The independence day was on a Sunday 31 August, thus Monday was off. We took the opportunity of this long weekend for an 2 hours road travel to Melaka for our Eat & Relax trip. Since it was a long weekend, lots of cars travel south on the highway.
We booked our 2 nights stay at Pasir Emas Straits Courts apartment through Travelmob. It was RM262 per night with RM63 of service fees which total up to RM587. Quite a well maintained apartment with 3 rooms and 2 baths, good for 6 person. Additional pax will be charged at RM17 per night.
In Melaka, you must try Chicken Rice Ball, Nyonya food, Putu Piring, Cendol, Nyonya Kueh, Oh Chien (oyster folded into egg omelette, Pineapple tarts and the list goes on.
Our first stop, we had our chicken rice ball lunch at Huang Chang Chicken Rice Restaurant located at Taman Melaka Baru, Batu Berendam before our check in. Try the Melaka style lobak comes with fish ball and fish fritters top with sweet sauce and chilli sauce, the stall is just outside the shop.
For dinner, we travelled an hour to Muar, Johor for seafood and otak-otak dinner, recommended by our cousin who resided in Melaka. And then comes our supper, we went to pack the best Putu Piring Tengkera(RM1.00 each) which opened from 6 - 10 pm but closed on Sunday though we were still full!
Next morning, our breakfast was at Kedai Kopi & Makanan Soon Yen Jalan Tengkera for their yummy duck noodle (dry or soup). We didnt not go to Baba Charlie Lee located at Jalan Tengkera Pantai for nyonya kueh since we have bought some at Soon Yen.
As there was a parade ongoing in conjuction with Independence Day, certain part of road to our apartment was blocked/closed. Thus, off we went for Klebang Coconut Shake and then Aunty Koh Cendol @ Bukit Rambai.
I was the 2nd person to arrived at the famous Klebang Coconut Shake and once the signage shown open, there were stream of people queueing behind me. It was actually a concoction of coconut flesh, coconut water, 3 scoopes each of vanilla and corn (if I am not wrong) ice cream, blended with ice cubes in a blender. We had Coconut Shake Special which top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and it cost RM2.50. Was expecting the fragrance of coconut to be stronger than ice cream.
Then we proceeded to Aunty Koh at Bukit Rambai further down the road and saw people already started to form a row. Aunty Koh operated a one woman show so be prepared to self collect your cendol and wash your own bowls. She was a retired nurse who only sells Cendol on Saturday and Sunday from 11.30 am till finish. What so special? Well, you will be expecting fresh ingredients, thick pure coconut milk with fragrant palm sugar (gula melaka)for bowl of best cendol in town. A big bowl cost RM4 whereas small cost RM3.
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| Aunty Koh in action |
We ordered Bukit Serindit Nyonya Dumpling to be delivered to our apartment, that was our lunch! The dumpling had reduced in size since the last time I bought and it cost RM4 each.
We have decided another Melaka signature, Mcquek Satay Celup at Banda Hlir for dinner. Choose your own stick of seafood, vegetable and other varieties and dip into the Satay Sauce. It tasted so good!
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| Satay Celup |
We had pineapple tarts with coffee for morning breakfast at the apartment as we decided to go for early lunch at Aunty Lee Nyonya Restaurant (Authentic homecooked Nyonya food) at Ujong Pasir before heading back to KL. We ordered 9 dishes for a table of 8 people coz we didnt wanna miss out any of the good food there. But sadly Aunty Lee was hospitalized due to cancer. Her daughther was manning the restaurant. Anyway, the food tasted the same as good as Aunty Lee when she was the Chef there. It is advisable to book table in advance.
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8 pcs Fried Chicken (Medium)
marinated in special mix of spices and tinge of curry powder
RM20.00 |
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| Steamed Otak-Otak (Small) RM11.00 |
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| Mutton Curry (Small) RM17.00 |
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| Brinjal/Egg Plant Pepper (Small) RM10.00 |
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Pineapple with Prawn cooked in coconut milk & Spices (Medium)
RM39.00 |
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| Cincalok Omelette (Egg fry with small shrimp) (Medium) RM18.00 |
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Sambal paste Petai (Parkia Speciosa beans) with prawn (Medium)
RM19.00 |
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| Cili Garam (Cili paste with spices) Fish (Small) RM72.00 |
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| Water Spinach with belacan & Cili paste |
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| Cendol with lots of Gula Melaka (Palm sugar) |
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| Cendol with kidney bean RM3.50 per bowl |
It was a short trip that we could not tried all the yummy food here. Looks like we need to make another trip!
Huang Chang Chicken Rice
BB-376 Taman Melaka Baru, Batu Berendam, Melaka
Business hours: morning till 3pm
Closed on Thurs
Tengkera Putu Piring
252, Jalan Tengkera, MelakaBusiness hours:Mon-Sat 6.30pm – 10.30pm
Closed on Sun
Kedai Kopi & Makanan Soon Yen
Jalan Tengkera, Melaka
Klebang Coconut Shake
Jalan Klebang, Melaka
Business hours: Thurs - Sun, 11.00am-6:30pm; Fri 2pm-6:30pm
Aunty Koh Cendol
Kampung Bukit Rambai, Melaka
Business hours: Sat & Sun 11.30 am till finish
Bukit Serindit Nyonya Dumpling
106e, Jalan Serindit, Taman Bukit Serindit, Melaka
Tel: 06-283 4734
Mcquek's Satay Celup
231, Jalan Parameswara, 75000 Bandar Hilir, Melaka.
Aunty Lee Nyonya Restaurant
Jalan Ujong Pasir, Melak
Tel: 06-283 1009
Business hours: 11.30am - 3pm, 6pm - 10 pm
Closed on Tues
