Jalan-jalan: Malacca Day Tour

Travelling in Malacca is easy. Just follow the signboard from the toll exit, and you will reach the town. Do some readings online and the signboard will bring you there. For instance, Jalan Ong Kim Wee for satay celup. :P
First stop upon toll exit: Tan Kim Hock Food Products.

My advice: Just buy at the nearest hypermarket to you. It has the same products. In fact, cheaper than the one in Malacca. I roughly checked the price, it's almost the same. So, no fuss, there's no need to travel all the way to Malacca for Tan Kim Hock's dodol.
But you can always try the cendol. :)

Next and last stop before hotel: Where else other than the famous Jonker Street.

 The newly-built jonker walk. Basically, it is toilet-break stop. Nothing much there. A police booth and public toilet.

A vintage building of Hainanese Association. The precious peranakan lantern is easily seen in Malacca. I was introduced to it in "The Little Nyonya" (小娘惹). This is a good drama. A great drama that delivers the culture of the Peranakan. I know a lot about Peranakan from the drama. (For people like me who does not enjoy reading books, especially history)

Malacca's landmark: The Stadthuys. If you have never taken a photo/ never been to The Stadhuys, you have never been to Malacca XD. It's so much a must-go place on every visit.

Another Malacca icon: A Famosa (pronounced as "Ah-Famosa", not "Ei-Famosa") which means The Famous in Portuguese.

In Malacca, just get yourself a car park and for the rest of the day, expect walking! That's the only thing I know in Malacca. Other than this, nothing much to visit. Someone should tell me what to do in Malacca other than these.

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Makan-makan: Malacca special

This CNY, we visited Malacca. It was a truly makan trip. 3 rounds of cendol. Fattening!
First stop: Hoe Kee Chicken Rice (Chung Wah was closed)
My sister said, if you dont eat chicken rice whenever you go to Malacca, the trip wouldnt be complete.

The chubby chicken rice balls. Malacca's famous, must-eat food. Anyway, my family prefer 'loose' chicken rice. The rice balls are interesting. It's bouncy and do not break easily like fish-balls. (A weird way to describe rice balls) The 'loose' rice has the nice chicken rice aroma which we do not taste in the rice balls, although they are from the same restaurant. Based on our own judgement, the rice balls are cooked wet to allow them to stick together. So that should be how these rice are differ from.

Other than the chicken rice, I find the herbal tea (八宝凉茶) was nice too. Chilled and has the sweet lime-like aftertaste which I like. It doesnt has the bitter taste of most herbal teas. This beverage suits the hot weather best! After a round of sweat and queue for chicken rice, I truly enjoy the herbal tea.

And I love the vintage ambiance of Hoe Kee. A place suitable for 3-generations gathering.
Bill total: RM 49.50 for 5 pax (We ordered food for 4 pax and 4 cups of herbal tea.)
Location: 2.195167,102.24824 [GPS coordinate] Jonker Street

Second stop: Donald & Lily's Cendol

Since we had chicken rice for lunch, we were too full for nyonya food at Donald and Lily's. However, we still tasted some cendol from Donald & Lily's.

They are famous for their nyonya food. But we were too full to taste any of them. Will try them next time. :)

The cendol was disappointing. It came melted and taste bad. It has a weird sour aftertaste, but my sister said hers doesnt has the sour taste.  Gula Melaka is supposed to taste sour?? Sigh. Is it because I was expecting a lot or it is just not good?
Cendol RM2.50
Location: 2.194492, 102.246972 [GPS Coordinate] near Jalan Laksama 1

Third stop: San Shu Gong's Cendol

I'd tried SanShuGong's cendol 2 years ago, it was good. It used to have them in every SanShuGong in Malacca town, but some no longer serve cendol now. They closed down the cafe in Dataran Pahlawan, only tidbits sold there. So, we walked all the way back to Jonker Street's SanShuGong for cendol.

Anyway, the cendol didnt disappoint me. Durian smells like durian. Haha. Rachel's advice: Dont take Durian Cendol and Gula Melaka Cendol at the same time. Take either one only. Because Durian tastes strong and covers the Gula Melaka fragrance. I like the cendol. It wasnt that sweet till you will wanna shout SWEET, just nice~

Durian Cendol RM 5.80

Gula Melaka Cendol RM4.80

Location: 2.195108,102.248366 [GPS Coordinate] Jonker Street

4th Makan-makan stop: Jonker 88

The usual long queue at Jonker 88 earlier that day. TIPS: To enjoy Jonker 88 without long queue, try going within 5-7pm. There'll be less people queuing and you do not need to wait for seats. I'd tried this twice and it worked well. I didnt queue long just 2 person in front of me and have no problems searching for seats.

This is Baba Asam Laksa. We didnt get to taste Baba Laksa this time. It was sold out. Anyway, it was good. Please be reminded to not compare Baba Asam Laksa with those from Penang. They are not the same. This is a Nyonya food.

From left, E.P.S. Cendol (some special cendol with extra ingredients such as sweetcorn, nuts, etc), Sour Sop Ice Kacang, and Baba Cendol(traditional). Baba Cendol is the authentic Baba Cendol while others tastes good as well. As expected, gula melaka tasted just nice, the authentic aroma and not too sweet. Baba Cendol and the EPS cendol was similar, the only difference would be the ingredients. There are more ingredients in EPS as mentioned. The sour sop cendol was interesting. Instead of having too much of very sweet Gula Melaka, we ordered something sour. It was good. I love it. SLURPssss...

Baba Cendol RM2

EPS Cendol RM4

Sour Sop Cendol RM3

Location: 2.195492,102.247819 [GPS Coordinate] Jonker Street

ALL MAKAN-MAKAN LOCATION WITHIN WALKING DISTANCES

Rachel's choice: Jonker 88's cendols are creative but still keeps the authentic Baba Cendol in their menu and most important, authentic and cheap. RM 2 for Baba Cendol today even when they are so famous. I think they are famous for some down-to-earth reasons.

Didnt have the chance to eat Satay Celup and Nadeje's Mille Crepe this round. Will want to taste them next time. :)

Happy Chinese New Year

Rachel Says:

Happy Chinese New Year to everyone

Tong Chiang Tong Chiang!