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I had always like popiah melaka style where they would have the popiah with the common sweet and chili paste topped with a piece of green vege, minced fried eggs, minced tofu, slices of cucumbers, cooked yambean (sar kok in cantonese) wrapped together with the popiah skin. The secret that makes melaka popiah nicer is a little pork lard oil being added just before wrapping.

I spotted this mobile popiah stall on its way to business at about 2 plus in the afternoon at Bukit Beruang. It stopped just next to where I was buying some noodles and I decided to try it. The popiah goes for RM2 per piece and the lady have her son helping her out.

The popiah is good but not as sinfully good as they just use the pork lard oil and not the pork lard itself. I asked Wee Meng about the stall later he told me that they are always at the junction where I bought them but as I was waiting for my order, the owner got a call for 10 pieces and soon after she had done my order, she started to push her stall on wheels again, wonder if she is delivering or just moving to a better spot .

Anyhow, not a bad choice for some tea time snacks without having to jam into Melaka town on a weekend .

Popiah @ Bukit Beruang
GPS: N2 14.706 E102 16.248

I had been noticing this place everytime I use the Bukit Baru way to town in Melaka, finally last weekend I had a chance to check it out. I got there at 7.45pm and it was so crowded I had to wait about 10-15 mins to get a place to seat. They offered bak kut teh here in 2 choices, one is pork and the other is beef.

I ordered the beef and waited for about 25-30 mins as they shop is quite laid back… well it fact its not a shop but a house on the main road which had converted it’s porch into a makan place. I also noticed there’s 1 table that’s having a steamboat with peppery bak kut teh soup with beef, etc.

I ordered a can of beer for my wait at RM7.50 and the family that’s running the place was kind enough to offered me the day’s papers for the wait.

Finally my beef bak kut teh came, its a well portioned claypot of beef, beef internals, beef balls with foo chuk and cabbage served with a bowl of rice. The rice is a sticky, but the beef bak kut teh was good! Its not the usual bak kut teh soup as I expected. Its actually this thick and peppery soup with all the ingredents inside.

The soup is peppery hot but very very good and as I was eating, I was sweating hot and nose was running. The beef bak kut teh costed me RM10.50 and the final verdict is good, especially on a rainy day! Definately something unique to try, but try to avoid peak hours!

Loi’s Bak Kut Teh and Beef Stall
GPS: N2 13.742 E102 16.624

Bored of the same old Melaka scene at night? Well… I think Bert’s Garden provide a good alternative to that. Located in Tanjung Kling and away from all the hustle and bustle of Melaka town especially weekend traffic jams, this seems to be a nice place to chill out and chat the night away.

Its located quite far away from Melaka town itself near to Riveria Hotel this actually leads to the old road to go to Port Dickson from Melaka. Its quite hidden and quite easy to miss as the road is dark, so I hope the GPS helps.

Bert’s Garden is locate by the seaside with a nice little parking lot where you see a lot of locals trying their luck fishing there. Bert’s Garden is actually the garden of a colonial house which have been refurbished to be a restaurant cum beer garden kind of style.

There are plenty of seats by the seaside, but becareful of those in the hut, we had splashing sea water jumping up on us when the wave got stronger. The beer here goes for RM38++ per jug and we ordered some Commando Fries (RM10) which are french fries fried with peanuts, onions, anchovies, etc. very very nice!

The deep fried sotong is good too but at RM20 is really too costly and chicken chop with black pepper is yummy too but RM18. Food is a bit pricey to me but at least taste good.

But if you like a place with a nice and breezer environment with sound of waves sitting by the seaside, this could be your place .

Bert’s Garden
2078-C Jalan Kg Pinang, Tanjung Kling, 76400 Melaka
Tel: 06-3152213
GPS: N2 13.212 E102 11.201