Malacca Walk Trip: Dinner

#1 Restoran Nancy's Kitchen, Jalan Hang Lekir

Back in Uni, I made a few assignments and exposed to Malacca foods to certain extents but I never dine in a Nyonya style restaurant although I went to Malacca for three times! Thank goodness, during my fourth visit to Malacca I was able to drop by to Nancy Kitchen to try on Nyonya delicacies.

Popiah RM3

Malacca popiah for sure you won't missed up fried lard inside the filling! Very pork-y taste. Hehe.

Pork Pongteh RM12, Hee Piau Soup RM10, Rice RM1.50 & Chinese Tea

two of us shared the above dinner since we weren't that hungry~

Crowds started to come in after we had our dinner. That's why early bird catches the worm!

Hang Lekir street

# 2 Ban Lee Siang Satay Celup

We asked for direction from our hostel owner and went venturing using a map given. We started our walking journey around 5pm to avoid crowds but who knows there was no queue again. Really out of our expectation! Perhaps some places are overrated by tourists? There were two Restoran Ban Lee Siang, both claiming themselves as authentic one. We went to the one less furnished and listened to one of the staff/owner that both restaurants were different and operated individually. We never knew whether we went to the real Ban Lee Siang but for sure we went to the one next to those most people going one.

Nevertheless, we enjoyed our light dinner very much since we were not local Malaccan and we hardly differentiate well good satay celup. Make sense?

70 cents per stick

the satay sauce were spicy!!!

# 3 Restoran Sin Yin Hoe, Lorong Hang Jebat 

Dropped by this eatery place that famous in Fried Oyster Omelette. Surprisingly there was no queue and crowds at all during my visit. Is it not more famous liao?

Fried Oyster Omelette

it was good and I pretty like it. Although different with those Kuching style O-Jian, this one tasted very nice and really worth a try!

Fried Hokkien Mee

we order this to compliment with our oyster omelette since merely omelette sounds dry and not happening enough for a dinner huh?!

Malacca Walk Trip: Breakfast

Thinking of where to head for breakfast at the heritage town of Malacca? Simply walk around and I believe you can easily find any delicacies nearby Jonker Street!

#1 Low Yong Moh Restaurant Dim Sum, Jalan Tukang Emas

Open as early as 6am, this place offers a wide selection and most importantly it is a very reasonably priced dim sum place. We only managed to tried a few type of dim sums to save our tummy tank for other foods.

Light dim sum breakfast for 2 person...around RM15 

was surprised to see the coffee bag dipped in the coffee...cause never saw coffee bag in Kuching before...

#2 Calanthe Art Cafe, Jalan Hang Kasturi

Craving for coffee to wake up your day? 

The only cafe that serves 13 States' Coffee in Malacca

Penang Coffee...Superb black looked coffee roasted with Robusta beans.

very kao!

Sarawak Coffee...50% of Robusta beans & 50% of sugar, margarine & wheat flour

No margarine and wheat flour taste gei?

Both small cups of  those speciality coffee priced at around RM4.50 each, inclusive taxes.

#3 Chung Hwa Coffee Shop

1/4 Hainan Steamed Chicken (RM16) with 5 pieces of Chicken Rice Ball (40cents each)...total RM18!

I prefer the steamed chicken eaten with loose chicken rice rather than rice ball...too bad Chung Hwa Coffee Shop serves only chicken rice ball...Upon seated you are served with one set of steamed chicken with rice ball...you doesn't need to worry what to eat cause you have no choice at all.. but still crowds out there are overwhelming! To avoid the crowds, it is highly advisable to go during the morning time, around 9.30am.

#4 Jonker 88, Jonker Street

One of the most common and famous shop in the street. Great place for one bowl of hot Laksa and icy Cendol.

Nyonya Asam Laksa RM7 with Cendol Ice RM4....

love the beancurd and tauhu pok dipping in the laksa gravy!

天择律 1: 被同事出卖，是合乎天择律的

Hope that I could finish reading the journal  < 上班族必懂的 OFFICE 天择定律 > given by a friend 2 years ago by this year. 

Here it goes: Meaningful law adapted version from Chapter 1 =)

天择律 1 被同事出卖，是合乎天择律的

• 说闲话要慎选地点，严防隔墙有耳。{bio carefully right, left, up and down before you complain on your work!!}

• 老实说，对同事抒发工作郁闷，或是发主管牢骚在人际相处上也是不妥的做法。毕竟同事间的互动，应该是彼此勉励打气，而不是情绪化地攻击他人，否则很容易变成连锁反应。

• 有些人和你聊天时其实只是随口附和，只有你傻傻地以为你们站在同一阵线，最后不被出卖真是上辈子烧好香来的。{super agree...never believe 100% on your colleagues!}

• 就算大家感情再好，大难临头还是各自飞啊！{...like like...}

• 实际上，人非圣贤，主管和老板也是人，不要凡事都以高标准和偏差观来批判他们。他们也希望你能当面提出意见，让彼此得到最好的工作环境和协调，而不是用一堆闲话把和谐气氛搞坏.

• 主观的认定和批评会得到最坏的结果。{so deep, must learn to practice!}

• 遇到危险时扔下朋友的人不是好人。

My 2013

Happy Horse Year! This is a super delayed post, thus I guess I'll just make a superb brief one and go on with My 2014!

