Another visit to Ban Hong Xiang Dim Sum Restaurant at Malacca

Ban Hong Xiang Tea House (N2 12.534 E102 14.567) is serving Nice Dim Sum and located along Jalan Gajah Berang, about 100 meter away from KFC Plaza Melaka.

Ban Hong Xiang Tea House

This was our second visit to the restaurant. As usual, we stepped in about 10.30am, because the place is very pack with customers during the morning session! But it's seems like not much choices when we were there, so we took everything on the table! :)
Their business hour is 6am to 11am.

Not many Dim Sum left for us...

Below are the photos of the individual Dim Sum of Ban Hong Xiang Tea House.

Carrot Cake - My Favorite!

Siew-mai (Minced Pork Dumplings) - My Favorite!

Every small plate price from MYR1.70. Reasonable?! :)
We took our sweet time to enjoy the Dim Sum, and the shop owner also advised us to have it slowly...haha! Beside the Dim Sum, we did tried the 'Cha-siew-pau' (Cantonese Barbecued Pork fluffy bun), it was Delicious as others Dim Sum! We were satisfied with all the foods served by the restaurant and especially the price!

The Damage : MYR36.00 included a pot of Chinese Tea for 2 persons. Great!

Well, we would like to try other Dim Sum in Malacca on our next trip...anyway, it's worth to visit the Ban Hong Xiang Dim Sum Restaurant if you haven't try it before! :)

Related post :-
*  Dim Sum Restaurant at Malacca (Malacca 11-12th Nov 2007)

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Geographer Cafe at Jonker Street of Malacca

Geographer Cafe (N2 11.806 E102 14.782) is located at the intersection of Jonker Street (Jalan Hang Jebat) and Jalan Hang Lekir, Malacca. This Cafe was established since year 1999, operated in the Pre-War Colonial Building, and today it become one of the attraction along the Jonker Street, Malacca.

Geographer Cafe of Malacca

I was attracted by the cafe's decorations many years ago, and listed No.1 in my Most Favorite Cafe list. It's a Must visit place for me when I'm around Malacca.

The outdoor session of Geographer Cafe

The Cafe can be very pack & crowded during weekend, so we prefer to visit the cafe during weekday. There was a Solo performance while we were there, and he was excellent that evening! I took the chance to snap around the cafe and I'm really impressed with the antiques displays around and the cozy ambience.

The ground floor

The Bar Counter at ground floor

The First Floor Session

Some antiques and some history about Malacca...(@1st floor)

The Dining area at First Floor

Some information and history about Titanic & computers for customers

The roof

The persons in the pictures might related to this colonial building

After explored the first building, I continued to walked to the next building. The second building is more like a dining area instead of drinking place.

The front part of the dining area

Another cozy corner behind the dining area above

I couldn't step up the first floor in the second building that evening, because it said : "This session is close!". So I took the photo of the first floor from below...

The First floor of the second building - Geographer Cafe

It is a different concept compare with the first building, it's more quiet than the first building.

We had a jug of Tiger Draught Beer (MYR36.00) and enjoyed the night with the beautiful voice of Mr Burn from Geographer Cafe. Most of the customers there were foreigners and tourists from everywhere in the World. Beside Cozy and Comfortable, it was also A Friendly environment! That's the reason I like the cafe so much! Haha! They are many pubs and bistros around the area especially Jalan Hang Lekir, but we just prefer Geographer!

They do serving foods and we will plan to have our dinner here one day!

Pubs & Bistros along Jalan Hang Lekir

The Geographer Cafe had been received many Awards since 1999. Especially it had been awarded as 'The Best Cafe & Bistro' on the year 2006/2007 from Melaka Tourism. You can check out others awards, activities and events from their official website : Geographer Cafe.

Geographer Cafe

83, Jalan Hang Jebat,

75200 Malacca,

Malaysia.

Tel : +606-2816813  Fax : +606-2816613

Official website : http://www.geographer.com.my

Email : geocafe@geographer.com.my

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Christmas Lighting Decoration (2010) at Portuguese Settlement, Malacca

For us, walking in the Portuguese Settlement of Malacca during night time before Christmas is A MUST! Every house in the village are decorated with a beautiful lighting! And you can hear the Christmas Carols everywhere along the street. This is one of the Perfect Village to visit every year during Christmas!

