Last Day in Malacca (Day 3)

11th August 2019, Sunday

Today is the last day in Malacca and we had to go back to Singapore. We packed our luggage and stuffs, then we checked out the hotel. We also bought a tin of the hotel's hand-made cookies as we were treated to their cookies when we checked in. It was very yummy. After that, we left our luggage in the hotel and headed down to Mahkota Parade. But we did not able to get a grab car and had to get the hotel staff to call for a cab. It was quite expensive to go to the mall from the hotel ($20 ringgits). But we just went ahead cos we wanted to go Nadeje for their millie crepes.

Cookies by Hilton Hotel

When we reached there, the shop was not yet opened but there was already a queue outside the entrance. So we quickly queued for it but i went to KFC to buy small snack while waiting for the shop to open. Once the door was opened, the place was quickly filled up and even the take-away counter was busy. We ordered 2 slices of millie crepee, a pizza and a pasta. The pasta and pizza were quite nice. After we finished the meal, we walked the mall for a short period before we headed to the cab stand. We bought some sesame street tee-shirts from a cartoon shop, the shop really sells a lot of cartoon tee-shirts (very cute). There were many cars on the road and there was only 1 cab waiting at the stand. The driver only know limited English but he was able to understand where we were headed to.

Drinks

Pasta

Salmon Pizza

Millie Crepes

We managed to reach back to the hotel where we just shopped in the adidas outlet again and bought some clothes. After that, we headed up to the hotel restaurant (Makan Kitchen) to have our late lunch. We waited until it was almost time to head downstairs to wait for the coach. There were a couple of coaches from the same company arriving at the hotel to pick up passengers. Ours came slightly late and we were hitting on the road back to Singapore. It was quite a long journey back and there was massive jam when we were reaching towards Malaysian Customs. The coaches were sounding the horn on the cars and the coach guide explained to us that the coaches drivers were actually doing that to chase the cars off the bus lane. Despite the jam, we didn't have to wait for too long to reach Malaysian Customs. We reached back the drop-off place in Singapore around 10 plus. After which, we took grab to go back home.

Late Lunch

P.S: I was lucky to get a special mama packet in one of the mama noodles snack i bought back but i don't know who had eaten up the snack.... ^_^

Places visited:
Nadeje

Hotel Stayed:
Double Tree by Hilton

Malacca, Malaysia Trip (Day 2)

10th August 2019, Saturday

The Daily Fix

Today, we woke up late and decided to head down to Jonker's Street for breakfast as we did not order breakfast in the hotel. We got ready and waited for the first shuttle bus to Jonker's Street. The bus was late for 15 mins and people started to complain and asking if the bus is in operational today. When the bus came, it was packed quickly and we were off for our breakfast. We walked along the streets to look for our breakfast place and decided on the cafe "The Daily Fix". But it was crazily packed with customers and so we were put on the queuing list. But there was limited space to wait there and we can't even stand in the shop before the cafe to wait. So we decided to walk around the streets first but there was a risk. If you are not around when the staff calls your number, you will have to queue again.

However, it was better than waiting there without any space to stand or sit. So we went ahead to shop along the streets first. We went to the Mama Museum which was new to us and there were many people inside the shop. Everyone was queuing to buy their products and decorating customised cup noodles. It was slightly cheaper as compared to buy in Singapore. We also bought some of the products back and bought 3 of the customised cup noodles for decoration. But there were too many people in the workshop area, so we headed back to the cafe first to check our queue number. It was still quite far from calling our number. So we headed out again.

Next, we headed to San Shu Gong to buy the products. Again, there were a lot of people shopping inside and it was so crowded. We ended up quite a lot of stuffs too and asked the staffs to pack for us in boxes. After we finished, we went back to the cafe but we had missed our queue number and my friend did not want to wait for another 2 hours for it. So we went to have Chop Chung Wah chicken rice balls instead. When we reached there, there was a long queue outside the place (as usual). So we just queued for it (if not, we will have nothing to eat and it was almost lunch time). But at least the queue was moving so we waited for half an hour and it was very hot standing under the sun.

