Malacca Food Trail
Visiting Malacca is a unique experience with a rich historical and cultural background from previous Portuguese, Dutch and British rule. It is also the place where Ming Dynasty Princess Hang Li Po to.
Perankan Food
Restoran Nyonya Makko
I have been to Malacca before for sight-seeing. This time, I wanted to experience the food culture there. The first stop was of course the Peranakan food. We had lunch as Restoran Nyonya Makko. The restaurant was filled with hungry customers. We had tauhu sambal, curry makko and ngor hiang. I love the tauhu sambal. I was expecting spicy sambal that will make you perspire when you eat. However, the sambal was not very spicy and had a sweet taste instead. The curry was rich with coconut milk. Ngor Hiang did not give me any surprise.
There was a long queue at Nancy's Kitchen when we went there. The stench from the drain was awful but for the sake of the food, I tolerated the horrible smell.
This place is a double storey shop. They even sell Peranankan snacks such as pineapple tarts and kaya at the back of the restaurant.
Popiah was quite different from the Singapore version. It had pieces of lards instead of peanuts. Turnips was very favourable. Popiah wrap was also soft but did not break easily.
Pie Tee had almost the same fillings popiah. Pie Tee shells were big.
Chendol is a must try in Malacca. We were told that we should try 88 chendol. But the stall was closed when we went there, so we had our chendol at Nancy's Kitchen. We could smell the coconut as we stirred our chendol.
Breakfast at Malacca
We had our authenic Malacca breakfast at one of the coffee shop. There were only two stalls, one selling beverages and the other selling something that looked like fishball noodles. We were told to find a table and the uncle selling noodles would come to our table to take orders. Ok.....we sat at our table waiting patiently for him to take our order but he didn't come. Finally he delivered a bowl of noodles to the table next to us that we got his attention. There were only two choices of noodles, yellow noodles or guo tiao. Our noodles was topped with quite a generous portion of duck meat. The fishballs were relatively small and had no bounce.
Street Food
Taiwanese XXL Chicken
Taiwanese street food has invaded Malacca. We found a small shop selling XXL chicken in the new shopping mall, The Shore . Each set meal only cost RM$14.90 and it consists of a XXL chicken, a pack of either French fries or sweet potatoes fries and a drink. Like Bubble Tea which allow you to choose the level of sugar, you can choose the level of spiciness for your chicken. I opted for extra spicy. Upon receiving the chicken then I realised that extra spicy means a side of the chicken was coated with a blanket of chicken powder. I regretted it immediately as the chicken powder had stolen the flavour from the chicken.
Lok Lok
Anyone who has been to Malacca will be familiar with Lok Lok. It is a hybrid between Niang Tofu and Satay. There are sticks of tofu, wontan, sausages, cuttlefish etc. Choose the items you like, dip the sticks into a pot of hot water, choose the sauces (satay or chilli) you like. You can choose to have your stick of food deep-fried.
Dim Sum
The dim Sum restaurant we went to calls itself 'The Best Dim Sum in Malacca'. We were wondering if it was really that fantastic or was it the only dim sum restaurant in town. We went there about 9 am and the congee was already sold out. Prawns in the Xia Jiao were fresh and had the peppery taste. I like their Siew Mai and Xiao Long Bao. Fried carrot cake had lots of bean sprouts and was fried with chilli and dried small shrimps. Char Siew fillings in the yam dumplings were savoury and sweet.
Dim Sum here was quite good. Hope to try their congee next time I come.
Mille Crepe
I first knew about Najege Mille Crepe from a Taiwan variety show. We couldn't find the café at first and decided to ask around. I think this café must be famous in Malacca as the person we asked immediately told us the direction. True enough, this café serves one of the best mille crepe. The original crepe was not too sweet and soft. Lemon crepe was like cheese cake. I would give this café a thumb up!
