I only remembered Malacca very vaguely and this is actually the 3rd time I'm there. The 1st time I was there, was with my secondary mates during sec 3 or 4 (I can't remember). It was a school trip as we were studying history of S.E.A at that time. The 2nd time was with Alvin & family. The focus of the trip is actually Water World with a short stopover at Malacca.
This time, I really got more time to enjoy this town. While the famous red church was one of the famous historical building ....
...... I've set my eyes on this quiet like church just outside the border of the historical site. It's called Church of Francis Xavier and it was built in the 1800s.
Initially we wanted to have lunch at the famous Malacca's chicken rice ball. The so-called most original one was located near a bridge housed inside a old coffeeshop. However, we gave up because :
1) we had to find our own seats
2) all the workers there seem to have a 'million dollar' face, they don't answer you promptly when you ask a question.
In the end, we decided to walk down Jonker Street and decided to just eat anything we walked past. As we walked, we realised there are so many shops selling the famous chicken rice ball. We walked into this one that attracted us to its decor, for Alvin, he is most happy as it is air-conditioned. Malacca was just simply too hot !
The decor was so pretty and it creates a very nice ambience. The weather was just simply too unbearable that we retreated back to our hotel to rest before we headed put for dinner and enjoy the Pasar Malam at Jonker Street. We stayed at Bayview Hotel and the view from our room overlooks the Straits of Malacca.
We wanted to settle our dinner at one of the chinese restaurants. After a 2 rounds of driving, making out the roads in Malacca, we gave up. All the chinese restaurants we could find were having a wedding banquet ! We were amazed and thought was last Saturday a very auspicious day for weddings.In the end, we had our dinner at a 'zhi cha' stall in a coffeeshop - just opposite our hotel :<
The food was good and its famous dish is the Fresh Milk Crab. We ordered the crab, pork ribs, vegetables, 'big head' and steamed promfret. The uncle who took our order told us the wait is not long but we actually waited for almost 30 mins ! Probably, their 'not long' is a min. wait for 30 mins. Ha ha ha....
Anyway, we finished all the food as we were dammed hungry. The bill came and I was quite surprised and I think we had been chopped. The bill is RM 140 for 2 of us with 5 dishes. I find the place we had the dinner & the portion of the food does not equate the price we paid.
As we brought quite limited cash, after paying for the dinner, both of us ended up with RM12. Ha ha ha..... we have never been so broke before on our holiday. Even during our poorest time, we still can't afford to spend $$ to buy things we liked during the holiday. But this time, we felt we are so poor and I don't even dare to buy a RM 8 clock that I liked at one of the stalls at the pasar malam.
We walked the rest of the evening admiring the stuffs but without buying anything. Ha ha ! It's so unlike me !
However, we still managed to fetch home a few t-shirts at the factory outlet store and the reject shop at a good bargain. Malacca have 2 mega mall, 1 called the Mahkota which was the 1st modern looking mall in Malacca. The other one was opened quite recently which carries more labels, local and overseas. Interestingly, this new mall was built on a piece of massive land, yet they do it 1 level only, same like Mahkota. Wondering does it have to do with the religion or feng shui if the Malaysian authorities believe in. Or just simply their way of doing things ??? We were RM 70 richer the next day when the hotel gave us back the deposit the next day.
Malacca was an interesting town and it is a good destination if you decided to drive there, enough for 2 days 1 night get away, with time for relaxation yet enough things to keep you occupied.
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