Road Trip

A good friend of mine got some bad news on Friday, and to comfort (and surprise) her MySO (that's My Significant Other) and I decided to go visit her in Malacca.

It was a last minute decision, and after a couple of hours settling last minute details, watering plants, rearranging schedules etc, we were off at 5pm. Here are some pictures from the trip.

While my friend was out with her family attending a wedding lunch on Sunday afternoon, we went exploring by bike and managed to get from her home to Jonker Walk. Wanted to pop into Nancy's Kitchen to see what goodies we could get, but it was closed for a private function.

In the end, we sat and had some beer and shandy at the Geographer's Cafe opposite. Ahh, a nice cold drink in the afternoon heat was exactly what the doctor ordered!

From here we saw many things :

At Las(t), Edible Ice! 

And this bloke really knew how to make full use of the space in his car! I mean, look at that - how does he see anything through his rear-view mirror?

After about an hour or so of blissful people-watching, my friend was ready to join us and so we headed over to Najepe to have crepe cakes. Unfortunately there were no other flavours available except the original cream one. (I had the cheese flavoured one the last time I was there and it was so much better than this one!)  Sadly, MySO didn't really enjoy this as he's a little sensitive to having so much cream squished about in his mouth.

Eventually we got out of our food-induced stupor and finally decided to head over to Bei Zhan for dinner.

From bottom left: Battered Oyster Mushrooms with Macadamia Nuts, Fish Fillet Curry (with long beans and ladies finger), Sweet & Sour Pork, Black Pepper Chicken. (Not shown : Sambal Kangkong.)

Total cost for 5 Pax (including 1 beer) : RM$81.30

This is some good stuff. Add:

No 43 Jalan Kota Laksamana 2/17

Taman Kota Laksamana Seksyen 2

75200 Melaka

It used to occupy a couple of shophouses but has since expanded to a little corner plot of land with 2-storey seating. The air-conditioning can get cold after sunset so go prepared, bring a shawl or cardi.

I haven't been able to find it on any of the usual maps, but I'm sure if you've got an updated GPS you'll be fine. If not, ask around or take a taxi - it's very popular with the local Chinese folk.

After a lazy Monday browsing about Bunga Raya (aka Chinatown) and having found a shop that sells manek for my shoes and affordable kebayas, we dipped into Old Town Coffee House at Taman Malim Jaya till it was time to leave. And just in case we hadn't had enough to eat at lunch about an hour earlier, between the 4 of us (3 and a half really) we polished off a double ice cream toast, french toast, tuna toast, garlic toast, a basket of mini spring rolls, 2 soft-boiled eggs, a coupla coffees,  root beer, mineral water, and double scoop ice cream with strawberry sauce!

All in all, a great weekend spent with people I love, in my home away from home. Goodbye for now, but I'll be back soon - and I'll bring a spare tummy next time!