Monday, September 27, 2010

Malacca Vacation 21st – 22nd Aug 2010

Once again, we look forward to driving into Malaysia for a short weekend break, this time being a Malacca vacation.

Leaving our home at 0630 hrs in the morning, we hit the petrol station to top up the petrol before heading for the Second Link at Tuas Checkpoint. Surprisingly there was no queue at all at the Singapore end of the checkpoint and we were on Malaysia soil in less than an hour.

Driving via the North South highway, we made a short stop at Machap Rest & Relaxation before continuing our journey to Malacca. On the way, there was a road block and we were asked to pull over. Fortunately, the police just asked to see the driver’s license and identification and we were allowed to go.

Holiday Travel Tips:- Whilst traveling on the North South highway, do keep to the speed limit even though there is a tendency to want to go beyond.

We got into Malacca by 1030hrs and headed towards Bukit Cina where we had a breakfast of fried kway teow (rice noodles). Costing just RM2.50 (USD0.81) per plate, it was filling and tasted good!


Fried kway teow

Next we bought some items at the wet market and King Hin, a baking and packaging supplier. We then made our way to our Malacca accommodation for the night, Hotel Puri Melaka, located along Jalan Tan Tun Cheng Lock.

We were surprised to see lush greenery within the compounds of the hotel which is situated just next to the famous Jonker Street, a must visit attraction whilst in Malacca

Lush greenery within Hotel Puri Melaka

Since we just had lunch not too long ago, we decided to forego lunch. Instead we bought a box of nonya pineapple tarts from the café in the lobby where 10 pieces were sold for RM8.50 (USD.75). However, they did not taste as authentic as the ones we had bought previously from Bee Bee, a home run bakery.

Nonya pineapple tarts from Hotel Puri's cafe

Just before 1400 hrs, we made our way to Hotel Puri Spa as we had bought a package which included the 180 minutes Royal Puri Romance Ritual, one of the Puri Spa packages available. This included the royal floral foot spa, tropical hibiscus and rose polish, luscious mococa borneo wrap, aroma signature massage, royal papaya enzymatic facial as well as a romantic floral bath.

Puri Hotel Spa

If you are looking to escape the limits of time and experience a perfectly packaged recipe for relaxation, then this is a great way to indulge your body, mind and soul. We had an exceptional romantic spa experience. Ooooooohhhhhhhh….

After spending more than 3 hours at the spa, it was time to explore Malacca. Less than a minutes’ walk away was Jonker Street. This being the weekend, the night market was just starting to come alive at 1800 hrs to transform the area into Jonker Walk. Here, you will find a pedestrian mall where local food souvenirs are sold and Chinese cultural activities in full swing. You can purchase all sorts of snacks, nonya cakes as well as the famous nonya pineapple tarts.

Jonker Walk - a historical Malacca attraction

Where the night market starts to come alive on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays

A trip up to Malacca is never complete without savouring the various local dishes. If you are game to try the local food, you will have tons to choose from with no lack of variety.

Meeting up with our friend, Edwin, for dinner, we proceeded to Heng Hong Tin Kee Restaurant located at 62 Tranquerah Road, which is well known for their mutton soup. At RM28 (USD9.05) for a medium bowl of mutton soup, this soup did not come cheap. However, if you are a fan of mutton soup, this is worth trying as the soup is good and you do not get the mutton smell. In addition, they are generous in their servings of mutton meat with the soup.

We also had chinchalok (Malaccan food of fermented shrimps) omelette, stir fried vegetables as well as chilli prawns. Overall the food was not too bad especially the chilli prawns which were cooked just right.

Chinchalok omelette

Stir fried vegetables

Chilli prawns

After dinner, Edwin brought us to buy some local Malacca food, putu piring (steamed rice flour cake with brown sugar filling), before returning to Hotel Puri. As this was Edwin’s first visit to Hotel Puri, he too felt that the greenery made a great difference to the hotel’s ambience.

Roaring trade for putu piring at 252 Jalan Tengkera, 75200 Melaka

Yummy Malacca food - putu piring @RM0.80 (USD0.26)







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