Few Saturdays back, the PR manager from Equatorial Hotel Melaka called Jasonmumbles up and invited him for a food tasting at Seri Nyonya, an award winning Nyonya restaurant which is located right insideΒ Equatorial Hotel itself.Β This time he was asked to invite some others bloggers to go with him and I happened to be one of them. ^^
We were given a bowl of peanuts while waiting for the food.Β At the mean time, the PR manager, Chris briefed us about the restaurant and the Nyonya chef who is behind it. It appeared that the Chef is a real Peranakan and prepares all her dishes like how she did it at home to preserve the originality of the taste.
After a while, the food is ready and served. Here are the dishes we had that day.
P/S: I did not had my camera that day, so all the credits for the photos goes to Jasonmumbles.
Asam boi with Lychee: – A nice sour drink to open up the appetite with some lychees to chew at. My first time to have semboi drink with lychee. Something strange but nice. π
Otak-otak: – Personally I like this more than Muar Otak-Otak, I never did like Muar’s otak-otak unless I can regrilled them myself. Anyway, its quite good and taste a bit different from others. From what I heard, the Chef made everything from scratch. Original! π
Popiah:- Like how Jasonmumbles said there’s something missing in the Popiah.
Sop Hee Peow:- A soup made out dried fish bladder, mixed vegatables, fish balls and eggs. No comment on the soup tho as I didn’t manage to have a bowl of it. T___T They forgot about my portion.
Cincaluk Omelette:- I never had this before back in Kuching. I guess its either a Nyonya dish or a Melaka local dish.
Deep Fried Fish Fillet:- Wooohoo I like this! I like fried stuffs. Some more its fish!! π nice~~~
Ayam Buah Keluak: – I think this is not a dish anyone can handle. The chicken meat was okay but the Buah Keluak tasted weird, nothing like what I tasted before. I was told the preparation of this dish is not easy as the Buah Keluak (Black Nuts) is a poisonous fruit to begin with and the chef need days to remove the poison from it. And I would like to apologize here for not finishing the dish that took so much work to make. π
Mixed Vegetables:- The cat don’t eat vege. Nuff say. Lalalalala~~ *dance*
PongTeh Chicken:- A must have dish, the Pongteh chicken.Β Not bad I would say but I prefer it to be thicker and more gravvy but Jason begs different. π
Lemak Nanas Prawn:- This is the win!! Oh.. I just love this dish a lot!! I just love the thick milk taste with every slurp taken followed with a bit of spicyness in it. Woohoo.. Nice~~ Not forgetting the fresh prawns~~ Aww.. I’m missing it already. *tears*
Cendol:-As for dessert, we had cendols but it didn’t turn out good. It lacked a bit of coconut milk in my opinion.
I’m not really a proffesional in this field like JasonMumbles but overall it was nice and with a some changes it can be better .Β Neither less it was a satisfy lunch. π I would like to thanks both Jason and Equatorial Hotel for it!! By the way, please visit Jason’s post for a better review of it.
I had another round of lunch after that as someone happened to be in Melaka that day. Hehehe
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1st ppl comment wuahahaha
The food seem like very delicious !!!
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Hahaha yea
is it just me or some pics r missing? hmm
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some pic? where?
ohhh…i love the ayam buah keluak and cendol π
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I dunno how to eat buah keluak ><
But you aren’t a cat…..
You are a werecat….
*stuffs vege into Miao’s mouth*
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ARgh! Bluek!
Tehorphin: *nods and agrees* YOU WERECAT!!! PREPARE TO DIE!! (in veges XD)*helps to stuff veges in Miao’s mouth*
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Noooo you guys are evil ><
i love ayam ponteh!!! *hungry* *slurp*
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Hehehe ^^
yummy.. yummy.. I miss Melaka Food..
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Its holiday.. come and eat..
eh Miao, should be γ―γγγΎγγ¦γ:P
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Argh I miss out one word @@
food food fooddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
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Yum yum
wah, tak tau u ni kuat makan…hehehe
i guess u r quite the gourmet…aye?
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I am..
wahahaha
but don’t compare me with Jason lar hahaha
restaurant itu halal ke meow. balik cuti raya sy nak cuba. kalau halal lah. my hometown di masjid tanah. tat cencaluk yummy. miri punya cencaluk tak sedaaappp!!!
