KSL JB Monday Night Market Guide
Exhausted from the whole day of working and also Monday Blue? Then, it’s time to pamper yourself with some great food and shopping at KSL JB Monday night market.
KSL Night Market will surely take off your Monday blues away and make to be in love the Monday. Why? The reasons are simple. KSL Night Market do offers wide range of different food stalls that sell mouth watering food and also cheap goodies that are worth to buy. This night market is always crowded with people, both locals and also tourists.
This market is opened on every Monday, from 5:00PM till late. Around 4:00PM, the roads around KSL City Mall will be closed to ease the mobile vendors to set up their stalls. Upon arriving, you will totally be amazed with the amount of stalls that stretches from the KSL City Mall to the Grand Paragon Hotel.
Below are the must-try food in KSL Night Market which will bring your Monday blues away:
KSL JB Monday Night Market Guide
- Old School Apam Balik
- Mochi
- Teochew Chwee Kueh & Chee Cheong Fun
- Traditional Kueh
- Black Carrot Cake (Char Kway)
- White Carrot Cake (Chye Tow Kuay)
- Fried Shrimp Crackers
- Fried Stinked Tofu
- Nasi Lemak
- Steamed Buns and Dimsum
- Crispy Fried Chicken and Squid
- Sweet Cakes
1.Old School Apam Balik
Also known as the Mee Chiam Kueh, this sweet snack is traditionally prepared on spot and served hot. During the preparation process, a batter mixture would be cooked on a thick round iron frying pan with plenty of palm margarine or butter to avoid sticking.
It is then sprinkled with handful of granules sugar and crushed peanuts on this soft fluffy pancake as fillings. But nowadays, modern inventions such as adding of chocolate sprinkles, cheddar cheese, jams and other different kind of sweet or savory fillings are available.
The crushed toasted peanuts used as the fillings of the apam balik offers it a great crunch and also additional nutty fragrance. Once it is done, the apam balik would be cut into several small pieces for easy consuming. It is also perfected with spoonful of creamy canned corn that mild away the sweetness.
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2.Mochi
Mochi seems to be a common street food that can be found in night market, but the mochis in KSL Monday market is one of a kind.
This glutinous rice desserts of theirs is covered with a layer of sesame seeds and also crushed toasted peanuts instead of just milled peanut powder. It is prepared in bite size to ease the customers to enjoy it while wandering the night market.
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3.Teochew Chwee Kueh & Chee Cheong Fun
Literally known as ‘Water Rice Cake’, Teochew Chwee Kueh is actually a bowl-shaped traditional Chinese steamed rice cake topped with preserved radish. It does make a great breakfast for everyone in Singapore and also Malaysia.
Now, you can enjoy pieces of Chwee Kuehs as supper by finding them in KSL Monday market’s stall. This delicious little kueh is best paired with their hot chili sauce too. Besides Chwee Kueh, the stall also offers chee cheong fun which might surprise you with its smooth and silky texture.
The taste of the sauce has a balanced flavor of sweet and savory. This dish is added with some toasted white sesame seeds to boost its texture and also the aroma. Chee cheong fun is best eaten while still hot, where it is still slippery smooth.
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4.Traditional Kueh
At KSL Monday market, you will be greeted by numerous of stalls selling various types of colourful traditional kuehs. The stalls offer both sweet and savory kuehs that are great for supper. To name some of the kuehs, there are curry puffs, kuih lapis, kuih talam, dumplings, ang ku kueh and much more. Moreover, you are allowed to choose any of the kuehs you like and this enable you to enjoy different types of kuehs at once.
These stalls owners take pride in preparing their kuehs from scratch by using the most traditional method and also natural ingredients.
Hence, all of these kuehs are free from preservatives, artificial flavorings, and colourings. It is to preserve the traditional flavor of the kuehs and also to ensure its freshness.
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5.Black Carrot Cake (Char Kway)
This delicious food can be obtained from KSL Monday market. Upon arriving at the night market, you might be attracted by the Black Carrot Cake Stall’s constant clanking sound and also the nice aroma of stir-fried Char Kway.
With ridiculous generous amount of eggs involved, this char kway could make you to fell in love with its eggy goodness. Every bite of Char Kway is heavenly satisfied. Do remember to visit this stall earlier as it is really popular among the locals who are living there. Its popularity can be witnessed through its long queue of people waiting for their Char Kway.
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6.White Carrot Cake (Chye Tow Kuay)
If there is Black Carrot Cake, then there is also White Carrot Cake. This white version of Chye Tow Kuay is prepared by stir-frying radish cake cubes with eggs, bean sprouts, spring onions and seasonings.
