East & West Rendezvous Café Melaka – best nyonya chang, chendol, nyonya kuih & pineapple tarts!

After numerous trips to Melaka, I finally tracked down Grace from East & West Rendezvous Café. Though her shop is in the Jonker vicinity it is off the more popular stretch of Jonker and hence the difficulty of finding it.
I had to call her personally many times for directions and was near giving up but the need to try her famous Nyonya chang (glutinous rice dumplings) kept me motivated to go on yet another circle around Jonker to find her shop. LOL!

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Melaka 1st Pacific Coffee Flagship Store @ Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall

In 2010, Pacific Coffee first entered Malaysia and I was at the launch at IOI Boulevard Puchong.

BELOW: Alexander Leaw, Director of Perfect Cup Coffee (M) Sdn Bhd which is the franchisee of Pacific Coffee Company in Malaysia at the launch with COO, F&B division, Pacific Coffee (Holdings) Ltd, Mr Jonathan Somerville.
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Today, 4 years later, I stood and watched almost the same people cutting the ribbon at the launch of Melaka 1st Pacific Coffee Flagship Store @ Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall! 🙂

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MELAKA: Restaurant Dong Fung Yong Tau Foo & fishballs & delicious fish head noodles for breakfast!

Since I’m on the subject of yong tau foo and best fishballs in Melaka (have you read my latest post – best fishballs in Bee Bee Hiong ? It’s HERE if you haven’t! 🙂 ), I decided to keep the momentum going with this yong tau foo in Restoran Dong Fung on Jalan Temenggor which I had visited last month.

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Bee Bee Hiong – good fishballs/yong tau foo in Melaka!

Good fishballs/fish paste takes skills, patience and of course a great recipe.

I’m not particularly excited about yong tau foo but I do go a bit crazy over fishballs. I love them springy with genuine fish flavour (oh duhh) and bursting with the natural sweetness of the sea.
A high order I know, with the perfectly spherical machine-formed, MSG-fied and flour laden ones that all of us are subjected to these days that it’s possible to even forget what a really good fishball is supposed to taste like.

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Chinese New Year Menu Dinner 2014 and my one night stay @ Hatten Hotel Melaka

Becky’s 1 Minute Summary:
What: Banquet style dining as Hatten Hotel doesn’t have a Chinese restaurant. Pork free.
What to order here: This review is particularly for the 2014 CNY set menus so do refer to the menus and prices in the attached menu below.
I love every dish served this evening.
Overall experience: This is my 1st time savouring Chef Kelvin’s chinese dishes and I’m impressed!
Price: RM99.80++ to RM138.80++ per pax. 
Valid: 25th January 2014 – 14th February 2014.

For the long story, read on. :)

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From KL/PJ I had the good tidings to lou sang all the way to Melaka town.
The Hatten Hotel Melaka is a 700+ rooms property located right smack in Melaka town. The view from my room on the 20th floor looks over the azure pool and the shopping malls within its vicinity.

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More good Nyonya kuih in Melaka – Bibik Ong @Jalan Ujong Pasir

This is truly a great Nyonya kuih recommendation by Daniel.
I missed it on my previous trip so I made sure I was there by 3.30pm this time. True enough, even at that early hour (operational hours are 3-5 pm or when all are sold out, whichever earlier) on a Friday evening, business was brisk and supply was already running low.

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