Okie okie, Went to
Malacca with my college-mates on Monday and Tuesday, as our
after-exam-stress-release+bonding-trip hehe So glad that so many of us turned up. Had lots of
fun and intesresting moments LOL.
Love this people! I'll miss you guys forever!
So... we took a Transnasional bus to Malacca in Monday morning, from Terminal Bersepadu Selatan
Guess I was too excited, I think I annoyed other bus passengers
we reach around 10.30pm. And took cab to Jonker street right away.
Wasn't sure where to go, and it was raining....so we walked along the Jonker street and window-shopped around. There were plenty of shops selling all kinds of things, from bags, to clothes, to local products. and the best part course, is the beautiful and nostalgic buildings.
1. Geographer's Cafe
It was raining really heavily...then as we walk up, found the famous Geographer's Cafe. Since there was nothing much to do, I suggested to just have a tea and wait till lunch hour. Honestly, that place is a really good Chillax spot.
My Earl Grey Tea!
Totally Refreshing, after all the walking.
Cost around RM 6. (couldn't remember)
Very tourist-sy
JinYun had a Coconut Juice. LOL
SheauWen's Vegetarian Tom Yam Bihun
It's not bad at all, just that I'm a Malaysian and I know what real Tom Yam is.
This one is way less spicy and less sour-ish, probably made for the foreign tourists.
Chicken Satay and Chicken Bites for Brandon and Jiachee
well it's actually good, but nothing special. But still worth trying.
I know you are hungry, go eat now! :D
There was still time until lunch hour. Then genius Brandon took out his awesome Monopoly. I repeat, awesome! okay, maybe i should call it new generation monopoly.
Yesh, not the old school monopoly that used cash(fake money) but this time, CARD. my goshhhh
现在的小孩真幸福！
Never played Monopoly in such a tidy-form before. and the Upgraded Bank Machine is just so yeng larrr....
No need for old-school mathematics to add or minus cash.
Had lots of fun.
The place was really really nice. Quiet, cozy, air conditioned. Food was actually nod bad. Service also very well. Price, quite reasonable for such a good environment. Got Wi-Fi summore!
I heard that it's more like a pub in the evening, quite a happening place.
Address :
G e o g r a p h é r C a f é
83, Jalan Hang Jebat, 75200 Malacca, Malaysia
Tel: +60 6 281 6813 Fax: +60 6 281 6613
2. Hoe Kee Chicken Rice Ball Shop
Next Lunch Time @ Hoe Kee Chicken Rice Ball Shop
Chicken Rice Ball is Malacca's specialty and you must try it if you visit to Jonker Street.
Love the place, looks historic and ancient but yet there's air cond haha...
Very good experience. I must mention it was crowded! Must say Thanks to SookChing who went there early to reserve tables for us and we get to seat together in this special room.
Chicken Rice Balls
I thought it was good. But I must say the rice, (just the rice, not rice balls) is so much better than rice balls.
anyways, I can't really say whether it's exactly delicious, coz i've never tried other Chicken Rice Balls before.
Chicken was okay so-so only. Compared to the ones I had in PJ, the chicken does not have much taste, texture is also not that good. But please, I'm not saying is totally bad, it's still yummy. The rice balls and rice is definitely worth trying :D
Price, around RM7 per pax, quite reasonable.
Address:
Hoe Kee Chicken Rice Balls
468 Jalan Hang Jebat, 75200 Melaka
Next, on our way to Check-in our Motel
so sorry to my friends for taking them to the wrong way lol, walked so much and sweat so much...
Photos all taken by Daniel Boon
Yay, Check-In Motel Sayang-Sayang.
3. Lao Qian Ice Cafe
After taking some rest in the motel,
went out again and had Tea Time @ San Shu Gong's Lao Qian Ice Cafe
Famour for their Durian Cendol and Iced White Coffee
The boys lining up to get some drink.
Durian Cendol for Sheauwen (Rm5.80)
A bit shocked by the taste at first lol, but it gets better, really cooling and yummy.
