Some nice shots along the way, very impromptu. I must say the camera is pretty good.
After much research, we decided to spend our night at The Baba House. Nice decor, historical surroundings, just next to Jonker St (night market), free parking and most of all, cheap. Room interior is pretty simple, adequate enough for a night's sleep.
Well, at the very least, Zac is happy to be in there with the TV.
We first tried Hoe Kee chicken rice balls, queue was about 15 mins. Nothing spectacular, not as good as what was posted online when we did our research.
While walking along Jonker St, it started to drizzle. I panicked as I did not want Zac to fall sick. Hence, my thinking cap started to work. =)
Durian chendol stall is inside San Shu Gong. Good thing about this building is the air-conditioned facility, good for the rest after the walk. Bought a bottle of concentrated "Essence Lime with Liquorice" Hubby liked the taste when I made it back home. (He seldom like concentrated drinks. )
SUPER YUMMY DURIAN CHENDOL!MUST TRY !!!!!
Walked past this water wheel while on the way to Pirate Ship. Got the wrong direction and decided to head for dinner.
Dinner was a bit of a treasure hunt as we walked through street after street, asking shop owners and assistants who gave different different directions. Lemak nanas udang was a good payoff, but not the rest of the dishes. I can get better Nonya dishes at Joo Chiat.
Had a bad experience while walking back to Jonker St to get food for my son. We initially intend to let him enjoy a good meal at Macdonald's as he doesn't usually have that for meals. Queued a good 15 mins at an open counter as we saw there was someone serving a customer just in front of us. After that customer, this customer service officer went away, leaving us waiting for at least 5 mins. We then called out to a manager-look-alike and ask whether someone should be here. He simply said "Counter is closed, no one serving." We then argued back that we queued that simply because there was no indication that the counter was closed. Guess what he did.
He walked up to the counter and CLOSED it! Then look back at me and smiled. Argh! I felt like bashing him, but no matter what, we are in "not our" country, so better hold our guns.
Zac was sleeping while we ate at Makko Nonya Restaurant, hence we got to get food for him when he woke up. Finally came to 68 Jonker St and found that they sell Char Siew noodles, and in desperation we entered the stall. Tried the Chendol and Ba Bao Chendol, when we saw so many people queuing. Next morning, I then realized that the famous one is just next door. Jonker 88 Chendol, but the queue is killing, so we skipped that.
LW Nonya Pineapple Tarts House, they won Malaysia book of records.Bought pineapple tarts home. Try their Pandan flavour ones, very fragrant.
~~ NEXT DAY 30TH OCT 2011~~
In the morning at about 11, we hurriedly left for this stall to try and find out why other people would queue under the sun, holding their umbrellas and wait for about 30 mins in order to have a bite. If really compared to what we have here locally, the chicken meat is slightly juicier and chicken rice calls slightly less mashy. That's all we had for RM25.50. Expensive I would say for this tweenie bit of rice. But enough for the morning as we move on for more food before we catch the ride home.
Woohoo! We went for Durian Chendol yet again! The best of all desserts I would dare to say. This time, 2 DURIAN CHENDOLS! Yummy! You just got to try it to comment. Fantastically fantastic..... Oh no, I'm craving for it again... slurpz
The best durian puffs I have tasted in my entire life, not that I have gone around tasting. But the filling simply oozes out when you sink your teeth in. Unfortunately, it could not last the trip else I would have brought few dozens back. It's called "one-bite" puff and I could see my hubby dropping the whole puff in at one go.
This morning when I woke up, I told myself I must buy Ding Ding Tang home. Must! So along the journey from the morning, we have not seen the small cart and old man. Shucks! I should have bought more from him yesterday night when we saw him at the night market. Only bought 1 packet as he insisted 2 for $6, not $5. We really heard him saying 2 for $5 in the afternoon. Maybe business was too good for him to downgrade. Finally while we were driving out of that area, we saw his stall hiding in a corner. STOP! I quickly went down and bought RM20 worth of candy from him. And 2 for $5! But I am glad I found him afterall. I wanted to buy a big packet instead of 2 small ones, and asked if he could knock a big packet for me. He firmly said no as there was no more left. We then happened to drive another round and guess what, he was there ding ding ding away, making more small packets. *angry*
Time to head home.... FINALLY... Melaka is not an exciting place for us, probably cos Zac went. Roads are not smooth and crowd is always there. So I was pretty dying to head home. My sis Janelle insisted we head down to Nadeje Patisserie Cafe at Plaza Mahkota. Nice and not gelaty, if I finish it alone, I believe it will be still nice at the end. Wanted to leave something for Zann (my daughter) to eat back home, but the whole thing collapse after the 2.5 hour trip.Overall rating about Melaka:
Mainly the weather, way too hot to bring kids there. It will be a good place to get out of the country for food, minus the queue. Good experience but may only consider to go during the weekdays to avoid the queue and see more shophouses open.
