Porridge Steamboat

I am glad that now Malacca also have this porridge steamboat! If i am not mistaken, this is the one-and-only at the moment. I am so use to adding soup instead of porridge, so the first sight of seeing the lady top up the porridge into the pot was quite 'scary'. At the back of mind i was thinking "can we actually finish everything?" Alas, with 4 men in the family, everything got clean up pretty quick :)

Fresh SEAFOOD! and veggie!!

Pot of 'rojak" Hahahha...

This is the shop "Restaurant Da Jia Le" which means "everyone happy". They are located in Taman Melaka Raya and they only open at night. Best time to go 7pm. Anything later than that will be LONG-Q!

Apart from the steamboat, you can also place side order like "fried noodles" (any kind), "fried rice", "fried fish" (any how you would like the fish to be cooked), "fried veggie" etc. These extra are helpful especially if you are supper hungry.

Sir, would you like to buy some cheap antique?

I was pleasantly surprised by this unique morning market at Jonker Street. They sell nothing but only antiques! Dad and I drove pass the street and the old radio record caught my eyes. Dad was surprise that i didn't know about this and so he decided to drop by for a while just so that i can explore.

Appenrently, this antique morning market have been here for a while. According to Dad, anyone who has some old stuff to sell can just set up their stall here. Lisence are not needed, however one can sell from 8am-12pm every Sunday morning only.

The stuff here are old and so are the sellers...hahhaha...

You can find all kinds of things here like books, megazines, old coins, stamps, old records, pots, pans, utensils, electronic stuff, assessories, old wieghing machines etc. Some of the stuff sold here i still can find them in my grandparents' place! Hahahha...

A nice place to be at on a Sunday morning!

Ikan Bakar...

Okai, i am back once again. I've been lazy blogging lately! Hahaha...mainly because work has been crazy and by the time i got home, the last thing i want to do is to park myself infront of the laptop again.

Today is aceptional becuase it is RAYA holiday! Hence, i decided to do some update for this site before it grows cobwebs..Hahha...

Few weeks back, family and I decided to have seafood! And off we go to Alai. Alai is about 20mins drive away from Malacca town. This is 'THE' place for nice and cheap seafood. This place only open at night and it is by the river mouth that join the river to the sea, so you can actualy smell the sea before reaching the place.

As seen from the picture below, you basically hand pick what you want from the stall. Good isn't it? Freshness of the stuff are GUARANTEED! They have different choices of fishes like ikan pari, tenggiri, cencaru, siakapetc. There are also prawns - tiger prawns, normal prawns, you choose. Shell fish - mussle, kerang and bamboo look shell fish, squid and crab!

Once you have picked what you want, you just need to tell the boss how you would like them to be cooked. You can have them in bakar style, sweet sour style or black sauce style, as long as you can come out with any style you want, they will try to accomodate and do it the way you want :)


After try-and-error, we finally conclude that for fish and prawns it is better to have them in bakar style. Mainly becuase, they don't put in any additional flavouring, so you can actually taste the original taste of the sweet and juicy meat!


This is how the ikan bakar look like. NICE!


Okai, this is the highlight of the meal, ikan pari goreng-masak cili! If it is not for the sake of health, we could have wack more than 2 ikan pari! What the chef did was he deep fry the ikan pari and then pour the chili sauce that was prepared seperately on top of the fish. As you bite into it, you get the juicy meat and the crispy skin! PERFECT!


Okai, I must say, to get a nice squid meal is quite challenging. We have tasted black-sauce sqiud, sweet sour squid (pic below) and deep fried squid, but none of them taste very nice. The only thing we have not try is to bakar them! So, i'll let you know how it taste like once we have tried that, or you can drop a note here if you have tried it :)

Apart from seafood, they also serve plain nasi lemak and otak-otak. Both are equally NICE! After Muar's otak-otak, i think this is the next best one.

Price wise, i think no worries. How expensive can it be when you are in Malacca! Hahahahha..Let me see, there were 7 of us (4 men, 3 ladies) we have 2 ikan pari, 4 ikan tenggiry, 1 kg + of prawns, 10 squids, 10 packs of nasi lemak, close to 100 sticks of otak-otak and 1 jug of ice-lemon tea and it total up to about RM130 plus minus.

The best time to visit this place is between 6:30pm-7:30pm.... you will get all the BIG and FRESH ones. How to get there? Hm... i think the best is to have a Malaccan with you, cause the direction to this place is quite tricky at night, unless you know Malacca VERY (1000X) well... :)

Paddy field @ Pulau Gadong

I discover this paddy field two weeks ago when I was driving back from Malacca to Subang with my boss. The sight of the beautiful paddy field was breath taking, and so I am back here again with my ‘dummy’ camera.

The place is quiet and all you can here is the sound of the crickets and birds chirpping. The morning air was fresh and you can hear the sound of the streams flowing gently by the paddy field. If not because of the hot sun, I think I can sit there for hours just to look at the green. Hm...this is one of the few paddy field left in Malacca..another few years i think it won't be here anymore. I saw a group of foreigner (i assume they are from Mongolia, base on the wordings printed on their T-shirt) with complete video camera set. I saw them taking a few video shoot, maybe they are working on a documentary?

I was about to leave that place, but halfway i decided to explore another walkway that is nearer to the field and so, i turn back. I am glad that i did that, because i met the owner of the paddy field. He is Mr. Yong (Xiong xian shen). The field belongs to his family and it was passed down to him by his grandfather. He has been working on the field for ten over years. Mr. Yong is quite a nice person to talk to. He is friendly and happy go lucky. At this age, working on the field is more like a causal pass time for him :)

According to him, another 2 months will be harvest time! I will be coming back to this place again for the next two month to track the growing progress of the paddy and until the harvest time. Hopefully can capture more interesting pictures.

