It has been a long time since I stepped into Melaka. If not for the Robert Deller training, I guess I won't even step there even though it's less than 2 hours drive away from Batu Pahat.
Finding my way through Melaka, I seemed more like a novice, navigating my way using the GPS. It's hard to believe that a few years ago, I was an expert of the roads in Melaka. Yet now, with the help of GPS, I still had to struggle to remember all those supposed to be familiar roads.
Finding my way through Melaka, I seemed more like a novice, navigating my way using the GPS. It's hard to believe that a few years ago, I was an expert of the roads in Melaka. Yet now, with the help of GPS, I still had to struggle to remember all those supposed to be familiar roads.
Well, in the end, with the help of the GPS, I still managed to check in into Avillion Legacy Hotel....... nice hotel......
Here, I'm not going to talk about my 3-day training because it's going to be tiring enough to have to do a report for the management and I'm really kind of pissed off !!! because the photos I took with Mr. Robert Deller during the course are missing from my camera!!! Uhuhuhuhu......
Never mind, so lets go straight to what happened after the course.........
Iris and I went simply driving around and we happened to see a big JUSCO building waving to us...... So, we stopped and went inside. To our amazement, we saw the beautiful Christmas decorations and we were like WOW~! Many people were taking photos there and of course we definitely would not have just gone off without taking any photos........
Biggest Snowman from Recyclable Bottles - Malaysia Book of Records
After that, we went to Portuguese Settlement as I wanted to go and try the famous mango juice there and also the delicious seafood...... The last time I went there was with Bernard and his friend......... If my memory is still intact, I remember the mango juice stall was not open and all the food stalls were like packed to the brim....... and so in the end, we had to give up and go somewhere else....... This time however, by hook or by crook I swore to myself that I MUST drink the mango juice and eat the crabs there..........
TENG TENG TENG TENG!!!
It was OPEN!!! & 3 more cups were left!!!! LAST 3!!!!! Without hesitation, we 'sapu' everything and was like Phew~ if we were later by another one minute, everything would be gone!
After tasting it, Iris was hooked to it and kept saying how nice it was! By the look of our faces, you should know how nice and refreshing it was!!! SATISFIED!
Then, we were wondering which stall should we try out? We couldn't make up our mind as I remembered someone telling me that it's stall No. 1, or maybe it's 7 or maybe it's 10?? Okay, I gave up and I asked the mango juice seller. She told us that every stall was nice and there was no clear cut answer from her......... ?? In the end, after some persuasion, she told us to try Stall No. 10.
Well, it was not a hoax, the black pepper crab which was DRY was absolutely MARVELLICIOUS!!!!
So was the butter garlic scallop!!
Just one look at our table and you should know how nice they were..........
The next day, together with Yu Wei and Huey Pin, we went to Aunty Lee (recommended by dear Mr. Ang - my former lecturer + good friend) to taste the nyonya food there......
Again, we were really damn lucky..... Another 10 minutes, the restaurant would have been full!! But, we were made to wait for an agonizing 1 hour before we could really taste the food! Business was so good that we had to wait for 1/2 hour before our drinks arrived.........
When the food came to our table, we were all like hungry wolves, gulping down our food like there was no tomorrow.............
Cencalok Omelette
Fried Tauge
Fried Squid
Sambal Terung
Ayam Pongteh
After lunch, Iris and I went jalan-jalan around Jonker Street and the other streets around it.
Although I have been to Melaka so many times, this was the first time I went into Cheng Hoon Teng temple to have a real look. Didn't really take many photos as there was quite a number of people worshiping there and it seemed a bit rude for me to keep snapping away........
While I was walking, this tiger statue gave me a shock and I really jumped one step back upon seeing it. Phew~~~
Seemed like a 'museum' house to me and I thought it was an exhibit...... Til I peeped through the window and realized that there were people watching TV and chit-chatting in it........ It's a real house after all...... Hahaha!
Another one that made it into the Malaysia Book of Records besides the Snowman in Jusco......... Was tempted to take a small bit and try it........ when I realized......... the numbers 2004!!! Now, I'm a bit confused..... How come there's the date there 2010, yet awarded in 2004?? Better don't try it...... I really don't want to get diarrhea.
These 'bread' and 'cakes' in Jonker Street never fail to amaze me every time i see them. Especially the bread, you just feel like sinking your mouth into them!!
Was tricked into taking this photo by Iris Koh. Well, it turned out to be quite nice........ Tempted to buy the hat, but rationale rules over heart! After taking this photo, Iris in a 'rogue' way refused to pose and let me take a photo of her...... By the way, someone was jealous of my 'lovely pose'..........
Bernard Lieu fuyohhhh ada gaya ehh. model mana ini ?
50 minutes ago ·- Jeslyn Chan sibuk u.... msn sana belum answer my question, terus datang sini n pui me..... blah u!45 minutes ago ·
- Jeslyn Chan isshhh.... tak senang tengok orang cantik dan bergaya....... memang blah...40 minutes ago ·
After finishing walking around Jonker Street, we were picked up by Mr. Ang, who brought us to try out this coconut milk shake!! Frankly speaking, I really hate coconut, but this coconut milk shake somewhere in Klebang just made my taste buds say YES! to it! Too bad, my camera went gaga at this time and I was not able to snap a picture of it. Therefore, I googled around and I managed to 'borrow' this picture from www.thekenchia.com. The ice cream on top made it even more perfect!
Picture courtesy of: http://www.thekenchia.com/
Following that, Mr. Ang brought us makan-makan at a food court where we got to eat for FREE, (thx to you Mr Ang) and chat at the same time. After saying goodbye to him, we went shopping some more at Pahlawan, bought the marvellicious mango juice (2 cups each) at Portuguese Settlement AGAIN!, all because Iris was begging me like mad......... and set off home back to Batu Pahat.
Overall, it was fun because I had Iris (who is as sampat as me), accommodation was free, got to taste nice nice food and the weather was damn good! Besides, I got to meet Mr. Ang again!! and also Clarissa & Pauline! Oh yeah, not forgetting, I did not get lost, thanks to my GPS that spoke Afrikana on that day.........
