Malacca 12 Dec 2009

Right so, we made a trip to Malacca. My last time there was about 4 years ago. If you asked me what is there to see or do. I can't tell you really. :) Its a small town with much to see if you have the time to spare.

But us being Singaporeans, malls seem to be on the MUST see place. Malacca City is a world heritage site since July 2008. So I suppose with this, the volume of tourist there has increased tremendously and of course tagging on the recent telecast of Little Nonya ( which is a little over the top and also at least a year ago) fever , the place has suddenly seem to show case more of the Pernarakan Culture.

We arrived at about 3pm to Malacca, bad traffic at the causeway of Singapore and Johore was the cause of our delay. But we ain't complaining as we weren't in no hurry but holding on to our pee is no fun!

This is also the first time that we have drove to Malacca in many years, the streets are much cleaner now and road signs are much more friendlier too. Thank goodness for it, otherwise, we could be going round and round without a clue.

We were hungry when we arrived into Malacca City. We have set off at 730am and searching for a sensible parking spot was rocket science. We were very lucky to chance upon a public parking area that also has "security" people watching the cars for you! Charged @ 2RM parking till 2am! Its a steal!

Lunch was the famous Chicken Rice Ball from Hoe Kee. The rice balls were the size of a fishball.

The restuarant has a queue waiting time average of 20 minutes. The line outside this place isn't fast moving but surely it does not seem to stop people for waiting in the sun to sink their teeth into this famous Chicken Rice Ball Shop.

We stood in line for less than 10 mins. Ordered 1 whole bird and we were allocated the number of rice balls. :) and a serving of loose rice. Apparently, the shop also serve curry fish head but the star is definitely the chicken rice.

I must say, it is nothing to wow about. Chicken Rice in Singapore definitely taste much better. Not being judgemental here but the taste of the Malacca Chicken Rice Balls lacks something. Oh.. and its a tad too oily for my liking. Sometimes I feel like I'm drinking a small dosage of sesame oil with Chicken.

The plus point? It has a pretty interior. The weird bit, they serve you styrofoam plates to eat on and metal cutlery. Cute.