The Accidental Tourist

I always thought that it was Malacca, not Melaka. Someone up there must have decided that they need to stick to pure Bahasa Malaysian.

Contrary to popular belief that I disappeared for 2 days and went groom hunting in Vietnam and China, a few of us went to babysit some kids from KL for a photo outreach programme by Photo Malaysia. Ok, it’s also an excuse for us to go and gorge ourselves silly with nonya goodies in Melaka.

Our accommodation….

NOT!

Thought the picture of the mansion looked good enough to bluff family that i headed up to France. Hiak Hiak. This was right next to the Peranakan Shophouses at Jalan Tun Tan Tan Cheng Lock. Imagine, Antique shops, Wanton Mee Stall, Old Shophouses and suddenly European Style Mansion. Talk about out of place.

This is where we stayed instead. The Baba House. No bibis sashaying in sarong kerbayas leh. The most outrageous was there was no nonya kaya for breakfast! Instead we got Lupark butter and Heinz Jam for our toast. Clean, Basic Rooms and excellent location.

A quick mental audit of the food we ate is too much to be listed here without boring you. Grilled cuttlefish from the roadside, popiah with pork lard(Twice in 1 day!),Tangy Sop Itik Tim(Duck soup with salted vegetables and plum), Assam Laska, Chendol with that slight burnt cameralised Gula Melaka. Yup, we pretty much covered everything that we wanted to eat.

Nonya Lakya, Ikan Assam, Ayam Pongteh for breakfast to make up for the pathetic breakfast from the Baba House. From Donald and Lily Corner. Tip off from the locals that this little hideaway stall is the real deal. And it was REALLY GOOD!

Carp swimming up lamp posts? Boleh? Boleh!

Spotted in Melaka.

…of Jack Bauer24 and Simpsons!

…..for the past 2 days actually. Here’s to good old fashion wayang, loud getai, catfights backstage, raunchy hokkien humor, tranny performers in our own backyards! Woohoo!!

Bedok North 2006

Caffineintolerant, I like that israel picture. I think i found the counterstrike for it. Stumbled upon it while sorting out some files. Purely conincidental.