Iced White Coffee for me (RM 5.80)
Nothing's better than a smooth-creamy-icy coffee after being in the hot sun for such a long time.
Really love it, felt energized after drinking it. It's quite big, I asked to "da pau" and the person was kind enough to help me transfer the drink into a nice paper cup.
Jinyun's Kopi O. Hot Kopi O.
Sat down and rest, and then chat with the girls abit.
After that, photo-time
sheauwen's epicness haha
btw, San Shu Gong sells all kinds of local products, packed nicely which are great as souvenirs and gifts.
Lao Qian Ice Cafe @ San Shu Gong
33, Jalan Hang Jebat,
75200 Melaka.
Contact Number: 06-282 8381
After our tea time, we had our second free activity time.
For this session, we explored around the Christ Church area, or I call it the Historical Trail.
From Christ Church and The Stadhuys all the way to A Famosa
4. Christ Church + Victorian Fountain
Hehehehe....Shades gang
Glasses gang
@The Stadhuys
I must say Christ Church area was extremely beautiful, If you turn 360 degrees, every frame of view is beautiful.
Yea that's one of those moments where I have an inner shouting : Malaysia is so awesome! I love Malaysia.
5. St.Paul's Church
walked up the hill to see this massive, brick walled, old and ancient building against a beautiful blue sky.
Pretty amazing because it just look so old, and i cant help but to feel how amazing this building survived till this era. I could imagine how all the people were inside, saying their prayers while looking out to a beautiful view.
6. A Famosa
Next, walk downhill to A Famosa
Yea I didn't bother to take photos of A Famosa lol, coz I've seen this building many times including in magazines and books. Really had enough of it lol.
Instead, all we cared about, were the bombs LOL
7. Trishaw + Maritime Musuem
Then, saw those pretty trishaw, without much thought, we stepped up to the trishaw and had a tour around.
The trishaw ride costs
RM25 per trishaw.
Well, expensive I know, but think about the people cycling the trishaw. I felt like I did something good to them by giving them a job LOL. I must say they are really friendly. I
felt a bit bad at first coz you know larr.....
I'm like an elephant you know..
.kesian the pak cik who had to bear all the muscle pain...so, 25 bucks, worth it!
The trishaw travelled from A Famosa towards the
Maritime Musuem. Stopped there and allowed us to take several photos. and then back to Christ Church.
Along the way, you can see the
beautiful streets of malacca, and what's best, you feel the the
natural cool breeze as you pass by the riverside. Awesome experience, the pak cik's were really friendly, apparently one of them is 90years old HOMG.
8. Dinner @ Ole SayangIt's 6pm, and we took cab to Ole Sayang Nyonya Restaurant.
My fave restaurant which i have to visit whenever I go to Malacca.
we celebrated Pauline's Birthday at the same time.:)
Yianyeen, always ready for the camera.
清炒番薯叶 - Stir Fry Sweet Potato Leaves
Spicy Kangkung - Thumbs Up!!!
Sambal Udang and Ole Sayang Bean Curd
The Must-have Chicken PongTeh
I forgot to take a photo of their Otak-Otak, must mention is because it's so so nice!! I like how some of my friends were surprised by how the otak otak looks as they thought it should be those wrapped in banana leaves.
Yesh, rice!! To boost our energy after so much walking.
Restoran Ole Sayang
198-199, Taman Melaka Raya,
75000 Melaka
9. Taming Sari Tower
After buying some bread, walked to Taming Sari Tower which is next to Dataran Pahlawan.
Admission was RM10 for MyKad holders.
Pretty cool experience, my first time at a revolving observation tower.
Pretty night views, the sea, the lights. Yea you'll realize there's not many high rise buildings in Malacca, which is the reason I love this place, you can look up and see the sky clearly. I think coming here at night is the best!
10. Ban Lee Siang Satay Celup
After that, took cab to Ban Lee Siang for Satay Celup
I was super super tired, so didn't take much photos.
