What's great outside JB?

I know many of us prefer to go the the big cities instead of the small rural villages. Well, I'm totally d opposite. Maybe I had stayed too long in KL I guess. Every time I went to JB for the raya celebration (at my in-law's house), I really do not know where to go. Shopping complex? Well, I had too many of those in KL..shopping is not really my forte. I will end up regretting whatever I bought. So, on the way back to KL, I asked my husband to divert the journey to Muar, the last district n Johor before you reach Melaka. Here, I discovered a few interesting places... Check it out!

That night, I went to taste the famous mee bandung Muar. Then I discovered this signboard. So sad to know that this was the last frontier of Melaka before it fell completely to Portugal.











There is a place in Muar called Nasuha Spice and Herbs Farm, where everything you eat, smell or drink are made from herbs and spices. Even the chalet has some healing power! We stayed overnight there. The chalets are made from special log flown all the way from Russia. It is meant to absorb all the bad ions from your body (or some sort). But the logs do smell nice.

The road leading to the remote chalet has one area, planted with Eucalyptus tree. The smell of the trees is awesome. The view is magnificent.

They use this tree to make medicated oil, perfume and others.

We tried the food at the herbal restaurant situated next to the reception. The special's is Nasi Beriyani Herba. (Herbal Beriyani rice) served with herbal tea and soup. Not bad...the herbal soup was good..Doesn't taste wired like the ordinary herbal (bitter) soup. They even have rojak buah with a homegrown raspberry! Behind this restaurant, there's a unique herbal spa and sauna. The saunas are made from real huge rocks covered with bricks. They use real tree roots to cover the sauna's wall, so that the steam from the sauna will produce natural aroma from the roots once heated. They even have traditional massage. Too bad, I don't have enough time to experience all this. (Sorry, no pictures, my files got corrupted, damn!)

I discovered many of these fruit tree called buah telur (that was what I was told by the house keeper). The trees are everywhere. The fruits smells nice and it will break when it falls, even though the height is just 10 cm! (No wonder it is called buah telur or egg fruit). I tried to taste some, hmm..it looks better than the taste though... The texture is just like cotton, dry but very sweet. I wonder how they actually eat this fruit..

If u happen to go to Johor, drop by this place. It is a great spot for a new tasty experience. (Even the makcik who sells the mee rebus and nasi lemak alongside of the road serves great breakfast!) Hope to drop by there again next time along...