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Located just outside the Larkin Stadium, there are rows of open-air stalls selling local produces. The official name of this area is called “Pasar Tani Larkin” – or Larkin Farmers Market. The area gets crowded during Saturdays, when shoppers come here for grocery shopping.
If you want to cook some beef over the weekend, this is the place you should come to – and you should come very early. The beef here are really FRESH and gets sold out by 8.30am. Besides coming early, you might want to smile gently at the shop-owners as well, as most of the premium beef are actually reserved for regulars and she might not be willing to sell to you in the first place! At RM$23.00/kg, it is worth every cent and you can actually see many Singapore-Registered cars parked here – some actually travel all the way from Singapore to make purchases here.
Limsimi.com - Pasar Tani Larkin (Larkin Farmers Market)
Limsimi.com - Beef for sale at Pasar Tani Larkin
Other notable local produce includes fruits (bananas – truckload of them!), poultry (kampung chicken) and even ornamental fishes. As with most open-air market, there are also stores selling breakfast for the early birds.
Limsimi.com - Vegetables for sale at Pasar Tani Larkin
Limsimi.com - Fruits for sale at Pasar Tani Larkin, Johor Bahru
Limsimi.com - Murtabak for sale at Pasar Tani Larkin, Johor Bahru
It is a truly a pleasure to be up early, buy the freshest produces and have a filling breakfast. See some of the smiling faces Read on…
December 26th, 2009
It started innocently enough. I was with my wife at Kiddy Palace at Marina Square with my 6 months old baby girl. All of a sudden, my baby girl giggled. GIGGLED. We were surprised at her reaction because she was really smiling widely. After pondering for a while, my wife and myself realised that this is attributed to the song that was playing in the store – “Doe a Deer”. A common children song but effective enough to get my girl laughing.
Resolved to get that CD that is playing (with a mind to play it for every car journey so that my baby girl can behave), I was taken aback by the price – a cool S$49.90 for a box of 5 CDs, all children songs. Not that I can’t afford it, but I think the price is slightly on the high side. Suddenly, a bright idea came to my mind. I had read from Limsimi.com that Holiday Plaza, in Johor Bahru sells “nice” DVDs, VCD and CDs with MP3s. With at least 80% discount. I decided to drive into JB the same weekend to get my hands on those CDs.
Limsimi.com - DVDs at Holiday Plaza
Saturday morning came. In my Honda Civic sits myself, my wife and my girl girl. We drove in at 9.30am and Read on…
July 18th, 2009
Permas Jaya (official name is Bandar Baru Permas Jaya) is an area in Johor Bahru bustling with new housing development projects. One thing you will realise as you drive through this precinct is the newly formed condominiums and bungalows that will greet you, as well as the numerous signboards touting sales agent numbers.
Limsimi.com - New Housing Developments in Permas Jaya
The Permas Jaya Bridge that connects Permas Jaya to Johor Bahru city center is notorious for traffic jams. With only 2 lanes (one lane in each direction), you can only travel as fast as the car in front of you. Once in a while when a bus or lorry breaks down on the bridge, massive traffic jams form up and threatens to give you more time admiring the Pelentong River below.
Once you manage to clear the bridge, Jusco Permas Jaya is just a 3 minutes drive from the bridge. Not a very big mall (it is only ONE storey high) but it packs enough inside that can occupy your time for a few hours.
Limsimi.com - Jusco Permas Jaya
Remember Corney Dog, Curly Fries and Root Beer Float?? For those whom still want to reminiscence the food from Fast Food Chain – A&W, there is a branch here Read on…
July 3rd, 2009
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