Brunch At Peranakan Place, Jonker Street, Malacca

We have been keeping tabs on the Covid-19 daily updates because we didn't want to get stuck in Johor. On the morning of our departure, we started our journey early with the intention of having brunch in Malacca. We reached Jonker Street about 10:30 am. It was quiet without the tourist crowd.

We picked Restoran Peranakan Place to have our brunch.

Little Nyonya

3 bowls of yummy-licious Cendol with cream corn.

I am missing Malacca's delicious cendol.

2 bowls of Nyonya laksa.

One for our friend.

And one for me.

Hubby ordered nasi lemak with beef rendang.

The cendol half filled our tummies and we could barely finish our laksa and nasi lemak.

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After brunch, we took a walk along Jonker street.

We crossed over the Malacca river.

We can spare some time for some snapshots.

Sculpture of a pink cow

and a green cow.

Windwill

Queen Victoria fountain.

Museum

Christ Church Melaka

Melaka 0-Mile - centre of Malacca.

All distance in Malacca city is measured from this point.

After taking some snapshots, we went shopping for biscuits and palm sugar.

Stopped by a few biscuit shops to buy some snacks.

Nice packaging for Betehso biscuit or heong peah.

Air plants for sale.

Sculpture of Datuk Wira Dr. Gan Boon Leong

(Father of Malaysian Bodybuilding)

I passed by here, saw this on my left, quickly took a snapshot before rushing to catch up with the others.

God has given each of you some special abilities;

be sure to use them to help each other,

passing on to others God's many kinds of blessings.

(1 Peter 4:10, The Living Bible-TLB)

Lunch At Nyonya Lin's Kitchen, Malacca

A week before our getaway, we were uncertain whether we should go ahead with the trip because of the increasing numbers of infected Covid-19 cases reported. We decided to watch and keep tabs on the daily updates. Initially, there were supposed to be 7 of us traveling in 2 cars but on the actual day, only 3 of us took this trip.

Throughout our journey, the weather was nice and cloudy and traffic was light. Someone suggested stopping for lunch in Malacca. 

After driving many kilometres, we were told by Waze that we have reached our destination.

We alighted from the car looking left and right.

We saw Kapitan Kongsi Hotel on the right.

After a few more steps.....

And my searching eyes rested on this.

Someone directed us to the entrance.

It was after 2 pm and we were the only customers at that time.

More customers arrived before we left.

We were seated and after a while, someone came to take our orders.

We ordered 3 bowls of Cendol desserts which we requested to be served before the food. Cendol is a iced sweet dessert. Ingredients consist of shaved ice, droplets of green rice flour jelly, thick palm sugar syrup and thick coconut milk.

One of the most delicious Cendol I have tasted.

So, what food did we ordered for 3 people?

Cincalok Omelette.

Cincalok is fermented small shrimps.

Nyonya Chicken curry with black nut (keluak)

Our first experience tasting this dish.

Nyonya mixed vegetables.

Total cost of lunch for 3 people including the cendol came to about RM 70+

After lunch, we walked around to snap photos of the antique items

Dining table with antique furniture in the background.

Antique cabinet, mirrors, table and chairs.

Framed painting

A typical Nyonya bed.

Antique phones.

Paintings

Motorcycles.

Bicycle and motorcycle.

Paintings

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After lunch, we drove to Nyonya Michelle to collect our orders for the authentic Nyonya chang and pineapple tarts.

Since we were in Malacca and the items were available, we were happy to collect our orders.

Yummy pineapple tarts.

We couldn't wait, we had to open a box in the car to taste these tarts.

Authentic Nyonya Chang or glutinous rice dumpling.

Only 2 left in my fridge. These are very good Nyonya chang. In future, if we want to fix our craving for these chang or dumplings, we can order and have them delivered to our house.

So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives.

Then you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves.

(Galatians 5:16, New Living Translation-NLT)