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Rojak is a fruit and vegetable salad dish commonly found in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia (where it is called Rujak). The term “Rojak” is Malay for mixture, is also used as a colloquial expression for an eclectic mix, and in particular is often used to describe the multi-ethnic character of Malaysian and Singaporean society.

There are various types of rojak but the more common rojak available in Malaysia is the fruit rojak. And where does one go to enjoy this wonderful dessert? Most would agree that Penang produces the best rojak but in this article, I would like to bring you to the southern state of Malaysia … Johor, Stulang Laut to be exact.

There is perhaps no better spot in Johor Bahru than Stulang Laut to see how close Singapore Island is to the mainland. From the tree-lined pavement of the balmy and breezy coast, Senoko Power Station appears a mildly demanding swim away. Much of this uncrowded stretch resembles a small Malaysian coastal town. An occasional boat sailing past, lovers strolling leisurely past after a seafood meal, and the occasional weekend family picnic all add to the laid-back feel in the air. This is also where the largest private Chinese school Foon Yew High School is located.

If you drive along Jalan Ibrahim Sultan, you will spot a little Rojak Petis stall just outside Foon Yew High School and this, is one of the best fruit rojak I’ve ever tried. Then again, that’s just me. The man behind this stall, an old chap has been selling at this very spot for the last 22 years! I also heard that he sent his children to higher education through this little business of his. He is so good that the Sultan of Johor occasionally invites him to the Istana for his rojak!

Do note that the rojak opens from 10am - 4pm and make sure you don’t go late!

Mee Jawa is a popular dish influenced by the Jawa Island, Indonesia … obviously, hence the name.

I can’t remember the last time I tried Mee Jawa but someone told me about it and I figure I’d like to have a shot at it. So I googled for ‘Mee Jawa’ in the internet and guess what? I found tonnes of article on this particular dish! For so many to write about Mee Jawa, it must be good … and coincidentally, I found one near my place.

Casa Tropicana. Good! And it’s just a stone-throw away from my previous article on Dessert Bar.

So I made my way to visit the Mee Jawa shop in Casa Tropicana and if you’re not sure where Casa Tropicana is … I have it here … hehe, don’t mind if I recycle Dessert Bar’s map, it is after all .. in the same vicinity.

So what’s so special about this Mee Jawa dish, I mean besides being an ‘imported’ dish? To start off with, it’s served with a HUGE plate, that’s for sure. If you observe my photo closely, you will spot some good sambal (condiment of the spicy kind), cuttlefish, some crackers, lots of vegetables, some tofu and finally eggs. Ok, ok … you won’t see all of them in my photo. Come on, I need to make it look good. So sometimes, some sacrifice is neccessary! And finally … a squeeze of lime to complete the taste. Well, I don’t know if this is an Indonesian thingy but I notice there’s quite a handful of Indonesian dishes that’s sweet in nature. Or it’s just me. The same goes to this Mee Jawa, it’s sweet! Anyway, I find this dish a little out of my league … i.e. not my type. I mean, yeah … if you appreciate a good Mee Jawa dish, you’d probably like this one.

Besides Mee Jawa, we were tempted to try out their Assam Laksa as well. But, let’s put it this way … Assam Laksa is definitely not one of their specialty. Nonetheless, we walloped it all and went on to order another plate of Ayam Goreng Kampung (Village Fried Chicken) or something that looks like one (ok, ok .. I forgot what’s it called, I am a bad foodie!!!!). And I didn’t even finish this dish. Hmm … what do you say to that???

To cut the story short, after our meal … we adjourned back to Dessert Bar situated just next door to have another round of sweet, sweet, sinful dessert. And guess what, I wrote another article on it!!! Wanna know more? Keep watching this space, dear ….

