Aug 27

Everyone knows that chicken rice ball is the icon of Melaka’s food but its also considered to be a very tourist type of food now especially in places like Chung Wah & Famosa whic is famous and can be packed at times. I was introduced to this sort of foodcourt like place, which is basically just zinc covered under a big tree along Jalan Tun Sri Lanang.

Its more of a breakfast place and the chicken rice ball finish up by 12.30pm, so be early ;). For RM3.50 per pax, you get 6 chicken rice balls and a serving of chicken. Otherwise its just RM1.50 for 6 balls of chicken rice alone. To me, chicken is just the side dish that I can do without, you can eat the chicken rice ball on its own as it is very tasty especially when you add on the chili sauce. This stall home made the chicken rice ball and just chop up and serve them here.

In the same area, you will also find Seng Lee which sells Hee Kiaw Mee, its just fishballs and fish paste noodles typically but the serving is also different. It reminds me of the similar one I had in Taiping, but that is served with lai fun. So basically, the noodles of your choice, dried or soup, served with fishball, fish paste (coloured orange), some pork and a nice spoon chili paste to mix! RM2.80 for regular and RM3.50 for the large one.

Didn’t have enough space in my stomach to try the wantan mee but I am very satisfied with the chicken rice ball and the hee kiaw mee. A recommended breakfast place in Melaka for me ;).

GPS: N2 12.367 E102 15.182

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Aug 19

If you search around the blogs, most makan blogs will feature Wah Kiow which is a very famous Yong Tau Foo place in Lorong Peel next to Taman Maluri Jusco and IPD Cheras. That reminds me of my working days in Cheras where we used to eat at the chicken shop opposite Wah Kiow and would order some yong tau foo, but the chicken place is no longer around but Wah Kiow is still there.

It was after our mountain bike hashing (see http://wildgeeks.org) and I had like 4 bikes at the back of my truck and I found a parking at Jalan Peel instead of turning into the lorong. I saw a yong tau foo stall just at the corner of Jalan Peel to Lorong Peel and thought that Wah Kiow have move out. So without thinking too much and wanting to be able to watch my truck and all the bikes behind, we just sat and waited for the rest. A phone call later, I realised I am in the wrong shop! Hahaha… anyway, we decided to makan separately because all of us wanted to be able to see our vehicles and bikes.

So anyway, I didn’t managed to catch the name of this makan place but its pretty crowded, 5 of us ordered 1 assam fish, 1 char chee yok and lots of yong tau foo (ytf). Instead of making your own ytf, this place you just pick the pieces you want. I let the Rooster do the ordering because I am just too lazy after the hash.

The ytf are alright, I wouldn’t say fantastic but its on standard and is not bad. The sui kau however cannot fight with Wah Kiow and the bittergound just cannot fight with the fish paste place in Oldtown.

Assam fish is kembong, that is not too bad while the hakka stew pork (char chee yok) is average, still cannot fight with my dad’s :P

Overall is ok, about RM7.50 per person for a lot of food plus drinks ;)
GPS: N3 07.604 E101 43.549

Makan first, think later ;)
Aug 11

This is probably the best kept secret of PJ Oldtown when it comes to food. I have at first wanted to take details photograph on locating this place, but decided not to… why… simply because its already quite crowded and the wait is already long. Plus, it wouldn’t be a secret after that right? Hahaha… so if you want to know where is it exactly, I will take you there and you pay my bill ok ;)
This place, does not have signboard, its just table and chairs laid in at the corridor of a house in PJ oldtown, passing the front of the place, you won’t even know it exist! At the back is a small kitchen where the owner cook the noodles bowl by bowl, no shortcut, that’s what makes it good. There are also additional place to sit inside the house, but you have to go in from the back.

The wait here average 30-40 mins, so if you can’t wait, don’t come. This is because there are loads of people who come, willing sit down and wait for their take away orders of like 10 packets, the lady boss cooks them one by one. Hehe… also, for drinks, they only have loh han gou and barli, nothing else. They opened 8am to 2.30pm, close on Thursday and Sunday.

They are famous for their fish paste (yee wat) noodles here, but I saw a lot of people ordering minced pork (yok sui) noodles too. The fish paste noodles are soup based, I saw the owner taking the stock from what looks like a big pot of chicken stock from my observation, not exactly sure. Anyway, the noodles are serve in soup with a very generous amount of vegetables, some seaweed, a piece of fried foo chuk and 3 big chunks of fish paste. First thing to try is the soup and its excellent, filled with taste but yet very clear (ching) and natural. The chunky fish paste fills your mouth with a bite full and its soft, no fishy smells and tasty. I can now understand why the crowds keeps coming!

Greedy me (as usual) topped up with 2 side dishes, dumpling (sui kau) and stuffed bittergound (yong foo kua). The dumpling are excellent with 1 huge big prawn in it and the paste have a good mixture of veges inside too. But I fancy the bittergound more, its hardly bitter, soft and the fish paste stuffing are very very generous.

Worth waiting, definately, just need to come earlier next time, can get a bit hot but lucky they have plenty of stand fans around ;). 3 fish paste noodles, 2 siu kau and 4 bittergound, 2 drinks cost RM18.90.

GPS: N3 05.110 E101 38.767

Makan first, think later ;)