Malacca Walk Trip: Take A Break

Eat all the way towards the heritage town~~

#1 Gong Cha, Plaza Mahkota

Promotion from Gong Cha since Chinese New Year was just around the corner.

2 drinks for only RM 8.80 and free 1 pkt of ang pao. 

The design quite nice and cute! I can quench my thirst with my favourite signature winter melon! 

Earl Grey Milk Tea with Coffee Jelly for him and Signature Winter Melon for me!

# 2 Nadeje Cake Shop, Plaza Mahkota...**A must try when visit Malacca**.

Original Mille Crepe, around RM10 inclusive of tax.

Multi layers of crepe coat with cream. So drooling and delicious. I think original mille crepe is worth trying than other choices of crepe!

# 3 East & West Rendezvous, Lorong Hang Jebat

Nyonya Bak Zhang (RM5) with Cendol (RM3)

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!

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. =)

Malacca trip: Day 2

Yeah, breakfast! We went to Chung Wah Chicken Rice Ball at Jonker Street. As usual there was queue but luckily the queue was not that long since it was breakfast time. I did not planned to have chicken rice ball during the trip because I had twice at Famosa Chicken Rice Ball Shop and I realised I did not like chicken rice ball at all. But my roommates wanted to give it a try so we randomly went for it.

5 chicken rice ball per pax (RM6.50 per pax for rice ball and chicken)

The rice ball was good. Unlike the Famosa one.

 They counted for number of pax so we did not have choices to either reduce or increase the rice ball quantity. Maybe addition could be specially ordered but I think reduction portion was not allowed there.

Steamed chicken for 3 pax sharing

I changed my mind of chicken rice ball after eating at this place. Strongly urge to everyone not to switch to Famosa just to skip queues because the taste was totally different. No wonder everyone so crazy about it and  did not mind to queue. There were never empty spaces in the cafe. People were queuing everytime I passed by this place.

Another famous drink in Malacca is Coconut Shake but the authentic one was not reachable by us. It was quite far from town area.

Came across this place selling coconut shake at Jonker Street.

No harm trying it out. Special coconut shake with ice-cream. RM 2.50. Cooling and refreshing but it was just coconut juice blended with the coconut flesh, ice-cream, syrup and ice.

Tried the Bu Cai Kuih bought at a stall along Jonker Street

RM 1. I tried the sweet potato one. Not really nice though.

For late lunch, we went to Wong Kok Char Chan Teng at Dataran Pahlawan before heading to Malacca Sentral.

Pork Burger RM 6.90

My lunch. Fish with rice RM 9.80. Forgot the exact name.

The fried rice was undercooked. I made complaint to the staff and they changed the rice into white rice.

 I did not mind as long as the rice was cooked. We, as consumers should not be given undercooked foods!

Wong Kok was quite packed with people that time. But the foods was not as good as I thought. Perhaps the variety of the menu added credit to the popularity. 10% service charge was applicable.

We almost missed the bus back to UPM due to the rain and the jam at Malacca town area. Luckily we made it and the bus departed from Malacca Sentral right after we boarded in the bus. Really close. I kept worried and was so nervous along the journey to Malacca Sentral.

The trip was a nice one but I failed to savour the Jonker 88 Laksa and Nyonya dish. 

When is my next Malacca trip? 

 2 years later?

Malacca Trip: Day 1

Tough weeks eventually ended! Finally...

I actually went to Malacca during one period of toughest week. Who cares? I don't think I would produce much output if I stay at room to study and do assignment!

2 days 1 night of Malacca Trip with my four roommates. Upon arriving, we went to Dataran Pahlawan  to savour the infamous mille crepe.

Mille Crepe Cafe Mocha RM9.50

Parline Lover RM9.90

Tiramisu RM9

I wanted to try the mille crepe long ago and finally I ate it. But I should not put so much hope on it. The mille crepe was merely okay to me. The only specialty of the cake was the layers and layers that made up the cake. I could feel there were really many layers but in fact, looking close at it, it was just one layer of thin crepe, layer of cream on top of it, followed by the thin crepe and cream repeatedly. And I realised there were only two types of thin crepes, chocolate and vanilla. So the cake house just needed to do different creams for different mille crepes and madee two types thin crepes since they could be used for all mille crepe.

Then we went to check in to The Jiong Guesthouse at Kampung Pantai. Within walking distance to Jonker Street. I booked the room one week ago and bank in money to the Guesthouse account.

Some interesting images and quotes in the guesthouse

Went to take photo of this double room since it was not occupied and the room was not locked. Pretty cozy huh? Recommended place for cheap stay at Malacca.

 

4 of us in a room. RM25 per person and RM100 in total. Pretty cozy and with air-conditioned.

Sorry for the mess. We threw our stuffs out before went to food and stuff hunting.

The shared bathroom was clean but the whole guesthouse there were only two bathrooms. Hot shower was available. We had to wait for our turn  to bath especially during the peak showering time.

Another bad thing of this guesthouse was the narrow and steep stairs. Caution must be taken when climbing. Worst part was we lived at the second floor and the bathroom was located at ground floor and first floor. So we had to climb up and down for few times.

After checked in, we went to have lunch. We wanted to try the Jonker 88 Nyonya Laksa but the queue was horrible and we ended up eating at the shop next to it. We regretted. Should insist to queue as after we finished eating, the queue was short so we went Jonker 88 for the cendol.

Nyonya Laksa RM4 at Jonker 86

Cendol at Jonker 88 RM3. I had this every time I went to Malacca. This was the third time. Could not give feedback since I never tried cendol at other place in Malacca.

Crowds as usual. People had to stand nearby the occupied table to wait for seats.

This man was trying to caught everyone attention by driving the car with loud music for so many rounds at the Jonker Street.

Night market at Jonker Street. Time for street foods!

Ingredients for popiah

Tried the popiah at Malacca. RM 2.20

They used lard in the popiah. Still nothing beats the best popiah at Serdang Night Market.

The young girl was preparing the maci.

The girl was cutting the maci. Nothing special though. RM 3 per box.

Another famous eatery in Malacca is Geographer Cafe, located at the heart of Jonker Street. My 2 roommates had their dinner at Geographer Cafe while me and other one went for street foods. Many kinds of foods was served there, including Vegetarian, Malaysian and Western style. It catered for both domestic and foreign visitors, and was also a great place gather for the locals.

See the cutie and tiny fan?

Vegetarian nasi lemak

Forgot what was it already. 

Geographer Cafe opened all day long and was a great place for drinking session. There was live performance too. The location was strategic and the business was really good. The price was of course a bit high but still affordable since it was classy than most kopitiam.