Malaysia Guide : Melaka/ Malacca (V.1) : 2 Days 1 Nights 【马六甲游】

Hey~ It's Christmas eve, how's everyone doing? :D My day should be okay hopefully, guess will be chilling with my Haagen Dazs green tea ice cream later in the afternoon. :P

I knew that I have written an Overview on my Malacca trip during September and FINALLY, I'm finishing my complete list of foods and visiting places now with all links in a row!! Yeah~

I hereby present you...

FOODS that I have attempted and INTERESTING PLACES that I have visited in Malacca! Just click on those linked words below each photograph to read about my reviews!

- Local Delicacies by Jonker 88  (大宝小食88) -

Highly recommended restaurant from my personal experience and friends around!

 - Jonker Walk during the DAY -

Antiques and many more items that we could personally see.

- Chicken Rice Ball by Famosa Chicken Rice (古城鸡饭粒) -

It is not the best Chicken Rice shop in Malacca although there's many people having chicken rice from that shop. I must say it was over-rated with all the crowds in and outside of the shop. :(

- Melaka Dutch Square a.k.a. Red Square of Malacca -

Its all about the history. :) I heard it when I was still a primary school student studying history.

- I saw Nyonya Beaded Shoes -

The tradition and I'm loving hand made items. :) Its symbolised the decent way of the Nyonya.

- Jonker Street during the EVENING/ NIGHT -

It's another kind of experience during the night. I felt like walking in to another world (the older world).

- Nyonya Cuisine by Nancy's Kitchen, Jonker Street -

Highly recommended by local people. I like it there.

- Our Stay at Historical Puri Hotel -

My friends/ readers said that the REAL antiques are there. And FYI, it was my first time writing a review about hotel I was staying, which apparently I found it quite meaningful and worthy for a write up.

That's all for my Malacca Trip 2011 and do enjoy reading all of them. 

Have a great holidays for two to three days in a row!

and

MERRY CHRISTMAS to ALL!

Lets jingle jangle all the way. :D

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【马六甲游】 传统珠子鞋 Fun in Malacca : Nyonya Beaded Shoes

Soon enough and finishing my last post about my Malacca trip in details.

 Doesn't talk about food but a nice remarkable items that has been brought down by older generation.

- The Beaded Shoe -

Written before this, that that was belong to my mom and she ordered from a friend before we were leaving to KL.

I could tell you that it doesn't cost any cheaper from RM200.00.

Since generation ago, beaded shoes are worn with the local custom, make it even more stand out when the design of the beads are beautiful.

- Media Interview -

Three of us visited Jonker Street and managed to visit a shop selling/ custom made beaded shoes! :) The famous one which casts from Singapore for the movie "Nyonya" was there to purchase them.

Besides, selling beaded shoes, there's more such as Wooden Portugal War Ships which my mom and dad bought one for collection.

- Beaded design for customers to select before platform being stick on -

- The making of Shoes platform -

There's a Japanese lady who was buying beaded shoe and the platform was selective on and custom made by the uncle at the shop.

How lucky am I to evidence the whole process without being chased away by the owner! :P

So here's the photographs! Enjoy!

- He is friendly! -

And he is a Baba! :P I realised there's similarity among Babas, they have a "big face" features and  having a larger body size. ;)

- ZOMG! -

Saw the colourful Nyonya Beaded shoes? It's the design of our states  of Malaysia! 

RM650.00 O_O My eye was so huge when I saw that. Some may perceived the price was fairly reasonable because of those hard works in the process of those small and colourful beads combination. :)

I may be buying one but not at the moment, because I haven't reach the age of needing them. haha ;D

Happy Monday you all! ;) And enjoy the Sunday. 

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【马六甲吃】 Jonker Street - 娘惹美食 Melaka - Nyonya Cuisine at Nancy's Kitchen

After all the shopping and visiting around Jonker Street and nearby, we went to one of the recommended Nyonya Restaurant at the street behind Puri Hotel.  Luckily we did tried local Nyonya cuisine, if not, there's something missing in our Malacca 2D1N trip. :) And it was actually our lunch before leaving that historical state. ;)

Interesting taste of Nyonya-ish cuisine. Yummy!

