{"id":18205,"date":"2012-12-23T10:10:33","date_gmt":"2012-12-23T02:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=18205"},"modified":"2017-02-25T12:51:27","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T04:51:27","slug":"melaka-for-foodies-the-not-so-good-and-lagi-worse-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2012\/12\/23\/melaka-for-foodies-the-not-so-good-and-lagi-worse-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Melaka – For Foodies, the not so good and lagi worse – Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

While most of what we had for makan in our five day stay in Melaka was great, we had a small share of bad luck in Melaka. One of which was deserved \u2013 i.e. we walked right into the restaurant knowing it was going to serve mediocre food \u2013 but in another case, the stall was well-reviewed elsewhere in blogsphere but was a disappointment for us instead.<\/p>\n

Fish Porridge @ Wang Food Court<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Reviews for this fish porridge stall at Wang Food Court shows up on a couple of blog and foodie places online, and Ling marked it out as a must-check-out eating place when we were planning for the trip. The foodcourt is situated beside Hotel Grand Continental, which itself was just a short 5 minute from The Majestic. We popped by the foodcourt on our first day after checking into the hotel in the early afternoon, but most stalls at the foodcourt were closed, necessitating a return visit on the second day evening.<\/p>\n

The stall offers a variety of fish-based fare. We both tried the fish porridge (MY$3.50 and upwards), and found it surprisingly nothing like what the reviews online raved. Ling was especially disappointed that the fish didn’t seem fresh and the soup base for the porridge was bland. I\u2019m not normally a fan of fish-based porridges or soups, but frankly, even the fish soups in my school canteen taste better. Also, I wasn\u2019t expecting stellar customer service, but even that seemed lacking. We both found the middle-age lady serving us unfriendly; her tone when taking our orders was curt and she snorted a loud \u201c\u6c92\u6709\u201d (\u201cdon\u2019t have\u201d) when we politely asked for an additional small serving bowl for Hannah.<\/p>\n

Also; the fish slices had bones in them; so some caution is necessary if you’ve got young children with you.<\/p>\n

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Maybe the stall was just having a bad day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Other stalls at the foodcourt looked a lot more appealing. There was a long queue at the Nasi Lemak stall especially too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mei Sin Caf\u00e9<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This caf\u00e9 is also just very nearby The Majestic, and we dropped by for a quick lunch on day 4 on Saturday just before noon. We weren\u2019t expecting much when Tripadvisor ranks this at #114<\/a> of #162 granted though that it\u2019s just got one review to its name. The coffee shop was pretty packed with lunch-time crowds, so we were still a little hopeful. So, we ordered the char kway teow and wanton noodles. And the food was, well, still bland with the latter just a little more tasty than the char kway teow which needed a lot more black sweet sauce. Sigh.<\/p>\n

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Mei Sin Cafe @ Jalan Bunga Raya Pantai.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The two girls tucking in. Wanton noodles were slightly better.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At least the service was much better. The elderly gentleman whipping up the kway teow was friendly. This guy was a one-man show; cooking, serving, and collecting back used dishes all by himself. Interestingly, each plate of noodles was cooked separately. The aunties manning the wanton noodle stall were even warm, chatting with Hannah, and even obliging Ling\u2019s request to cut the noodles up into smaller strips for our little girl.<\/p>\n

On a different note; we picked up a couple of trays of pineapple tarts from Malacca Jonker Nonya Enterprise on our way to Pak Putra<\/a> yesterday evening. The baker must be proud of her 100% homemade tarts, since her name is even included in the cover packaging. We\u2019re going to try these when we\u2019re back at home \u2013 and if they\u2019re good, Ling\u2019s probably gonna write up about it here.:)<\/p>\n

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Pineapple tarts from Jonker Street.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While most of what we had for makan in our five day stay in Melaka was great, we had a small share of bad luck in Melaka. One of which was deserved \u2013 i.e. we walked right into the restaurant<\/p>\n

Read More Melaka – For Foodies, the not so good and lagi worse – Part 4<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,17],"tags":[539],"class_list":["post-18205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dining","category-traveling","tag-melaka-2012","wpcat-9-id","wpcat-17-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/blog-OMDA2000-MeiSin-lunch.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}