Ok … here’s the verdict. I would really love that tell you this is a nice place for Mee Jawa but sadly, there are better ones …. Friedchillies.com featured one in Kepong, while food.malaysiamostwanted.com featured another in Kuchai Lama. So what do I think of it? A good experience I guess ……

Here’s the address to Casa Tropicana if you can’t read maps. (Duh, refer to my map above)

Address : Unit No. B-0-3A, Block B, Casa Tropicana, Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Contact No : 012-483 5555
Business Hour : Daily 10am to 10.00pm

More of Mee Jawa articles by other foodies
The Glutton Queen
Memoir Of A Chocoholic
Food Point Of Interest

It’s another weekend at The Curve for me. Well, I didn’t exactly wanted to go to The Curve but I was there to catch a movie at Cineleisure. It was a 5:45pm show on a Sunday and I ..err …. haven’t had breakfast or lunch and I was practically starving. Yeah, yeah … it’s was Sunday and I woke up late, pretty late.

So I arrived at Cineleisure, parked my car and walked along the Sunday market at The Curve hunting for food. Incidentally, I was craving for some Aglio Olio (you pasta lovers should know this one) so I headed to Vivo Pizza. Yes, yes … it’s a pizza joint but I hated pizza. I mean, let’s put it this way …. I am a pure chinaman. No pun intended, I just prefer bah kut teh or a plate of chicken rice anytime over some cheesy western food. There …. I said it. Thank you !

Anyway, food or no food … I remembered Vivo serving some pretty terrific pasta so Vivo it is for me. I sat down, put in my orders … looked around and waited. I remembered consciously looking around at the crowd, and noted that most of the diners were couples but there were a handful of families too. While the crowd was generally good, the waiting staffs were not exactly warm. I figured, they could do better with a touch of smiles … here and there, instead of that obliging service they provide.

Finally my food arrived …. well, I ordered the Spicy Garlic Prawn instead of the Aglio Olio. A touch of difference, so to say. This little dish is served with some prawns, garlic, capsicums and extra virgin olive oil. Well, I don’t know if it’s just me but I felt that this dish could do better with a little more garlic …. since IT IS called Spicy Garlic Prawn. And yeah, a little more spiciness would do good too. I just find it a little too ‘plain’ … but then again, another person would have loved it. Personal preferences I guess.

The next item served was the New Zealand Mussels and Prawns Pasta and yes, for someone who doesn’t care much about western food … I am consuming a lot of it! Anyway, as the names says it … pasta with mussels … not just any mussels, it’s New Zealand mussels and of course, prawn again. I really have to watch my diet on this … too much prawns isn’t exactly that ideal.

And finally it’s dessert time! Nothing beats ice cream melting on hot chocolate brownie except for the brownie I ordered isn’t hot and my ice cream isn’t melting on it. On it’s own, the chocolate brownie is a little dry but have it with ice cream, it’s a totally different experience altogether.

My final verdict … NTB. That’s means, Not Too Bad with room for improvement.
Services … again, smiley, smiley.
Food quality …. the good, the bad … the yummy.
Pricing …. You won’t go broke.

And here’s the location.

Lot 154, Level 1, Western Courtyard, The Curve, Mutiara Damansara,
47800 Petaling Jaya
Selangor
Contact: (Tel)603-7729 2299 (Fax)603-7729 7799
Website: www.vivopizza.com

While exploring the World Wide Web, I came across some other folks who wrote about this place … some dear friends, some strangers. Nevertheless, different people, different taste. FEAST ON DUDES !

Da Wheels of Life & Happiness
Waisikkai

I always say … when you’re traveling to the northern regions of Malaysian, you would definitely dine your way northwards. That’s simply because most of our Malaysian local delights are from the northern regions of Malaysia. A good example would be the Char Kuey Teow (fried flat noodle). People usually relate Char Kuey Teow to the state of Penang but of course, it’s available almost in any decent Malaysian town. The Rojak (mixed fruit salad on prawn paste) and Assam Laksa are also equally popular in Penang.

Somewhere close to Penang, Bidor is located between Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur via the North-South Expressway. Bidor is mainly an industrial area. When you are driving along the north of Bidor, you will see endless miles of plantation on both side of the trunk road covered with lush greenery, guava, oil palm and rubber plantations.