Rice Balls

Whole Chicken

Chicken Intestines

We ordered a whole chicken and a plate of rice balls. Luckily the food arrived fast and we were glad we were able to have our breakfast and lunch. Once we finished, we decided to head back to Mama museum to decorate our cup noodles. There were still plenty of customers inside but we managed to find seats at the workshop area. So we sat down and decorated our cup noodles. There were many parents and children decorating too. After that, i brought the cups to the sealing area where the staff told me to put the cup upstairs down and over the noodles. Next, the staff asked me to rotate the cups containing the noodles over. After that, the staff took the cups over to the ingredients area where i got to choose what ingredients to put inside each cup. Next, the staff took the cups and started to seal the cup noodles. After that, she wrapped the cup noodles with plastic and put them into cute mama monster plastic bags.

Mama Monster

Finished Products

Dessert

Once finished, we decided to head back to the hotel first as the stuffs were heavy to be carried around. So we walked slowly back to the shuttle bus pick up and we also ended up in Jonker 88 for their dessert too. We waited for half an hour, the bus was no where to be seen. So we gave up waiting and called for a grab car to ferry us back to the hotel. When we reached our hotel, we went back to our room and rested for a while. However, the house keeping people were just coming in to clean the room. So we left the room and headed downstairs instead. After walking for some time, we called for a grab car and headed down to Nancy's Kitchen for dinner. When we reached there, there were already a crowd waiting outside the door. So we wrote our names down in their waiting list. We had to wait for almost an hour before we could get a table as the staff were clearing those with reservations and was clearing those walk-ins later.

We were so hungry and so we quickly ordered our dinner. Thankfully, we didn't have to wait very long for the food to arrive. After dinner, my friend bought some nonya snacks there and we left the place. We tried to call for a grab car but the price was double of the price we came as it was past 8 pm. We got lucky when there was a taxi stopped in front of the restaurant to alight some passengers. We asked the taxi driver if it is by meter or fixed price and the taxi driver was so cute that he told us he is okay to accept any amount we want to pay him. He doesn't mind on the amount as he is driving to pass time. We had fun chat with him and we paid him $19 for his services.

Big Crowd

Dinner

We went back to the Adidas outlet in the mall to check out the clothes and the prices were quite cheap as compared the other shops. Then we went back to the hotel and decided to head down to the gym where we exercised for an hour. After that, we went back to the room and showered. Time to sleep...

Places visited:
The Daily Fix
Mama Museum
San Shu Gong
Chop Chung Wah Chicken Rice
Nancy's Kitchen

Hotel Stayed:
Double Tree by Hilton

Malacca, Malaysia Trip (Day 1)

9th August 2019, Friday

Today, i am travelling with my friend to Malacca over the weekend for a short getaway. But of course, it is Singapore's Independence Day too and we ended up in the customs for almost 3/4 of the day. We arrived in Malacca very late afternoon (around 5 pm). The coach (Luxury Coach) we took was full with many Singaporeans travelling to Malacca for a short getaway. There were a group of uncles and aunties sitting at the back of the bus and were so high. The coach also had to drop the passengers at different hotels points and ours was the last stop. We booked our hotel at Double Hill by Hilton and it was quite far away from Jonker's Street. There was an empty mall named Elements Mall beside the hotel.

Pit Stop

Once we reached the hotel, we checked in and went up to our hotel room. The room was very big and spacious. After settling in, we went down to the mall to have a look. One of the shops was having 1-for-1 promotion, selling jackets, bags, caps. I bought two slight bags from the shops. After that, we took the hotel's shuttle bus to Jonker's Street for dinner. It was a 10 mins ride from the hotel.

Hotel Room

As usual, Jonker's Street was packed with people and it was crowded. There was queues everywhere too, so we went to Little Nonya restaurant to have our dinner. We ordered some dishes with rice as we were quite hungry after the long ride. By the time we finished our dinner, it was about 8 plus and the last bus back to the hotel was at 8.30 / 9:00 pm. So we just walked for a short while and we went back to the shuttle bus's pickup point. The bus was about to leave, so we ran towards it which we made it in time. When we reached back at the hotel, we just went to the mall and explored the upper levels. There was a cinema in the higher level, other than that, there was nothing... ^_^! After that, we just went back to the hotel and rested for the day.

