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Chung Wah Chicken Rice Ball @ Jonker Street, Melaka
Jul 1st
Besides Hoe Kee, Chung Wah is another famous Hainan Chicken Rice shop located at the start of Jonker Street (Jalan Hang Jebat) in Melaka town. Hoe Kee is famous for their Hainan Chicken while Chung Wah is well known for their chicken rice balls, said to be tastier and packs more flavor.
Chung Wah Coffee Shop was intended as my first stop for chicken rice balls, but too bad the chicken rice was already sold out when I arrived. According to the locals, Chung Wah usually sells out before 3 to 4pm so its best to visit this place during breakfast or lunch time to avoid disappointment.
The next day, we went early and were one of the earliest customers. As usual we ordered a larger portion of chicken and very little rice balls. The chicken felt tough because chicken breast was given.. I think I should have specified a more tender part like the thigh or drumstick. Click here to continue reading >
Satay Celup @ Ban Lee Siang, Jalan Ong Kim Wee Melaka
May 6th
Have you heard of Satay Celup before? It’s a dish where raw or semi-cooked food like seafood, meat and vegetables on skewers are dunked into a boiling pot of diluted satay sauce. Imagine having steamboat with the soup substituted with satay sauce.
I believe Satay Celup is a dish uniquely available only to Melaka and well favored by the Malaccans. Well, there are attempts to introduce this dish to the other states but from what I heard the venture was not successful because the people found it hard to accept.
The concept of Satay Celup could be attributed to being a combination of lok lok and buffet steamboat. With a tray provided by the restaurant, customers would proceed to the huge refrigerators housing the large selection of food on skewers, pick their choices and start dipping away.
I first got to know Satay Celup when I pursued my studies in MMU Melaka. And it’s a shame that I have never tried, or worse still, never even seen it in my entire year spent in Melaka lol. It’s a pity I was not adventurous enough in my younger days, hence missing out on many stuff.
So in my last trip to Melaka I made it a point that I simply had to try Satay Celup, no matter what. Even dunking 1 skewer would suffice. Among the many Satay Celup restaurants Ban Lee Siang was our choice because of the good reviews I read about it, and Jalan Ong Kim Wee where it is situated was reasonably near to our hotel too. Click here to continue reading >
Hoe Kee Chicken Rice Balls @ Jonker Street, Melaka
Feb 17th
One of Melaka‘s signature food is Chicken Rice Balls, which is nothing but Hainan Chicken Rice served using rice shaped like a ping pong sized ball. And a trip to Melaka wouldn’t be complete without having Chicken Rice Balls unless you are a frequent visitor.
There are two famous restaurants at Jonker Street specializing in this unique food, Hoe Kee and Chung Hwa. The first thing I had as soon as I arrived in Melaka was Hoe Kee’s chicken rice balls for lunch, at 4.30pm!
According to the parking attendant we met at Jonker Street’s open car park, one of the restaurants is famous for its Hainan Chicken while the other well known for its rice. At that time we didn’t know which restaurant he was referring to, we know now after trying both.
Hoe Kee’s Hainan Chicken is definitely more tender, with smooth slippery skin and better presented if compared to Chung Hwa’s. I found the taste to be quite distinctive in a good way too, different from the usual chicken rice we eat in Penang or KL and Ipoh’s bean sprouts chicken.
vkeong’s trip to Melaka – in summary
Feb 9th
So, I just came back from my one and a half day trip to Melaka. I didn’t expect this but I guess I went at the correct time because the Chinese New Year mood was still very much alive throughout my trip. It was damn tiring because we walked insanely a lot.
Here’s a summary of what I have seen, ate and done for the entire trip according to the time line with photos included. I hope it could be useful for your Melaka trip especially on the eating and visiting part albeit the very brief descriptions. I will try to post the full stuff later when I got the time..
The first place I visited was actually my university – MMU at Bukit Beruang. Luckily the guard let us in when I told him we were ex students. Also took a drive in Taman Kerjasama to look for the single storey house I used to stay with another 5 guys.
For lunch, we actually wanted to try the famous Chung Wah’s Hainanese Chicken Rice Balls but too bad it has already closed when we got there. So, we settled for another popular chicken rice ball shop at Jonker Walk – Hoe Kee. The chicken is super smooth and soft, very different from the other chicken rice found in Ipoh, Penang and KL.
The chicken rice balls, looking rather cute with the size of a ping pong ball. Each ball cost only RM0.20.
Checked into Heeren House – a guest house along Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock (Heeren Street), or also known as the Millionaire’s Row. A twin room with the full view of Malacca River cost us RM149 inclusive of breakfast for two.
Proceeded to Jonker Walk immediately. We walked along the street back and forth at least four times, lol. Chinese New Year mood was still very much alive with plenty of red lanterns.
Had Durian Cendol at the famous Jonker88. What is visiting Melaka without eating cendol right? Anyway, I noticed they have reduced the amount of gula Melaka drizzled on the shaved ice.. it used to be A LOT when I visited 4 years ago.
Baba Laksa was awesome.. with sweet coconut milk soup and a big spoonful of tuna given.