An important source of income for the town, though, is (or used to be) from travelers who stop by the town for its well-known local delicacies and agricultural products. Before the development of North-South Expressway, travelers had no choice but to pass through this town through the federal trunk road. As this town is (still is) rather famous for its variety of food, travelers frequently choose to stop-by at one of the eateries before continuing their journey.

This scene does remind me about an animated cartoon called “CARS”, whose story is pretty similar to that of Bidor. The story is loosely based on the real Route 66 in USA where it was frequented by traveler once upon a time until the building of an alternative highway. You can read more about it HERE.

Anyway, the most famous food undoubtedly will be the Duck Thigh Noodle available at Pun Chun Restaurant. The restaurant is located on the main street of Bidor with stalls selling fruits alongside. Pun Chun is also famous for its ‘Sat Kai Ma’ - a type of sweet dessert and also ‘Kai Jai Peng’ which is the chicken biscuit.

I used to love the Wu Kok (yam puff pastry) at Pun Chun where it’s filled with char-siew flavored meat mash but probably this batch I tried wasn’t prepared properly as it’s a little too dry. Despite this tiny setback, it’s a must-try for those who hasn’t tried before … it’s freshly prepared.

Contact Details : Pun Chun, 40 Main Road, Bidor. Tel. 05-434-1554. Open from early morning till 10 at night.

Here are LOADS more reviews from other foodies…. just look at the amount of reviews on this popular spot!

EatingAsia
Hot-screensaver.com
Asme.Wordpress.com
She, The Epicuriousgirl
Cameron-highland-destination.com
Riceballz
Micheginny
Food-Cookies
Westmalaysia.com
Ifoodmart.com
Firstjuly.com

I just can’t shake off this feeling that …. my vegan friends just don’t visit 3-meals.com.

But I don’t blame them.

I don’t. Seriously.

I mean, just look at the amount of bah kut teh outlet’s I’ve reviewed for the past year. It’s no wonder I scare the vegans away. I mean, I heard this from a friend of mine, Siew Cheng. A vegan, obviously. I guess, I owe this article to her … I mean, it’s because of her that we frequent this vegetarian restaurant often enough for me to write an article about them.

Else, she is never visiting my site, ever.

Anyway, Shiang Hai … not Shanghai as most people mistakenly refer them as … is located in Sunway Mentari … directly opposite of Sunway Pyramid. It’s the same row as Mc Donalds too. Well, I can’t comment much about the setup since I don’t exactly frequent vegetarian restaurants that often. Well, the last one I went to had very elaborate decorations and obviously their bills were very well decorated too!

Be prepared to speak mandarin when you place your orders, or at least cantonese since most of them don’t speak english except perhaps their lady boss. Well, ordering food here isn’t that complicated … just pick and choose from the menu and yes, the menu is in english. Just keep in mind that this IS a vegetarian restaurant when you’re tempted to order that delicious, mouth-watering mutton curry. There goes a saying “Looks Can Be Deceiving” and we don’t mean it literally here!

Have you ever had vegetarian sharks fin soup? Yup, you heard right … vegetarian sharks fin soup !!! I mean, this must be the best way to enjoy sharks fin soup “guilt-free” without ever killing a single shark. I mean …. did you know that the most efficient way of obtaining shark fins is to first catch a shark, then haul it on deck, then have a team of crewmen swiftly slice off the fins with razor-sharp machetes, then to toss the rest of the fish, still alive, back in the sea. The stomach-turning result is that the shark sinks to the bottom of the ocean in presumably agonizing pain, and there slowly drowns to death.

Anyway, vegan sharks fin soup is the way to go. And if you ever want to attempt preparing this dish … here’s a complimentary recipe for you.

