Food & Beverage

Noodles

Wantan Noodle
Kedai Makanan & Minuman Wantan Mee - 40, Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock (Heeren St.).
Opens : 7.30am - 2.30pm. Closes on Wednesday.
This popular dish has an apparent difference. It is prepared with abig blob of vermillion red chilli sauce that goes on the plate beforeanything else. This vinegarish chilli sauce gives noodle adistinctive Malaccan flavour.

Taiwanese Noodle
Hing Loong Taiwanese Noodle, No. 11-J, Jalan Bachang.
Opens : 7.35am - 6pm. Closes every 2nd & 4th Thursday.
Fresh noodles made in a secret recipe, serviced with choice ofstewed beef, pork ribs, pig s trotters or minced chicken.

1. Taiwanese Noodle minced chicken noodle
2. Wantan Noodle
3. Duck Mee
4. Pork ribs noodles
5. Mee Goreng
6. Mee Kahwin

Hee Kiaw
Teo Heng at Wang Food Court, next to Grand Continental Hotel
This noodle dish is only found in Malacca. It is noodles with an assortment of fish derived toppings such as fish balls and fish cake slices, seasoned with dark soy sauce and chilli sauce.

Mee Kahwin
Restaurant Ming Huat (shop opposite turning to the Portuguese Settlement).
Opens : 9.30am-3pm. Closes on Friday.
The fusion of noodles is the result of marrying (kahwin) mee rebus with Indian rojak. The result is an explosion of sweet, sour and spicy, enriched with curry powder and crushed peanuts. The concoction consist of noodles, bean curd, potatoes, boiled egg and crunch fritters, onion crisps, raw cucumber and yam bean. Don’t forget to eat it the Malaccan way – with a dash of vinegar and kicap manis.

Rice

Hainanese Chicken Rice Balls
Hoe Kee Chicken Rice Shop (next to old Chung Kiaw Bank), 4, Jalan Hang Jebat (Jonker St).
Opens : 7.30am-4pm. Closes last Wednesday of the month.
This is a Malaccan specialty. Rice boiled in chicken stock and some chicken oil and salt, flavoured with ginger, garlic and shallot and make into rice balls then served with boiled chicken pieces and garnished with cucumber and spring onion, and chilli sauce.

BBQ Pork Rice
Bunga Raya Lane (first sta l, day only, at night, the Fried Oyster man takes over).
Opens : 11am-3pm. Closes fortnightly either on Wednesday or Thursday.
Charcoal roasted meat that is golden-crusted, crispy, tender and juicy, tasting of sticky sweet caramel, aromatic and full of flavour. Served with white rice and side dishes such as kangkung, tofu, egg, dried meat and Chinese sausages.

Icy Delights

Cendol
Nyonya Cendol : No 1 Kopitiam (across from Hoe Kee Chicken RiceShop). Jalan Hang Jebat (Jonker St).
Opens :11.30am-6pm. Closes on Tuesdays.
This traditional Nyonya cendol is made of homemade jade-green cendol that is absolutely creamy, with aromatic palm sugar syrup.

Clock Tower Cendol : Stall opposite the Clock Tower.
Opens daily : 10am-6pm.
This Indian style cendol is typically pale green in colour and not as creamy rich as the Nyonya version. Mashed red beans is optional.

1 Tutti Fruitti (left) & Red bean ice with milk
2 Nyonya Cendol

Homemade Ice-Cream
Tai Chong Hygenic Ice Cafe 39, 42G & H, Jalan Bunga Raya.
Opens : 11am-8pm daily.
A trip to town is not complete without popping by for a bowl of syrup and palm sugar-drench ais kacang or homemade vanilla icecream with peach slices.

Ming Chong Hygenic Ice Cafe 43, Jalan Bunga Raya (directly opposite Tai Chong).
Opens : 11.30am-7.30pm. Closes 1st day of CNY.
Used to be popular for its Pak Poh Ice (similar to ice kacang) and ice balls, the menu and ice shaver have not been replacedsince 1928. Rojak is a specialty here. Malaccan-style rojak tosses together bean sprouts, kangkung, tofu puffs and shreddedyambean with a dressing of crushed peanuts and prawn paste.