- Nancy's Kitchen -

Varieties of Nyonya eateries selection for us. Personally, I like to eat Pai Tee, the crunchy skin with chunky ingredients taste nice. :) But.... I didn't manage to try one during my trip at Malacca. :P

- Nancy's Kitchen -

Located at 15, Jalan Hang Lekir, housed in the old China Cafe. Serving excellent, authentic Nyonya food classics such as "Chicken Candlenut Curry". Besides, small range of local cakes and biscuits are also available for sale! (as referred to Puri Hotel's food lists)

Surprisingly, the style of Nyonya cuisine being served/ cook ARE SIMILAR TO MY DAD'S STYLE OF COOKING! However, Nyonya cuisine is much sweeter in term of the sugar added in their meal. :) That's make me smile and both of my parents while we were having lunch  at the restaurant. :D

- Nyonyas in the early 1930s -

Dressed in the timeless sarong-kebaya. Nyonya is the term for the ladies while the gentlemen will be called as the "Baba". Both of it are terms that represent the ethnics Chinese population in Malaya during earlier days while being influence and adopted the local communities' custom. For well defined about Peranakan Chinese, read more from here (click).

Here comes the NYONYA DISHES!

- Spring Rolls a.k.a. Popiah -

Served with Fried Pork Oil was something different and being served HOT was additional points to it! :)

- Right : Assam Fish Fillet -

OMG! My dad prepared Assam Fish like that too! But with not much sugar added one.

- Pork Pong Teh -

I could not agree more with my dad's cooking of his style of Babi Pong Teh. OMG! Anyway, my dad added Red Carrots in it. ;)

Sedap! (Tasty!)

- Chicken Candlenut Curry -

It was recommended by the friendly person in charge and I didn't expect the dish was recommended in Puri Hotel's list of food as stated before! :) Luckily we did ordered it when we were there.

Beside those dishes, we had Kangkung Belacan too! Nice selection of local vegetables dish.

- Local Cakes -

After we finished out lunch, we headed downstair to settle our bill and there's so much cakes to select and we were chocked when the spices were all over the places. Chocked with the smell of spices, how was that? :D Smells great no matter what.

Before I headed to Malacca (while I'm in KL had a tea session at Nyonya Colours, Mid Valley), I thought I could find local cakes every where in Malacca or places I will be visiting and it turned out to be Nancy's Kitchen selling more around Jonker Street. However, no worry! I had another tea session at Nyonya Colours again in KL later! :) So, wait for the updates!

- So cheap!! -

Good food with reasonably cheaper compared with our similar lunch or dinner in KK. We had our lunch there, with all those dishes by paying RM67.75 Only. :)

Satisfying lunch we had before going back KL on our Malacca trip and I will always remember my dad's style of cooking (learned from his mother a.k.a my grandmother)! :)

Guess, one nice Nyonya Cuisine in the list for my mom and others on their trip next year. ;)

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【马六甲游】 Melaka - Evening Walk at Jonker Street! Awesome Food Street!

After a short rest at the hotel and recharged all the energy we used before, we continued our next must do mission. Once again, Jonker Street Night Market to be explored and it is a whole day street market during weekend!

Hawkers serving nice and cheap food, stalls selling cheap and average goodies and more. Non the less, the antiques and famous painted slippers selling around.

- Walk walk walk -

Three of us explored Malacca by foot. Walking by foot and trip with parents, it only allowed us to visit limited tourists spots and in the end, I only managed to explore Jonker Street area most of the time.

It is still nice walking free and easy without worrying to much with the places which we are going to visit anyway.

- Jonker Walk -

-_-" Dad took my photo for me which I thought he can't took the whole main entrance with me in it. :(

- Jonker Walk -

I really in doubt with the Chinese wordings of 鸡场街文化坊, why it was named "Chicken Farm Street Cultural Zone" (direct translation) and why Jonker? HMm :S

- The Stage -

A permanent stage for people to enjoy their Karaoke with a little fee charged for each song they are singing. And you know what? I actually sit there with my parents to listen the songs they were singing and surprisingly mom met her business rival (long time ago and let the past left behind) at the audience area. He even sang a song or two at the stage and he enjoy that since long time ago! :D

Aww~ Malacca having such Chinese culture and that is a good practice to pass on to the next generation. :')

- FOODS -

Oh well~ Cut the story short and see for more photographs shown here! :)

- Beaded Nyonya Slippers -

- Geographer Cafe -

- The day getting dark -

I walked from one end to the other and I realised that some or most of the market sellers were actually the same person we saw during the day (click) but they have shifted themselves to another place along the street.

In fact, along Jonker Walk, there's varieties of foods and fashionable goodies can be purchased and we only need to worry about our money, whether enough to spend or not. :D

- Walked into a small street for foods! -

And mom actually remember the cheap Japanese food she had before and OMG! So much food to choose and I don't know what to eat.

- Nom Nom time -

In the end, Sushi is my choice. If I'm not mistaken, the whole plate of sushi cost RM18.00 ONLY for two pax!! Cheap or not?

:) That's my dad busying with his noodles, he adores Malacca foods and you can't imagine how he love Malacca food. Gosh!

