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Malaysia road trip - Day 18 (Malacca - Ipoh)

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It was our final day in Malacca. While checking out at 11am, we bumped into the friendly staff, Syafiq, who recognised us and asked whether we would like to extend our stay for another night. He remembered us because he was the one who assisted with our previous two-night extension. It was a thoughtful gesture and a nice way to end our stay at the hotel. Before leaving Malacca, we made one final food stop at W Chicken Rice , one of our favourite local chicken rice spots. Located in Taman Melaka Baru, away from the usual tourist areas, this has always been one of our go-to places whenever we visit Malacca. Compared to our previous visit, when they only served chicken rice, we were happy to see that they now also offered chicken rice balls. This time, we ordered a quarter roasted chicken, a small plate of Hainanese chicken breast, a small plate of chicken rice, five chicken rice balls, and two glasses of less sweet iced barley. The iced barley was decent, but the highlight was definitely...
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Malaysia road trip - Day 17 (Malacca)

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It was our fourth day in Malacca, and we decided to extend our stay for another day to discover more local food. We returned to Nyonya Secrets because we did not get the chance to try their ondeh-ondeh cake during our previous visit. Since we were there, we decided to have our brunch as well and try some of their other dishes. We ordered the mee siam with rendang chicken, nasi lemak ayam masak merah, nyonya cendol, and ondeh-ondeh cake. The mee siam was one of the highlights of the meal. The vermicelli was cooked perfectly, with a nice texture that was neither too soft nor too firm. It was served with bean sprouts, cucumber, tofu, and slices of fish cake. I was glad that the bean sprouts were served separately, as I usually leave them out. Unfortunately, the rendang chicken was a little disappointing. It lacked the rich, aromatic flavours I had expected, and both the chicken and the rendang tasted rather bland. As a result, it did not complement the mee siam well, which m...
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