Tai Bak
Jalan Tengkera (opposite ACS / Wesley Church).
Opens : 10am-6pm daily.
A Nyonya dessert in danger of extinction is like a sweet noodle made of rice, tapioca and wheat flour shaped comes in pink and white served with ice and light syrup. Can also add black jelly or read beans and palm sugar syrup.

Satay

Satay Celup
Capitol Satay Celup, 41, Lorong Bukit Cina.
Opens : 5.30pm until last customer leaves. Closes on Mondays.
Satay celup or satay steamboat only found in Malacca, are assortment of raw and semi-cookedseafood, meat and vegetables on skewers that are dunked into a boiling pot of water and eaten withsauce that is similar to the ubiquitious satay sauce but has different ingredients. Though Jalan Ong Kim Wee abounds with many satay celup shops but this place is said to be the best, as the sauceis thick and aromatic.

Hainanese Pork Satay
Jonker Street Satay / Sun May Hiong Satay House, 135, Jalan Hang Jebat (Jonker St).
Opens : 11am - 6pm (8pm on Saturdays). Closes alternate Tuesdays.
This famous satay of old Jonker Street offers a selection of pork, chicken, liver and intestine on skewer, with the usual sideaccompaniment of ketupat rice, sliced onions and cucumber. This aromatic meat has a crisp, slightly burnt edge served with atangy, sweet and spicy concoction of crushed peanuts, aromatic roots, spices, shredded pineapple and belimbing.

Malay Satay
Ngah Satay (opposite the three-storey flats in Bukit Baru).
Opens : 6.00 - 10.30pm. Closes 2nd & 4th Mondays of the month.
For halal Malay-style satay, this is the place to go. This satay is well marinated that it is good without its sauce.

Nyonya

Bibik Neo Nyonya Restaurant, No. 6, Ground Floor, Jalan Merdeka, Taman Melaka Raya.
Opens : 11am-2.30pm / 6-9.30pm. Closes on Mondays.
One of the many nyonya restaurants in town, this place provides home cooked dishes such as Pongteh, Ayam buah Keluak Masak Assam, Geram Asam and Itik Tim. You can also try egg with cincalok, stamed ladies fingers with sambal belacan and otak-otak.

1 Curry Debal
2 Steam ladies finger with sambal belacan

Seafood

Medan Ikan Bakar Umbai / Pernu.
Opens : daily 5.30pm to midnight
From town, take the road from Ujong Pasir to Padang Temu. At the end of Padang Temu, turn right and follow the road for the next few kilometers. There is a big signboard just before the turning into the jetty (turn right in front of Esso petrol kiosk). This place consists of a row of shops located next to the jetty to Pulau Besar. Choose any one that catches your fancy. Make your selection from various kinds of local fish, shellfish, crab, squid and prawn and decide how you want them cooked – apart from shellfish that is fried with chilli paste, most seafood and simply grilled over open charcoal. Grilled otak-otak and nasi lemak is also available here.

Local Kuih

Warung Kuih Kampung, 202, Jalan Ujong Pasir, (opposite the Police HQ)
Opens :daily 3.30-7.30pm
You can get a variety of kuih and dishes (more than 30) from binka to kuih koci to ondeh-ondeh, popiah, nasi lemak bungkus, nasi kunyit, kway teow goring, kuih keria and more.

Warung Kuih Keria Haji Jalil (small stall in Limbongan, opposite beach).
Opens : 2-6pm. Closes on Fridays.
The plump and luscious kuih keria, a local doughnut made of potato and flour that is deep fried and plunged in hot melted palm sugar for a caramelized effect is especially good here. You can also try out the kuih rengas, fried bananas and fried sweet potatoes.

1 Malay Kuih
2 Putu piring