Green Meadow Organic Natural Cafe (Batu Pahat, Malaysia)

For Singaporeans looking to escape city life, the Malaysian state of Johor offers many interesting towns that are worth visiting for great vegetarian food (and durians).  We often think of Malacca, Penang, Kuala Lumpur etc as being where the best vegetarian food can be found - But smaller towns like Batu Pahat also have their fair share of delicious eateries.  Batu Pahat is only around 80km from Singapore, and can take less than two hours to drive there depending on ones speed.  For today's installment I feature Green Meadow, which is an all organic vegetarian cafe, located in this sleepy town.  For further updates, you can check out their Facebook page.  Recently in June 2013, Green Meadow opened another outlet in Kuala Lumpur.









Green Meadow Organic Natural Cafe
Location: No.106 Jalan Flora Utama 8, Taman Flora Utama, Batu Pahat, Malaysia
Contact: +60 7-432 8745
Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 10.30am-8.30pm.  Sunday Closed.


Here is the seating arrangement.  The cafe (like the rest of Batu Pahat) is usually very quiet.  Green Meadow has been operating in Batu Pahat for over 10 years now.  Be warned, the prices at Green Meadow are not cheap - You will be paying Singapore prices for the food.  But at the same time, we have to remind ourselves these are organic ingredients.


Inside the cafe there is also a  various health products.
One concept that I thought was really clever from Green Meadow was a 31 day healthy eating program.  Each day of the month they have a set meal, which consists of soup, main and dessert.  One can even subscribe for an entire month (for a reduced cost) to ensure one eats healthy day in day out. 
Our meal kicked off with the Sushi Roll.  Stuffed in the center of the sushi was various vegetables, such as carrot and cabbage.  Overall, these eight pieces of sushi made for a nice little snack.  But really needed some condiments to be dipped into.

Price: RM6.50.     6/10
Korean Bibimbap was the next dish that made its way to our table.  Inside this pot was lettuce, carrot, cabbage, black fungus and seaweed.  The rice was cooked well, but didn't spend long enough inside the Korean pot - Thus, the rice didn't have a chance to crisp up near the outside of the pot.  The chilli sauce, that one is meant to smear over the ingredients tasted good, and had just the ideal level of spice.

Price: RM15.90.     6/10

If you're visiting Green Meadow, then the dish I would implore you to order would be the Pasta (Homemade Pesto Sauce).  This dish was really outstanding.  Being a salt addict, I loved how the pesto sauce had a high level of salt, which really brought the dish to life.  The spaghetti was cooked perfectly, as was the broccoli.  Crumbled cashew nut was used as a mock cheese for this dish.  Who says that healthy food can't be packed with flavour?  Price is on the high side, but this is a dish you should definitely order when visiting.

Price: RM14.90.     9/10


Conclusion - If you're driving along the West coast of Malaysia, then making a pit stop at Batu Pahat is well worth it.  As well as conveniences like a number of shopping malls, there are also a handful of interesting vegetarian eateries.  Out of all the eateries I tried in Batu Pahat, I would rank Green Meadow as the best - The pesto pasta in particular is a must order.

Overall Rating
Food - 7/10
Ambiance- 7/10
Service - 8/10
Value - 6/10