Entrance 

Little Nonya

Asam Fish

Places visited:
Little Nonya
Jonker's Street
Elements Mall

Hotel Stayed:
Double Tree by Hilton

Malacca Getaway 2014

8th August 2014, Friday (Day 1)

Queuing to get on the coach

Decided the day before to go Malacca for the weekend as it was public holiday on Saturday and company off day on Friday. So my friend and I went ahead to book the coach to go Malacca today and i booked a hotel for around $50 for 2 nights. I still went to my old company to visit my friends and delivered goodies from Philippines to them in the afternoon...hahaaa...After the lunch and chat, i went home to take my bag and went off to meet my friend. We met @ Bugis MRT station and then we walked to Textile Center to collect our coach tickets. And since there is still an hour away, we went nearby (Keypoint) and had egg tarts from KFC. We waited until is about time then we walked back to the coach agency (KKKL Travel Agency) to wait for our bus. The coach seat was very spacious and comfortable, but the driver changed our seats numbers. After everyone got on, the driver went off.

Our beds

It was around 8 plus when we reached the causeway and we went through the customs. There was a massive humans jam in the Malaysia Customs. Then we just tried to sleep on the bus when it drove to Malacca after the customs. We reached Malacca Bus Terminal and tried to find a cab to our hotel. The cab driver missed the hotel twice cos the hotel building is at the roadside, at a traffic light and he was also not sure where is it. On the third time, i had to tell him it's at the side...then he drove to let us off. Anyway we went in and checked in...it was a budget hotel and was simple. Got a simple room with 2 single beds side by side and heng...is with private toilet..But overall, it was ok though the building looks old lah...Then my friend went shower and i went to bed without shower... :P

9th August 2014, Friday (Day 2)

Wu Hua Rou.. Yum Yum!

Woke up feeling lazy too, wanted to go queue for the famous chicken rice ball stall...in the end lazed until 9 or 10 plus then got up to shower. Then we finally got out of our room and then we walked towards Jonker Street for chicken rice ball stall, but along the way (before we reach Jonker Street), i saw the stall (that previously i had breakfast when i was in Malacca in 2011), so i asked my friend whether she tried it...Then we went in and had our breakfast there, cos she said she haven't tried it before. Had yam rice too....the food was still nice too. After the meal, we continued our walk down...walked along Malacca River too and saw a crocodile swimming in the river. The weather was very hotz too, already sweating...Walked past a museum for Zheng He, we went in to take a look (admission fee $10 ringgits)...We had a guide to tour us around and do the explanation. After the tour in the museum, we went to have lunch. I missed Jonker 88 shop and so we were walking 2 rounds like that...hahaha....Managed to find the shop and it was still packed with people, as usual. They had moved their cooking inside the shop now (Previously, they were doing the cooking outside the shop). Anyway, we bought a bowl of Asam Laska to share and the small bottles of coke and sprite costs $3 ringgits. There was another lady sharing table with us, told us the bigger bottles also costs $3... -_-"
After the lunch, we walked to Manokata Parade to find the Millie crepes...my friend knew the way and she is bringing me to walk all around the area....hahahaaa....

Nadeje

Queued for a while for table when we reached Nadeje, it was moved to level 1, outside now. Still having good business...We ordered 2 Millie crepes and our drinks...It is still so nice...and we were siting directly under the aircon...full blast...shiok....After that, we went in to the mall and walked around...having an event with some Korean pop boy band group and a lot of people were looking. We just walked around (forget to look for A&W..curly fries...ahhh...) and then went back to San Shu Gong in Jonker Street to buy our goodies. I got instant coffee and my favorite peanut candy...heheee..Then we walked back to our hotel to put the stuffs first. We rested in the room first and my friend went to shower cos cannot tahan the weather...really very hotz..hahaha...My friend was asking for fishball crackers...-_-"...i also don't know where to buy there...We just nua in the room until around 5 plus or 6 pm...then we went out again..then my friend asked the staff how do we go back to the terminal to collect our bus tickets for the return trip. She told us to take a bus to go there and it doesn't seem a very friendly way. Even the bus stop we need to walk a distance to catch the bus. And there was also a group of students at the lobby..i told my friend tonight will be a noisy night for us.

Carrot Cake

Then we left the hotel and walked back to Jonker Street again for the night market. We walked along the Malacca River again, until to the ship museum there. Then, we walked back to the night market, a lot of people too. Found the egg tart (that i had the 1st time i came Malacca)...nice...Then we had sausages too, Luo Han Guo drink (my friend don't want to drink at first..she thought it's some herbal tea....hahahaa).  Bought carrot cake (bought back to hotel but didn't eat cos ended up sleeping), satay, some dim sum too. After all the food, we went back to our hotel. As usual, my friend went to sleep while i was bathing...kekeke....And really, there were a lot noises outside our room throughout the night (Doors banging, people talking and running....).







