Tag: Malacca Melaka

Best Western Wana Riverside Hotel at Malacca (Melaka) Town.

Post author By melakatour
Post date July 29, 2013

Best Western Wana Riverside Hotel (N2.20030 E102.24849) is located along Jalan Mushi Abdullah before the intersection of Jalan Kampung Hulu. It is situated just next to the Malacca riverbank and that was the reason we chose to stayed here.

The strategic location is convenience for us to walk around to many shops and restaurant nearby and it has a nice view of the Malacca River.

I’m satisfied with my online booking through Agoda.com and the check in process was fast and amazed with the front desk service! The Hotel provided free Wifi service at every floor and even there were 2 desktop computer beside the reception for those who doesn’t travel with a computer. The room that we booked was package with 2 persons breakfast.
The river view from the room was excellent!

The attached bathroom view…

The river view from our room…

The simple and standard breakfast was satisfied. Even there was a WiFi signal on every floor, but I counldn’t get connected to internet once I linked to their Wireless Access point. Anyway, doesn’t matter to me because I still have my own 3G service from the mobile phone…

I read some negative comments online about disturb by some load music from Karaoke Pub nearby this hotel, I guess we were lucky that no disturbance during our stay…

There is a Musical Fountain just next to the hotel where you can enjoy the music during the evening. Too bad, I wasn’t able to take the photo due to rain…! Not only this, I planned to take the beautiful night view of the river when we back from dinner but the rain just keep falling! What a miss! I think I have to go back again…:)
If you interested on the Malacca River Cruise, there’s a small private jetty (I guess) for the hotel guests and Only 3 trips per day if you get into the boat through the hotel’s jetty, you can enquire the ticket and the timing from the hotel front desk.

Well, this hotel is worth second visit because of the Prime location and we were satisfied with the hotel’s friendly staffs and their service.

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Tags Jalan Mushi Abdullah, Karaoke Pub, Malacca Melaka, online booking, Wireless Access

Tourism Malaysia

Malacca (Melaka) Ciam-ciam stall

Post author By melakatour
Post date July 28, 2013

This Ciam-Ciam stall (N2.20102 E102.24253) is located in front of the Magnum 4D shop along Jalan Ong Kim Wee, Malacca. We were surprised by the crowds surrounded the stall. My curiosity triggered and push us to try it!

Realized what the stall sell once we stand close…it sell fish ball, loucheon meat, bean curd skin, pork intestine, tribes, streaky pork and many more…all cooked.

We like the braised and stewed tribes, it was Tasty Delicous!
All the foods were served by a small stick through it. Different from the “Lok-Lok”, because all were cooked and mostly 1 piece per stick.

Everyone will provide a disposable styrofoam like a plate and we selected the chili, there were few type available in the stall…

By looking at everyone faces, seems like they were really enjoyed the foods! Just like us! Haha! I found it was quite fun by having some local street food (kind of snacks to me) along the street and once I noticed others expression while having it, I can’t stop myself to had another few sticks…! 🙂

By observing the styrofoam behind the stall, you can imagine how good the business is…
I cannot remember how much per stick but it cost us about RM11 for 2 persons after the boss counted from the sticks…we had a lot of the stewed intestine…:)
I think cannot compare the price with Lok-Lok because all foods was cooked, not raw…so I felt the prices were quite reasonable.

The stall ONLY in business during Saturday and Sunday noon time onwards, Only 2 days per week. So if you pass-by the stall, you might want to try it out the local – Malacca Ciam-Ciam.

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Tags Haha, local street food, Malacca Melaka, stall ONLY

Tourism Malaysia

Recommended Local BBQ Pork at Chuen How Restaurant – ?????, Batu Berendam

Post author By melakatour
Post date July 28, 2013

Chuen How Restaurant (N2.23859 E102.25761) is located along Jalan Merak which is nearby the Commercial area of Batu Berendam, it’s easy to spot the shop if you drive in from the main road.
The restaurant is famous with their Local BBQ pork which is different from commonly available in our market. After reading the positive reviews online from fellow bloggers, I decided to give a try…

It was a simple setting just like others Chinese kopitiam (coffee shop).

