Day 2 of Malacca trip was exciting!
Met up with Akiraceo the Miao, the talented artist blogger and also Jasonmumbles, popular blogger in Malacca.
For the morning, Miao came by and brought us for breakfast at a popular dim sum outlet called Man Ting Siong which looks like an ordinary coffee shop.

With a cozy environment and friendly staffs, we totally enjoyed the dim sum we had at the place. Of course, for an Ipoh guy who have had dim sum in great dim sum restaurants in Ipoh, the dim sum here is a little different in taste, but it was decent enough though the price is as expensive as it is anywhere in Malaysia.

A few platters for us to contain our morning hunger cost about RM45 if I'm not mistaken, which is definitely considered high for a breakfast expenditure normally. As we were on a holiday, that was somehow, acceptable though. Lol.
Miao then brought us to the Malacca zoo which was definitely enjoyable for both Zach and I. In there we got to see lots of animals! Do you know that when I was young, I had a secret ambition and it was to be a zoo keeper/zoologist? Hehehe. I really liked animals and totally enjoyed watching the documentaries about animals on television.
I was practically fond of tigers, also due to the fact I'm born in the Year of the Tiger according to the Chinese Zodiacs.


I must say, I was impressed with the Malaccan zoo as I was expecting it to be poorly maintained and stuff like that as I've heard how terrible the National Zoo in KL was managed. The Malaccan Zoo was somewhat of a half half situation where animal enclosures with sponsors were much better while the lesser fortunate animals without sponsors... they just look bad. As in real bad.

It's obvious if you're a Giraffe or Tiger, your enclosure will probably draw lots of sponsors from corporations and you'll be living in a grandeur space compared to if you're a wild boar or just another breed of ordinary deer.

The zoo also had shows for the public which involved animal gigs and display of their intelligence or rather trained intelligence. Animals like parrots, monkeys, elephants and orang utan were shown and performed tricks for the audience. However, the shows were done in the National Language which was Bahasa Melayu. Considering that the Malacca zoo was aimed at Malaysians to visit, it was totally fine but it does make me wonder what happens if a foreigner visits the zoo and watches the show?

Probably like the bear above. Lol. It was a sunbear and it was so cute sitting in such position. Hahahaha.
From there on, it was almost every stop we make is for another place to eat, eat and eat. Don't believe me? Read on. After the zoo visit, we went back to Jonker for lunch. It was at Donald and Lily's, which was a small shophouse. And by small, I meant really small.

However, the amount of people queuing up to get in there for lunch was insane. It's pretty much amazing how most Malaccan delicacies are sold in such small shops and yet enjoy brisk businesses. Among the highlight of the dishes we had were their Nasi Minyak with Rendang,

and also their Nyonya Rojak.

The first one was definitely very sinful. But according to Zach, it's worth the sin as it was super delicious. It was fragrant and the rendang was very tasty.
As for the rojak, it was somewhat a different rojak than the ones I take in KL or back at Ipoh. I don't quite enjoy it, but it was definitely an eye opener for me. :D
Zach and I took a break from the adventure and call a time off where we retreated back to the hotelnot for sex for rest as we were up late last night not sex again! for a movie at Pahlawan Megamall till about 2am.
After a long nap (eat + sleep = fat), we prepared ourselves for our evening journey to other places in Malacca, which was for more food. Lol. Well, before we went ahead with dinner, we once again went to Pahlawan Megamall to buy tickets for another movie to watch that night, Alice in Wonderland with Miao. Kekeke.
One of the things that I enjoy doing most, was tweeting and reading conversations by Nuffies on BBM. I can definitely say I'm a crackberry addict when Zach took at least 5 photos of me in the pose below throughout the trip. This was taken when we were waiting at McD at Pahlawan Mall awaiting Miao to pick us up for our next makan destination.

The next stop was - Pak Putra mamak!
It is famous for its Tandoori Chicken and Naans.

