Tanjong Sepat

it is a small seaside fishing village is famous for its seafood cuisine and traditional coffee. Despite of being a small village, it is a great place to go for a day trip. The village have much less to offer when compared with other tourist places in Malaysia, but to be the place for the first time, does bring enough joy

  Most people living in this small town are Chinese and you will absolutely love their hospitality. The welcoming behavior of the Chinese locals is another reason for tourists to keep visiting the place.

First, Tanjung Sepat, located about 100 km away from KL, will be the perfect choice if you are looking for a one day break from your hectic life.

Relax if you have no idea about the village, don't expect any "wow" factor?  I hope this pictorial guide would help to acquaint yourself with the place. The town is now an agro tourism destination, with a growing number of visitors arriving over the past decade or so.

Tourist buses are a common sight here on weekends, as local and foreign visitors hungry for a taste of culture and tradition, will find this serene and calm village a very appealing place

 1. Road to Tanjong Sepat

#1. Approach to Tanjong Sepat from the south

The town is along Coastal Highway 5, lies between Banting in the north and Sepang in the south

#2. Approach from the north

Milestone shows that Tanjong Sepat is 55 km from Port Dickson

#3. At the signage for town @  local housing area

Arriving town - a modern housing estate too

#4.  Pantai Cunang - Orang Asli Village

Just outside of Tanjong Sepat town , a fishing village of the Orang Asli

2.  Tanjong Sepat New Village

#5. Entrance into the town

Arriving from the north, the town lies only on one side of the Highway 5 i.e.  the right side.

 #6. From one edge to another edge of town

My favorite restaurant - Ban Joo Hin. It has been there as long as I know it. But its presence was not recognized  anywhere in tourist brochures or recommendation on the internet

 #7. Other restaurant.

On the right is the entrance [very bright patch]  to the so-called "Lovers Bridge"

3. Highlights of Tanjong Sepat

#8. Talking about Food - The Star attraction "Pao"

The most famous food produce here is "pao"’, a traditional steamed bun of Chinese origin, with sweet or savory fillings.

#9.  The Way to Hai Yew Heng Pau Shop

This is Jalan Tiga

#10.  The real McCoy - Hai Yew Heng

Hai Yew Heng have been around for a long time, operating out of a stand alone shop lot where you can see the entire pao-making process.

At least 6 types of fillings are available here: "mei chai (preserved mustard greens)" "shen rou" -"dou bean" -"coconut jam" - peanut and vegetables.

#11.  Queuing up to order

Usual scene on weekends when out of town visitors make a bee line for the shop

#10.  The original shop where the business started

Just directly across the road from the present premises, is the old shop house

 #12.  "I Need a Picture"

Inside the shop here were stacks of Pao ready for sales or steaming

#13.  Our turn to pay

#14. Trying out the coffee and Pao in situ

This is an old picture. The old shop across the road was utilized as a Cafe

#15.  As Usual the 2 guys are playing

#16.  The Matriarch running the shop

Having a chat with the owner

#17.  Getting acquainted with her too

4. Other Attractions Of Tanjong Sepat

#18.  Lover's Bridge

Note: The bridge has broken down, but the area, called Qing Ren Qiao (Lovers’ Bridge Cultural Street) still attracts many visitors. There is a wishing tree, antique displays and murals, as well as 2 other bridges next to Lover’s Bridge that equally provide great backdrops for photography.

#19.  The Bridge - picture showing when it was still intact.

An old picture from my archive

#20. The area of the Bridge - my favorite - sunset shot

Of course! Being a tourist destination there must be gaudy eateries to complete the scenes. For unknown reasons , none of these places were mentioned on the internet.

#21.  Bay Watch Sea Food Restaurants - Example one

Real fancy western sounding names - to catch modern travelers.

#22.  Sea Food Restaurants - Example two

The area is known for its open-air seafood restaurants, many of which are built on stilts across the beachfront. Most of them serve seafood steamboat or hotpot, but seafood Bak Kut Teh is another specialty in the area.

Here is one example of the well decorated places on stilts and the nasty comments by visitors

#23.  Full view of the Jetty

Picture taken from shore

#24.  I found a picture of my Spotting Scope

 Maybe among the last picture. Cause on some other trips, the scope fell down and got incapacitated

#25.  Doing Birding in Tanjong Sepat

Tree filled with Egrets

#26.  Old time Coffee beans "Kopi-O" making

For authentic, kopitiam-style of coffee, head to Joo Fa Trading on Road 7, a local coffee trader who’s been in the coffee roasting business for over 50 years.

Each morning, the proprietor painstakingly hand-selects, hulls and roasts coffee beans with sugar and margarine inside traditional wood fire kilns, a process that emits an aromatic fragrance detectable from streets away.

After enjoying a cuppa, visitors can take a tour of the premises, consisting mainly of old school coffee machinery, and witness firsthand the firing up of the kiln or marvel at the rustic grinding machine that still works today!

#27.  The Factory-House

Very unassuming and not geared as tourist attraction

#28.  Bak Kut Teh was a favorite here too

Ah Hock at the Junction of Jalan 3

29.  Mr. Black Hand Made Pau

Some years back, an additional competitor joined the Pao scene in town,

Mr. Black hand made Pau has a comfortable modern days cafe-style seating area - decent and modern place for unwinding after a long day. The samples one must try: Yam Pao, Salted Fish Pao, Rice Wine Chicken Pao.

5. Orang Asli - Pantai Cunang

#30.  Using the dedicated road

Past through the Palm Oil Estate to reach the seaside - Jalan Pantai

#31.  The Beach Front

Signage and decor - This is a fishing village that belongs to the Orang Asli.

Our common understanding is that Orang Asli are aborigines that choose to live on hill slopes of remote forest on inland States. That is not entirely true. In today's society I could count that there are still 3 communities of Orang Asli living on Carey Island.

These are Orang Asli who have chosen Mangrove forest to make their home. So here in Tanjong Sepat, it is good opportunity to meet up with one community who lives by the sea and among mangroves forest.

32.  More Signage

Tanjong Sepat is a very interesting destination, taking elderly visitors back to the old times.

Bit there is a dark side to this town. Locals are trying to conceal some history. This town Tanjong Sepat used to be a sleepy hollow back in the 1990. Tanjong Sepat is 59 km from Klang. The village by market demand had put up accommodation for day use for visitors. The town became a Lovers haunt. A very remote and deserted place where lovers can roam freely. After a while, some locals felt that it was a not such a good reputation to live with. Stopped the practice and shifted. To camouflage this fact, a new tale was spun and the reputation to the creation of the Lover's Jetty.

If this Lover's Jetty had an interesting myth to go with it and of such historical significance. Became the theme for the village, why haven't any action taken to restored the broken jetty. Good food for thoughts

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