And this is the best Ginger Fish I’ve ever had … seriously. I mean, this dish taste exactly like a real fish dish. How on earth are they able to even prepare it, I seriously don’t know but all I know is …. I wouldn’t mind having another serving. Even the fish skin tasted real ….. I guess you know what I mean.

The mutton here’s a little … tasted a little different. It’s nice and delicious, don’t get me wrong. But it just doesn’t taste like the real thing. Probably it’s a little too soft, the ’supposedly’ mutton I mean. But otherwise, this is definitely a great dish.

More photographs of vegan dishes below.

Here are the contact details of this restaurant.

Shiang Hai Vegetarian Restaurant
32A, Ground Floor, Jalan PJS 8/2,
Mentari Plaza, 46160 Sunway Mentari
(Opposite Sunway Pyramid) Petaling Jaya.
Tel: 03-5621 1016 / 03-5621 1017
Fax : 03-5621 1016

With a name like Dessert’s Bar, you can hardly miss the sign outside especially if it’s located along your way home. And coincidently, there’s one located very near the place I live. Well, not exactly near but like I said earlier … it’s just on my way home. I live in Kota Damansara and there’s a Dessert’s Bar in Casa Tropicana, near Tropicana Golf & Country Club. I drive past Casa Tropicana almost everyday and every time I tell myself that I would stop at Dessert’s Bar to … you know, check it out. But I never did stop by … not once … until today, that is.

As usual, I left work late today … almost 10 I think … and not knowing what to have for dinner, I decided to just drive on until I think of something. Suddenly I thought about Dessert’s Bar and made a conscious effort to stop there. I drove from Sunway along LDP towards Kelana Jaya and made a turn into Dataran Prima. I drove past Dataran Prima ….. passed Tropicana Golf & Country Club and Casa Tropicana Condominium was right after that. Dessert’s Bar’s just below the Casa Tropicana Condominium.

The setup in Dessert’s Bar is pleasantly chic yet classy. Soft yellow lights hung above the brightly painted ceiling with metallic red barstools makes the place look classy yet very chic. The place is also furnished with equally red sofas for lounging and with free wi-fi, the joint is perfect hang out spot.

As I walked into the outlet, I was served with the menu which has … quite limited choices but otherwise very tempting looking desserts. I decided on my orders and promptly ask for permission to take some photographs for blogging purpose. Folks working there were friendly and helpful and I was fortunate enough to meet Eunice, the business dev. exec for Dessert’s Bar. She’s like the sweetest and friendliest person, it’s no wonder she works for them … in a place that serves sinfully sweet stuffs!

Since there were only 2 of us, I ordered a Mixta Bowl which is fruits, topped with home-brewed less-fat, less-sugar chocolate ice-cream in a rugged pizzelle bowl and a Italian Grande Strawberry Compote which is actually strawberry crepe. And to wash down the desserts, I ordered a Grape Smoothie which is made out of pure fresh red, black & green grapes, blended with crushed ice … perfect to clean your systems. (anti-oxidant, you know that .. don’t you?)

Generally, although this place serves dessert’s, they promote healthy eating …. and here’s something I picked from their website.

15 minutes
That’s how long they spent to get rid of the unwanted pesticide without compromising the goodness on the fresh fruits.

100%
Natural and their full passion, and you can taste that in every thing they serve here. hope it’s not too strong for you.

Nil
They don’t think additional preservative, coloring, fortification, and artificial flavoring is necessary at all.

OUTLET LOCATIONS

Casa Tropicana
B-0-12, Block B, CASA Tropicana,
No. 5, Jalan Persiaran Tropicana
Tropicana Golf & Country,
47410 Petaling Jaya.
Tel: +603 7885 0227
Fax: +603 7883 0356

OTHER OUTLET LOCATIONS

Subang Parade
Mont’ Kiara
Hartamas Shopping Centre
Menara Hap Seng
SohoKL

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(an excerp from chinadaily.com.cn)
For busy people, it can be hard to squeeze in three meals a day. But if you want to look after your health, you need to find ways to eat three nutritious meals. Here are some suggestions to maintain a healthy diet.