I was partially inclined to have Satay Celup for dinner and this for supper but as advised by Jasonmumbles, Tandoori Chicken always runs out by 10pm but Satay Celup will run till midnight. Thus we went ahead for the first pit stop of dinner at Pak Putra.
It was my second time at Pak Putra as we previously came here as well last year together with the Nuffies. The tandoori chicken was awesome at RM6 per plate and Naan were priced decently. As we were eating, Jasonmumbles even revealed that Pak Putra is actually owned by famous Twitterer, Nikicheong's uncle! Gosh, famous people have famous relatives one!! Lol.
Despite the hearty meal at Pak Putra, I insisted on going to Satay Celup. Jasonmumbles brought us the best satay celup restaurant according to him - Capitol Satay Celup. It was evident it was the best with the picture below, taken at 10pm.

Bloody hell! We waited for about 40 minutes in that line just to get in and get our fix of satay celup! And when we got in there, the line was even longer when we came. Fuyoo, I guess this place is the best after all.

At 80 cents a stick, it's a little steep according to Jasonmumbles who used to had satay celup in the same restaurant for half the price a few years ago. As a tourist, I had no complain as I whacked as much as I could despite my limited stomach space due to the Tandoori Chicken and naan that I had earlier.
After the 'supper', Miao, Zach and I went ahead with our movie and that pretty much end the Day 2 of my Malacca trip. :)
Day 3 wasn't much of an eventful day as we slept in and woke up with barely enough time to head to the bus station for our bus. Lol. But we still managed to have Chicken Rice Ball for the second time right before we left. :P
One of the best place in the entire Malacca trip for me was the Padang Pahlawan.

Walking distance from the hotel, it was such a peaceful and windy field. It wasn't the biggest field I've ever seen, but being on it, lying down on the grass watching the stars with Zach besides me during the night time was one of the best and peaceful time I've ever had in my life.
If you're looking for such feelings, I strongly suggest that you visit the Padang Pahlawan in Malacca. Of course, make sure it's not raining when you're doing that. Lol.
A million thanks to Miao and Jasonmumbles for showing us around and we totally enjoyed our trip to Malacca. I'm planning for another visit during May, as soon as Jasonmumbles inform me that it's Durian season! Lol.
Enjoyed Malacca very much
Robb
Met up with Akiraceo the Miao, the talented artist blogger and also Jasonmumbles, popular blogger in Malacca.
For the morning, Miao came by and brought us for breakfast at a popular dim sum outlet called Man Ting Siong which looks like an ordinary coffee shop.

With a cozy environment and friendly staffs, we totally enjoyed the dim sum we had at the place. Of course, for an Ipoh guy who have had dim sum in great dim sum restaurants in Ipoh, the dim sum here is a little different in taste, but it was decent enough though the price is as expensive as it is anywhere in Malaysia.

A few platters for us to contain our morning hunger cost about RM45 if I'm not mistaken, which is definitely considered high for a breakfast expenditure normally. As we were on a holiday, that was somehow, acceptable though. Lol.
Miao then brought us to the Malacca zoo which was definitely enjoyable for both Zach and I. In there we got to see lots of animals! Do you know that when I was young, I had a secret ambition and it was to be a zoo keeper/zoologist? Hehehe. I really liked animals and totally enjoyed watching the documentaries about animals on television.
I was practically fond of tigers, also due to the fact I'm born in the Year of the Tiger according to the Chinese Zodiacs.


I must say, I was impressed with the Malaccan zoo as I was expecting it to be poorly maintained and stuff like that as I've heard how terrible the National Zoo in KL was managed. The Malaccan Zoo was somewhat of a half half situation where animal enclosures with sponsors were much better while the lesser fortunate animals without sponsors... they just look bad. As in real bad.

It's obvious if you're a Giraffe or Tiger, your enclosure will probably draw lots of sponsors from corporations and you'll be living in a grandeur space compared to if you're a wild boar or just another breed of ordinary deer.

The zoo also had shows for the public which involved animal gigs and display of their intelligence or rather trained intelligence. Animals like parrots, monkeys, elephants and orang utan were shown and performed tricks for the audience. However, the shows were done in the National Language which was Bahasa Melayu. Considering that the Malacca zoo was aimed at Malaysians to visit, it was totally fine but it does make me wonder what happens if a foreigner visits the zoo and watches the show?

