Malacca
Top 15 Malacca Must Eat Food
1.Restoran Nyonya Makko
123, Jalan Merdeka, Taman Melaka Raya, 75000 Melaka
Opening Hours: 11.30am – 02.30pm & 6pm – 09.15pm
(closed on Tuesday)
Contact:
Restaurant Nyonya Makko is a famous Nyonya Restaurant in malacca. This restaurant serves lunch and dinner. The decoration of this restaurant is made up of framed photographs, wood carvings and a large collection of Peranakan kitchenware. It also is one of the restaurant that provides the best Nyonya food in Malacca
You can try a lot of famous Nyonya foods in this reataurant, just like ayam pongteh, tenggiri fish in assam pedas, sotong chili garam, beef rendang and chendol kacang dessert.
2. Hoe Kee Chicken Rice
Address:
4, 6 & 8, Jalan Hang Jebat, Malacca, Malaysia
Opening Hours:
Monday – Friday: 9:30am – 4:00pm
Saturday – Sunday: 9:30am – 4:30pm
Contact:
+606-283 4751
One of the most famous dishes in Malacca is chicken rice ball. You’ll never miss this famous local food at Hoe Kee Chicken Rice. They make the chicken rice is fragrant and make it into the chicken ball type and the chicken was juicy and the soy-based dipping sauce was delicately salty with a lingering sweet after-taste. But there are often a lot of people waiting at the restaurant, so be sure to come early if you want to eat.
3. Cockle stalls in Jalan Bunga Raya @ Tong Bee’s stall (longkang siham)
Address:
143, Jalan Bunga Raya, Kampung Jawa, 75100 Melaka
Opening Hours:
7:30pm onward (closed on Tuesday)
When you are travelling in Malacca, that’s have an experience you must try. Eating at the cockles stalls in a back alley off Jalan Bunga Raya will become the experience that you won’t forget it. You can imagine that you’re seated on tiny stools arranged between drains and eating at the cockles stalls. During this period there will continue to motorcycles past behind you. This will be the amazing experience for you because it’s completely different from what you would normally experience in a restaurant
4. Ban Lee Siang Satay Celup
Address:
53-C, Jalan Ong Kim Wee 75300 Melaka, Malaysia. (opposite a furniture shop)
Opening Hours:
4:00pm – 12:30am
Contact:
+6012-651 5322
There is a popular cultural cuisine in Malacca- satay celup. Ban Lee Siang is a local satay celup shop which existed in Melaka for more than 3 generations. Most tourists and locals won’t miss this one, as they have more than 60 different types of food to be choose by you. You can just dip your stick into the hotpot filled with the specially cook with 20 different types of ingredient. There were the usual fish balls, oyster mushrooms, vegetables, sausages, prawns, pig’s liver, chicken and so on.
5. Sun May Hiong Satay House
Address:
50/50A Jalan Kota Laksamana 1/1, Taman Kota Laksamana, Melaka, Malaysia.
Opening Hours:
Thursday to Sunday: 10:00am – 6:00pm (closed on Monday to Wednesday)
Contact:
+606-281 7281
Satay is a common food in Malacca, so it is not surprising that has the largest number of pork satay restaurants. But this place is known by their original satay sauce. Their satay sauce is made of pineapple, so that is their different between the others. It tastes very special and many people come here for try the unusual pork or satay with delicious pineapple sauce.
6. Nancy’s kitchen
Address:
13, Jalan KL 3/8, Taman Kota Laksamana, 75200 Melaka, Malaysia.
Opening Hours:
Sunday to Thursday: 11:00am – 5:00pm
Friday, Saturday & Public Holidays: 11:00am – 9:00pm
(closed on Tuesday)
Contact:
+606-283 6099/ +6013-6183608
Nancy’s kitchen can be the most popular restaurant in Jonker Walk. That’s because you’ll enjoy the friendly atmosphere during the meal and you will have the best local food and service.
The recommended foods are nyonya laksa, sek bak (braised pork), sambal sotong petai (sambal squid with bitter beans), poppiah, cendol and kedongdong drink. If you’re interested, they also have reservations! Just call the number to book your table.
7. Amy Heritage Nyonya Cuisine
Address:
75, Jalan Melaka Raya 24, Taman Melaka Raya, 75000 Melaka, Malaysia.
Opening Hours:
11:30 am – 2:30 pm & 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm (closed on Monday)
Contact:
+606-286 8819
Amy Heritage Nyonya Cuisine become the one of famous Nyonya restaurant because the friendly ambience and their homely prepared food with rich taste and fragrance. Almost of all dishes tastes sweet. If you are ready to try, Otak Otak is must to eat. Their Otak Otak is use the grilled fish paste wrapped in banana leaf and that was different taste with any other. It is important to note that due to the large number of customers, you must try to make a reservation in advance.