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Halal!! π
bloated miao looks extremely cute! so much of tasty food. I am hungry looking at your food. I am licking the monitor now!!! π
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Ohh gosh that’s crazy hahaha XD
Oh wait you are crazy in the first place XD
sob….I juz had bread & biscuit for dinner, and now I read your post…..make me soooo hungry!!
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Im hungry too T__T
wow.. miao sure can eat. XD
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Bit bit lor
i tot jason is a panda xD
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I remove him from being an animal wahahah
waaa the lemak prawn makes my mouth watery already! o_O
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The milk goshhh it was nice!
Yeah a better comment system~! =D
Welcome to Melaka haha
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Yup! π
i wonder who was that hor~~~ lol
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LOL still dare to say..
When coming again?
I guess not so soon right..
wahh nampak sedap…. hehehhe… esp the pong teh and the mixed vege..heheheh…
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No comment on the vege hahaha
Wow, don’t show me the food! I’m starving now!
Say, is she happened to be in Melaka that day? xD
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The nuffies were there..
i likey their dim sum buffet <3
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I heard the Reinance have better dim sum..
miao needs to go onto a diet again π
*mistakenly feeds miao dog food (kangaroo and lamb) with diet soda*
Miao come eat Heinz Canned Balls http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/qq291/bobbyli/heinz_canned_balls.jpg and Fish Assholes http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/qq291/bobbyli/canned_fish_assholes.jpg .
Funny leh. Wonder why they didn’t serve these
Wah, MSG MSG MSG MSG…eveywhere! Not good for cat lah.
Miao going botak later…”Botak Cat”
LOL
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LOL nowadays there are msg everywhere
Lol, that’s right. So I’m going to stuff more veges in his mouth. XD
Some veges help to grow hair.
*evil grin* *Stuff more veges in Miao’s mouth*
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Garghhh nooooo
miao is getting fatter n fatter…;P
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Seriously I think I am..
someone = jester. right? =D
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Hmm.. and there were others..
Wow, you really ate a lot! It’s 2am and my mouth is watering!
Did you manage to eat at the second round?
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Yup! Hahahaha
π
ngaidi~~~ order so much can finish meh? c beh gao chiak but……whr d food all gone? (u still skinny kok leh)
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Free 1 ma XD don’t care!
I also dunno where they went wahahah
meh.. miao size became like garfield now π i hope he won’t get lazy too
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Garfield too geng d >.<
Wow…nice blog! I like your cute drawings. I stumbled uopn your blog thru Nuffnang…will definitely be back!
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Woah welcome welcome π
the buah keluak takes some gettin used to… at first I din quite like it but afterwards i realised if i mixed it with d curry n rice it tastes not too bad… first time I had it was in malacca too.. abt 2 xmas’ ago…
after such a heavy lunch u can go eat chick rice ball again ka… *geng*… i jeles… u can eat so much n dun put on weight… π
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Hahaha I do put on weight.. just I lose them quite easily too LOL
Hey, if you like the Pong Teh to be thick, it should be in p*rk. Hehe.
Thats what we always have during CNY, and I didn’t see Itik Tim there too, it is a very good dish to try. Loved otak and Pong teh. hehe
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Never try that before.. all this while I eat chicken 1.
waaaaaahhhhh fffooooddd ne!!!!!! but so pity… jz can see, but cant eat…. :'(
i’m hungry now T____T
y u dint gain on weight de??? so jealous ne!! wats ur secret ha?? π
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Hmmm no secret lor.. maybe my digestion system is good
hehehe
i love their udang lemak nenas! Definitely worth trying. Thumbs up!!
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Nice right ^^
Freaking ho liao the foods.
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Where got as ho liao as penang wor
Keluak is an aquired taste like petai I guess. I don’t fancy it myself too much either. I am so heading there for a meal next time! BTW, you kitties sure love your fish! *Grins!
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I don’t like petai too hahaha
wow, nyonya food eh! I wan to work there! XD I studying hospitality and super interested in this. And I just saw my cikgu left you a comment. Rupanya u pun kat sini ye cikgu~ kirim salam ^^
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Your cikgu is here O.o
I like Pongteh a lot π *yummy*
Ahh.. You made me miss the food in Malacca T_T
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Lalalala~~
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