10th August 2014 (Day 3)

White Chicken

Woke up and feeling lazy again..and is the last day in Malacca already. Got up and went shower, we headed out to try queue for the chicken rice balls shop. It already having a queue when we reached there and it's really very hot standing outside. We waited for quite some time before it's our turn. And they don't really ask you how much you want to order...like very standard, if the group is small, half chicken and 5 balls each. The balls were smaller, compared to the first stall i ate when i went Malacca the first time. And it was nicer here, the chicken also very smooth and they also provided a plate of chicken livers and intestines (which my friend was happy to eat them)...kekekee...We ordered another 3 more plates of rice balls. And when the uncle was taking payment from another 2 guys (sharing table with us) told the guys that we 2 had already ate 25 balls...hahhaaa...Overall, it was a good and nice meal (next time sure go back and eat again)...hehehe...After that, we walked to the Church of Xaiver, there i brought my friend to the ice cream shop (which we found on the last day of my 2nd Malacca trip). We each had a cup and had a hard trying to finish it too..hahahaa..Then we walked back to the hotel to collect our bags and do check-out. We took a cab to Equatorial Hotel where we went to the McDonald's for a while before the bus (from Superior Coach) comes. Lousy bus, cannot see the seat number and the seat was small too. Next time don't book from this coach company. Then we were off back to Singapore.

Hotel Stayed:
Aldy Chinatown

Malacca Food Trip 2011

Christ Church Melaka

Day 1
Went to Malacca again, this time a food trip from 24th June to 26 June. Went with SY, QY, PW and April for a 2D2N trip. We met at office's lobby at 5.45pm and we took cab down to Kovan Hub. Pw's bag was like weighing a few kg, i think (so heavy for a 2D trip... lol). We had our dinner at the hawker centre there and bought some breads. Then we left from Kovan Hub bus interchange on Friday evening (7pm). The coach seats was abit cramped, kekeke....April was sitting with Qy and i am sitting with Pw. It took us 1 hour to reach Tuas Checkpoint, then we passed Singapore Customs and went to Malaysia Customs. No jam there, we had our fingerprints there too when we were at Malaysia customs. Then after that, it's a long ride to Malacca.

Finally, we alighted at our destination, the bus terminal @ Malacca Central. It was already about 12 plus, then we called up Sy to come pick us up. We waited for about 5 mins, Sy appeared with his grandma's car (kekeke....). Then he drove us to Bayview hotel for check-in, we arrived at the hotel and all were amazed by the hotel's lobby....lol.We got a double and a twin rooms instead of 2 twins rooms. Qy doesn't want to sleep on double bed, so Pw and April shared the double room while mi, Qy and Sy shared the twins room. Anyway our rooms are connecting rooms, so we can run to each other's rooms. We went up to check out our rooms then, the TV in my room was not working. So i had to go to the other room to watch... : P
The hotel auntie bought us the extra pillow and towel and she was panting for breathe...hahaha....then later Pw called the room service to request for another set of toiletries. The same auntie came back with it, but she was speaking in malay with a not-so-nice attitude. But we can't understand, so Qy asked April to help translate. But she didn't say anything to us when the auntie was niaming. She just told us that she is charging for the extra set of toiletries if we want. So we told the auntie, we don't want instead. After she left, April told the auntie was actually not happy that we didn't ask her to bring the 1st time she came up. Then Qy said maybe that auntie was the only 1 working in the hotel...hahahaa...

Later we all had our bath and chatted, cracked jokes until 3am plus (i think). Finally all kept quiet and went to bed to prepare for the next full day journey.

