market, you will be able to find a you tiao stall which they prepare, fried and sell their you tiao at spot.

Upon arriving at the stall, there is an ‘open kitchen’ where the stall owner shows how professionally they prepare the you tiao from the plain white dough to the crispy golden brown you tiao.

Besides you tiao, the stall also sells delicious fried red bean buns and mini sesame you tiao. All of these treats are also prepared on the spot to ensure their freshness and also texture. So, if you would like to have some of the common breakfast stuffs during the night, do come to the Johor Jaya Tuesday Night Market to grab some you tiao.

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4. I Juice果汁(I Juice Fruit Juice)

Craving for something refreshing after enjoying the night market food? Do go for the I Juice natural fruit juice stall to grab some. I Juice offer every of their customers with 100% pure fruit juices which are made from fresh fruits and vegetables.

I Juice offers wide variety of natural fruit juices in their stall, o name a few, there are dragon fruit juice, orange juice, pineapple juice, apple juice and so on. They even prepared these fruit juices on spot in order to ensure the freshness.

Another selling point of these fruit juices of theirs would be its mini transparent bottles. The colorful fruit juices are presented in each of these bottles, making it to look appealing and suitable for some Instagram time. Both attractive from the appearances and also its nutrition value, why not have some?

5. 麻糍物语(Mochi)

Looking for something light and chewy? Then it is a must for you to try the mochi which is available in Johor Jaya Tuesday Night Market. These little pieces of cuteness are great as a light snacks while walking along the night market.

It is cut into bite size, and every bite of these mochis are chewy enough to keep your mouth busy for some while. These mochis are covered with crushed toasted peanuts, providing it with an additional sandy texture and also fragrance peanut aroma which are hard to be resist.

Besides the plain mochi, you can try out other flavors of the mochis they have in their stall too. To name a few, they do offer pandan flavored mochi, sesame flavor mochi and red bean mochi.+

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6. 竹炭水果塔(Charcoal Fruit Tart)

Charcoal flavored food had causes several food madness within the foodies currently. And it is said that charcoal food contains lots of nutrients and vitamins which are great for the body. Now, you even can spot the charcoal food in Johor Jaya Tuesday Night Market upon your visit.

Do remember to search for the pastry stall where they sells varieties of tarts, breads and also pies. One of their recommended tart would be the charcoal tart.

These charcoal tart of theirs do own a greyish tart crust, creamy cheese fillings and various of fruits as topping. Overall, this charcoal tart of theirs taste great and not overly sweet. It might suit the preferences of the elders too.

If the charcoal tart is not your liking, you can go for the stall’s fruit tarts, egg tarts and also cheese tarts which taste similarly delicious too.

7. 冰火菠萝包(Polo Buns)

If you are a fan of Hong Kong food, then it is the reason for you to try out the polo buns in Johor Jaya Tuesday Night Market. The polo buns of the stall is named as冰火菠萝包 is because of the perfect combination of hot polo buns and cold creamy butter.

Both of these ingredients do make a good companion as the hot polo buns will melts the cold creamy butter for an additional saltiness. If butter is not your favorite, you can request for a change of the butter to slices of cheese from the owner.

So, as a small recommendation, do remember to consume the polo bun while it is still warm in order to feel both hot and cold texture of this perfect combination.

8. 咸蛋超人 – 咸蛋鸡块(Fried Chicken Coated with Salted Egg Gravy)

The stall owner has a sense of humor in naming its stall name to attract the customers’ attention. He named his stall as Xian Dan Chao Ren, literally known as Ultraman which has the same pronounce with his products, Xian Dan Zha Ji Kuai (Fried Chicken Coated with Salted Egg Gravy).

And you will know how delicious is their Fried Chicken Coated with Salted Egg Gravy is by just looking at the long queue.

All of the Fried Chicken Coated with Salted Egg Gravy are prepared on spot to ensure the freshness and also its texture. First, the stall owner will fried all the marinated chicken pieces and let it cool. He will then continues to prepare the salted egg sauce by frying the pre-made salted egg sauce with some curry gravy.

The adding of the curry gravy offers a dash of spiciness to the savory sweet salted egg sauce, which is quite appetizing. Then, the stall owner will mix these special salted egg sauce with the cooled fried chicken pieces before selling them.

These Salted Egg Chicken will totally keep everyone addicted with the crispiness of the fried chicken pieces and also the special sweet, savory and spicy salted egg sauce.

The stall also offers Fried Pumpkin Slices with Salted Egg Sauce which is also similarly delicious. The pumpkin slices are sweet and soft in every bite and the salted egg sauce do provide an extra saltiness to mild the sweetness of the pumpkin.