Probably like the bear above. Lol. It was a sunbear and it was so cute sitting in such position. Hahahaha.
From there on, it was almost every stop we make is for another place to eat, eat and eat. Don't believe me? Read on. After the zoo visit, we went back to Jonker for lunch. It was at Donald and Lily's, which was a small shophouse. And by small, I meant really small.

However, the amount of people queuing up to get in there for lunch was insane. It's pretty much amazing how most Malaccan delicacies are sold in such small shops and yet enjoy brisk businesses. Among the highlight of the dishes we had were their Nasi Minyak with Rendang,

and also their Nyonya Rojak.

The first one was definitely very sinful. But according to Zach, it's worth the sin as it was super delicious. It was fragrant and the rendang was very tasty.
As for the rojak, it was somewhat a different rojak than the ones I take in KL or back at Ipoh. I don't quite enjoy it, but it was definitely an eye opener for me. :D
Zach and I took a break from the adventure and call a time off where we retreated back to the hotel
After a long nap (eat + sleep = fat), we prepared ourselves for our evening journey to other places in Malacca, which was for more food. Lol. Well, before we went ahead with dinner, we once again went to Pahlawan Megamall to buy tickets for another movie to watch that night, Alice in Wonderland with Miao. Kekeke.
One of the things that I enjoy doing most, was tweeting and reading conversations by Nuffies on BBM. I can definitely say I'm a crackberry addict when Zach took at least 5 photos of me in the pose below throughout the trip. This was taken when we were waiting at McD at Pahlawan Mall awaiting Miao to pick us up for our next makan destination.

The next stop was - Pak Putra mamak!
It is famous for its Tandoori Chicken and Naans.

I was partially inclined to have Satay Celup for dinner and this for supper but as advised by Jasonmumbles, Tandoori Chicken always runs out by 10pm but Satay Celup will run till midnight. Thus we went ahead for the first pit stop of dinner at Pak Putra.
It was my second time at Pak Putra as we previously came here as well last year together with the Nuffies. The tandoori chicken was awesome at RM6 per plate and Naan were priced decently. As we were eating, Jasonmumbles even revealed that Pak Putra is actually owned by famous Twitterer, Nikicheong's uncle! Gosh, famous people have famous relatives one!! Lol.
Despite the hearty meal at Pak Putra, I insisted on going to Satay Celup. Jasonmumbles brought us the best satay celup restaurant according to him - Capitol Satay Celup. It was evident it was the best with the picture below, taken at 10pm.

Bloody hell! We waited for about 40 minutes in that line just to get in and get our fix of satay celup! And when we got in there, the line was even longer when we came. Fuyoo, I guess this place is the best after all.

At 80 cents a stick, it's a little steep according to Jasonmumbles who used to had satay celup in the same restaurant for half the price a few years ago. As a tourist, I had no complain as I whacked as much as I could despite my limited stomach space due to the Tandoori Chicken and naan that I had earlier.
After the 'supper', Miao, Zach and I went ahead with our movie and that pretty much end the Day 2 of my Malacca trip. :)
Day 3 wasn't much of an eventful day as we slept in and woke up with barely enough time to head to the bus station for our bus. Lol. But we still managed to have Chicken Rice Ball for the second time right before we left. :P
One of the best place in the entire Malacca trip for me was the Padang Pahlawan.

Walking distance from the hotel, it was such a peaceful and windy field. It wasn't the biggest field I've ever seen, but being on it, lying down on the grass watching the stars with Zach besides me during the night time was one of the best and peaceful time I've ever had in my life.
If you're looking for such feelings, I strongly suggest that you visit the Padang Pahlawan in Malacca. Of course, make sure it's not raining when you're doing that. Lol.
A million thanks to Miao and Jasonmumbles for showing us around and we totally enjoyed our trip to Malacca. I'm planning for another visit during May, as soon as Jasonmumbles inform me that it's Durian season! Lol.
Enjoyed Malacca very much
Robb

































