Melaka, a city of many charms, mostly coconutty. I was there with Ariel, Liz, Puay (all ex-ex colleagues from a time long past when a comma in the wrong place was a crime) and uni-friend Choon How or Allan as he terms himself post-varsity (works better with the girls) last weekend. With a free one-night stay in hand, we set off late, 3pm from Woodlands in surprisingly smooth traffic. Then we missed the North-South highway entrance. As the girls sighed in surrender, affirming that men sometimes don't know where they are going, we made a U-turn in the boondocks and got back on track. We arrived at our destination at about 8pm. Then it was food and walking and food and more walking, swalowing up Jonker St in the haphazard tempest of a rainstorm. The next day, we did it all again in the sunshine. In the end, we had laksa twice and chendol three times. And the coffee, amazing goodness. We came back (despite the one-way only streets in Melaka that had us going in circles) cholesterol-laden and happy.
Foodie highlights to note:
- Limau Limau Cafe at Jonker St - love the fruit freezes and hot chocolate
- Ole Sayang restaurant - good nonya food
- Jonker St Night Market - delicious charsiew pau and chomp-one-a-minute dimsum
- Jalan Kubu - luscious popiah, lovely wan tan mee, scrumptious roti bakar kahwin
- Machap rest stop going North - try the mee soto with a lot of chilli. 1st degree Sedap!
- Machap rest stop going South - try the mee goreng with a lot of chilli.
If you need a good online map for Melaka, try http://malaysia.sawadee.com.
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Gurms, don't forget the caffeinated tau sar pia that caused a chaotic coup in the communications corner... yums!
Ps. Auntie at Far East Square flea market selling the biege/brown kopi kups... you want?
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