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First of all, Malacca & Melaka are the same place :)..Malacca is English spelling while Melaka is in Malay spelling. So it the same place...

Recently, We've stayed at Melaka for 3 days 2 nights. Since we are very familiar with Melaka, so we have done nothing much except we have venture for new eating place which we haven't tried before. So mainly what we had was, venture new eating place + have a great time relax at the hotel with my family. The hotel have great facilities like swimming pools, restaurants by the riverside, library which I was impress and had good time reading books there with family, SPA and of course the spacious room with the great view facing the river / canal. Nothing will go wrong expending extra $$ to upgrade your room to River View Room :) Highly Recommended!

We've stayed at a hotel near by the river. If you interested to know about the hotel, please check out my review about the hotel in TripAdvisor.

My Hotel Review @ TripAdvisor : Casa Del Rio Melaka - Click Here

If you at Melaka, in the afternoon, hot sunshine, thirsty ... hmm I would recommend to get quick lunch and cold drink. Our favorite Laksa and Cendol.

Check out the Laksa & Cendol at "Jonker 88", don't forget Sagu Gula Melaka for desert...Delicious!! This all according to my own taste but I recommend for you to try too, on the other hand, if you are a person who don't like sweet taste this might not be for you, because they use very thick "gula melaka" for your cendol and sagu. But overall, we are satisfied with the foods here, and we never missed whenever we visit Melaka, so give it a try!! Reasonable price too.

JONKER 88

Location : Jonker Street Melaka

GPS : N 2  11.80   E 102  14.80

Our Fav: Laksa, Cendol & Sagu Gula Melaka

Ok, now what else... hmm we found this at Jonker Street, if you like Durian, YES!! Durian, then why not try this shop!! Super nice durian cake, durianpuf, mochi etc. My fav here is the Mochi! They use pure Durian Musang King inside..very the NICE!

DURIAN COTTAGE

 Location : Jonker Street Melaka

GPS : Sorry forgot to save it, but the shop located at the entrance /

at beginning of Jonker Street 

(Just after the Jonker Arch the shop is on 

you left hand side) 

Above Pics : What we had from Durian Cottage

Our Fav: Mochi (The one look like white rice balls)

If you like Asam Pedas (This is local Malaysian Food), don't miss this shop, very famous with Asam Pedas with reasonable price. A lot of people go and eat here, Malay, Indian, Chinese and saw bunch of foreigner also makan kat sini weii... :D . Go give it a try!! We tried, Asam Pedas Ikan Pari, Asam Pedas Tetel and Asam Pedas Ikan Tengiri...nice! I like Pari and Tengiri, - Asam Pedas Claypot.

What is 'Asam Pedas" - Asam Pedas is a Minangkabau sour and spicy stew dish.It popular in Malaysia especially when you visit Melaka.

ASAM PEDAS CLAY POT

 Location: Taman Kota Laksamana, Jalan Laksamana 5

GPS: N 2 11.76  E 102 14.60

Our Fav: Asam Pedas Tengiri and Pari

All is set menu (Rice + Selection of your Asam Pedas)

So, after Asam Pedas, if we have something to wash out the throat will be nice :D, have you heard "Original Coconut Shake Klebang" ? Famous coconut shake in town, fresh and delicious!!Beside coconut shake, they also sell local dishes, like Nasi Lemak Daun Pisang, and other local deserts.

There is a catch for this stall, if you just want to take away (bungkus), just stop at the road side as picture below and bungkus (take away) your coconut shake.

KLEBANG ORIGINAL COCONUT SHAKE

If you want to eat there, dine-in, go ahead into the turning beside the stall by the road side above and you will see arch below at the end of the road about 100 meters away from the turning point.

Location: Original Coconut Shake Klebang

GPS: N 2 12.94  E 102 12.41

Our Fav: Coconut Shake and Nasi Lemak Bungkus Daun Pisang

Delicious Coconut Shake with Nasi Lemak

What I order was "Coconut Shake Special" -- come with one scoop Vanilla Ice Cream or you can have it without. My recommendation, go with Coconut Shake Special...highly recommend!!

