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.

My first video making

First time making a video using Edius. Just learnt some basic tools from my roommate and finished the video in 3 days time. It took much of my time since I don't really know which tools to use and how to use it so I just made it simple and brief.

The video was a gift for my bestie in my Uni life. First time celebrated her birthday since we were in our hometown during Dec for the past three years.

The video did not bring out the feel that I wish it to be and many parts were blur. Think the format of the video need to render a bit more. Due to time and skills limitation, the video is finally posted here and in Facebook though it is out of my expectation.

Breakfast & Lunch at Jalan Alor, Bukit Bintang

Had the opportunity to meet up with my sister early in morning before she flied to Bali for vacation in the afternoon.

Breakfast at a corner coffee shop named Loong Kee...

Cappucino RM4

So sweet. sugar is cheap huh?

Peanuts and wet tissue were given. Definitely they charge for that. We did not use the tissue. Peanut was charged at RM 2.50 but it is delicious, sweet and appetizing.

Fish porridge for sharing! RM 12.

The fish was not  fresh. The business there was good, mainly attracted tourists. 5% service charge is applicable.

For lunch, we came to this place where people said the dumpling there was famous.

one piece of dumpling RM1

Quite ok for the dumpling.

1 piece meat ball RM1

My Fish Meat Lum Mee RM 5.50

I hate the thick yellow noodle. Not nice~

My sister's 炸酱米粉 RM 5.50

She said it was good.

Cendol and red bean with coconut milk. Forgot the price. Around RM 2-3.

According one of the staff there, cendol was popular but I found no special of this drink. 

Snowflakes, Midvalley (2) / Shihlin, The Mines (2) / Sushi Zanmai, The Gardens

I have so many food posts queuing. Since these few weeks were pretty tough with presentation, test 2 and assignments, all the posting was postponed.

Finally had Japan Combo II from Snowflakes. RM6.90.

Rather disappointing as it did not taste good as it looked. I wish the Ocha Ball is more chewable and springy.

Shelvi's.

Finally tried the oyster mee sua from Shihlin. Not good at all. No second time.

Third finally. Finally tried the Sushi Zanmai at The Gardens after queuing. I don't know why there is always a queue at Sushi Zanmai. Just the matter the queue is long or short one.

Wasabi and soy sauce as condiments.

My Salmon Don (Small) RM 10.80

Salmon always the best subjects in my Japanese dining experience. Nothing would go wrong if order Salmon. Unless it is not fresh.

Next update certainly reserved to my Malacca trip! See ya.

Sakae Sushi, The Mines (2) again!

This plate was given free  for presenting TGV movie ticket. I love this. So delectable.

 MyTeriyaki Chicken Ramen RM12.90

Love the ramen and the soup. The soup was savoury but since I always prefer something lighter, the savoury taste was a bit too strong for me.

Hot Calpis with Lemon RM 5.90

Curry Katsu Don RM 12.90

Ebi Ten Don RM15.90

Pink Plate RM3.99

I ordered this since I think Japanese meal was rather incomplete without salmon.

Thank you to my two roomies for the Sakae meal treat and kept me company on my 23th birthday. Appreciate it though there were no birthday surprise and celebration.

Pitstop again!

Yo! Celebration after my final year project presentation!!! So relieved. 

My orange juice

So many ice!

Chocolate Bubble Tea

Christmas is just around the corner!

Hawaii Spaghetti Set RM 13.90

Cereal Fish Chop Set RM 17.90

3 in 1 set RM 20.90

 griiled fish with garlic butter sauce, chicken with mushroom sauce and hawaii spaghetti

A bit regret of not ordering lamb chop since chicken and fish are just too common foods to me.

Foods are just average in taste and price.
Glad that having some western foods apart from Chinese foods in usual days!

Every set comes with choice of drink and ice-cream. 10% service charge is applicable in total bill.

Yeah! Second visit to Pitstop with same gang in the first visit.

Enjoy chatting and playing UNO games with all of you. We are not going to see each other very soon. Kind of complicated feeling.

So random that we decided to go for movie after dinner that night but plan was forced to cancel due to traffic jam. Anyway we managed to watch Apple of my eyes the following day after our TOCIE test. Yet another random and funny story.

Popiah

Popiah that I love the most. Definitely going to miss it when I'm not in UPM anymore. I think most UPM students especially Chinese would know about this. The famous name is the seaweed popiah where the popiah is wrapped with a piece of seaweed. I think the seaweed popiah is priced at RM2.40.

You can find this popiah at the Serdang Pasar Malam every Monday. There are complaints and news that the pasar malam would move to another place. However, the issue of movement is still on discussing and negotiating. 

This is the one without seaweed. RM 1.90 per roll. The popiah consists of simple ingredients like shredded carrot, cucumber, corn, lettuce, mayonnaise and fried crunchy thingy. Nevertheless, I love it so much and it seems like I could not find this elsewhere especially in Kuching. 

Another popiah that once I loved was Sister Crispy Popiah. But after the second attempt of buying, it is no longer on my favourite list.

2 rolls somewhere RM6. I forgot the exact price.

I love the crispiness of the popiah but this Sister Crispy Popiah in Midvalley was not crispy at all. Different from the first time I bought. 

Shihlin Taiwan Street Snacks, The Mines

Always wanted to try the egg crepe of Shihlin and it happened that Shihlin open a new outlet at The Mines. Then I decided to takeaway it as my dinner since I was still full with the Sakae lunch.

I waited for quite a long time to get my crepe done. Luckily managed to get in the bus on time.

Crispy Floss Egg Crepe RM6.00

It turned out to be a bit messy since I rushed over the UPM bus back to room.

The crepe is pan fried and wrapped with chicken floss. It is eaten with sauce and topped with coriander leaves. This snack disappointed me as I think it should be crispier and aromatic. It turned out to be a normal crepe wrapped with chicken floss.

Domino's Pizza

I first tried Domino's Pizza in my first year in UPM. That time we had delivery it to our hostel as a celebration for a friend's birthday.

After 3 years, finally went for another Domino's Pizza since I heard so much good feedback on it yet I didn't not find it unusual at all for my first Domino's pizza session. My friend had a coupon and I could not remember the exact offers. Total bill was around RM35 (2 pizzas and 1 breadstick)

The Taming Jaya outlet is located at a shop lot on the way to Balakong. The outlet is rather small and there is just few and limited seating as it focuses more on delivery rather than dining.

 My friend ordered the breadstick because she said it was so good and very different from Pizza Hut's breadstix. Indeed it was different because the breadstick at Domino's was so soft and fluffy. The texture was similar to a bread. Pizza Hut's breadstick was rather hard and dry. The breadstick was good upon serving hot.

 Classic hand tossed--seafood delight

stingy portion of crabmeat, tuna chunks, onions and green peppers

Crunchy thin crust--Classic chicken.

shredded chicken, onions, peppers and olives

The crust was thin but they did not sliced the pizza perfectly. End up we tear the pizza by our own and get messy. All the topping ingredients was separated with the crust.

There was no government tax and service tax since the outlet focuses on delivery and we helped our own with the foods. We took our orders ourselves at the counter. All the foods was stored in boxes which required no cleaning at all. Everything was only given upon request as they did not charge the service charge at all.

Still did not found Domino's Pizza special though.