Two friends (Ratna and Jeni) and I decided to join Dr. Wong to Malacca for Buddhist youth leadership workshop from 3-5 th June. I guess, this will be the last year for me to join youth conference, since my age is not that young anymore 😂.
Anyway, three of us met up at woodland train checkpoint at 7:55 am to catch 8:05 am train. We were the last to enter the station door. I know, we were almost late... Luckily the train waited for all passengers to clear two immigration, else i am sure we will miss it. Eventually, the train took off at 8:20 am, and the journey was only 5 minutes to reach JB central. Dr. Wong has been waiting for us since 8:05 am. We met him at about 8:35 am. Apologize, Dr. Wong! Then, one of us need to settle something at JB, so we left JB for Malacca at around 10 am.
Our fun trip started then! First stop was Ayer Hitam. We stopped at one old dim sum restaurant. The restaurant is called Kedai Kopi Tang Chuan,
763 Jalan Batu Pahat,
Ayer Hitam, Johor.
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The restaurant seems to be a family owned restaurant. They are famous with "Da bao". It is bao with pork inside. We could see them making the "bao" while having our food there. The texture of the bao is soft with the slightly sweet, savoury taste and tenderness of the pork inside simply make it so perfect. It is yummy. When I bite it, oil was dripping out. Yes, it's pork's oil. I know that I have to leave behind my health conscious for that moment.
Unfortunately they are out of BBQ pork bun for that morning, so we didn't have chance to try it. Dr. Wong said it was good. Maybe next time.:D
Unfortunately they are out of BBQ pork bun for that morning, so we didn't have chance to try it. Dr. Wong said it was good. Maybe next time.:D
Below are all that we ordered. All taste good. But, one that you really have to try is of course their bao. Guess how much we paid for this meal? It's only RM 25.xx in total.
Our next destination was Muar. Dr. Wong wants to meet up his ex students there. We reached there at about 12:30 pm, and it is lunch time.
The famous Muar Otah? Yes, we got one big box from the students' family. The taste was slightly spicy, and very good.
The students then brought us to one seafood restaurant for lunch. They ordered spinach with egg yolk, claypot tofu, assam fish, oyster omelette. The food is so delicious. The egg yolks spinach was one that I love the most. The color of the spinach is fresh and nice, not overcooked or undercooked. It was topped with "Pi Dan" and egg yolk sauce. Yummyyy... Slurp....
We left Muar at around 2:30 pm. After about an hour journey, we were in Malacca town! Since it was still early, we decided to explore Jonker Street. It is the famous street in Malacca, where you can find a lot of local food and also souvenirs. Surprisingly it wasn't that crowded on Friday. I believe people are still working and tourists haven't reached there yet.
The first thing that we were looking for is Durian Puff. It is one bite size. Yes, you have to put everything in your mouth otherwise it will be very messy. It costs RM 10.6 for 6 pieces. It's a steal. I heard we can find it in Singapore too. It's at Taste Better. But the price is a lot more, it's 2 for SGD3.90. They have 2 branches, one is at Vivocity, and another one is at Waterway Point Punggol. This is indeed very special. The filling is more like melted durian Ice cream. That is the reason why you have to put the whole piece inside your mouth.
When we were about to leave the shop, we saw a group of known people passed by. They are friends from Malaysia and Indonesia who also came to attend the same workshop. It's so coincidentally that we all met at Jonker Street. We quickly chased after them. Guess what? We went back to the durian puff shop, and ordered another 2 boxes. Some of them ordered their yogurt ice cream.
From there, we continue our adventure, walk along Jonker Street, and we saw a shop that sells mini pineapple. RM 10 for 4 mini pineapples. We forgot to take any pictures of the pineapple. Everybody enjoyed it. I have been wanted to try this pineapple, but haven't got chance. It is very crunchy and sweet.
That's not all for our tea time. We found Cendol at Jonker 88. That's the popular one along Jonker Street. The queue wasn't that bad, but, we couldn't find any seats. So, we stand while having the Chendol. I like it very much. The fragrance of their gula melaka is strong and tasty. We were quite full at that time, so, we shared 2 bowls for 4 persons. If I am not mistaken, I paid RM8.5 for 2 bowls of Chendol.
It was close to 6 by the time we finished our Chendol. It's time to register at the workshop venue! And, oh dear... Jonker street wasn't our last meal for the day. Dr. Wong's classmates invited him for a dinner, and we all went together. Hahahaha The dinner is at "Bei Zhan" restaurant. We heard that it's one of the best restaurant in Malacca.
The signature dish is Pork Trotter with bun. I am not so keen on the fat, otherwise the lean meat tastes really good. They also ordered egg yolk fried chicken. It's quite interesting. You really can taste the egg yolk. Yummy. We all were quite full actually. And also we need to rush back to the workshop place for the opening ceremony! Haha, so that's all for the day. So much food in a day! Stay tune for our next day adventure in Malacca...
That's not all for our tea time. We found Cendol at Jonker 88. That's the popular one along Jonker Street. The queue wasn't that bad, but, we couldn't find any seats. So, we stand while having the Chendol. I like it very much. The fragrance of their gula melaka is strong and tasty. We were quite full at that time, so, we shared 2 bowls for 4 persons. If I am not mistaken, I paid RM8.5 for 2 bowls of Chendol.
It was close to 6 by the time we finished our Chendol. It's time to register at the workshop venue! And, oh dear... Jonker street wasn't our last meal for the day. Dr. Wong's classmates invited him for a dinner, and we all went together. Hahahaha The dinner is at "Bei Zhan" restaurant. We heard that it's one of the best restaurant in Malacca.
The signature dish is Pork Trotter with bun. I am not so keen on the fat, otherwise the lean meat tastes really good. They also ordered egg yolk fried chicken. It's quite interesting. You really can taste the egg yolk. Yummy. We all were quite full actually. And also we need to rush back to the workshop place for the opening ceremony! Haha, so that's all for the day. So much food in a day! Stay tune for our next day adventure in Malacca...
(Pictures from Ratna)
(Our room at one homestay in Malacca, check it out at airbnb if you are interested) - two thumbs up for the room.
P.S. Some of the pictures were taken by Ratna.
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