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Now if you haven't tasted this yummy brown coconut sugar , you haven't been to Melaka, Malaysia! Why else would they name the sugar after the state anyway? Gula Melaka is made from from the sweet, watery sap that drips from cut coconut flower buds. Contrary to belief, it isn't palm sugar but coconut sugar.
Good Gula Melaka taste lusciously sweet, creamy and rich like caramel when it's soft. To use, pop a piece into a bag and hammer it into small pieces. You can find good, fresh Gula Melaka from this little factory -shop in Jonker Street.
RM4 for about 6 pieces Leave a Comment Theme: OtherAddress: Along Jalan Kubu,
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Other than being a self-professed foodie (Yao Kwee - it means glutton in a Chinese dialect), I'm also a Coffee Addict (Kopi Kwee - go figure ). So bad is my addiction that I need to have my cuppa in any part of the world! Café noir in France, Cafe Den in Vietnam, and of course, Kopi O in Malaysia. So Melacca makes little exception..
According to the locals and fellow Kopi Kwees, the best, freshest coffee in Melaka, can be found in a little shop in Jonker Street. It's over here that arabica beans are freshly roasted before they're packed in tiny fragrant bags for your cuppa.
A packet of coffee bags cost around Rm8 or so Leave a Comment
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Are you a fan of Jerry Hopkins (The Chap who wrote Extreme Cuisine)? If you are, then I think you will take to this specialty from Melaka, Malaysia. Called Cincaluk, it's made from tiny shrimp left to rot in salt and rice for weeks on end till it turns a pinky brown colour. The smell, needless to say, stinks like cheese but it's helluva delicious!
For us Peranankans ( Straits Born Chinese ) , no dish is ever complete with this stinky, salty shrimp sauce. Like the Thais with their ubiquitous fish sauce, we use it for practically everything, as a dip for barbequed fish, a sauce for beef noodles and even as seasoning for fried chicken. If you're keen, buy a bottle of the sauce from the famous Tan Kim Hock store in Melaka and try this simple but delicious recipe. Bon Appétit !
Bpacker's Cincaluk Chicken
Ingredients
1)A couple of chicken thighs
2)A salty marinade consisting of 1 tbsp sugar +2.5 tbsp cincaluk +1 tbsp lime juice
3)Herb seasoning consisting of 1 sliced onion+chopped garlic + 2 batttered stalks of lemon grass
4)2 tbsp olive oil
5) 1/2 tbsp dark soya sauce, for colour
->Chop the chicken thighs into bite-sized pieces and dunk them in the salty marinade for 15–20 minutes.
-> While your chicken marinades, heat the oil in a wok till it sizzles like enrique iglesias. Fry the herb mixture next. Add the marinated chicken next and fry until it's nice and fragrant . Add a little water and soya sauce and continue to fry until chicken is cooked.
A bottle of rotten shrimp sauce cost about RM3 to 4 at Tan Kim Hock Leave a Comment Theme: OtherAddress: No. 153, Jln Laksamana Cheng Ho, 75000 MelakaDirections: Look out for a shophouse with a pink facade, and a 3D replica of a giant bowl of chendol on its rooftop.
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Way before the onslaught of potato crisps in Malaysia , there was the ubiquitious prawn keropok of cracker. What is it? Well, it's just a a prawn-rice flour mixture fried to a savoury crisp.
Prawn Keropok is sold uncooked in Melaka so don't bite into a raw cracker when you see one. You'll need to take it home and deep fry it first.
About Rm2-3 per packet Leave a Comment Theme: OtherDirections: Easily available in any shop in Jonker Street
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Along Jonker Street [daily and night] and St. Paul's Hill [daily], there are many local artists selling oil paintings, water colors or sketches [plus copied from old pictures!!!!] about Old Malacca. One of the painter named Martin, he do paintings about Christ Church, Stadthuys and St. Paul's hill since 20 years ago.
Oil paintings, sketches and drawings.
About RM10 for 3 pieces of copied pictures Old Malacca. Leave a Comment Theme: Local CraftAddress: Jonker Street and St. Paul's hill, Malacca
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The shop is so colorful. Drawing an orangutan and bright colors around. Fancy surrounded old Chinese houses along Jalan Hang Jebat.
Unisex t-shirt. I like the sketches, the design and simple colors on it. Especially Malacca's theme.
About RM15 - 30 per piece Leave a Comment Theme: OtherAddress: No 59 Lorong Hang Jebat, 75200 MalaccaPhone: +60 06-226872Directions: Easy to find in Jonker Street, just focusing to a big orangutan picture at a colorful wall
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Wearing couture on your feet, that's how I feel each time I slip into one of these beautiful slippers. My love affair with these things started since young since all the grown-up women in my household had pairs of beautiful shoes embroidered with flowers, birds and even the seven-dwarves...
When you're in Melaka, you're practically in Peranankan ( Straits Chinese ) Shopping Haven . You can find good ol' pernankan fashion ware here and beaded shoes..
It takes many weeks to complete an intricate design so a good pair can cost up to RM300+. A 'fake' pair will cost less as the designs are less intricate and the beads are bigger. The shop that I'm recommending have been making these shoes for generations . They even make tiny 5cm shoes for women with bound feet! Leave a Comment Theme: ShoesAddress: 103, Jalan Kubu
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Housed in restored Peranakan house, Malaqa House is an art gallery cum souvenier suitable for shoppers and art lovers.
Oil painting, sculpture, ceramic, furniture, antiques and oriental arts. Leave a Comment Theme: ArtAddress: No. 70, Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock, 75200 MelakaPhone: +606-2814770Directions: Within the Jonker Walk area.
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As an associate of the AEON Group of Japan, the Jusco department store is among the first international retail outlets operating in Melaka since 1991.
The store is popular with the locals for their households needs and supermarket items, particularly for its Japanese products. It is also popular among Singaporean visitors who normally make their shopping spree here before returning to the island via the North-South highway nearby.
There are ample free car parking for shoppers here. Apart from the Jusco department store, there are also other shopping and dining outlets within the complex such as McDonalds, KFC and many more speciality shops.
For shoppers who want a variety of goods at good value for money, its worth to pay a visit to Jusco Melaka.
Household and supermarket items.
About average price, go during sale for more bargains. Leave a Comment
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Dataran Pahlawan Mall is the latest mall now in town. Being constructed in the historical field of Dataran Pahlawan itself, this mall looks impresive and promising.
Many shops inside this mall selling varieties of items. Choices of restaurant also are in this mall.
Easy access to Banda Hilir Historical Zone plus there is a beautiful fountain inside this mall being carved with Melaka historical events all around. Theme: OtherAddress: Dataran Pahlawan Mall, Banda Hilir, MelakaPhone: 0126230441
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