Johor : Kacang Pool Haji

Have you ever heard about "Kacang Pool"? This kind of food was very famous in Johor. You should try when you reach the southern region as you will taken aback with their deliciousness!

At the kacang pool stall at Selera Larkin, a worker was busy making thick toasts with margarine. Kacang pool is originally from the Middle East. Pak Hj's kacang pool differs from the versions in the Middle East where this dish is eaten with flat bread, similar to naan. In the Singapore version, kacang pool is eaten with French loaf. Only in Johor is kacang pool eaten with thick toast.

The worker making the sunny side up eggs. Again, Pak Hj's kacang pool differs from the Middle Eastern versions in using sunny side up eggs. In the Middle East, some regions use no eggs at all, some use raw eggs and others use hard boiled eggs with their kacang pool but never with sunny side up eggs. So, this is uniquely Johor.

Kacang pool is eaten with a thick dipping sauce. The main ingredient in the dipping sauce is broad beans, the same as in the Middle East. The beans are stewed until it becomes a mash.

Kacang pool is eaten by first squeezing the lime into the dip, and then using a spoon to break the egg and mix it into the beef and broad bean sauce. The chopped fresh onion and green chili are also mixed into the dip.

The dip is tangy from the squeezed lime, sweet from the chopped onions, spicy from the chopped chili and savoury from the minced beef and broad beans.

This restaurant ( Kacang Pool Haji) located at Gerai 3, Medan Selera Larkin, Susur 5, Jalan Tun Abdul Razak, Johor Baru next to Bomba Larkin fire station. This restaurant opened from 7.00 am untill 1.00 am. So, don't forget to have one of the miracle taste from Johor!