10 Best Food in Malacca

Just like a lot of Singaporean, we will go for good food. The definition of good food is not how expensive the food cost but the quality. It has to be delicious of course. And we will not mind to travel all the way out just to have a taste of it.

Malacca is one of the popular place in Malaysia where Singaporean go over the weekend. It allows us to have a short getaway and also to eat.

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Below are the top 10 food in Malacca which I will highly recommend:

1. Hoe Kee Chicken Rice Ball

468, Jalan Hang Jebat, 75200 Melaka, Malaysia

• Located at Joker Street. It is not difficult to find as it it located near the entrance of Joker Street.
• The chicken is tender and the rice ball is tasty. 

2. Jonker 88 Chendol

Jalan Hang Jebat and Jalan Laksamana, Melaka, Malaysia

• My favorite dessert. A must eat dessert whenever I am at Malacca.
• The coconut is fresh and thick. It is awesome.  
• There are also other flavor such as Durian
• The store also sell other food such as Nyonya Laska, Asam Laska, Chicken noodle etc.

3. Nyonya Makko Restaurant

123, Jl. Merdeka, 75000 Melaka, Malaysia

• The restaurant offer the Nyonya dishes
• It is best to come with a few friends so that you can order a variety of dishes and share.
• I reckon to try beef rendang, sotong chili garam and ayam pok teh

4. Restoran Capitol Satay

41, Lorong Bukit Cina, 75100 Melaka, Malaysia

• They have a good spread of items (prawn, meat, meat balls, squid, veg, fish etc.)
• All you need to do is to choose the item and dip it into the satay sauce. Let it boil to cook your food. 
• Do come early as the queue is really long. Average waiting time is about 45 minutes.

5. Nancy's Kitchen

13, Jalan KL 3/8, Taman Kota Laksamana, 75200 Melaka, 

• Located in Jonker street.
• Selling local local food such as Noynya Laska, Chendol, Popiad, sambal sotong petai etc.

6. Baba Charlie Lee

72, Lorong Tengkera Pantai 2c, Kampung Tengkera Pantai Dua, 75200 Melaka, Malaysia

• A cake shop selling the a wide variety of nyonya kuei, cakes and biscuit

7. Tengkera Duck Noodle Restaurant

Jalan Kota Laksamana 1/2, Taman Kota Laksamana, 75200 Melaka, Malaysia

• A store which sells the local Malacca style duck noodle
• Offer dry or soup duck noodle
• It taste different from the Singapore style. Personally, I would prefer the Malacca style.

8. Putu Piring Tengkera

252, Jalan Tengkera, 75200 Melaka, Malaysia

• Unlike normal cafe or restaurant, this is a store which does not have any seats. Usually people will buy the snack and go.
• It is fluffy. Eat it while it hot. It is yummy.

9. Restoran Rong Mao (Dim Sum)

32, Jalan Tokong, 75200 Melaka, Malaysia

• This is a Chinese stall which sells Dim Sum
• It is famous for breakfast or high tea
• Do get there early else you will need to queue for quite some time.

10. Klebang Coconut Shake

Klebang, 5, Melaka, Malaysia

• The coconut shake is fresh and cooling for the hot weather
• May top up shake with a scoop of vanilla ice cream as well