Travel: Malaysia - Malacca

[TheAnswer]

celeste.chua:

TheAnswer:

Has anyone visited malacca recently? What do u enjoy most on ur malacca trip?

This was interesting to me and my boys - the submarine at the Submarine Museum (http://suitcasesandstrollers.com/articles/view/malacca).

Apart from which, we enjoyed dinner at the Portuguese settlement - nice atmosphere. ( http://magictravelblog.com/2011/12/dinner-at-the-portuguese-village-melaka/ - this blog has a few more eating places to recommend).

Have fun!

Thanks. Will check that out!

[joyceharper]

Fresco:

Food not to be missed in Melaka:


1) Pak Putra restaurant - juiciest n tenderest tandoori chicken with the softest triple cheese garlic or butter naan.

2) Nancy's Kitchen - Authentic peranakan cuisine at Jonker Street

3) Tong Sheng Restaurant - Famous with the locals, great seafood especially crabs in butter sauce. Their steamboat is very popular too. A must go for me.

4) Chung Wah chicken rice - rice comes in balls n flavourful. It is the best one in Jonker street. However, standards have dropped due to overwhelming response from tourists.

5) Jonker 88 - Good Nonyna laksa and perhaps Cendol as standards have dropped too.

6) Teo Soon Loong Chan Teochew restaurant - Great authentic Teochew cuisine that your Teochew grandparents will favour. A bit pricey though.

7) Teochew Bak Kut Teh - Next to La Boss hotel in Jln Melaka Raya. Very good value and generous. The herbal pork rib soup is unique Melakan style.

Kedai Minuman Siang Chiang Coffee shop - Very good wonton noodles and Ban Mian cooked in great ikan bilis stock. It is opposite Hotel Hallmark Inn.

For more, check out tripadvisor.com for recommendations and reviews.

Thank you for the information! This is really helpful, was thinking of going to Malacca for a trip during the upcoming long weekend.

A friend of mine said that Malacca is supposedly known for a satay steamboat - instead of soup the items are dipped into satay sauce. Do you know which restaurant has this?

Thank you in advance!

[happydl]

joyceharper:

A friend of mine said that Malacca is supposedly known for a satay steamboat - instead of soup the items are dipped into satay sauce. Do you know which restaurant has this?

Thank you in advance!

Satay Celup. There are 2. Capitol and Ban Lee Siang. I dare not eat cos I don't know whether they got change the sauce or not.

You have to go early as the queue are usually very long.

See below blog for info:
http://calvin-myjourney.blogspot.sg/2011/03/capitol-satay-celup-in-malacca.html

http://www.vkeong.com/2009/05/satay-celup-ban-lee-siang-jalan-ong-kim-wee-melaka/

[Kiasucy]

Anyone can help to update the haze situation at Melaka now? What is the PSI? Have planned to go there tomorrow. Should I delay? TIA.

[ptb7476]

Kiasucy:

Anyone can help to update the haze situation at Melaka now? What is the PSI? Have planned to go there tomorrow. Should I delay? TIA.

i read from some car forums those who are there or went there all complained the haze is bad so it is your call to decide to go or not to go
IMHO for the sake of kids i will cancel

[lazy me]

Hi Kiasucy, you may like to check online at the link below for the latest updates of malaysia's psi index.

http://www.doe.gov.my/apims/

[Nebbermind]

ptb7476:

Kiasucy:

Anyone can help to update the haze situation at Melaka now? What is the PSI? Have planned to go there tomorrow. Should I delay? TIA.

i read from some car forums those who are there or went there all complained the haze is bad so it is your call to decide to go or not to go
IMHO for the sake of kids i will cancel

But the haze here isn't any better.

[SCS]

Planning to go Malacca in Aug, any good hotel to recommend?

[cherrygal]

Hatten Hotel is the best so far. Linked to the major malls so it’s really convenient for families with kids in tow. They have a promotion going on, you can check their official website. But full for the Hari Raya long weekend already.

[hmsg]

cherrygal:

Hatten Hotel is the best so far. Linked to the major malls so it's really convenient for families with kids in tow. They have a promotion going on, you can check their official website. But full for the Hari Raya long weekend already.

http://www.hattenhotel.com/

Anyone went to the place recently? Any feedback?

Thinking of doing a weekend trip...