BREAKFAST

A healthy breakfast is a good start to the day. And having something to eat at home is the best way to go. Fruits are good, but avoid eating bananas or pineapples when the stomach is empty. Bananas contain a lot of magnesium which is one of the few elements that will affect the heart. If you eat bananas on an empty stomach, this will lead to a sharp increase in the amount of magnesium in the blood. And blood with a high content of magnesium can harm the heart. And pineapples contain a lot of ferment which can also affect an empty stomach.

If you have leftovers, they’re good to eat in the morning. Just heat it up in the microwave, or even having buttered bread and milk is good.

If you have more time and want to have a freshly-made breakfast, then go to a caf¨¦ where you can sit down and enjoy your breakfast. Most of these eateries feature Chinese food including deep fried twisted dough sticks, soybean milk and dumplings.

But if you have to take long commute in the morning and are short of time, then you can buy take-away snacks at street stalls. Beijing has many of them selling breakfast in the mornings. The stall owners get up quite early and tend to be near bus stops or residential buildings from 7am to 9am. The food can range from western hamburgers and sandwiches, to traditional Chinese preserved eggs, pancakes, porridge, stuffing buns. They also sell various drinks including milk, soybean milk, and bubble tea. And you only need to pay a few yuan for the meal.

LUNCH

Compared to breakfast, time is not the issue with lunch. The problem is finding a diversity of lunch options.

Most office people have their lunches at restaurants near their companies. These places are always crowded at lunchtime and can be expensive. The lucky ones can have their lunch in the company canteens. They cost less than outside restaurants, but just as crowded. One way to enjoy your lunch in a relatively comfortable dining environment is to call ahead for a take-out meal and eat it at the recreational center of your company or in the office if it’s allowed.

DINNER

Experts say 6pm is the best time to have dinner. We should avoid overly spicy food for dinner though green pepper is a vegetable that contains a lot of vitamin C. A glass of wine will also do some good, but too much can affect your sleep.

While it’s nice to have a good dinner, some may worry about gaining too much weight. Here are two weight-loss dinner options you can prepare yourself.

Option 1 : Rice + vegetables + sirloin steak + watermelon

Food materials: sirloin steak (100g), baby cabbage (100g) and garlic.
Seasonings: olive oil, oyster sauce, salt and black pepper Method:
1 Put one spoon of olive oil in the pan. When the oil is hot, add garlic and stir it till you smell the garlic fragrance.
2 Add the baby cabbage and add some water. Stir the cabbage until it’s done. Add salt and black pepper for seasoning.
3 Marinate the sirloin steak with salt and black pepper. Add olive oil in a pre-heated pan and sauteed it to the degree doneness you like.

Option 2 : Apple pork loin rolls

Food materials: an apple, pork loin, seaweed, shallots
Seasonings: sauce, salt, sugar
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 175 degrees Celcius.
2 Cut apple into sticks. Cut pork loin into thin slices and marinate with seasonings. Cut seaweed into the same size as the pork loin. Dice shallots.
3 Roll pork loin slices, apple sticks, shallots and seaweed pieces into a roll.
4 Put the roll into an oven fastened with an apple slice using a toothpick. Cook the roll for two to three minutes.

If you’re hungry and needed a quick bite, chances are you’ll be heading to the nearest “Kopitiam” to satisfy your hunger pang. And when I mention “Kopitiam”, I don’t mean the traditional neighborhood coffee shop that serves a good variety of food and drinks. A simple search on Wikipedia returned the word “Kopitiam” with this definition …

A kopitiam or kopi tiam is a traditional breakfast and coffee shop found in Malaysia and Singapore in Southeast Asia. The word is a portmanteau of the Malay word for coffee (as borrowed and altered from the Portuguese) and the Hokkien dialect word for shop (?; POJ: tiàm). Menus typically feature simple offerings: a variety of foods based on egg, toast, and kaya, plus coffee, tea, and Milo, a malted chocolate drink which is extremely popular in Southeast Asia, particularly Singapore and Malaysia.

