Monday, May 02, 2011
Malacca Trip
Started off with a bad morn. We were supposed to meet 8.30am at the Tuas checkpoint. But Don's side was delayed and we finally managed to meet up only around 10am past M'sia checkpoint. Doesn't help that there was some miscommunication and we had to U-turn to look for them.
Reached Malacca around 2pm as there was a huge jam on the road leading into the central area. All of us were famished and we had lunch at a Nonya restaurant sharing the above dishes. Missed out on a pic of the curry chicken as we immediately dug in after it was placed on our table.
After lunch, we walked around at the shopping centres - Makota Parade and the one across the road (dunno wat's the name). Basically, we didn't buy anything at all. Somehow the styles are very different or we already have them in S'pore like Mango. The shoes at Vincci are having sale but the designs this season were disappointing as well...
We passed by a couple of ship models. Think they were from the WWII era where there's canon and forts as well to defend the Straits of Malacca? Haha... My history is super lousy lah. Juz my guess, couldn't be bothered to read up on it.
I think this is the highlight of the trip. Jonker Walk - it's like a night flea market. See how crowded it was. We had to jostle and squeeze through the crowd on the way out. We bought loads of food stuffs including the famous 三叔公.
Then, we settled for dinner at one of the famous chicken rice restaurants along the main road. The balls-like thingy in the pic are not fishballs but rice balls! Nv seen this in S'pore before. My first time eating it but it does indeed taste abit like fishball though. Lol... This completes our Malacca trip. Our feet were so tired from walking all day. Hence, we embarked on the 3-hour drive home straight after dinner. The highway was so scary, no lamp posts and the cars were all driving at an average of 150km/hr. I was clutching the cushion so tightly and on high alert. Dun even dare to sleep even though the weather was so cosy with light drizzle. Ok dun think this will be a frequent trip. I shall go enjoy my Melacca snacks alr...
++ MarryMango at 12:28 PM.
