Langat Kaya

The Kuala Pansoon area is well-known for its picturesque kampung houses, hills, rivers and eco resorts. At the village square, is a nondescript kopitiam famous for its kaya or coconut egg jam. The family started making the breakfast spread some forty years ago. Branded as Kaya Sri Langat, it has become so popular that they now make around 12,000 jars a month.

The kaya is preservative-free and their pandan-flavoured version is made with real pandan (screwpine) leaves. Don’t just take-away but try it there with their steamed or toasted Hainanese bread (fluffy Roti Benggali), half-boiled kampung chicken eggs and black coffee.

Nam Wah Coffee Shop, it seems, is also popular with the cycling community and is at 18th Mile Hulu Langat.

Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f8, 1/250 sec.

Kaya Hulu Langat

Shades of Grey

There is another hill to climb in Broga. A blunt Matterhorn; the ABC in the town market. The popular, colourful, icy dessert is not normally depicted in black and white. I thought a monochrome rendition matches the atmosphere of the vintage, tiny, one-street town. There are more than fifty shades of gray.

Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f7.1, 1/100 sec.

Shades of Grey