Had my fave
You Zha Gui and Cockles. Yummy arrrr!!
Plus the
herbal tea (凉茶) was also very very refreshing!!!
I must say, the
satay sauce for this one is
better than McQuek, of course it is, Ban Lee Xiang is so well known. It was a monday night yet the place was so so crowded that we had to seat at the back of their restaurant, yes, behind the kitchen lol.
See how much they eat, you know it's really good and really worth it. They charge at RM0.60 per stick.
Restoran Ban Lee Siang
45E, Jalan Ong Kim Wee,
Melaka
That's the end of Day 1, went back to our motel and rest. I said rest, coz we didn't really sleep actually LOL
Day 2
11. River Cruise @ Malacca River
in short, 2nd day was a bit messed up because of our awesome Malaysian time system. Nothing from websites and brochures were right. The brochure says open at 9, but go there "10 baru buka ohh" then 10am go there "11 baru buka ohhhh" ....yea bcoz of that things got very messy and unhappy
anyways, our original plan was to go for the
River Cruise, which is suppose to be open at 9am, thanks to the not-updated tourist brochure. so waited only to realize we came too early, there wasn't much to do, so we hanged out at
the riverside (infront of Casa Del Rio) and took some photos. If the river wasn't that smelly, I wouldn't mind staying there longer to listen some good music to relax myself.
Thanks to Brandon's Tripod, we get to take a photo when there's literally nobody around the riverside area.
I know, Sheau wen's epic-ness again!
Me Love this photo.
My Ji Mui's in MCKL
12. Nadeje Mille Crepe + Shopping @ Makhota Parade
After that, went to Makhota Parade for Mille Crepe. Before that, I thought Nadeje was at Dataran Pahlawan, and all of us walked there, only to realize it's opposite. So sorry to my friends who had to walk extra miles. Anyways, we reach before Nadeje open, so went shopping @ Makhota Parade. Yes, i guess we are the first customers of the day.
When Nadeje opened, we went in right away haha....first customers again...and yesh the long awaited Mille Crepe!!
"Swept" all 6 flavors like a boss haha
Malacca : I guess they used Gula Melaka for this one, taste sweeter
Rum and Raisins : Awesome!! Totally amazing, the scent is just so good. Bittersweet.
Green Tea : Anything with green tea can never go wrong. Love the light taste of green tea.
Original : hmmm....nothing special, but must praise the cream, the texture is really good.
Mango : yeshhhh one of the best! I think crepe is always better with sour stuff coz afterall it's a pancake.love the sweet and sour taste, feels very fresh and yummy.
Praline Lover : A really good one, I've tried chocolate flavored crepe before, and it tasted too...HEAVY. This one is just nice, with a light texture but strong scent of cocoa, super nice larr...cant stop eating eat.
My faves : Praline Lover, Mango and Rum and Raisin
Hope to try more flavors in the future.
The crepes cost RM9 to 9.90. per piece.
Nadeje @ Makhota Parade
Lot G23B, EG4 & EG5. Ground Floor, Mahkota Parade,
No. 1, Jalan Merdeka, 75000 Melaka.
Contact Number : 06-2843469
13. Lunch @ Jonker 86
Walked back to our motel and checked out. Wanted to go to Jonker 88 for lunch, only to realize that it's closed on tuesday. so no choice, went to Jonker 86, which is right next to Jonker 88
guess I was too hungry, didn't bother to take any photos
Picture below for reference :
Source : Jonker 86 Facebook
That's when i realize I didn't take any photos of the food, and my friend says : then u shud take what happens after to show how good the food is.
But anyways, the food wasn't bad, but not very good either.
Asam laksa, does not have much sweet scent of fish. Onions and cucumbers are also little. Nyonya laksa was like non-spicy curry laksa, guess they put a lot of coconut milk/milk, coz it has a strong milk taste.
Then Cendol, also so-so only, too sweet, without the rich taste of Gula Melaka.
