View from our Room
Top view of St Francis'
St Francis Institution
Memorial Pengisytiharan Kemerdekaan (Declaration of Independence Memorial)
St. Paul's Church
Christ Church
View of the River
Jonker Street
Old Fashion Clogs on sale
This place had the prettiest windows, but the inside looked extremely rundown.
Lots of these shops selling antiques along Jonker. Some really wonderful finds if one were interested in looking.
The 'famous' Famosa Chicken Rice Ball Restaurant. Its not very good.
I wish I had tried this, but our stomachs were always full when we walked past (and it was always crowded as well)
The interior of the fascinating tea house (which also turned out to be a museum). I absolutely loved the decor. The staff are wonderful as well. They will come chat with you and talk to you about traditional Chinese Tea (and in English).
Old School... Traditional method of brewing tea. The dark brown teapot contains the tea leaves, which is drenched inside and out with hot water. Then the brewed tea is strained into the white pot, which is then used to pour our tiny cups.
A recreation of how a Peranakan room would look like. (One of the rooms of the museum teahouse)
Peranakan dining room. (One of the rooms of the museum teahouse)
The Pirate Ship (You have to pay to go in) (And obligatory boat shot... I must have one photo of a boat in every trip)
Some fascinating ricewine jars I saw in San Shu Gong.
Tea and some tea-making utensils.
This was not one of the rooms in the museum teahouse. Rather, I saw this in the chicken rice restaurant (next to the loo). Evidently, one can rent costumes and have one's picture taken sitting in the throne. I'm guessing I can find many a white man's photo perched on this seat on the interweb.
Equitorial Hotel
Innovative way to chill your iced-coffee. No ice dilutes the flavour of the coffee, while keeping the drink perfectly cold.
Lunch - Abalone Mushrooms deep fried with 5 spice. REALLY GOOD
There were ovens in front of almost every shop guaranteeing freshly baked pineapple tarts and other biscuity goodness
Those ginormous (fishball-looking) balls are made of rice.
Chicken Riceball dissected. I found the riceball too dense and totally without flavour.
I don't like beans, but the gula in this chendol was amazing. Delicious.
Nothing about this shot except it was captured, handheld, on a moving boat, without IS. Oh, that's the 'Eye of Melaka' which looks like a normal carnival wheel. The 'Eye of Malaysia' is much bigger.
Dataran Pahlawan Mega Mall. The largest mall in Southern Malaysia. It's really big... but does it really count if it has only one level of shopping? My first impression (and awfully singaporean of me) was that it was such a waste of space. They could have a mall with 5-6 levels in that space.
This huge field was... above the mall. According to BH, this was where Malaysia's Independence was signed. However, instead of preserving the Padang, they turned it into a shopping mall with a 'fake' field above it. You can imagine the floorsize below... but it's only one level.
Bye bye, see you again soon.
View from our Room
Top view of St Francis'
St Francis Institution
Memorial Pengisytiharan Kemerdekaan (Declaration of Independence Memorial)
St. Paul's Church
Christ Church
View of the River
Jonker Street
Old Fashion Clogs on sale
This place had the prettiest windows, but the inside looked extremely rundown.
Lots of these shops selling antiques along Jonker. Some really wonderful finds if one were interested in looking.
The 'famous' Famosa Chicken Rice Ball Restaurant. Its not very good.
I wish I had tried this, but our stomachs were always full when we walked past (and it was always crowded as well)
The interior of the fascinating tea house (which also turned out to be a museum). I absolutely loved the decor. The staff are wonderful as well. They will come chat with you and talk to you about traditional Chinese Tea (and in English).
Old School... Traditional method of brewing tea. The dark brown teapot contains the tea leaves, which is drenched inside and out with hot water. Then the brewed tea is strained into the white pot, which is then used to pour our tiny cups.
A recreation of how a Peranakan room would look like. (One of the rooms of the museum teahouse)
Peranakan dining room. (One of the rooms of the museum teahouse)
The Pirate Ship (You have to pay to go in) (And obligatory boat shot... I must have one photo of a boat in every trip)
Some fascinating ricewine jars I saw in San Shu Gong.
Tea and some tea-making utensils.
This was not one of the rooms in the museum teahouse. Rather, I saw this in the chicken rice restaurant (next to the loo). Evidently, one can rent costumes and have one's picture taken sitting in the throne. I'm guessing I can find many a white man's photo perched on this seat on the interweb.
Equitorial Hotel
Lunch - Abalone Mushrooms deep fried with 5 spice. REALLY GOOD
There were ovens in front of almost every shop guaranteeing freshly baked pineapple tarts and other biscuity goodness
Those ginormous (fishball-looking) balls are made of rice.
Chicken Riceball dissected. I found the riceball too dense and totally without flavour.
I don't like beans, but the gula in this chendol was amazing. Delicious.
Nothing about this shot except it was captured, handheld, on a moving boat, without IS. Oh, that's the 'Eye of Melaka' which looks like a normal carnival wheel. The 'Eye of Malaysia' is much bigger.
Dataran Pahlawan Mega Mall. The largest mall in Southern Malaysia. It's really big... but does it really count if it has only one level of shopping? My first impression (and awfully singaporean of me) was that it was such a waste of space. They could have a mall with 5-6 levels in that space.
This huge field was... above the mall. According to BH, this was where Malaysia's Independence was signed. However, instead of preserving the Padang, they turned it into a shopping mall with a 'fake' field above it. You can imagine the floorsize below... but it's only one level.
Bye bye, see you again soon.
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