Meeting Halfway: That Kind of Place
Note: A little something that happened ages ago... Enjoy!
Usually, I would go to Singapore (once in a while) or KH would travel back home to KL (the ommon case) and we would have our reunion. This time round, we took another approach-- meeting somewhere in the middle. POD had planned a JJCM (eat, eat, eat) trip to Melaka, so we met there over the weekend. SK and I drove down from KL, while POD, Nic, JJ and KH rented a car from JB. Initially, we had planned to meet at noon, but due to some unexpected delays with the car rental agency (Avis sucks), SK and I suddenly had 3 hours to burn in Melaka. At first, we spent some time walking around Melaka Mall. Horrible. Luckily, she managed to get hold of an old friend from her uni days (the chap's nick is Mosquito!) and he took us for lunch in town. Dirt cheap and delicious-- char siew, roast pork, scrambled eggs, pickled vegetables and beancurd only came to MYR12, inclusive of drinks. Mind-boggling. After lunch, he brought us to Tan Kim Hock. The shop is still as tacky as ever but the pineapple tarts were great. On our way back to collect our car, Bunny was amazing enough to have caught sight of me in the backseat of Mosquito's MyVi while he was drinking soya bean in a shop. Talk about uncanny.
Met up with Bunny, Savante and Leggy for chicken rice balls soon after we collected our car. Mosquito guided us there and was even nice enough to give us a pack of parking tickets to use. The town council charges for parking 365 days a year, up till 9:00pm! And after the official hours, budak jaga kereta reign in the streets. There's no escape. The shop was called Chuang Huang, somewhere near the Dragon Deluxe Restaurant. A whole bunch of rice balls, half a chicken (plus an extra portion) and drinks only cost us MYR23! Bunny wanted to meet his grandparents, so we tagged along. His mother was quite amused by our choice of hotel:
Mama Bunny: Where are you guys spending the night?
Me: Fenix Inn.
Mama Bunny: Where is that?
Savante: (tries to explain)
Mama Bunny: Ooooooooooohhhh. THAT kind of place.
Next we met up with the group from the South at Fenix Inn to check in. Had cendol at a nearby shop after all that was settled. Believe it or not, immediately after that, we went for pork satay at Ming's Satay Hut.
Us: 20 sticks pork. 20 sticks liver.
Waitress: Liver? LIVER? L.I.V.E.R.? You want liver?!
Us: Er, yes?
Turns out the liver was better than the meat. Hehe. Before dinner, we did the tourist-y stuff at A Famosa, St. Paul's Church and The Stadhuyst. Savante was full of little nuggets of information. The perfect tour guide. If you wanna know which guy ran off to avoid ah long, which place is cruisy and which restaurant is haunted, do check with him. Dinner was supposed to be satay celup at Capitol Satay, but the queue was too long, so the group split. I joined the rest for peranakan food at Family Heritage Restaurant. Savante drove us as Bunny was starting to get zombified since he "forgot" to sleep the night before. A speed demon behind the wheel, seemingly not hesitant to squish motorists who get in his way. With his head lolling from side to side, Bunnt slept through the whole journey. We ordered teochew style steamed kurau, otak-otak, kam heong prawns, portugese stye okra, cincalok omelette, homemade beancurd, vegetable curry and chicken rendang. Luckily the last dish didn't come as we had overdone it.
The rest of the gang had finished their meal too, so we met them up again at Jonker Street. Did some shopping at Sam Shu Gung. Well-designed packaging makes a world of difference. Very different from the usual tacky brands and the taste and price weren't that far compromised. Hunted for some egg tarts and handmade noodles, then we adjourned to Coconut Cafe for pizza and drinks since the lesbian bar wasn't open for business. Back at the hotel, KH and I had our much anticipated "coupling". Several times that night, we floated between sleep and teasing the hell out of each other before grand finale the next morning. Bliss! Before checking out, we had breakfast at Hing Loong for some great Taiwan noodles and did some shopping at the nearby Dataran Pahlawan. SK and KH even had time for a foot massage!
Lunch was chicken rice balls again. This time at Chung Yuan, Jonker. The queue was long and the meal was average la. We quickly finished up and went for cendol again at eMelaka. One for the road. Another horrible crowd and so we ended up eating while standing. A small respite from the heat. As we left, the police were just coming in to issue summonses, so we were quite lucky. The highway was a bit jammed, but SK and I made it back in time for Pentecost Sunday Mass. Dinner was at Deli Sushi, Kuchai Entrepeneurs Park. Salmon fish head noodles. So-so. This concludes my food diary for the weekend....
