Ming Sate Hut@Melaka.

Another of Melaka's delights is Pork Satay.

We tried the other famous satay shop in Kampung Hulu the other day and was impressed.

Ming Sate Hut located a few doors from Nadeje is just as good.

They are more generous with their peanut/pineapple/belimbing sauce which leaves a tingling spicy, sourish sweet taste on your palate with every dip and bite.

Their all time favorites, pig's intestines were sold out-had grilled chicken innard, pork belly and chicken satay, instead.

Well marinated-tender, mist and juicy meat while the innards were chewy and crunchy.

 The only complain is the small bite sized satay.

Parking is ok.

Simple dining area.

Pork satay.

Chicken and innards satay

Sauce with freshly sliced cucumber and nasi impit.

Location:G33, Jalan PM 4,
Mahkota Parade,
Melaka,
Tel:012-661-9100

S.Wine@Ben's Independent Grocer@Publika.

The wooden black Iberico finisher pig at the front of the cafe brings back memories of my pig farming days in the 80-90s.

Those were very challenging years managing two commercial breeding/sow to finishers farms with a population of 12000 pigs.

The popular breeds then were Duroc, Large White, Hampshire,Spotted Poland China from USA, Yorkshire from Britain and Landrace from Denmark and Holland- all were bred for their robustness, meatiness and fast growth-no genetically modified pigs back then !

Up to today, I still don't know how my wife could bear the strong odor/stench on my clothes that smelt of pig's manure-everyday !! ha! ha!.

Anyway, S.Wine Cafe is a welcome change in the food scene and bold enough to be a non-halal place to serve strictly porky food with wine to compliment their dishes..

 We were game and spoil for choices-choosing both local and western flavored food.


Service was OK.

Complimentary bun with butter-soft and pillowy.

Hearty Vegetables Soup-tomato based  vegetable soup with chunks of ham, cannellini beans, barley and sauteed vegetables, topped with Parmesan cheese and coriander leaves-real hearty-Rm14/

Pigs in a blanket- crispy bacon wrapped in mini garlic sausages-good  as a snack-Rm18.90

Momofuku inspired pork buns - more like Chinese style braised pork belly slices (nam yee pao )with pickled cucumber sandwiched in steamed flower mantao-Rm21.

Pork satay with pineapple sauce-served with cucumber, onion and nasi impit-well marinated chunky pieces of pork belly-sauce need some improvement-Rm24/

Pork and pine nuts sausage roll-pork sausage meat with pine nuts, mushroom and garlic wrapped in puff pastry and baked till golden brown served with arugula and tomato relish- flaky pastry skin with mouthful of  tantalizing meat with every bite-Rm19/

Spaghetti tossed with garlic sausage and bacon chunks in tomato-capsicum concasse with cream- too rich and creamy-Rm26/

Total bill:Rm183/
Location: Lot 1A, 83-95,
Level UG1-Publika,
1, Jalan Dutamas 1, Solaris Dutamas,
Kuala Lumpur,
Tel:03-6209-1716.

Xiang Ji Satay House.

Guest post by Michelle.

On our way back from our Singapore's Sales shopping, we made a detour into Melaka city for our lunch.

With my grandmother, a true Nyonya from Melaka with us on this trip, was a blessing because she knows where to go for good food.

She suggested Pork Satay and guessed what ! she directed us all the way to the shop (a walking GPS !).
Not bad for an 80 year old grandmother-we just love her.

Xiang Ji Satay House@ Melaka is located opposite a Chinese school.

Patiently grilling the satay to perfection and replenishing our table with it without a need to do any ordering.

Well marinated pork satay @ 0.60cts/stick with a sweet, sourish, spicy, nutty and aromatic gravy with hints of pineapple and tamarind flavor for dip.

Close up of grilled pig's intestine, liver and lean meat-the five of us ate about 80 sticks-it was more than enough!

Freshly sliced green refreshing cucumber and pungent big onion to cool off the heaty satay.

...........................and Ketupat -firm, white rice, to finish off the meal !

Location: near Jonker Street, opposite SRJK (C) Pay Teck.
50, Jalan Portugis,
Melaka.
Tel:H/P-019-627-8868 /019-667-8868.