January 11th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Destination: Melaka
“Where are we going now?”
“I don’t know.”
“Okay.. let’s drive around until we get lost.”
“Okay!”
Well, the three of us were seriously lucky that we didn’t get lost in Melaka yesterday. I had been to Melaka only thrice and I only drove once. I think Melaka is probably the easiest town to explore. Most places of attractions are within the town centre and along the highways. Go towards the town centre if you want to visit the historical monuments or shop at Jonker’s Walk, eat the famous chicken rice balls, etc. Along the road, just after the highway, there are crocodile farm, botanical gardens, zoo, shopping malls, etc. Things can never go wrong in Melaka.
Here’s a piece of advice for people who want to go to Melaka on a day trip though. It’s better to buy a whole day coupon if you are going on weekdays and Saturdays. There is no charge on Sundays but I was wondering why we were charged yesterday since it was a public holiday? It only costs RM5 for the whole day and you get to use the car coupon anywhere in Melaka.
The day started with breakfast in the car – egg mayo and scrambled eggs with tomato – with special requests from Mr Ketchup. Most things he eats, he would want ketchup on it. When it comes to food, there are lotsa requirements even when he blatantly insists that he is very “cin cai” one. Yeah yeah yeah. Here’s what the “cin cai” Mr Ketchup’s request(S) on how to prepare his egg mayo.
Egg mayo sandwich?? I like egg mayo sandwich BUT please go easy on the mayonnaise, no cheese please and use white bread only. Please use only Maggi or Heinz.
Okay. I regretted offering to make egg mayo sandwich. I should have just stuck to soda biscuits as breakfast.
I guess Melaka does not need any special introduction anymore. You know the makan drift – the chicken rice, the tarts, nyonya food, satay celup, Portuguese food, etc. The list is endless. I would just show some pictures here for you guys to salivate.
I love this shot of the chicken rice ball.
Egg tarts at Tart Tart, just along the side of the road after the chicken rice stall across OCBC.
We bumped into this famous rojak at Poh Piah Lwee. The owners are very friendly and nice. We were their last customers. Unfortunately, there was no more popiah left for us for the day. They asked us to come again the next day and make sure we come earlier.
This cendol is also from Poh Piah Lwee. Not that great. I miss the old place I had the cendol.. and I couldn’t quite remember where it is. I never memorized directions, usually follow intuition. Should have read my old post before I go!
While eating the ketupat, we found a strand of hair in it. One of the guys removed the hair. We asked if the hair is curly. Nobody would want to eat anything with a curly hair embedded in it.
That makes us wonder. Why is it that the hairs in hidden places of our bodies are all curly and never straight?
He has a good answer. Maybe the hair don’t have enough space to grow so, they had to be curly.
He could be right.
Not too bad. The fishball is fresh and succulent. This shop is just at the mouth of Jonker’s Walk, a few steps away from Poh Piah Lwee.
After walking around the museums, the new Dataran Pahlawan, stuffing ourselves silly along Jonker’s Walk, we adjourned to Portuguese Settlement to end our day with a bang. Somehow, we were somewhat disappointed because of the slow service. I kept grumbling for waiting too long (more than an hour!!!) and Mr Ketchup kept telling me to be patient. Patience is virtue.
If the food is okay, I wouldn’t mind waiting really. Not that fantastic. We had the Portuguese grilled fish, more than 1 kgs crabs – butter and kam heong (it’s more like curry instead of kam heong) and fried brinjals. Well, perhaps we should try other shops. Any recommendation from fellow Melaka friends?
However, the view was great though. I simply love this sunset picture.