Usually, I would go to Singapore (once in a while) or KH would travel back home to KL (the ommon case) and we would have our reunion. This time round, we took another approach-- meeting somewhere in the middle. POD had planned a JJCM (eat, eat, eat) trip to Melaka, so we met there over the weekend. SK and I drove down from KL, while POD, Nic, JJ and KH rented a car from JB. Initially, we had planned to meet at noon, but due to some unexpected delays with the car rental agency (Avis sucks), SK and I suddenly had 3 hours to burn in Melaka. At first, we spent some time walking around Melaka Mall. Horrible. Luckily, she managed to get hold of an old friend from her uni days (the chap's nick is Mosquito!) and he took us for lunch in town. Dirt cheap and delicious-- char siew, roast pork, scrambled eggs, pickled vegetables and beancurd only came to MYR12, inclusive of drinks. Mind-boggling. After lunch, he brought us to Tan Kim Hock. The shop is still as tacky as ever but the pineapple tarts were great. On our way back to collect our car, Bunny was amazing enough to have caught sight of me in the backseat of Mosquito's MyVi while he was drinking soya bean in a shop. Talk about uncanny.
Met up with Bunny, Savante and Leggy for chicken rice balls soon after we collected our car. Mosquito guided us there and was even nice enough to give us a pack of parking tickets to use. The town council charges for parking 365 days a year, up till 9:00pm! And after the official hours, budak jaga kereta reign in the streets. There's no escape. The shop was called Chuang Huang, somewhere near the Dragon Deluxe Restaurant. A whole bunch of rice balls, half a chicken (plus an extra portion) and drinks only cost us MYR23! Bunny wanted to meet his grandparents, so we tagged along. His mother was quite amused by our choice of hotel:
Mama Bunny: Where are you guys spending the night?
Me: Fenix Inn.
Mama Bunny: Where is that?
Savante: (tries to explain)
Mama Bunny: Ooooooooooohhhh. THAT kind of place.
Next we met up with the group from the South at Fenix Inn to check in. Had cendol at a nearby shop after all that was settled. Believe it or not, immediately after that, we went for pork satay at Ming's Satay Hut.
Us: 20 sticks pork. 20 sticks liver.
Waitress: Liver? LIVER? L.I.V.E.R.? You want liver?!
Us: Er, yes?
Turns out the liver was better than the meat. Hehe. Before dinner, we did the tourist-y stuff at A Famosa, St. Paul's Church and The Stadhuyst. Savante was full of little nuggets of information. The perfect tour guide. If you wanna know which guy ran off to avoid ah long, which place is cruisy and which restaurant is haunted, do check with him. Dinner was supposed to be satay celup at Capitol Satay, but the queue was too long, so the group split. I joined the rest for peranakan food at Family Heritage Restaurant. Savante drove us as Bunny was starting to get zombified since he "forgot" to sleep the night before. A speed demon behind the wheel, seemingly not hesitant to squish motorists who get in his way. With his head lolling from side to side, Bunnt slept through the whole journey. We ordered teochew style steamed kurau, otak-otak, kam heong prawns, portugese stye okra, cincalok omelette, homemade beancurd, vegetable curry and chicken rendang. Luckily the last dish didn't come as we had overdone it.
The rest of the gang had finished their meal too, so we met them up again at Jonker Street. Did some shopping at Sam Shu Gung. Well-designed packaging makes a world of difference. Very different from the usual tacky brands and the taste and price weren't that far compromised. Hunted for some egg tarts and handmade noodles, then we adjourned to Coconut Cafe for pizza and drinks since the lesbian bar wasn't open for business. Back at the hotel, KH and I had our much anticipated "coupling". Several times that night, we floated between sleep and teasing the hell out of each other before grand finale the next morning. Bliss! Before checking out, we had breakfast at Hing Loong for some great Taiwan noodles and did some shopping at the nearby Dataran Pahlawan. SK and KH even had time for a foot massage!
Lunch was chicken rice balls again. This time at Chung Yuan, Jonker. The queue was long and the meal was average la. We quickly finished up and went for cendol again at eMelaka. One for the road. Another horrible crowd and so we ended up eating while standing. A small respite from the heat. As we left, the police were just coming in to issue summonses, so we were quite lucky. The highway was a bit jammed, but SK and I made it back in time for Pentecost Sunday Mass. Dinner was at Deli Sushi, Kuchai Entrepeneurs Park. Salmon fish head noodles. So-so. This concludes my food diary for the weekend....
Comments
You're certianly my kind of friend. ^_^
+Ant+
What's JJCM?
Where is the place for the dirt cheap and delicious lunch you had on the first day?
I'm shocked you didn't mention about the underwear shop.
Now DEAR know why i made him mine :)
I miss my food blogging... a bit la.
@JJ:
Jalan-Jalan Cari Makan!!
I dunno the name. The signboard was very old. Oh yeah. Shall I mention seeing you in 'em?
@Cheryl:
Never send him TQ card.
You can join! I'm sure you're young at heart! Oh yeah, my Penang pics all on flickr liao.
@JL:
It did!