Day 2
Woke up at 8 plus with the ground wet, after a heavy rain during the night. We each prepared ourselves, then we left the hotel at 9.15 am. First stop, Kok Keong Restoran. There, we had yam rice pork Soup for our breakfast. It was not bad...Next, we went down to the Martime Museum, which was a Portuguese sunk ship.Next we walked down to the Quayside, where we saw the Malacca River Cruise and the fortress wall which was used to defend Malacca. There was a very big wheel too. We were trying to have a group photo on the fortress wall too...kekeke...so much fun when we were trying to climb on the walls...After that we were walking to Christ church side..Sy suddenly went and lay on the ground to take a water reflection photo of the christ church, Qy was asking Pw quick take out $ and put it where Sy was lying, then Qy will take a photo of it...kekeke...So Sy got a nice photo of his Christ Church and we got a nice photo of him on the ground...Hahahaa....We spent some time at Chirst Church there and we went to have a look at the museums on top (*secret..there was a photo on Sy super gay which Qy took for him in the museum.....a must to see it....). And we went up to Malacca hill (i think) to see the leftover walls of St Paul's church. By 1 plus, we were all hungry, so we headed down to Amy's Heritage Nyonya Cuisine to have our lunch.We ordered 5 dishes there (Vege in Coconut Curry, Asaam Fish, Tofu,Chap Chye, Ayam buah keluak and white rice), nicer than Nonya Nancy Kitchen.But there was a strong fish smell in Asaam fish dish. After that, we went for shopping cos we were all sweating and wanted to find a place with aircon to cool down..hohoho....

We arrived at Dataran Pahlawan Mega Mall as our shopping place. There, we walked past a bra shop and men's underwear shop (next to each other). So April made a joke that we gals will go in the bra shop and Sy will go to the men's underwear shop, which Pw added that Sy to show us when he try out the underwears...then Sy asked Pw whether wan to have a fashion show....hahaha. Then we went for our shopping while Sy went to look for our next food destination which is somewhere in the mall. Qy bought shoes while April bought clothes, then we walked around and went up to Nadeje. Woo...it was having a queue there and needed around 1 hour to get a table. So Sy left his contact number and we went for A&W first for a cooling root beer float, curly fries and waffles. (Sy don't get why we were so into A&W.....lol...think Qy was super pleased that she got to eat her waffles and root beer float). When we are almost done eating, table in Nadeje was ready for us. So we went up to have mille crepes...It was super nice...we ordered 5 flavors (Chocolate Banana, Original, Cheese, Rum & Raisin and don't know what Malacca)...the chocolate banana crepe was only having banana taste and no choco taste. Preferred the what Malacca and the original de....When we were having the Rum & Raisin crepe, Sy went and ask whether it can be kept long for their crepe cos Pw suggested Sy to bring back for us. When he came back, the Rum & Raisin crepe was left with only 2 small pieces...hahaha...he was so shocked that we ate up the crepe so fast and he was left with only that...kekeke.....

After the nice tasty crepes, we walked over to Hotel Equatorial opposite as Qy and Sy were having 'feeeeling'....with the toilets...kekeke....After that, we went for Malacca Boat Ride..it was $10RM per person for the ride. Didn't enjoy the ride, it was packed with people and you can't reali see when sitting inside of the boat. And there is no guide to tell you the buildings or bridges that we passing, there was a audio guide playing and it was played in Malay for the 1st half of the ride. On the 2nd half of the ride, the audio guide was speaking in Malay and English.Those sitting near the sides were being splashed by the river waters....hohoho....and April was the one of us who genna the most....Sy was calling out to the ang mo passerby wherever the boat passed by...sometimes April oso joined in, the 2 of them super high.....lol...
After the ride, we went back to the hotel for a while, to charge Sy's camera battery. Then we went down to Portuguese Settlement for our Portuguese dinner. While walking to the dinner place, there was a cart selling Portuguese snacks..Don't know what is it called, anyway it looked like pandan chicken and chicken pie. Sy bought to try....(nobody wants to eat it again after trying...lol)
We spent abit of time searching for the place that we wanted to eat dinner, it was called San Pedro. To our surprise, there was almost no one eating in there, only 1 table of people. (Don't know it is too late, reaching their closing time or something else). Sy was searching on the net for reviews, but we still went in and try since we had already reached the place. So we ordered baked fish, Cldebal, Kang Kong and rice.Outside, it was like a small hut but inside, it was old and looked like it might collapse anytime ...lol....we waited for some time and our food came. It was quite disappointed on the food, other than spicy, there is nothing special in the food...even the rice is abit overcooked....After the dinner, we went down to Jonker street to walk around...sad..can't find the egg tarts there...we walked from 1 end to the other end and walked back again. Then we went down to queue for satay celup @ Capitol Satay. It is similar to Lok Lok but it was dipped in peanut sauce to cook. We had to queue for almost an hour for a table as the place is famous...finally we got our table, we went for the lok lok...it was charged by per stick, 1 stick $0.80rm. The shop staff had on the fire so strong that the sauce looked like a volcano, waiting to erupt soon....lol....I don't reali enjoy it, don't find the peanut sauce nice too...Sy was the one enjoying it the most, well, he was looking forward to it...kekeke.....

