Trip to Malacca.

I was sleeping in the morning when my mother came into my room. She told me that my aunty and her family are travelling to Malacca and will be staying there for a night. My aunt offered us to tag along with them ! Of course I would like to tag along because I'm a food lover and Malacca is all about food. 

We started our journey at 7.30 AM on Sunday. It took us around 1 hour or so to reach Seremban. We stopped by a local market to have breakfast since it was a little time consuming for us to go to a coffee shop before we leave. 

At Senawang, Negeri Seremban, we asked a local newspaper seller about the good food at the market. The crowd at the market is like how a market should be ! We went to second floor to the food court. There were many varieties of food at the food court. Wan tan mee, Laksa, Popiah, Beef noodle, Char kuey tiao, etc. The newspaper man suggested the beef noodle since that town was famous for it. Its quite special to me because it was the first time I have been to Seremban. We ordered an extra bowl of beef meat balls too. It was yummy as I love meatballs.

Moving on, we continued our journey and it took us around an hour to reach malacca. Traffic was smooth all the way until we enter town. The roads were jam up because there were many traffic lights. We went straight to Jonker's Street as it was the main attaction for tourist as well as local people. 

Jonker Street, is known as the center of Chinatown, it was once reowned of its antique shops. Food, clothing, souvenirs, you name it you'd get it. 

As we were walking along Jonker Street, there was a long queue for the coconut shake. As tourist, we join the queue as well. :D

We stopped by souvenir shops and my mother got herself 2 bottles of aromatic candles. It itch my nose every time I smell it. :<

At 11AM, the sun came out shining brightly and we were all sweaty and hot. The shop lots in Malacca are very long. They'd separate the long shop lot into 2 shops. The front part of the shop and the back part may belong to two different owners. As we entered one of the clothing shop, we came to sense that a cafe is located at the back ! We took our seats at the Daily Fix cafe.

When I was walking around taking photos, I spotted this guy sitting by himself on an antique sewing machine. I thought it'd be cool to get a candid picture of him and it turn out great.

Stairways leading to second floor.

We passed by this cafe/restaurat operated by MAMEE.

This is a shop selling nyonya clothing.

We stayed at the Hatten Hotel which is located in the city center. Surrounded by the historical landmark of Malacca. Below is the view from the Alto Sky Lounge at the roof top.

 And guess who was in town too ! Coincidently, my cousin was in Malacca as well. They came to visit our hotel room as they haven't been in Hatten before.

At night, my cousin was craving for the O Jian located nearby Jonker. It was at a lane which is known as Boon Leong food court in Bunga Raya.

At 10.30PM, my friend came to pick me from Hatten and we had a drive around the city. We visited Newton Food Court and they served really good stingray. Of course we couldn't miss the famous satay celup from Malacca. we googled about midnight satay celup and restaurant Capitol was frequently visited by locals and tourist.

We enjoyed touring around the city with no cars on the road as it was the middle of the night. We thought it's be cool to stop by the landmark of Malacca, Christ Church which is always crowded in the day but empty at the time we were there. The weather was great. The cool wind totally put us to chills.

It was late when we said goodbye to each other and I hope to see him soon too, maybe not in Malacca but in our city. Drive safe Tyson !

The next day, we shopped around Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall as it was just accross the street. Due to the bad weather, we were forced to use the underground tunnel but there were lots of small stalls to look at. Malacca is developing well compared to the last time I visited. We ended up chilling in Starbucks with a nice cup of seasonal drink, the Toffee Nut Latte.

Before leaving town, we went to Hing Loong Restaurant for it's famous Beef Noodle and Pork Noodle. They both come in soup and dry. The soup Beef Noodle is spicy for me so I ordered the dry Pork Noodle instead. My uncle and cousin totally loved the Beef Noodle soup. They pretty much licked the bowl. Here is a picture of the soup Beef Noodle.

Last but not least, we went to Tan Kim Hock Products for cendol because the other cendol stores were out of the way. We tried the durian cendol but I still prefer the gula Malacca original cendol. 

This is the end of our trip to Malacca. It was a relaxing trip and we didn't have to rush for anything and I am happy that my uncle asked us to tag along. 

Goodbye.