Now, let check it out Baba & Nyonya Kueh at Melaka. Found this one famous Baba & Nyonya Kueh, super sedap, delicious and if you are looking for traditional taste of baba & nyonya Melaka, DON'T MISS THIS PLACE!! They don't have a shop, they operate the business from home, so it's kinda hard to find this place, but don't worry I have the GPS for you to ease your journey.

BABA CHARLIE

 LOCATION: Baba Charlie@Lorong Tengkera Melaka

GPS: N 2 12.18  E 102 13.86
Operating hour until 3PM Daily and Close on Thursday

Our Fav: Kueh, especially kueh ketayap, bongkong, sagu but basically all others kueh also sedap & Yummy!!! it goes well with black coffee for your evening coffee or tea! "Minum petang" as what they said in Malay Language..See the selection of Kueh they have...

One of my favorite is Kueh Bongkong as below, makan with black coffee kaw!! Lazattttt.... :D

Last but not least, don't forget to buy a pack or 2 nasi lemak from Baba Charlie. Simple Nasi Lemak, it taste so good especially the Nasi made us to come again on the next day to buy the nasi lemak. See the auntie pack the Nasi Lemak fresh from oven, still warm and freshly homemade Nasi Lemak

Alright, now lets talk about my fav "Big eat" direct translation of "Makan Besar" in Malay..haha crazy Malanglish. Well it about "Seafood", some say, or "ada orang cakap" go Umbai but this time, I'm going to "Portuguese Settlement" for seafood. I think this is the second time for me here, but the first time was long time ago, maybe 8 years ago? Hmm cant remember. But what I wanna to highlight is, the place has been changed!! I think ? Or maybe has been renovated . . as far as i recall the place was not so well organized before.

Anyway, lets talk about the foods here. A lot of people recommend "Sea Terrace" --> Stall No 1, but I was unlucky, when I went there it was closed..I guess they close every Monday. So we settled at restaurant no 2..and it was not bad!! Delicious and we liked it!

We ordered : Crab Salted Egg, Butter Prawn (big prawn!),Ginger Lala, Eggplant Portuguese Style, Squid - Sotong Goreng Tepung, Porgutuese Curry Style (quite unique and delicious taste of Portuguese)

PORTUGUESE SETTLEMENT MELAKA

 Location : Portuguese Settlement - Stall No 2

GPS : N 2 10.98 , E 102 16.01

TIPS : 

1. Go Early!! At least before 7PM if you want to avoid the crowd and 

hard time to find parking.

2. Choose your stall before you go (do some research review on the internet and chose the stall prior you go there) Reason is, the moment you park your car, a lot of people will try to pull you to eat at their stall :D

Another thing, that kind of famous at Melaka is "Chicken Rice Ball". But if you want to find the Halal Chicken Rice Ball, it was a very limited choices. Anyway, we found this one shop, sell Halal Chicken Rice Ball, and some more it has been visited by "TV3 Crews - Jalan Jalan Cari Makan". It came out at TV3 as one eating place with nice Chicken Rice Ball and more important is HALAL :). So we gave it a try...and yes NICE!! Especially the roasted chicken with the chicken rice ball. So I would recommend for Muslim if you want to try Chicken Rice Balls and Halal, you can go to this place.

EE JI BAN CHICKEN RICE BALL

Location: EE JI BAN CHICKEN RICE BALL

GPS : N 2 11.30, E 102 15.21

Can't remember the road name, but it at Taman Melaka Raya. Same area where you can find Holiday Inn Hotel, and if you drive further more you will see a lot of shop lot area, their shop somewhere inside there. Anyway, I have the GPS recorded for you as above.

I order Chicken Rice Ball, Roast Chicken, Vege and Cincalok Omellete.

Overall was nice and MUST TRY!


Last but not least, I had "Kari Kepala Ikan" (Fish Head Curry). The key of this, was not Mamak Fish Curry Head, it was local Melaka cooked by Malay chap. Do drop by at the restaurant "Restaurant Isenin", located at Semabok Melaka.

RESTAURANT ISENIN SEMABOK MELAKA - FISH HEAD CURRY

Kari Kepala Ikan, Semabok Melaka, Restaurant Isenin.

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