After that, we were sooooo happy to go back to the hotel for our showers (sweaty and sticky the whole day). Qy and Sy were 'fighting' to chong the toilet to the first one to shower...lol....We all had our bath and did our accounts for the day, Qy and Sy went to sleep first, while mi, Pw and April watched 'Drag me to hell' movie...but was unable to finish it as we were too sleepy liao....lol

Day 3
Today we all woke up late...we lazed on the bed until 8 plus...April was unable to get up...kekeke...she was the last one to drag herself up for shower....(Qy was calling for her to wake up and i was pulling the blanket...lol) 1st stop of the day, we went to Donald & Lily for breakfast. There was a man walked up to us and asked us for $5rm, he said it was for him to take care of the car....-_-" But anyway we gave him $5 to "take care" of the car while we are away. Then we just headed down to the makan place, there, we ordered nasi ayam pongteh (their special for the day), mee siam and nyonya laska. Sy was thinking to eat cendol there too...lol...After eating, Sy said he wanted to go inside to take a look...April commented that Sy might come back with a bowl of cendol...Qy can't hear it clearly, so she asked April what did she say...April said the same sentence again, but Qy interprets it as Sy wanted to borrow $10......Pw and mi broke into laughter.....(Joke of the day....hahaha...think Qy got problems understanding what april is saying....lol)
After breakfast, we went down to San Shu Gong (@ Jonker Street) to buy bians back....After shopping, we went back to hotel for check-out. After check-out, we went down to Malacca river for a short walk, where we took photos of Church of St Francis Xavier and Qy & Pw's "wedding" photo....hohoho....When we were walking back to the car park, we passed by a ice-cream shop called icily..Since we were feeling hot, we tried the ice-cream.Fresh fruits are being used to blend as ice cream......quite interesting...we bought 2 cups, and had 3 furits mixed for each cup. After the ice cream, it was our lunch time and we headed down to Bei Zhan Restaurant.....It was a very big chinese restaurant wo....there was a promotion that order 5 dishes and 1 dessert for $100rm....so we went for that promotion and ordered the dishes (chicken, soft shell crab, prawns with salted eggs, dou miao, sweet & sour pork and agar agar for dessert)......it was delicious, i like the soft shell crab and prawns with salted eggs...yum yum....After the delicious meal, Sy wanted to go for coconut shake but it was too far away and we don't have time left...so we went to Jonker Street again for cendol and asaam laska...There was a jam in Jonker street, so we alighted first to find a table in Jonker 88 while Sy went to park his car. Pw and April went and queue for the cendol while i and qy went inside to find table. After awhile, Pw came looking for us, asking us whether wan to order 1st as it was going to be the their turn soon. When we had decided not to order 1st, April appeared with 5 bowls of cendol.....-_-"

Luckily we managed to get a table, but Qy and i don't eat cendol so we shared a bowl just to clear 1 bowl....hohoho...Sy wanted durian cendol, so he took 1 bowl and asked to add durian...Later Sy went and ordered laska...Qy added in the last bowl of cendo (half of it) into Sy's unfinished cendol so as to let him eat up the last bowl without his knowledge....kekeke....he certainly didn't suspect anything when he came back....
After eating, we went and walked Jonker Street again...Pw and Qy each bought something for themselves...then we had to leave to take our coach back to Singapore....sad sad...When we reached the bus counter, Pw realised that our coach actually leaves at 5.30pm instead of 5.00pm....lol...so we ended up having another 45 mins left to pass. So we called up Sy again for kopi, anyway he had forgotten to take back his mum's hp from Pw...kekeke.....We went to Mac for drinks while waiting for him...And our April was so absent-minded...She went to buy mac ice-cream cone and she came back to the table with her change, without her ice cream. -_-".......After the last kopi session @ Mac, we said bye-bye to Sy and went to our bus...i like the coach bus (Star Express) back to Singapore...massage seat and there was much more space....
We left Malacca @ ard 5.45pm and reach tuas checkpoint ard 10 plus..there was a bit of jam....but it was still ok....finally we reached Golden Mile Complex @ ard 11 plus, and we had our dinner at the nearby food centre....After dinner, we all went home, which marked the end of our food trip.....

