Dear and i went to Malacca to attend a friend's wedding dinner. The scenery along the highway was dull if compared to the scenery on the way to northern, Kedah. We only saw oil palms and some housing estates along the way. The journey took about 2H and we met up with friend at A'Famosa resort. Unfortunately, dear and i do not like theme park and place with entrance fee haha. We prefer something more natural. So we headed to Malacca town. We quickly check-in to Orchid Hotel and went around Malacca town. RM165 per night with breakfast for two. Things in the room were rather old. But nothing to complain if you just want to sleep for a night. It is very easy to drive in Malacca town, all one-way street.We tried our luck and simply went into one shop for chicken rice ball.
RM3.80 per dish, the best among others that we tried. But the portion of chicken wing was pathetic. Dear also ordered his favorite dish, chilly petai with prawns.
Nice smell, the petai was fresh. (how to know, when you eat it, the smell last for days...faint)
Prawns were not so fresh. (how to know, no 'spring' when you eat it)
After the wedding dinner, we headed to Jonker Street. "Rock sugar gourd" 冰糖葫芦 for RM2
Holding money in hand to buy things hehe.
That uncle is selling "kok kok" candy besides "mua chee".
"Kok Kok" candy, it is really hard.
Cannot chew at all, can only suck it.
Radish cake, long queue to buy it.
Next we headed to Lorong Bunga Raya for cockles.
This stall appears in several TV programs.
We were the last customers.
Pity the people who came after us, went back with dissapointment.
The stall is at the back lane, don't think about hygene...
The cockels were too raw for me.
Squid with kang kung....ok.Prepare Penang's version.
Pineapple tarts bought at Jonker Street for RM11.Pay the money and save the trouble of baking.
We would for sure eat out for breakfast if our hotel room was not inclusive of breakfast.
Nothing much to snap on hotel's breakfast....
We went around Malacca town before heading back to KL.
Queueing up for chicken rice.
Imagine, customers queued along the road side...it was so dangerous
Dear likes the chicken, but i still prefer roasted chicken.
Walking distance from the "Red House" to Jonker Street.
So we went for the famous and well advertised Famosa Chicken Rice.
The shop itself is already a gallery, it has a very nice back yard and decorations.
...Miss Chicken Rice Shop...LOL..whatever you want to think haha
Frankly speaking, i couldn't really swallow the brown one.Made of yam, taste nice, but doesn't look good hehe.
"Kuai Ling Kou" jelly...so bitter
Asam Fish @RM26
It was a short trip and we did not plan for tourist attraction spots.
Kinda bored to go many times.
We missed some food e.g. Cathay Satay Celup and cendol. No more stomach to eat.
Since dear and i are from northern, we prefer Penang food, sour and spicy.
Malacca food (Nyonya food) is mostly sour and can't escape from coconut milk. It is not sour up to our preference i would say.
I want to add something to the English proverb.
Don't trust a book from its cover, don't trust a restaruant from the queue and its blogs reviews haha.
Personally, i didn't find restaurants/stalls with long queue or good review serve extremely nice food.
Follow your instinct for surprises.