Meanwhile, below are some pics i took :) If you want more pics can always visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/ingching

This is Mr. Yong

Porky Satay!!

Sun May Hiong Satay House - this is one of the few satay restaurant mend by Chinese. Most importantly is that they serve PORK! Where can you find PORK satay?

The meat is merinated with kunyit (yellow ginger) and some spices. It comes in smaller chunk, not like the satay Kajang where the meat are bigger pieces. Because of the small chunk of meat, it make it easy to eat. If you have big mouth, you just need to take one bite. The most two bites for people with smaller mouth :P hehehe...Not only that they serve pork, they also serve the spare parts like the pig intestine and liver. Chicken satay are also available, but if you are a REAL Chinese, you wouldn't want to waste stomach space on chicken satey :D

What makes it tasteSUPER yummy is the sauce! It is a mixture of chili sause, peanut and star fruits. They cooked these three ingredients together until it mix well. So you have some sourish sweet spicy taste. Yumm ..yumm... yummm....!

They also have ketupat. The ketupat are the REAL ones.... not those instant ketupat with plastic warp...I wonder whether they make it themself or they get from some other people. Cause so far, i have not seen them make any of those in their shop..Anyhow, the ketupat is also yummy! Me alone can wack 3-4 bigi at one go :P

It is quite affordable. RM0.40 one stick. The best time to go is about 11am...lesser crowd. If you go later, you just need to be patient to wait for a table.

So how to get there? Here is the address:

Sun May Hiong Satay House

50/50A, Jalan Kota Laksamana 1/1,

Taman Kota Laksamana.

75200 Melaka

Opening hour: 10am-7pm

06 Nil Six Studio

This post should have been up last month, however work gets in the way and it was delayed. I hope Stanley (owner of Nil Six Studio) won’t get disappointed with the late posting as I told him I’ll blog about his shop once I get back to PJ. Anyway, here we go Nil Six Studio.

It was during one of those random trips that I came across this shop. My normal habit when visiting Jonker Street will only take me to shops located at the main street. However this time round I decided to explore further to Jalan Tokong. It was about noon and the sun is getting hotter, all I wanted to do is to find a shed. As I walk along the row of shops I found this place. I must say, apart from Orang Utan, this is by far the most artistic t-shirt design I’ve ever seen in this area.

I like the concept of the brand and how it was expressed through its merchandise. “Nil Six Studio” isn’t some weird arty name just for the sake of being arty. “Nil Six” is actually derive from the Chinese word “Ling Lu” which means “Mouse deer” or “Sang Kancil” in Bahasa. Sang Kancil is the icon of Malacca. This animal was portray as a bright and clever creature in the history of Malacca as describe by Parameswara.

Nil Six Studio see themselves as a bright and creative team that connect the past with the present through design.

Location map is as follow:-



Some of the T-shirt.. i personally like this one VERY MUCH! :)


The owner - Stanley


Custome designed magnet

Huang Chang Chicken Rice

Chicken rice ball, a MUST-EAT whenever you come to Malacca! It is also one of the trademark for Malacca. As most of us know there are many chicken rice ball restaurants around, so you must know which one to go, else you will end up eating something that is not nice and had a burnt on your wallet. Yes! Although food in Malacca is consider as cheap, but there are still some restaurant owners who miss used trademark name like “chicken rice ball” , “nyonya”, “original nyonya” etc. to attract customers. And believe me, there is a chicken rice ball shop in town that actually charge more than they should. Hint: They name themselve after the chicken rice ball and the A Famosa.

The one that I am going to introduce to you is not those that you can find in the town. This one is called Huang Chang Chicken Rice and it is in Melaka Baru, about 20 mins drive form the town.

Their chicken are nicely cooked, no trace of blood, very soft and easy to chew. It is normally serve with cucumbers, strips of ginger, light soya sauce and sesame oil. The rice ball is at its right size, slightly smaller than a ping pong ball. So, it is very easy to pop it into your mouth. To add more taste to the rice ball, you can dip it into the chili sauce and thick black soya sauce. Yum! Yum!

Pricing… let see, a meal for one person (8 rice ball + quarter chicken) is only RM2.80, in town it will be about RM3+. A meal for a family of 4 (half chicken + 20 rice ball + drinks) cost less than RM20. Once I brought a group of friends, there were 16 of us, we ordered 4 chickens, 110 rice ball, drinks (Chinese tea, can drinks, herbal tea) it only cost about RM64. Cheap eh? So don’t miss it if you ever come to Malacca.


How to get there? As you exit the Ayer Keroh toll, go straight, you will come to the first traffic lights (landmark: World Youth Foundation Building on the left), go straight, keep right, you will see a turning on your right. Turn right into the road, go straight, (landmark: mosque on the right, houses on the left), go straight, follow the road curving left and right until you come to a traffic light (landmark: Police station and quarters on the left, row of shops and Multimedia University infront of you), wait for the traffic lights and turn right. Go straight (landmark: Chinese cemetery on the right, SMK Munshi Abdullah & Petronas on the left) Turn left at the Petronas and continue going straight. You will come to a traffic light, go straight, keep right. You will come to another traffic light (landmark: Perodua on the right, Public Bank on the left), Turn right at the traffic lights, then take the first turning on your right and then immediately turn left again, you will see the shop right there. :) Hope you can find the place and enjoy the food!


The owner.