-fairytales are beyond stories--they are written dreams-: 2009

had a road trip to malacca with my family during the oct deepavali long weekend :) bro drove all 7 of us there hehe... we set off at around 6am and reached around 9am... caught some sleep in the car and i brought my smelly pillow along shiokness!

just reached...

after searching around, we finally found this coffee shop that sis wanted to bring us to for breakfast... the fried wantons are super heavenly... we ordered 2 rounds cause we just can't have enough of it! cheap and good breakfast!

next, we went shopping cause we can't check in to our guesthouse yet... there's very little cabs in malacca, everyone either travel around by car or bicycle... and so we were driving around constantly too, fun! cause i have all i need in the car hur hur...

love the architecture there!

and they have a newton food village too lol

mahkota shopping centre... they got my favourite malaysia shoe brand, vincci!!! :)

had durian chendol at san shu gong, OMG it is the BEST durian chendol i had ever tasted... reallyyy~

the lift at our guesthouse, so old school horz haha

we then went to the famous eatery which was very near our guesthouse to get some nonya kueh for tea break... the kueh kueh, cookies and nonya cuisine here is absolutely the best according to my sis! and i gotta agree after having dinner there, it's sooo good! (pictures later)

so after buying the kueh, we walked around to explore the area... i really love the shophouses here, all so antique looking and full of perenakan flavour :*)

this is actually a peranakan museum... we went there for a tour the next day and there were people to explain to you the peranakans' lifestyle and their culture...

pretty riverside

san shu gong! they are famous in malacca or rather malaysia for their local specialty products

we saw this fish pancake outside the shop and it looks quite good and we bought 1 box to try... it really taste as good as it looks... YUM! i went back for more the next day and bought 1 box to bring home =p

for dinner, we went back to nancy's kitchen again to try out the nonya cuisine :) so so so good! i love the babi ponteh there whee! it's like pork stew and the sauce is fantabulous!

popiah and kueh pie tee

sambal sotong and salted duck soup

otah and mixed veggie... the veggie looks damn normal but it is so yummy!

my favourite babi ponteh is the one below in a bowl... no close up pic cause too blur =(

there is also a stretch of pubs along the road and for that night, they had halloween decorations up though it's sorta early cause it's only mid-oct...

we went to this pub later on at night for drinks :)

the highlight of malacca is actually their daily night pasar malam at jonker street... they really sell all sorts of things and it stretches forever... we took a few hours to finish the whole stretch... all of us managed to buy stuff here and i really love the pasar malam to bits... it's super interesting but very crowded as well!

pitstop for chendol :)

at malacca, all you can do is to keep eating and eating! hahaha... they have really nice authentic food here and i kept eating since morning lol... we bought lotsa pineapple tarts and kueh bangkit to bring back to sg too... and everything got finished by us within a few days haha!

ice kachang and asam laksa... i am not a fan of asam laksa but this is really good! thumbs up! this dessert and laksa shop have never-ending queue from morning to night... i witnessed it myself haha

the laksa place also has some wall decoration which were quite meaningful so i took pictures to share with you all :) i will translate it in english but pardon my loose translation =p

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