Malacca Off

Last day in Malacca and we are going to take it kind of chill. I want to check out the biggest Museum in town plus we need to do the ultimate tourist kitsch and ride on one of the pimped out trishaws. It also gives us the chance to check out some more of the local food, in particular one of the celup satay stores that are a thing over here.

First up we headed into the town square to check out the History and Ethnography Museum located in the old governors house at the centre of Malacca. Everything from the first Sultan through all of the European colonial powers (Portuguese, Dutch and English) along with the Japanese invaders in WWII are catalogued here in some detail.

Then it was time time to do the stupid tourist trick and have some poor person ride us round using an over the top pushbike and sidecar contraption called a “Trishaw”. We took an ever so brief spin, grabbed our photos, saw a little of Malacca that had remained unseen thus bringing this must do experience to an end and ticking an all important experience off the bucket list. 

From there we decided to escape the heat and grab a quick drink and a snack in cool air conditioned comfort of the Locahouz Cafe. What an amazing place that turned out be. Totally staffed by\Chinese offering a full western menu and coffee so good I ordered a second. Oui had a Duck Special that was divine and I had a Mango Cheesecake that was heavenly. It was in a questionable part of town but well worth the effort to find this little oasis.

The hotel was calling and we headed back for a siesta (not the lingua franca I know but you get the drift) this was in readiness for our evening out at a Malacca institution Capitol Satay. This venerated establishment needs to be seen to be believed. There is a display fridge along one wall where you make your selections, it would look perfectly in place on the set of 50’s horror movie. There are about 6 tables in total, each with a hole in the centre and BBQ gas underneath ready for the pot of juicy satay goodness that is added once you have made your choices. And what choices they are; pork, beef, chicken, abalone, prawns, scallops, processed meats, three varieties of mushroom, and assortment of vegetables along with too many things I didn’t recognise to mention. You put them on this dented stainless steal tray (from the same horror movie were we got the fridge) and make your way back to table to cook your choices in the now steaming cauldron of satay sauce simmering away at the centre of your table. When it comes to paying the bill they multiply the number of empty skewers by 1.20 ringgits, add the drinks and your on your way. Dinner cost $36.00 ringgits (about $13.50 in Aussie dollars) and it was awesome.

So its on the bus to Kuala Lumpar tomorrow, or KL as the locals call it, to see what we will see.