The big Christmas Tree at the Car park of Portuguese Seafood Village

Many visitors or maybe tourists walking along the street that night.

Everyone also like to admire the beautiful lighting and the peaceful atmosphere in the Portuguese Village of Malacca.

There was a group of peoples singing the Christmas Carols from house to house...
Every houses busy decorating their house and some are really simple and some are Complicated. :)
Below are some photos taken from the street of Portuguese Village of Malacca...

I like this little Santa-Claus!

The four girls (below) were singing and dancing the whole night in front of their house, many peoples show their appreciation by given the token into the mini Santa Claus in the middle...

Girls singing and dancing...

After that, we meet a group of children who looking for donation. My wife donated 10 bucks and took a photo with them...

The group of children

We enjoyed our walk in the village for about an hour, and continued our next program...

Second (2nd) visit to J & J Corner at Portuguese Village, Malacca (Melaka)

The J & J Corner Portuguese Seafood Restaurant (N2 10.986 E102 15.990) is located in the Portuguese Settlement of Malacca. This was our second visit to the restaurant. The reason was because of the Portuguese Baked Fish!

We went to the Restaurant quite early, and there were not many customers at that moment. So I ordered our favorite immediately. The order : Portuguese Baked Fish, Sambal Sotong (squids) and prawn and a plate of Portuguese Brinjal. And the Mango Juice, this is a MUST! :)

The Joes Only One Mango juice at Portuguese Seafood Village

The foods served on the table less than 20 minutes, this was pretty fast compared with our First visit.

Portuguese Baked Fish of J & J Corner Seafood Restaurant

The Sambal Squids and Prawns

The foods were As Delicious As before! We were enjoying our meal with the cool sea breeze from the Malacca Strait, that was Awesome!
The Damage was about MYR90.00 for 2 adults.

Beside the cool sea breeze, we were also company by a group of Portuguese children where they sang all the Christmas Corals to fill the Christmas atmosphere for the whole Portuguese Seafood Village! We were really enjoyed the cheerful and peaceful moment at the area, and this was One of our Wonderful Christmas dinner!

The Portuguese Children singing the Christmas Carols!

We continued to walk at the Portuguese Settlement to capture some X'mas atmosphere from the village after our dinner...

Well, we will plan again on next Christmas. :)

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Cafe 1511 at Heeren Street (Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock) of Malacca

Cafe 1511 (N2 11.736 E102 14.784) is located at Hereen Street (Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock) next to the Baba Nyonya Heritage Museum in Malacca. It's just a street next to Jonker Street.

The Baba Nyonya Heritage Museum & Cafe 1511

They serve Nyonya Delicacies and Western Food. The Peranakan Decoration is nice and cozy, we felt like walk into a Time Machine...

The front dining area

The second hall after the dining area

The Counter

There was a nice fish pond beside the counter, and the antique bicycles...

The Fish Pond & the Antique Bicycle

Anyway, the cafe also A Museum to us. Full of antiques, and histories...

Mixed with the antique table and today computer...

Malacca was conquered by Portuguese - Afonso de Albuquerque with 1200 men and eighteen ships in the year 1511, maybe this is the reason the owner use 1511 for his cafe! :)

This was a Totally different dining experience for us! Awesome! Having our tea break in the Museum! Great! Even we were quite hungry that time, but we don't wanna filled up our stomach yet...because we planned our dinner at the Portuguese Seafood Village at Portuguese Settlement.

Our purpose here is to taste some of the Nyonya foods here so I ordered a plate of Nyonya Popiah, Pai Tee and the Nyonya Laksa.

Nyonya Popiah

Pai Tee (Top Hats)

Nyonya Laksa

We were very satisfied with all the Excellent foods! I like the Nyonya Popiah very much especially the dark sweet sauce! The Pai Tee were crunchy and tasty, the Nyonya Laksa was flavourful! We enjoyed the foods and the environment Very much! Definitely need a second visit! :)

The Damage : MYR18.50 included a cup of Tea & watermelon juice. It's reasonable price!

Rated : 4.5/5

Highly recommended Cafe, it's worth the visit!
We planned to visit the cafe again  for dinner and also the Museum.

Cafe 1511

52, Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock,

75200 Melaka,

Malaysia.

Tel : +606-2860150

cafe1511@gmail.com

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