Famosa Chicken Rice Ball Restaurant @ Melaka

We arrived at Jonker Street around 7pm.  Both Chung Wah and Hoe Kee already closed.  Then, we stumbled upon this restaurant, which is very well renovated and maintained.  I really impressed about the building architecture more than the food, seriously.   

Speaking of food, the rice ball is very "hard" to my liking.  I still prefer the "softer" texture rice ball found in Chung Wah and Hoe Kee restaurants.  Also, there is nothing special about the chicken.

Address:

21, Jalan Hang Jebat, 75200 Melaka.

Kafe Cola 新可乐茶室 (Alor Setar, Kedah)

This kopitiam is located at Taman Sultan Badlisah, Alor Setar. I heard its famous for Chicken Rice. Some say it was voted the top 20 Chicken Rice in Malaysia by 光明日报. If you are in Alor Setar, why not give it a try. The price for small plate is RM3, the same price in BM, huh!

I also ordered Curry Mee (RM2.80). The curry fragrance is great. In addition, got one small piece of curry chicken too, not bad at all.

Longitude: 100.3589809°
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Beng Huat Assam Fish Chicken Rice, Prai Penang

Wow, I totally lost count how many times that I've visited this place. Indeed this restaurant serves the best Chicken Rice and Assam soup around Penang Mainland. Frankly speaking, I'm prefer this one than the Melaka Chicken Rice Ball. Sorry, no offense huh.



You should start with few spoons of Assam soup first, this definitely will bring up your appetite.


The chicken skin is crispy whereas the meat is soft. This is different from the ordinary roasted chicken.


There are variety of add-on side orders, ranges from deep fried 'taukua', 'lobak', assam fish, eggs, fish ball and etc.

Beng Huat Assam Fish Chicken Rice Restaurant

Address: No. 215, Jalan Gan Chai Leng, 13700, Prai, Penang, Malaysia
Phone: 604-3983127
Business Hours: 10.00 am - 4.00 pm

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Makan-makan @ Melaka

Guess what Melakian will recommend you to eat @ Melaka? One of those must be Hainanese chicken rice lo... Nope, it should be Hainanese chicken rice ball.

During our short trip, we managed to try out 2 of the most famous chicken rice shops along Jonker Street (aka Jalan Hang Jebat), i.e. Hoe Kee and Chung Wah. We had to wait for a long long queue for both restaurants, must be the peak season during X'mas and New Year.

Hoe Kee Chicken Rice Restaurant; very nice ambient indeed. Can you spot the round chicken rice balls?






Chung Wah Chicken Rice Restaurant; kind of typical Chinese kopitiam.









Walking along Jonker Street, you will get sweat and thirsty in no time. No wonder so many people are queuing at Jonker Desserts 88, which is famous for Cendol and Ice Kacang.









At night, we tried the famous Satay Celup @ Ban Lee Siang coffee shop. Alike Lok Lok @ Penang but instead you dip the sticks into boiled water, here with boiled Satay sauce.











It will not complete if you have not try Nyonya food at Melaka. We dropped by at the Nyonya 'Chu Cha' restaurant, i.e. Nyonya Suan Restaurant. Somehow, the food just so-so nia, at least to me. Upon return to Penang, one of my friend recommended me to try Makko Nyonya Restaurant on next trip.









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Lastly, some site seeing photo around Melaka town.
A Famosa (After the Portuguese captured Melaka, they built a fortress to defend themselves. The fortress, called A'Famosa suffered severe destruction during the Dutch invasion. What's left today is just the entrance walls, still well preserved till today)


St Paul's Hill Complex (On top of St. Paul's Hill is the St. Paul's Church, once the prayer house of the Portuguese Catholics, then turned into burial ground for their noble dead by the Dutch. The tombstones have Latin and Portuguese inscriptions on them. St. Francis Xavier was buried here in 1553 before his body was moved to Goa in India)




Church @ Stadthuys Complex


Clock tower @ Stadthuys Complex


Pasar Pagi along Jonker Street.




Pasar Malam along Jonker Street.