Hotel Stayed: Bayview Hotel


Places of Interest:
Martime Museum
Christ Church
History Museum
Statue of Zheng He
St Paul's Church
Dataran Pahlawan Mega Mall
Malacca River
Church of St Francis Xavier
Jonker Street

Makan Places:

Kok Keong Restoran

Amy's Heritage Nyonya Cuisine

A&W

Nadeje

San Pedro

Capitol Satay

Donald & Lily

icily

Bei Zhan Restaurant

Jonker 88

Malacca Trip 2010

Went to Malacca from 17th Jul to 18th Jul with my friends. We met at 8 am at Golden Mile Tower, had our breakfast and boarded the coach bus to head for Malaysia, Malacca. It was a 4 plus hours ride there, we reached Malacca around 1 plus. We alighted at Hotel Equatorial entrance, and took a cab to the Baba House at Jonker Street.

Luckily one of our rooms is ready, so we put all our bags in that room. Next, we headed to Jonker 88 shop, which is famous for its laska. There are so many people inside, all the tables are fully packed. We waited for awhile and we manged to get a table after 5 mins (which was super lucky). We ordered a plate of fish cakes, 4 bowls of laska (4 of us) and 2 chendol and 1 ice kacang. The laska so quite nice and tasty, super spicy.

After that, we headed down the streets of Jonker Street. There are alot of shops along the streets, selling cute items, rattan stuffs, and many others. Then we slowly walked down to the Chris Church, which is the oldest church built in Malacca. After that, we walked back to Jonker Street again and we went to the Baba Nonya Heritage Museum (where the tv series, 'Little Nonya' was filmed). The entrance fee is $8 RM and it was a guided tour inside the house. It was a big house with 2 storey high, all the bedrooms are located upstairs and the dining room, kitchen, relatives' room, guests' room are located downstairs. It was a half an hour tour, but think there are alot of mosquito inside, cos we all came out with at least one bite. Hohohoho...........
After that, we went back to the hotel cos one of my friends wanted to have a shower (Weather too hooooot).

After that, we headed down to the Nonya Nancy's Kitchen Restaurant for our dinner. We ordered popian, fried rice, vegetables, fried egg with prawns, chicken and a soup. The only food which is nice is the fried egg with prawns and popian , the rest, not really that nice. The total bill was $60.50 ringgits. Anyway we all ate until very full. Later we headed down to the streets again, this time there are small stalls being set up along the whole Jonker street. There are alot of stalls selling watches, shoes, clothings and more food.

There are alot of people coming out to walk the streets too, it was packed. We walked until 8 plus, then we went back to the hotel again, to put our bags down (too heavy to carry around, lol). There, we rested until 9 plus, then we went out again to buy our supper. We bought taiwan hotdogs,fried noodles,bbq clams and lala, dim sum, otak, egg tarts (i like it,heheee) and ate in our hotel room. After all the good food, we went to bed and rested for the day.

The next day, we woke up at 7.30 am and got ready by 9 am. We headed down the Baba Cafe and had a light breakfast. Then we headed down to Famosa Chicken Rice Ball Restaurant to try the chicken rice ball. The rice was too sticky and not nice to eat. The chicken is still ok, not too bad. We bought 6 pieces of durain puffs on our way back to the hotel. The durain inside the puff was quite watery, but still it got the smell and the puff was quite crispy. After that, we headed back to the hotel to check out. We waited for the cab after checking out and headed down to the Mega Mall, next to the Hotel Equatorial.

It was a super big mall, but on the 1st level up, it was like our shopping mall. But on the basement, there are more small shops, packed together and there are more people shopping downstairs. We had our lunch at the A&W fast food. The order taker was so blur, gave us more than what we ordered. Later we headed back to Hotel Equatorial Entrance, to board our bus back to Singapore.

Reached Singapore at 7pm and we had our dinner at the Golden Mile Hawker Centre. I had chicken rice ($3), and my friends had carrot cake, hokkien mee and claypot chicken rice. After that, we all headed home.

Hotel Stayed: The Baba House

Places Visited:
Jonker Street
Chris Church
The Baba Nonya Heritage Museum
Mahkota Parade Shopping Mall