Melaka

During the holidays, my friend and I went to Melacca. The main purpose of the trip is to, surprisingly - eat. Secondary purpose includes visiting historical places. We left from Kuala Lumpur at 10.30am and we reached Melaka on 12.45am our first destination the hotel Puri.

Hotel Puri

We stayed at Hotel Puri at only RM138 net with breakfast. The Standard room is not bad, not as small as we thought. It comes with 2 Super Single beds. Room is new cause just renovated. Breakfast wise is good. Location is good as it’s located behind Jonker Street where the Weekend Pasar malam is.

We managed to check in at 12.45am and parked at Hotel Puri Car Park (their car park is locked with a gate so is quite safe), you have to inform the bell room with your confirmation from the receptionist so they can open the car park gate for you.

Day 1

After checking in, for lunch we walked few street away to eat the famous Chung Wah’s Hainanese Chicken Rice Balls, a popular chicken rice ball shop at Jonker Walk, not bad at only RM4.50 per plate. Their rice ball is nice too, all handmade. After that, we walked towards the Stadthuys Building for photo taking, along the way, we shop at Jonker Street shops and ate the famous Baba Cendol (Jonker Street) at only RM2.50 per bowl. Taste different cos they add Gula Melaka syrup instead of normal syrup. I prefer their Baba Ice kacang instead as I find their Cendol too much coconut cream. Next, went to Palawan shopping centre which is beside Stadthuys Building and walked back to hotel.

The first thing that struck me about this place was the old Church Buildings. The Portuguese were the first Europeans to rule Melacca, they took over from the Malays in 1511 and colonized the place for 130 years. Then the Dutch sailed down from Holland and kicked out the Portuguese and ruled for 154 years. The Church building above Christ Church Melaka was first built as a Dutch Reformed Church. Then came the British in 1824, and they kicked out the Dutch. They took over this Church Building and turned it into an Anglican Church.

St. Paul’s Church was first built by the Portuguese as a Catholic Church, on top of the hill overlooking the harbor in Malacca. The Dutch turned it into a Dutch Reformed Church, and then the British took it over, and stored their gun-powder in it. The Church is now only a ruin and reminded me of the famous old Church ruins in Macao, but not quite so beautiful!

In the evening, we walked to eat the famous Hainan’s satay (Sun May Hiong Satay House) only RM0.80 per stick and it very nice, especially the sauce. Next, we went to the famous Tandoori chicken and naan (the best in Malacca), located 2 lanes in front of Puri Hotel. We paid only RM12.80 for 2 lime juices, 1 cheese naan, 1 plain naan and one set of Tandoori Chicken.

We took a walk at Jonker Street Pasar Malam in the evening. A lot of stalls and quite crowded. Try not to bring pram or stroller if you have kids.

There is a river down the path that I was walking at and I admired the view. Just as I was daydreaming at how nice it would be to take a dip on this hot day. Taking a river tour by the boat is nice and exciting from the view to the river side. There got a lot beautiful lighting around the river side and the whole river tour journey it took about 1 hour.

Day 2

Next day we checked out at 11.00am and drove to stall nearby Holiday Inn Hotel for lunch. There Things are quite cheap there.

Overall, we enjoyed our trip very much. Ours first driving trip to Melaka. Food and shopping is so much cheaper than Kuala Lumpur. We will go there again.