Just north of the Jonker area lies a little hole in the wall called Sin Hiap Hin (5 Kampung Jawa), and it is seriously one of the coolest places I've ever been to. It's a very old school bar that is only open during the daytime, and is helmed by the sweetest lady who serves local booze neat or with ice and/or simple garnish like salted plums. The selection consists of mostly local spirits like Melaka samsu rice wine or young sim chiu herbal liquor, plus some lychee and rose-accentuated bottles too. It couldn't get any more local than that, and I was super excited about being there.
Then a little further up the street was a cendol shop called Mahkota Ice Kachang (165 Jalan Bunga Raya, 017-634-6988). The cendol here was so much better than the watered down tourist place Lulala that we went to yesterday, which was clearly leveraging its prime location at the Tan Kim Seng bridge. Mahkota, on the other hand, used a gula melaka that provided tons of depth to the bowl, which incidentally came with a red bean versus kidney bean option. That little sagu in the background above was nice, and everything was extremely affordable.
One thing that I didn't realize until this trip is that the Mamee brand of instant noodles is from Malacca, with its advertising/signage seen everywhere around town. They even have a gift shop on Jonker Walk (46 Jalan Hang Jebat, 06-286-7666) that has a so-called Noodle Doodle option for you to decorate your own cup, select your garnishes, and have it sealed for you to bring home as a souvenir. This apparently came much later than the Momofuku Ando Cup Noodle Museum, but I still had fun with it despite my lousy artwork.
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