What to eat in Melaka

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

Post author:Rebecca Saw
Post published:June 24, 2014
Post category:Food Melaka Travel
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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

Post author:Rebecca Saw
Post published:March 10, 2014
Post category:Food Melaka
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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.
BLOGPOST –> www.rebeccasaw.com/pacific-coffee-opens-here-in-malaysia/

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!

Post author:Rebecca Saw
Post published:March 4, 2014
Post category:Food Melaka Travel
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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!

Post author:Rebecca Saw
Post published:March 4, 2014
Post category:Food Melaka Travel
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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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Low Yong Moh Restaurant – Melaka for good ‘tai pau’ (BIG pau) and dim sum

Post author:Rebecca Saw
Post published:March 3, 2014
Post category:Food Melaka Travel
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I have a backlog of articles for my Melaka good food (subjective of course) guide and here I am back in Melaka again.
When will I ever finished posting about all the wonderful food I ate? 😀

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

Post author:Rebecca Saw
Post published:January 11, 2014
Post category:Food Melaka
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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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Hunt for good nyonya kuih in Melaka – Yummy Garden Food Court, Jalan Ujong Pasir & Malay Kuih – Perhentian Kuih Kampong

Post author:Rebecca Saw
Post published:January 4, 2014
Post category:Food Melaka Travel
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After my previous post (read HERE –> What to eat in Melaka – Baba Charlie) some argued that Baba Charlie is too commercialized and overrated.
Well, I’m all for constructive feedback so thank you to those who said so. 🙂
This then bought me to my question; surely there are other masters of nyonya kuih making in this heritage rich albeit getting-too-commercial for my taste city? As it is I’m having difficulty getting good, authentic Nyonya cuisine here so pray tell me that delectable nyonya kuih is not a fast disappearing art too?

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Chendol in Melaka – Donald & Lily, Makko, Jeta Groves, Nancy’s Kitchen & Justberrys

Post author:Rebecca Saw
Post published:December 29, 2013
Post category:Food Melaka Travel
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Becky’s 1 minute summary:
1. Justberrys
2. Jeta Grove then Donald’s & Lily followed by Nancy’s Kitchen and Makko.

This list is based on the chendol(s) that I have personally sampled so far. Do feel free to recommend more by leaving your suggestions in the comment section of this post ! 🙂
My advice? Ignore all of them and just head over to Justberrys.

For the long story, read on.

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I had wanted “Nyonya food” for lunch on this 2 days trip.
So the 1st day was at Makko; just because David, my partner for the trip insisted that Makko’s chendol is good.

But we were too early so we headed to Jeta Groves for a quick snack before lunch.

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