Malacca City of Historic - Day 2

10 June 2010


Today, we continued our visits to the historical sites nearby.


Train, sponsored by Keretapi Tanah Melayu KTM (Malayan Railways Limited)







War World II? I doubt it could still function





Maritime Museum

The museum is built in a replica of a Portuguese ship, 'Flo De La Mar' that sank off the coast of Malacca while she was on her way to Portugal.




Old Wall with Cannon





Next was Jonker Street again, time to enjoy food.


Hokkien Association




Father & daughter, selling candy & peanut cookies




A Famosa Chicken Rice

This shop was located at the centre of Jonker Street. The food was so much more delicious compared to Chung Wah at the entrance of Jonker. For those who are interested, please ignore Chung Wah & continue walking :)

The restaurant not only serving nice food, but also having such a wonderful setting of ancient plot. It is very clean, and neatly maintained. Of course, reasonable price. It is really worth a try. Even the famous food critic, Choi Lan from Hong Kong, had a super good recommendation about this restaurant.

He even personally wrote a nice calligraphy sign board as a gift to the shop owner.




























Let's see, what are the good food available...

Chicken Rice Balls & Steamed Chicken







BBQ Pork




Otar-Otar (Steamed Fish-Cake with Curry Flavour)




For the afternoon session, we spent our time at Dataran Shopping Mall. I was busy with manicure & pedicure, while HY went for a Thai Massage. After that, we went across to Mahkota Parade. And ended up, we bought a pair of spectacles each. I grabbed an Emporio Armani, while HY chose a pair by Marc Jacob.


As for dinner, we had a good time at Restaurant Seri Nyonya, situated at the 3rd floor of Equatorial Hotel. I like the Nyonya setting very much, and of course the original Nyonya dish.


Restaurant Seri Nyonya










Appetizer




Soup




Main Course - Nyonya Rendang, Asparagus with Belacan & Telur Dadar Cincaluk




Dessert - Leng Chi Kang




Night time was another round of movie at GSC, Karate Kids, pretty sucks!

Malacca City of Historic - Day 1

09 June 2010


Before flying over to Japan, HY and I had a very short trip in Malacca. It was a very relaxing trip, mainly hunting for food, and visiting to the historical sites. We took the bus from Bukit Jalil to Malacca Central, which was about 1 hour & 30 minutes.

After checking in at Equatorial Hotel, we walked to the famous historical spot - A Famosa, which was only a stone throw from the hotel. It was not fun walking under the hot scorching sun, but HY seems to be enjoying himself so much, and was so busy taking pics... ops!


Malacca City in a glance







Memorial Pengisytiharan Kemerdekaan (Memorial of Independence Declaration)




Approaching A Famosa




Fortress A Famosa by Portuguese, since 1511








Earning a living inside A Famosa




On my way up to St Paul Hill







Souvenirs




St Paul Hill
















The exit, or entrance of St Paul Hill




After getting down from St Paul Hill, we proceeded to Christ Church.


Christ Church Malacca, since 1753
















Next, Jonker Street to kill our hunger. First stop was to try the ever famous Chicken Rice Balls at Chung Wah Coffee Shop. When we were there, the queue was not too bad, but it was under the hot sun. So I asked HY, to eat or not to eat. Of course the answer is yes! Alright, so we started queuing, and after that, the queue was getting ridiculously long. We waited for about 30 minutes, and had to share a table with another 4 people.


Entrance of Jonker Street






Chung Wah Coffee Shop




Very antique setting




Half of the steamed chicken + 10 rice balls







Dessert session at Jonker88










Yummy Cendol




In the evening, we had dinner at a Hong Kong Restaurant at Dataran Pahlawan Shopping Mall. Nothing impressive at all. We went back to hotel after watching Prince of Persia at GSC Cinema.