- The Stage -

A concept just like the Opera Stage like olden days for public to enjoy the music and performance. So many elderly I tell you. And mom said that she thinks she saw Singaporean movie Star as one of the audience there sitting behind. :) 

Anything could happen in this famous Malaysia travel state and same to other places too. :) Did I told you my sister's BFF went to Paris and she saw Louise Koo (古天乐) over there and a friend of mine even met Tom Cruise at Italy during his shooting for latest Mission Impossible movie! AWWESOOMMEEE!!

- Jonker Walk Night Market -

Oh well~ We walked back to the hotel after we enjoyed those performance for a while and we even dropped by a restaurant for CENDOL again!

The same phrase I wanted to say, I still prefer Jonker 88's Cendol! :P

Mom enjoyed herself buying decorations of the small wooden flats and Feng Shui decorations while dad busy searching for local delicacies. -_- And as for me.... BUSYING CHIK CHAK CHIK CHAK with my camera and trying local food too. :)

That's all for today, 

Happy Deepavali and Happy Holiday to you all!

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【马六甲游】 Visiting to Melaka Dutch Square a.k.a. Red Square!

After we had our nice walk around Jonker Street and tried the must know Chicken Rice Ball of Malacca, we walked to the Melaka Dutch Square which also known as The Red Square of Malacca.  

I still remember that I have visited there before when I was a child but I can't remember well what I did and had quite a blurry memory for me now. Anyway, we took our sweet time to look around the famous Red Square of Malacca while we were there.

 

- Just entering the famous Red building of Malacca -

Uncle Taxi drove us all the way from K.L. to Malacca (approximately within two hours) and he introduced to us about the red buildings and others which we might saw while we were on our way to our Hotel. Interesting and historical buildings that we have to conserve for our further generation to know more about the past.

A short introduction of the buildings for Melaka Dutch Square a.k.a. Red Square of Malacca. The square consist of Christ Church, Stadhuys, Youth Museum, Victoria Fountain, Red Clock Tower that you could see when you scroll further down. :)

- Windmill -  

It is normal to see windmill while walking at the Dutch area. 

- The well known Kedai Kopi Chung Wah 中华茶室 （海南鸡饭） -

Whether it is overrated or not, I'm not sure (didn't manage to try it especially with the long queue!). But, my friend who once work at KL before told me that we suppose to go to Chung Wah and not Famosa. :P Well, its okay, there's always a next trip while we are still young!

- River of Malacca -

There were river cruises along the river that I would love to bring my parents for a ride. However, sadly speaking I CAN'T FIND THE COUNTER FOR THE RIVER CRUISE!! 

Three of us walked from one end to the other and I didn't see counter for the river cruise! :( And in the end, I walked away feeling disappointed. :( And guess what I have told my parents : "We already complete the walk along the river and walked through those shops for foods and beverage (beers!), so, we have completed the walk lar?" LOL :D

- Interesting Beca -

Many years ago, we can't see these beautified Beca around Malacca. However, with many "operators" of Beca, definitely they have to find a way to earn a living!

- Stadhuys -

Along Stadhuys building, we can see many stalls selling souvenirs and other goods to all the tourists. :)

And the best thing to do is to buy an ICE CREAM to cool down the body heat (at least for a while). :)

- Stalls along Stadhuys Building -

Oh yea~ Before I forgot! Hats and caps selling in Malacca are so so cheap!!!! Less than RM20 can purchase a beautiful hat to wear already!

 - Christ Church Melaka -

A well known heritage for Malaysian and internationally I suppose.

- Interesting design of Beca -

And wait till you see Becaman!

- Becaman -

Hybrid type of beca with Bat man design. LOLOLOL! :D And you can't imagine what I have seen around Jonker area and my hotel, I saw Beca with BEE (the striped Honey Bee) and SCORPION design and they made me laugh so much!

- Victoria Fountain -

I like this nerdy photo of mine. O_O Even my friends love it! :P

Yea~ The Victoria Fountain is just behind of me and same to Chris Church too!!

- Red Clock Tower -

- Christ Church and Youth Museum -

Therefore, I have ended my walk at Melaka Dutch Square by visiting the surrounding of Dutch Square and not with the historical understanding tour inside the building. 

And as for further reading about the Red Square of Malacca, you might be interested in reading entries by mywisewife (click) which I have googled, for more photographs that I might not able to snap! :)

- River Cruise along Malacca River -

So much tourists took up the River Cruise tour. :(

Bye bye~

- Sam Shu Gong (三叔公) - 

:) That's my parents with blue umbrellas. And we were heading to Sam Shu Gong for a walk. I think everyone who have visited Malacca, definitely know that shop! :) Its aircond time for me!!

Happy weekend ya'll! Finally!! ;)

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