The owner was friendly and he allowed me to took the photos between stall area…

We ordered :-
* The Famous BBQ pork with roasted pork.
* Assam soup with stingray
* Vegetables
* 3 white rice.

The BBQ Pork (char siew ??) was well marinated with honey hoisin sauce, with a bit of char, savory and sweet! It was juicy inside with a sticky sweet outside…the char-siew was different from others just because the boss use streaky pork to made it, which is hardly to find within Johor Bahru area…

The roasted porks (??? were equally good but we felt a bit of regret by ordering this, simply because the BBQ pork was too Delicious! We only concentrated on the BBQ pork and end up left some of the roasted pork on the plate…

The stingray cooked in assam soup was fresh and tasty too! Especially the assam soup was flavorful and the lady boss was not stingy with the soup! We allowed to added more soup that day….

The Damage : RM22.00 for 2 adults 1 child included drinks.

It’s really difficult for me to describe the Delicious char-siew (??) in words, you have to discover it yourself! I categorized this BBQ Pork as ‘Must Eat Food’ and so do the Assam soup stingray to all friends who visit Malacca.
I bet you won’t regret it! 🙂

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Tags Assam, BBQ, Chuen How Restaurant, Malacca Melaka

Tourism Malaysia

Coral Wonderland

Post author By melakatour
Post date July 28, 2013

Coral Wonderland is located on the 4th Floor of Dataran Pahlawan Megamall (N2.19007 E102.25276), on top of the Carrefour Melaka Hypermart in the Mall. And it’s and the end of the mall which close to the Equatorial Hotel of Malacca. The Aquarium is situated right in the heart of the historical city of Melaka, UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Malaysia.

“A journey into the unseen wonders of the deep will allow you to discover many fascinating underwater animals from various depths and ocean regions around the world.
Prepare to be surprised and amazed by the brightly colored live coral garden waving in the ocean current at the Coral Wonderland.
Venture the longest touch pool in Asia where you can feel the skin of star fish, sea cucumber, sea urchin and even the bamboo shark, before continuing to the enchantment of the walking frogfish exhibit.“ Source from the official website.

It’s also the First and the Only Coral Park in Malaysia for the moment.

The ticket prices are :-
RM30 (Adult with MyKad), RM40 (Adult w/o MyKad)
RM20 (Child with MyKid 3-12 years old), RM30 (Child w/o MyKid)
RM20 (Senior citizen – above 60 years old)
Credit card is accepted.

We were given a piece of paper where we have to find the rubber stamp hidden at every corner in the aquarium to stamp the correct answer. It’s a good education way for the visitors to know more information about the coral, fish…etc. After complete all the stamps, you can receive a souvenir from the Coral Wonderland. Great encouragement!

Once we stepped into the aquarium, there were many baby sharks appeared in front of us…

Then follow by a long touch pool where we can ‘feel’ the skin of every fishes and others live creatures…

After the ‘Touch Pool’, the journey started…

I couldn’t provide all the name of the sea creatures here…apologies.
While I keep snapping, my daughter also followed and snap together! Nice!

She (my daughter) was quietly taken all the photos in the Aquarium…:)

Next, the Eel session…

Coral session!

Sea turtles feeding time…

All kind of Frogs…

And some of the weird looking fishes…

The beautiful Lion Fish (Top) but it’s Poison! Jelly Fish (left bottom), and do you know what is that on the right bottom photo?

“Nautilus (from Greek ????????, ‘sailor’) is the common name of pelagic marine mollusks of the cephalopod family Nautilidae, the sole extant family of the superfamily Nautilaceae and of its smaller but near equal suborder, Nautilina. It comprises six living species in two genera, the type of which is the genus Nautilus. Though it more specifically refers to species Nautilus pompilius, the name chambered nautilus is also used for any species of the Nautilidae.“ Source from Wikipedia.

I’m surprised that I can see the Nautilus in this Aquarium!

As usual, to the end of the journey in the Aquarium, we came to the Souvenirs area…but we didn’t buy anything from there.

Even the Aquarium is not very big, but we can witness and admiring the rare species in it, especially the Nautilus. It’s worth for the ticket!
If you like sea creatures, you Can’t miss this Coral Wonderland in Malacca!

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Tags Asia, Coral Wonderland, Malacca Melaka, Malaysia, the Nautilus