Nevertheless, all in all, my 2013 was a peaceful one. I actually stepped into real working society for 1 year plus, stayed in the same company, welcomed my super cutie niece Lynelle, voted in Election Day, be the first ever bridesmaid in my life and made one of the most and perhaps the only decision in my life. 

I do hope more and prosperous opportunities will come ahead. Happy Horse Year 2014!

Roof Top Guest House Melaka

Located at Jalan Kampung Pantai, Roof Top Guest House Melaka is definitely a wonderful and affordable place to stay. I could rate it as best guest house so far that I have come across. We were served with welcome drink--cool Lychee Drink upon arrival to the guesthouse and a very detailed explanation with map on tourist spot from Mani, the friendly owner of the guest house.

Clean and spacious twin beds with fan and air conditioner

Shared bathroom with hot shower, shower gel and hair dryer attached. Too bad the hot shower was not functioning well during my period of stay.

Help yourself in the morning for these free homemade breakfast and fruits in the pantry table.

Didn't get to try out the loving breakfast in the pantry as we went out to hunt for foods. Highly recommended of this reasonable priced guest house if you visit Melaka. Bear in mind to make accommodation booking earlier as it is always full house. =)

Winnie's Cafe

I always wanted to try out the artistic dishes from Winnie's Cafe, thus I made a call to Winnie's Cafe for reservation for TCC birthday dinner. I didn't told him where we were heading for dinner. Nevertheless, he managed to guess the destination on last minute after my few hints. I told Winnie some favorite food of him: Peanut Butter Chicken, Egg Parcel Rice, Brocolli, Potato/Wedges, Ham. The rest of dishes I just let her to decide.

Foods can be turned to very artistic creation at Winnie's Cafe...No MSG & No Pork Served.

Egg Parcel Rice, Grill Chicken Beef Blankets & 5 Small Dishes: Lady Finger with Sambal, Wedges, Black Pepper Lamb, Fried Squid & Fresh Strawberries

We didn't realised the dark thingy was black pepper lamb until we had a chew on it. Super love the black pepper lamb. The sambal for lady finger tasted quite weird, not up to my liking. Strawberries and fried squid were nice too. 

Peanut Butter Drumstick, Bird Eye with Brocolli & 5 Small Dish: Mashed Potato, Pickles, Fried Mushroom, Salad & Sort of bread/ham roll.

The peanut butter drumstick was marvelous. Must try for peanut butter lover! I don't quite like the pickles,. Very sourish with lots of artificial vinegar. I didn't fancy the bread/ham roll and mashed potato too. But the fried mushroom was good~

Total price for two plates=RM46 (25+21). We were given 5% discount too.

Super awkward and discomfort cause only two of us had the dinner at the cafe, with light off some more and religious background music. However, we enjoyed our specially made dinner and thankful for Winnie for the thoughtful food and arrangement. 

Check out more on Winnie's Cafe: 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Winnies-cafe/123109221116512?fref=ts

台湾炙烧牛排

Located somewhere at 4th mile, 台湾炙烧牛排 is a whole new eatery place in the city. Interesting place to be, the ordering method and eating environment are quite different than I always have in Kuching.

You take a seat-> You are presented with menu and order chit -> You decide what to eat and write down  -> You went to cashier in front to order, pay and get your table no. -> Back to seat -> Free flow of cold red tea, iced water and corn soup are available -> Wait for your main course

Interesting place to be. Perhaps it is set up according to Taiwanese style.

the only yet simple menu

order chit

how big and obvious is the table number...

free flow of corn soup & red tea

Golden Steak RM 23.90

 thick noodles served with fried steak and sort of sweet, creamy BBQ sauce, 2 pieces of Broccoli and egg in hot plate...you can choose rice instead of noodles...

Grilled Lamb Chop RM 17.90

thick noodles served with grilled lamb chop and sort of sweet, creamy BBQ sauce, 2 pieces of Broccoli and egg in hot plate 

the portion wasn't as generous as we thought it was with the price we pay. I guess the all the prices in the menu include the charges of the free flow of water and soup.

Sweet Flavors & Musbee Cafe

#1 Sweet Flavors, Jln Song

First visit: 

Super attracted to the colorful iceberg presentation

XXL Iceberg Heaven

nice to see but not nice to eat at all...all the ingredients used were canned foods...not worth for the price...we couldn't finish the whole giant bowl...

Lok Lok from Mobile Lok Lok

Prawn Ball & Veggies Ham were pretty nice and the sauce was awesome...

Second visit (Kinda regret bought two coupons of Sweet Flavours after my first visit):

Sago Dessert with Red Bean

honestly I don't quite like it since it tasted not so fresh and weird taste somemore

Mango Napoleon

*like the vanilla ice-cream*

Lok Lok...not bad

#2 Musbee Cafe, Jln Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce

Teh Dangdut RM2

Snapping around while waiting for my buddy...And she was late and lost for more than 30 minutes...Musbee Cafe must be very very hard to find!

Lalapan Ayam RM12

I only like the brinjal and sambal (but too spicy for me!) for this whole dish! The chicken was so dry and I don't like the tempe at all...

Chat for 3 hours non-stop at Musbee Cafe. What a great catch up after so long!

Colugos Bistro & Grill, Tun Jugah Mall

Affogato 5.90

simply a cup of hot coffee with a scoop of vanilla ice cream

Colugos Grilled Chicken Chop 13.90

Note the humble chicken portion. Think twice before order this. 

Thai Style Mango Seabass 18.90

Lof Oreo Cheesecake

Overall service was kinda friendly...as for food quality, I would say average rating given.