Perankan Food
Restoran Nyonya Makko
I have been to Malacca before for sight-seeing. This time, I wanted to experience the food culture there. The first stop was of course the Peranakan food. We had lunch as Restoran Nyonya Makko. The restaurant was filled with hungry customers. We had tauhu sambal, curry makko and ngor hiang. I love the tauhu sambal. I was expecting spicy sambal that will make you perspire when you eat. However, the sambal was not very spicy and had a sweet taste instead. The curry was rich with coconut milk. Ngor Hiang did not give me any surprise.
Nancy's KitchenThere was a long queue at Nancy's Kitchen when we went there. The stench from the drain was awful but for the sake of the food, I tolerated the horrible smell.
This place is a double storey shop. They even sell Peranankan snacks such as pineapple tarts and kaya at the back of the restaurant.
Popiah was quite different from the Singapore version. It had pieces of lards instead of peanuts. Turnips was very favourable. Popiah wrap was also soft but did not break easily.
Pie Tee had almost the same fillings popiah. Pie Tee shells were big.
Chendol is a must try in Malacca. We were told that we should try 88 chendol. But the stall was closed when we went there, so we had our chendol at Nancy's Kitchen. We could smell the coconut as we stirred our chendol.
Breakfast at Malacca
We had our authenic Malacca breakfast at one of the coffee shop. There were only two stalls, one selling beverages and the other selling something that looked like fishball noodles. We were told to find a table and the uncle selling noodles would come to our table to take orders. Ok.....we sat at our table waiting patiently for him to take our order but he didn't come. Finally he delivered a bowl of noodles to the table next to us that we got his attention. There were only two choices of noodles, yellow noodles or guo tiao. Our noodles was topped with quite a generous portion of duck meat. The fishballs were relatively small and had no bounce.
Street Food
Taiwanese XXL Chicken
Taiwanese street food has invaded Malacca. We found a small shop selling XXL chicken in the new shopping mall, The Shore . Each set meal only cost RM$14.90 and it consists of a XXL chicken, a pack of either French fries or sweet potatoes fries and a drink. Like Bubble Tea which allow you to choose the level of sugar, you can choose the level of spiciness for your chicken. I opted for extra spicy. Upon receiving the chicken then I realised that extra spicy means a side of the chicken was coated with a blanket of chicken powder. I regretted it immediately as the chicken powder had stolen the flavour from the chicken.
Lok Lok
Anyone who has been to Malacca will be familiar with Lok Lok. It is a hybrid between Niang Tofu and Satay. There are sticks of tofu, wontan, sausages, cuttlefish etc. Choose the items you like, dip the sticks into a pot of hot water, choose the sauces (satay or chilli) you like. You can choose to have your stick of food deep-fried.
Char Kway Teow
Jonker Street, which opens from Friday evening to Sunday evening, is similar to our Pasar Malam. I found this stall selling char kway teow near the stage. Kway Teow is the main ingredient in the Malacca version. Without the company of yellow noodles, the plate of char kway teow tasted flat. Cockles were also not well cooked.
Dim Sum
The dim Sum restaurant we went to calls itself 'The Best Dim Sum in Malacca'. We were wondering if it was really that fantastic or was it the only dim sum restaurant in town. We went there about 9 am and the congee was already sold out. Prawns in the Xia Jiao were fresh and had the peppery taste. I like their Siew Mai and Xiao Long Bao. Fried carrot cake had lots of bean sprouts and was fried with chilli and dried small shrimps. Char Siew fillings in the yam dumplings were savoury and sweet.
Dim Sum here was quite good. Hope to try their congee next time I come.
Mille Crepe
I first knew about Najege Mille Crepe from a Taiwan variety show. We couldn't find the café at first and decided to ask around. I think this café must be famous in Malacca as the person we asked immediately told us the direction. True enough, this café serves one of the best mille crepe. The original crepe was not too sweet and soft. Lemon crepe was like cheese cake. I would give this café a thumb up!
My food trail will not end here. I would like to try Nonya Laksa, Chicken Rice Ball and visit some of the cafes when I go there again.