The differences among White Carrot Cake and Black Carrot Cake is that, the White Carrot Cake does not use sweet soy sauce during its cooking process. Its diced radish cakes are also fried on top of the egg mixture to form a thin crust that offer it a crispy texture.
White Carrot Cake can be a great street food for supper, where it will fulfill your cravings for a delicious savory supper. It is best eaten hot, with some sambal or chili sauce if you prefer an additional spicy kick in the food.
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7.Fried Shrimp Crackers
Fried Shrimp Crackers are also the food that you should not miss upon your visit to KSL Monday market. This fried shrimp cracker is freshly fried on the spot to ensure its crispiness. Every of the fried prawn crackers has fresh shrimps attached on it, along with some chopped spring onions. It is best paired with some chili sauce and eaten while still hot.
As cheap as RM1.30 to RM2.00 per piece, this snack probably be the next favorite food of yours in KSL Monday market.
8.Fried Stinked Tofu
Although the strong smell of stinky tofu might send someone scrambling far, but real fans of stinky tofu would be heartened to know that KSL Monday market do serve this authentic dish.
Prepared by marinating fresh tofu in a brine made with fermented milk, vegetables, meats, green mustards and also Chinese herbs, this stinky tofu of KSL Monday market has a heavy odor. But it is said that the more stinky the stinky tofu, the better the taste. These marinated tofus are the deep fried into golden brown colour upon serving.
Usually this dish is served along with pickled cabbage and also special sauce. The special sauce taste spicy, with some sour kick from the vinegar. It does provide an additional flavor to the fried stinky tofu.
9.Nasi Lemak
It is irresistible for everyone to enjoy a great plate of nasi lemak while travelling in Malaysia. This common typical Malaysia food is simple but yet delicious. Usually served with fragrance rice and spicy sambal sauce, it surely will make everyone mouth watering by just looking at it. Luckily, this local delicacy can be gotten now in KSL Monday market.
What makes ksl jb night market’s nasi lemak special would be their crispy and well-marinated fried chicken and also the sweet-spicy sambal sauce. For the fried chicken, it has a golden brown crispy skin and thick, juicy meat that will keep you salivate.
On the other hand, the sweet-spicy sambal makes a great combination with the nasi lemak’s fragrance coconut milk rice. It is not overly spicy and it could be enjoyed by non-spicy food taker too.
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10.Steamed Buns and Dimsum
Feeling tired after a busy working day? Pamper yourself with some delicious dim sum and also colourful buns in one of the stalls available in KSL Monday market.
All of their buns and dim sums are prepared freshly with natural ingredients. They comes in different colours and flavors too, like green as pandan flavor, purple as yam flavor, yellow as pumpkin or corn flavor and pink as red beans flavor.
11.Crispy Fried Chicken and Squid
This could be a great news for Taiwan food lovers, as there is a stall in KSL Monday market that sells the similar great fried chicken and squid just like Taiwan’s night market. What might surprise you would be their extra large fried chicken chop and also the fried squid. Both of them have really crispy fried battered layer coating the tender and juicy meat.
For the seasonings, you are allowed to choose one of the options offered. The stall offers pepper chili, pepper and sweet plum and also mayonnaise as a dipping for their crispy fried food.
Besides that, the stall also offer their customers with other fried goodies such as fried rice, fried noodles, fried fish balls and much more. If fried food is not your type, you can go for their grilled squid too. Unlike the ordinary grilled squid, the stall owner is using a XL sized squid in order to prepare this night market food.
This XL sized squid is brushed with some special homemade sauce and grilled on a hot charcoal grill, providing an additional spiciness to the plain squid. It is then cut into bite size and placed in a paper bowl to enable the customers to enjoy it while strolling around the ksl jb night market.
12. Sweet Cakes
Searching for something sweet or desserts? Then it is areason why you must visit KSL JB Monday market. There is a stall available there that offers every of their customers with wide variations of cakes. All of their cakes are traditionally prepared with their home recipe, fussed with modern cake decorations.
The stall owner even mentioned that they do not include any preservatives, artificial coloring and flavorings in their cakes too.
Aside from the street food, there are also various types of vegetables, fruits and trendy clothing available at KSL Monday market. All of these stuffs are offered with affordable price.
Additional Information:
Address: Near Coffee Bean, KSL Shopping Center. 33, Jalan Seladang, Taman Abad, 80250 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Operating Hours: Every Monday, 5:30PM onwards
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