Johor Buys: What to Buy in Johor, Malaysia (柔佛)

3 June 2026

The State of Johor (柔佛), in West Malaysia, offers a ton of eating options with wide varieties of local Malaysian delights, Nanyang specialties, international cuisines, etc. Aside from take-away specialties of eateries, there are many food stuffs, especially traditional pastries, cakes, breads, buns, cookies, etc, from traditional bakeries and modern confectioneries to buy and take home or as gifts for others. And also coffee factories or their retail outlets for coffee beans and coffee powders.

I travelled around Johor frequently — including Johor Bahru, Kulai, Pontian, Kota Tinggi, Mersing, Kluang, Batu Pahat (including Yong Peng), Muar and Tangkak (not visited Segamat yet) — and have built a list of nice, popular shops for great pastries and such. And here, I am sharing my ever-expanding list.

Shops

Below is a list of shops around Johor that I/we have visited to take home must-try confections for self or as gifts for others. Many of them are well-known names.

For list of buys in Johor Bahru, see:
JB Buys: What to Buy in Johor Bahru (柔佛.新山)

Batu Pahat & Johor Bahru Eat: Rengit Coffee by Dagan Cafe

Rengit Coffee by Dagan Cafe serves “elephant” coffees alongside Malaysian local delights and offers a one-stop location to enjoy local food and buy coffee products.
Kluang Buy: Nam Yick Food Trading (南益饼家) Shanghai Mooncakes

Nam Yick Food Trading (南益饼家), one of the oldest traditional bakeries in Kluang, is well-known for its mooncakes and attracts customers from Malaysia and Singapore.
Kluang Buy: Tong Huat Traditional Confectionery (东发传统饼家) Mung Bean Biscuits

Tong Huat Traditional Confectionery is highly popular for its sweet / savoury mung bean biscuits and other Chinese pastries. Expect to queue on Sat & P.H.
Batu Pahat Buy: Family Bakery (芳邻西点蛋糕) Ogura Cake

Family Bakery, a chain of pastry shops, offers a wide variety of cakes, breads and pastries, and very popular for their ogura cakes with various flavours.
Kluang Buy: Yuen Fatt Biscuit (源发饼家) Shanghai Mooncake

Yuen Fatt Biscuit, a traditional bakery that specialises in Chinese pastries, including mooncakes. Their pillow-shape Shanghai mooncakes are very popular.
Kluang Buy: Yu Kong Moon Cake (游港上海月饼) Shanghai Mooncakes

Yu Kong Moon Cake, a well-known bakery in Kluang for Shanghai mooncakes, especially around Mid-Autumn Festival. Outside of the season, they bake cookies.
Batu Pahat Buy: Sin Sin Foodstuff (新新包粿食品) Ang Ku Kueh

Sin Sin Foodstuff, a traditional bakery, offers freshly-handmade traditional ang ku kueh, festive treats and also local products of Batu Pahat District.
Muar Buy: Otak-Otak Cheng Boi (阿梅麻坡乌达)

Otak-Otak Cheng Boi is a shop that specialises in various types of Muar otak-otak (spiced fish paste wrapped in nipa palm leaves) — a Johor-specialty.
Kluang Buy: Kluang Coffee Powder Factory (居銮咖啡) Cap Televisyen Kopi

Kluang Coffee Powder Factory processes coffee beans into coffee powder, sells them in its retail section, and has a cafe for visitors to try its coffee.
Yong Peng Buy: Eng Hin Hokchew Biscuits & Noodle Factory (永兴福州饼面厂)

Eng Hin Hokchew Biscuits & Noodle Factory, a traditional bakery, makes Fuzhou / Hokchew biscuits and noodles that were passed down for over 70 years.