Today there are no less than 100 brand names of modern kopitiams operating in various parts of Malaysia.

Kota Damansara is a fairly new location, at least to some who hasn’t been to this area. Smacked right in the middle of Kota Damansara is a little township known as Dataran Sunway and if you happened to be visiting this area, you’ll notice numerous food eateries popping up all over the area. From Chinese fine dining (Guan Di) to Boutique Cafe (Sit A Spell) and of course countless Kopitiams as well such as Cafe 888, Old Town White Coffee and the latest addition, Pappa Kopitiam.

And the name says it all, Pappa Kopitiam … a place for the Pa Pa to bring the family for some quality family time. Well, it’s more than just that. It’s really a place for all to hang out and have some good viable alternative wherein the coffee culture could be experienced with local flavor and for a more affordable price.

As with any other kopitiam experience, Pappa Kopitiam serves authentic local coffee brews, charcoal toasted Hainan bread served with butter and kaya (a local version of jam made from coconut milk and eggs) and half boiled eggs. The setup is Pappa Kopitiam is pretty unique comparing to the other Kopitiams …they have a reminiscent of the old kopitiams in terms of decor, but yet adding a touch of modern cafe to it.

Of all the varieties of items in their menu, I chose to write about the items below simply because they were my favorite. I’ve visited this place on many occasions but being true to my heart, I always repeat my order in the same manner which is pretty much according to the arrangement below …

I usually will start my order with some Fried Fish Cake and mind you, they make some really awesome fish cake … if not the best! Once you start with a piece … believe me .. you’ll continue down the line with more …. and more.

Once I”m done with the fish cakes, I am ready for my main course … the Dry Curry Mee. The curry mee is served with some toppings of Foo Chok (dried soya bean skin roll), some more fish cakes (yayy!) and a touch of curry. Don’t forget to mix up the bowl of noodle before you start as the sauce are right the the bottom of the bowl. Not too spicy and not too dry, the very perfect combination of a good Dry Curry Mee for me!

And how can you not order some half boiled eggs in a Kopitiam? Of the many different Kopitiams I have visited, I would like to give Pappa Kopitiam a special recommendation for their Half Boiled Eggs. Consistency is why this place is so good. Never in my experience where I find a place serving half boil egg at this consistency i.e. same quality and taste. But during my latest visit, I experience something out of the ordinary … my half boil eggs were slightly a little over boiled. But still, they changed it for me. Oh well, perhaps it was because I visited them at 12 midnight and they were all tired after a hard day’s work.

These are links to some other reviews on this place

The Star Paper
Fooxion - The Malaysian Food Connexion
I’m Saimatkong
StevenHavingFun
Jules Eating Guide To Malaysia

If you would like to visit this place, their location details are as below.

Pappa Kopitiam
No. 2-1, Jalan PJU 5/5,
Dataran Sunway, Kota Damansara,
47810 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan.
Tel : 03-6141 7128
Website : Pappa Kopitiam

Other branches are in Selayang Mall (Selayang), Bandar Bukit Tinggi 2 (Klang) and Sunway Pyramid (Sunway).

Location Map of Dataran Sunway

If you’re familiar with Klang seafood, you might have heard of another alternative location to have seafood called Teluk Gong. Do bear in mind in you’re coming from Kuala Lumpur or Petaling Jaya, you might be in for a little drive trip.

The journey to Teluk Gong from Petaling Jaya takes about 40 minutes. To go to Teluk Gong, you will need to access the KESAS Highway, and once you’re on it, drive towards Bukit Jelutong, Shah Alam, Banting, Port Klang & Westport (Pelabuhan Barat).