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9. 烤鸭(Roasted Ducks)

Also not to forget the stall that sells delicious roasted ducks at Johor Jaya Tuesday Night Market. With their perfectly roasted golden brown skin and also the juicy flesh, we bet that you would surely not to resist this piece of heaven.

Unlike the common roasted ducks which are prepared in the oven, these roasted ducks sold at the stall is prepared by using the most traditional way, which is by using the closed oven style.

It ensure that all the roasted ducks meat are cooked slowly, enabling the flesh are welly combined with the fats under the skin. This is the reason why these roasted ducks are really juicy and tender.

Before these roasted ducks are hung and brought to the Johor Jaya Tuesday Night Market, the owner of the stall will brush them with a layer of maltose glaze. This layer of maltose glaze not only provide an additional flavor to the roasted ducks, but also offer a shiny surface too, making them really appetizing.

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10. 传统糕点(Traditional Kuehs)

Johor Jaya Tuesday Night Market is best know for the mobile kueh stall that serves wide varieties of kueh. In order to ensure the taste and quality of the kuehs, the owner of the stall promised that all of the kuehs are made with natural ingredients. Hence, there would be no preservatives, flavorings and colourings included.

If you are looking for some sweet kuehs, you may try out their Ang Koo Kueh (Sweet Bean Paste wrapped in Sticky Glutinous Rice Flour Skin), Kuih Lapis (Sweet Layered Kuih), Seri Muka Pulut (Layered Steamed Glutinous Rice and Green Pandan Custard) and Honeycomb Bread.

The stall do offer great savory kuehs too. To name a few, there are currypuff, dumplings, Or Kueh (Steamed Savory Yam Cake) and Chwee Kueh (Teochew Style Steamed Savory Rice Cake).

If you would like to try out their kuehs, do remember to arrive Johor Jaya Tuesday Night Market earlier. Not boasting, their kues are really popular among both the locals and also tourists living there.

This stall opens at 4PM but their kuehs usually sold out in just one hour. By 6PM, you will surely see the owners of the stall started to pack all the empty kueh trays and left the night market.

11. 客家擂茶 (Hakka Lei Cha)

This is the only stall available in Johor Jaya Tuesday Night Market that sells delicious Hakka Lei Cha. With generous amount of roasted nuts, seeds, grains and Chinese herbal medicine being used in the preparing this Hakka Lei cha, it is believed that it can benefits every of the customers’ health.

This soup like street food of theirs is best to be paired with rice and various of vegetarian side dishes such as the leafy vegetables, pickled radish and tofu.

If you would like to try their Hakka Lei Cha, do remember to reach the night market earlier as their Hakka Lei Cha is really popular.

The stall operates at 4PM but all of their Hakka Lei Chas will usually sold out quickly during 6:15PM. But need not to be too worried as the stall owner would then bring in the second batch of their Hakka Lei Cha at around 7PM, with all the side dishes along.

12. 槟城叻沙(Penang Laksa)

The aroma and also the spiciness kick of the Penang laksa broth will totally makes everyone’s stomach to growl before arriving at the Johor Jaya Tuesday Night Market’s Penang laksa stall. Operated since 20 years ago, this Penang laksa stall serves all their customers with the taste of real Penang laksa and also great ice kacang.

While ordering, you would be given options of adding either rice vermicelli or rice noodles in your bowl of laksa. Both of these noodles will provide a different texture to you. If you prefer a softer texture, you can choose to have the rice vermicelli but if you prefer a more chewable texture, you can have the rice noodle.

On the other hand, the Penang Laksa broth has achieved the balanced concentration where it is not overly concentrated nor watery. You can even taste the mackerel fish flakes in the laksa soup while enjoying the bowl of Penang Laksa.

It taste more sour than the ordinary laksa too, as there are more assam being used in preparing the laksa broth. Every bowl of the Penang Laksa is offered with generous amount of side dishes too, such as sliced cucumbers, onions, pineapples and fish cakes.

Other Tuesday Night Markets Available in Johor Bahru:

  • Taman Manis, Kelapa Sawit, Kulai
  • Taman Pelangi, JB (Jalan Perang)
  • Taman Anggerik, Kempas (Jalan Anggerik)
  • Taman Sri Bahagia, Tampoi (Jalan Sri Bahagia)
  • Taman Sri Yacob
  • Taman Setia Tropika
  • Nusa Perintis, Iskandar Puteri (Jalan Nusa Perintis 6)
  • Kg Pasir Putih, Pasir Gudang (Jalan Pantai)
  • Taman Cahaya, Masai (Jalan Intan)
  • Taman Tampoi Utama, Skudai (Jalan Sri Perkasa 1/1)
  • Bukit Chagar
  • Gelang Patah, Jalan Kacang Panjang
  • Taman Tampoi (Jalan Gajus)

Also Read : KSL Johor Bahru Monday Night Market Guide


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