Melaka City (Half Day)

On our back from Johor Baru, we dropped by the historical Melaka city 
for a half day makan (food) tour.

First stop was to  - Ming Sate Hut near Plaza Mahkota for their grilled 
Pork satay , innards and Chicken  gizzards satay with their irresistible
pineapple/peanut sauce (a Melaka specialty). 

Next we drove to nearby Yong Seng Gift Shop to buy 3 in 1 coffee and bisquit.

Then a distance away to Baba Charlie in Tengkera to buy and takeaway nyonya 
kueh mueh and ate pie tees that was made on the spot by a young guy.

After that all the way to Cafe  Lin's in Limbongan, for a wholesome Peranakan 
home cooked chap fan (economy rice) lunch,  buah keruak curry and cendol.

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PENANG VILLAGE

My wife is a end of the year child, that's why she is always teased by her friends who were born earlier in the same year. Anyway, today is her birthday and she was treated to lunch by my sister in law Hannah at Penang Village. a modern contemporary restaurant located at the newly opened Tropicana City Mall in Petaling Jaya.A place with friends and family in a hospitable atmosphere. The restaurant tag line "The Malaysians Best Choice" is just the right word to describe them. For their soft opening, there is a 20% discount for food bill of rm80/ and above. The food served were pleasing to our eyes and tasty to our palates but their waiters was incommunicable!(language problems). Parking is free for the time being.

This section is cosy with soft pink lighting and red long leather chairs while the adjacent side is brightly lit.

20% discount for limited period only.

Kerabu mango-mango salad served on a glass plate -tossed with red onion(would be better with shallot), toasted cuttle fish, palm sugar, lime juice,bird eye's chilies and Thai fish sauce-sweet and tangy-rm7.90/.

Pie tee-filled with sweet turnips, bits of fried bean curd, carrot, crab stick and cashew nut-add the chilies sauce to savor it in one mouthful-rm 7.90/

Fried rice-with chilies fried dried shrimp, bull eye's fried egg, a crispy tempura like prawn, three small pieces of turmeric fried chicken and some acar-mediocre-rm13.90/

Curry mee-with fresh prawns,cockles, tau pok, bean sprout and rice vermicelli-was not well scented with coconut milk- overpowered with turmeric flavor-rm9.90/

Rainbow Ice Kacang-filled with finely shaved ice, a few kinds of jelly, red bean paste and topped ice cream-cold and sweet-rm7.50/

Cendol-filled with finely shaved ice, green cendol. red bean paste, grass jelly, toasted peanut and canned coconut milk- not up to my expectations!-rm6.90/

Total bill:rm86/ after discount.
Location:L1-49, First Floor.
Tel:03-7729-3358.

SERI PENANG

Tom yam seafood soup:was well balanced and not overpowering

comes with mussels, squids, prawns, crab sticks, and fish rm27.90/

Nyonya Pandan chicken:the screwpine wrapped chicken was full of

flavor and well marinated- rm7.90/

Preserved Chinese vegetables"mui choy" groundnut tofu: the beancurd was soft and smooth, the gravy goes well with the rice

rm14.90/

Nyonya jiu hu char:the turnips were sweet, with deep fried shallot topping

wrapped it up with the fresh lettuce -best! rm12.90/

Nyonya pie-tee:fillings are turnip, spring onion, cashew nut, corn,

crabstick, add chillies sauce and eat it in one big bite . so crunchy!

rm6.90/

We never expected the food to be good, the restaurant is located in the ATRIA shopping complex in Damasara Jaya. Actually we were there to buy some books at the bookshop on the first floor and then intend to have KFC. The restaurant caught our attention with it's cosy settings and after tasting the food, we just loved it. Will go back to try their other dishes.