Melaka | Rebecca Saw

Nyonya 63 – authentic Melaka Nyonya dining with PORK!

Post author:Rebecca Saw
Post published:February 3, 2019
Post category:Malaysian Food Melaka
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Chef Chee Keong, previously from Samfu Restaurant is back!

The flamboyant chef took a break when he left Samfu but subsequently resurfaced at Baba 90 where his throes of fans from Singapore and Malaysia breathed a sigh of relief and kept him busy with their hungry demands. Reservations for weekends are almost impossible without a few weeks’ notice.

Well, Baba 90, though housed in a charming Melaka baba house, could only accommodate a few tables so it was certainly insufficient for hungry Nyonya diners.

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Best food in Melaka by Rebecca Saw: Going Places Magazine, MAS inflight magazine

Post author:Rebecca Saw
Post published:August 4, 2017
Post category:Food Melaka Travel
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Dear friends, I have a written piece published in Going Places, the in-flight magazine of Malaysia Airlines Berhad this month!! Naturally I'm thrilled to see my article and images in…

Nyonya Delights, Klebeng Melaka – recommended for homely, cheap Nyonya food

Post author:Rebecca Saw
Post published:November 14, 2016
Post category:Food Melaka
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5 years.

Imagine my disbelief when I was introduced to Nyonya Delights recently and finding out that they were operating for 5 years in this tiny space!
5 years serving good, homely Nyonya dishes and I’ve only knew about it now??

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Aunty Lee Nyonya Restaurant, Melaka – The Story

Post author:Rebecca Saw
Post published:November 11, 2016
Post category:Food Melaka
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So what happened?
Where is Aunty Lee?

Is the sweet lady still cooking or has she passed on the business?
Is the current Aunty Lee restaurant managed by her family members?
Is the food still the same?

So many questions and so many versions of the story had circulated since 2014 when Aunty Lee took ill and the restaurant was closed for a while.

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For SALE – unique and rare Melaka Nyonya Chilli Achar

Post author:Author RS
Post published:October 17, 2016
Post category:Food Melaka
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Have you seen this type of achar (pickles)?

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Nyonya chang for sale in KL – delivery to Penang, Ipoh, Terengganu, Johor

Post author:Rebecca Saw
Post published:September 24, 2016
Post category:Food Melaka
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After years and hundreds of RM spent tasting and testing every Nyonya chang I can get my hands on in Melaka and Klang Valley, I’ve finally found the best of them all – generous fillings to rice ratio, every glutinous grain perfectly cooked, each weighting consistently at 180 – 200g and opens to reveal sweet and savoury minced meat perfumed with spices which are neither too heavy nor too mild.

It is in short, the perfect Nyonya chang.

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Best Nyonya Kuih in Melaka – Dapur Cho Cho, Baba Raymond Koh (Soon Yean coffeeshop), Bibik Ong, Nyonya Kim, Yummy Food Court

Post author:Author RS
Post published:June 5, 2016
Post category:Food Melaka
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I was part of the 80% of the tourists to Melaka once, only knowing of Baba Charlie and steadfastly visiting BC each time I’m in Melaka.
I swooned over their bongkong and absolutely love the durian apam. I even wrote a glowing review of it.

Then things changed.
On one visit I was disappointed with the kuih. Perplexed, it hit me that the quality is sliding south faster than our ringgit.

Deprived of good kuih suddenly, I started to bug my ever reliable guide and friend Daniel Cerventus. “Eh, Melaka only one place got kuih ah?”
Overworked yet ever obliging, he was coerced into getting me other options, for he realized he will never hear the end of it from me if he didn’t.

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Roti Canai Kayu Arang @ Bachang, MELAKA – roti nachos, best nasi lemak, roti tampal

Post author:Rebecca Saw
Post published:May 28, 2016
Post category:Food Melaka
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Whether the charcoal (kayu arang) enhances the roti canai in either aroma or taste is debatable.

I for one, couldn’t detect any enhancements.
It could be that our orders were roti tampal (eggs + roti canai) and Roti Nachos (a pizza with roti canai as base) and since both were not plain roti, the presumably added smoky flavours were lost on us.

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