Keep driving along KESAS Highway until you reach the end of the highway (“lebuhraya tamat”). Driving a little further you will notice the exit to Teluk Gong is clearly marked. Drive past the entrance of Glenmarie Cove (a large scale housing development) and continue along this rather dusty road. You will drive pass by two large seafood restaurants on your left, keep going till you see signs. If driving at night-time, watch out for the bright lights. During the day, there are signboards put up by the various restaurant owners. Telok Gong Seafood Restaurant is the one on the left side of the road.

The restaurant may not seemed like much from the outside but once you enter the restaurant, you get a feeling you’re in another country (until you spot some customers speaking in loud hokkien dialects!). As you walk further into the restaurant, you will notice huts with dried Nipah leafs covering the roofs making you feel like you’re in a tropical island resort.

Since there were only four of us, food variety is pretty much out of the question. That leaves us to only limiting our orders to a few choice dishes, namely Steam Ginger Clams (La-La), Sweet and Sour Crabs and a special dish of Peppered Salt Mantis Shrimp. We started off with the Steam Ginger Clams which is quite plain actually. The clams were a little dry, although the sauce was pretty sweet.

As for the Sweet and Sour crab, the name says it all. It’s sweet, yet sour .. haha. I don’t know if it’s because we’re near the sea, the crab is extra juicy and delicious. Dipping the provided bread onto the sauce really makes this dish a good combination. The bread has a layer of crispy skin and when dipped onto the sauce, it’s crispy on the outside …. sweet on the inside!

Although I’ve had my fair share of Mantis Shrimps, this time it’s a little different. This is the first time I am having Mantis Shrimp of such size. And did you also know that there’s a technique to eating large Mantis Shrimps such as these? The secret is in the way you peel the top skin off. If you don’t know it, you’ll end up munching through the shell of the shrimp …

Once you get through the shells, the flesh inside taste a little like barbecued lobster …

Contact Details

Telok Gong Seafood Restaurant
No 705 Jalan Udang Galah Telok Gong, Port Klang
42000 Selangor, Malaysia
* Tel: 03-3134 1918

Ratings

OVERALL RATING : * * * * (The trip is worthy)
Environment Rating : * * * (Tropical feel … hot and sweaty!)
Food Rating : * * * * (So far, so good.)
Service Rating : * * (What service? Unless you speak hokkien…)
Value Rating : * * * * (Save on the food to pay on the gas…)

Operation Details

Average Price : RM 100 ++ for 4

Miscellaneous DetailsHalal : No

Dining Method : Dine in / Take-away

Food/Cuisine : Chinese

Ambience/Features : Tropical Resort Style, complete with nipah rooftops. You can choose to dine in airconditioned areas or open air.
BYO Allowed? : Tar-pau? for what? There’s lot’s to eat in there…

Reservations : Accepted, of course !

This trip to Jonker Street in Melaka could potentially produce some really fruitful street food crawl but alas! I arrived at around 5:15pm and parked my car right in the middle of Jonker Street. I was then told by one of the hawker that he needed my parking space for his stall by 6pm. So I did what humanly was possible, which is to quickly select one random shop, pop in and down my bowl of cendol and was out of the street before you know it.

Good thing is, I found this really good cendol place. But the bad thing is … I forget to check out the name of the shop. Well, good thing is .. I took a photo of the front of the shop. So if you ever want to try this cendol place i Jonker’s street … just print out the photo for matching purpose. (Hopefully they don’t perform a facelift on their storefront .. haha.)

Anyway, besides the cendol … the shop sells good wantan noodle although I did not manage to give it a try. But seeing the amount of people ordering it, I suppose it’s good. But as I mentioned, the cendol was fantastic. If you’re the type that prefers your dessert less sweet, this could be your thing.

When you’re served with your bowl of cendol, they provide ‘Gula Melaka’ (err.. Malacca sugar?!?!) and you can add it onto your cendol as per your liking, which is pretty neat. The variety of cendol flavour that is available are Durian (my favourite), Mango and plain cendol. Here’s a Durian flavoured one for your eyes only.

So don’t forget to visit this place if you’re a sucker for desserts!