I guess Jonker 88 would have been better.
Anyways, the price was really reasonable.
RM4.50 each for Nyonya Laksa and Asam Laksa
RM5 for Large size Cendol
Jonker 86
86, Jalan Hang Jebat
Malacca
14, Calanthe Art Cafe
After that, went to search for the Calanthe Art Cafe as our resting place before heading back to KL
This place is also famous among tourist as it serves
coffees from 13 states of Malaysia.
The place is cozy, and yes air cond!!! Felt alive after all the walking and sweating.
Plus the place is
beautifully decorated, with wall paintings and cute items.
Wanted to try their Green Tea Coffee but it's served hot.
I was already sweating, so no choice, ordered an Iced Cappucinno.
Perfect! Totally refreshed. Almost gonna ask for a second cup.
Cost Around RM8.
Sheauwen's Ice Lemon Tea.
Then stayed there and rest until 2.30pm. Really great place to sit back and relax.
Helpful and friendly waiter helped us take this photo. Thankiuu very much!!!
Calanthe Art Cafe
11, Jalan Hang Kasturi
Melaka
Contact No. 06-292 2960
15. Jonker Gallery
Next, pass by Jonker Gallery
and bought the famous 60's Ice Fruit Tea to quench our thirst. and window shopped in Jonker Gallery.
The shop is nicely decorated, very classy, selling all kinds of souvenir, t-shirts, hats, bags, baskets etc if I had more money, I would have bought a lot of souvenir!
Yum Yum!! and cute bottle
My friends say I can find this in KL. Where?? I want summore!!
By the way, 3 bottles of fruit tea costs RM10
Reference Photo:
see, the cute lil fruit tea stall in front?
Then,
took cab to Melaka Sentral.
Then there was some problems with our bus ticket.
Apparently they had re-sold our tickets to other people, ending up with two tickets for the same seat in the bus.
Yea...all of us were pretty mad, I guess the person in charge was frightened by 21 of us and immediately arranged a bus specially for us. Sounds good huh, but the bus was like, I don't know old, hadn't-use-in-3-years, all the bus's head rest was damaged and etc etc....but Thank God we arrived to TBS safely.
So that's the end of our 2 days trip.
Here's some extra shots...
At the Motel
btw,
the motel was quite good. Air cond, water heater, are all working well. Clean place, clean shower room. Just the fact that bathroom is shared is a small minus, but other than that, everything seems to be very very good.
Go to
Motel Sayang Sayang's FB page to know more:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Motel-Sayang-Sayang/155301787893674?ref=ts
Selca's
Yes I go to Malacca quite frequently but my parents never allowed me to walk on my own but at the same time they are not willing to accompany me :( I had been waiting for the day I could just walk around in Malacca and take loads of photos of this historical site. and Thanks to my classmates who made this dream come true. The trip became 10 times better than what I hoped.
After so much planning and discussions, I thought the trip was really fun and I hope my friends enjoyed too. I am glad that we were able to visit so many places and try out so many things in such a short time.
Of course, having 21 person in a trip is not an easy thing when it comes to coordination. Transport was a big issue since we didn't have any car, then everyone had different opinions and suggestions, I really thought it's gonna be a bit troublesome. But the best thing is that everyone was so helpful and willing to sacrifice. They didn't question much about our plans and didn't mind to walk more than 1km back to motel when we were all so exhausted. I really did enjoy despite all the walking. Learned so much about each other and really hope that our friendship lasts forever. Will miss you guys! Love you S1103B
Other than that, I really learned a lot from this trip. Malacca is a truly inspiring don't you think. Looking at the aged buildings, worn out pavements, used ships and tricycles, thinking that 600 years before, this place transformed from a woodland to a international port. Imagine how quickly developed the place was! All the efforts, ideas and money that has been put in. All these really inspired me to work hard, so that I could create my own world and I could be in the place that I want to be. Who knows? maybe I can build a JW Heights or JW Healthcare Group :D
Green Tea