8. Kedai Kopi Juat Lye
Address:
371G, Taman Peringgit Jaya, 75400 Melaka, Malaysia.
Opening Hours:
8:00am – 2:00pm
(closed on Monday)
Contact:
+606-283 3619
If you are no idea what can eat for your breakfast, you can try the Nyonya Laksa, which is unique to Malacca. There is only one single noodle stall here. They are offering only three types of noodles, which are prawn mee, curry laksa, and yee kiao mee (fish paste noodles). The laksa looks like simply but the rich and creamy broth is what makes it become famous.
9. Cottage Spices Restaurant
Address:
171, Jalan Merdeka, Taman Melaka Raya, 75000 Melaka
Opening Hours:
12:00pm to 4:00pm & 6:00pm – 8:30pm
(closed on Tuesday)
Contact:
+606-283 5040
Cottage Spices Restaurant is a Nyonya restaurant that felt more like a family restaurant that belongs to the 1980s – 1990s. It is fully-air-conditioned eatery with tiled walls, mosaic flooring and simple furniture. It has limited space as it can only accommodate about 8 big tables. The recommended foods are ayam ponteh, ikan asam pedas, sotong sambal petai, udang lemak nanas and so on.
10. Pak Putra Tandoori & Naan Restaurant
Address:
56 & 58 Jalan Kota Laksamana 4, 75200 Malacca
Opening Hours:
5.30pm – 1am
(Closed on Mondays)
Contact:
+6012-601 5876
Tandoori chicken and naan are popular Malay foods in Malaysia. But at Pak Putra Tandoori & Naan Restaurant, the food is arguably the best in Malacca. No matter when you come here, it is always full of locals and tourists. Their chicken marinade consists of 12 herbs and spices, including almonds and cashews. The juicy tandoori chicken becomes the food you must order at Pak Putra Tandoori & Naan Restaurant.
11. East and West Rendezvous
Address:
60 Jalan Hang Jebat , 75200 Melaka, Malaysia.
Opening Hours:
9:30am – 5:30pm
Contact:
+016-634 6283
As you walk at the Jonker Walk, you must pay attention for the East and West Rendezvous. It has sells the most authentic Nyonya rice dumpling in Malacca. It has the natural pigment of blue, but you don’t have to worry because the pigment comes from the blue pea flower, which makes it look appetizing. The delicious stuffing is wrapped in glutinous rice and cooked to perfection. You can’t to miss out on this stylish and delicious Nyonya rice dumpling!
12. Baba Charlie Lee
Address:
72, Lorong Tengkera Pantai 2c, 75200 Melaka, Malaysia
Opening Hours:
Daily (Shop): 10:30am – 3:00pm
Night Market:
5:00pm – 8:00pm
(closed on Thursday)
Contact:
+6019-666 2907
This is a traditional wooden house which has selling cheap and authentic Nyonya kueh. It is very popular with people who love the sweet food. They sell all kinds of cakes and biscuits here. The Nyonya kueh has many types and all of them are authentic Nyonya flavor which will make you taste the taste of Malacca.
13. Putu Piring Tengkera
Address:
252, Jalan Tengkera, 75200 Melaka
Opening Hours:
6pm-10pm
(closed on Sunday)
Contact:
This is the famous putu piring stall at Jalan Tengkera. Putu piring is a steamed rice flour cake with gula melaka filling in the shape of a plate. The putu piring is usually placed on a banana leaf with lightly salted young grated coconut between them. It was aromatic, flavourful and the gula melaka filling is the big reason why it’s attractive. Putu piring is best eaten when it’s warm, so you must eat it quickly.
14. Aunty Koh Cendol
Address:
5113, Jalan Batang Tiga, Kampung Bukit Rambai, 75250 Melaka
Opening Hours:
Saturday & Sunday: 11:30am until 1:30pm or sold out
Cendol is also the one of famous foods in Malacca. When you travel here, you must try this. Aunty Koh Cendol is the best cendol in Malacca. This place is hard to find because the stall is behind the aunty Koh’s house and is situated far from the town. But both the landscape and the cendol will become the best experiences you can’t forget.
15. Klebang Coconut Shake
Address:
Jalan Klebang Besar, 5, 75200 Melaka, Malaysia. (next to the Caltex Petrol Station)
Opening Hours:
11:00am – 6:30pm
Friday: 2:15pm – 6.30pm
Contact:
+6013-399 4061
The Coconut Shake is a popular specialty drink in malacca. It could be your necessity in hot weather. Even though there are more and more coconut shake stalls around Malacca but Klebang’s coconut shake was the first to be really popular. It is also considered the Malacca food destinations. There also have provide nasi lemak, keropok lekor, Malay’s kuih and so on.
