Sunday, February 07, 2010

Day Trip to Melaka

Melaka must be one of my favorite places for excursion. I went to the historic city twice last year just to take night photos. Recently, I spent my weekend there again.

As usual, the famed Jonker Street and its surrounding area was the focus of the trip. Each time I strolled in the narrow roads of this area, I experienced something new. This time, Chinese New Year was near. I spotted a giant ‘lion head’ for lion dance performance…


My friend bought some cookies in a shop. I saw a girl making ‘pineapple tarts’ at the store front, and quickly snapped this picture…


There was a shop selling bound-feet shoes (三寸金莲). Nobody has bound feet today, so these shoes are merely for display…


I tasted, for the first time, the famous satay celup of Melaka. The more common satay Kajang is grilled. Satay celup is more like a marriage of satay Kajang and hot pot (steamboat). The food is cooked in a metal pot of boiling sauce…


15 comments:

  1. Haha :D So you came to Malacca and visited Jonker Street lar? :p Good bro. I have yet to capture the huge lion dance.

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  2. satay celup.....i went to malacca before but i didnt eat this...

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  3. My feet hurt just looking at these shoes!

    I like the picture of the girl making pastries. Look like a cool place to take pictures of people!

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  4. Melaka is a favourite of mine too. I like the blend of the old and new. Interesting sightseeing too.

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  5. tekkaus
    Melaka is not too far away, so I go there pretty often.

    stacey
    Give it a try. The shop I went to was located at Lorong Bukit Cina.

    Zhu
    Fortunately, nobody wears those kind of shoes any more.

    Mei Ting
    Maybe we can have a joint photo session next time :)

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  6. Ah I still haven't tasted satay celup before! Was it good? And the pineapple cookies are my favourite! You should have bought some back... :) Hehe

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  7. Hi man, I always love Melaka as it is one of the few states that have so much to offer in terms of Culture and Heritage. I must have taken so many pictures in the last few months of visiting Melaka but sadly they were 90% food pics so I couldn't use them much. Anyway, great posting!

    Regards,
    David
    Malaysia Asia

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  8. Nice place to visit esp during CNY. Nice pictures, KS.

    Thean Hou Temple in KL is another good place for photography this time of the year.

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  9. witch
    Satay celup is really not bad. But as a person used to dine in 5-star restaurants, you probably won't like the environment of the satay shop.

    David
    Thanks for dropping by. With the food pics, you can write a food review, no?

    happysurfer
    I have been to Thean Hou Temple too. Will upload some pics later.

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  10. So next time I wanna go to Melaka, you can be my tour guide loh? :p

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  11. 上次我想影三寸金莲,被那个巴闭老板娘讲。唔备人影相,又唔贴纸。

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  12. christine
    呢一次係老板比影既。。。

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  13. I like Jonker Street! And satay celup of course! Yummy! : )

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  14. Chicken rice balls and chendol comes to mind when I think of Malacca.

    Darn, I'm feeling hungry.

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